Sirens: A Bombshell production

Sirens: A Bombshell production

Loren DeJonge Schulman, Radha Iyengar Plumb, Erin Simpson

Episodes 100
Avg. Duration 51m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (671)
Since Jun 2018
Latest Episode May 2026

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Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
74%
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bombshell.libsyn.com

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About This Podcast

Sirens, a new podcast from the ladies of Bombshell, dissects the institutions of American power. With their trademark wit and charm, join Loren DeJonge Schulman, Radha Iyengar Plumb, and Erin Simpson as they sound the alarm on technology, governance, and national security issues. (And maybe lure men to their deaths.)

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Recent Episodes

New Jersey, Just War, Crisis Engineering

May 31, 2026 1h 8m

Marina Nitze joins us to discuss their new book, Crisis Engineering, and how real change can come to government even in the worst moments. For Its a Drill, apparently the attack on science continues…

S2E10 FISA, Ukraine, and Reconciliation

May 15, 2026 54m

Molly Reynolds joins us to talk through all the mysteries and magic of reconciliation, and if the appropriations works will ever be the same. We don't even get to the China trip because we have FISA…

S2E9 Fired Navy Secretary, Fired NSB, and UAVs

May 02, 2026 59m

CSET's Lauren Kahn joins us this week to discuss trends in drone deployment and whether or how they are changing the character of warfare. For the rest of the episode, well, it's a whole lot of…

S2E8 Avignon, AI Risk, Federal Workforce Futures

Apr 15, 2026 1h 6m

Radha and Loren welcome Margaret Mullins (Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator) to discuss her new report proposal new models for organizing federal hiring and talent maangement (it's extremely cool, trust…

S2026E7 Brent, Science Funding, State and the Soldier.

Apr 02, 2026 54m

Radha and Loren welcome the glorious Dr. Kori Schake to the podcast for a discussion of her new book, The State and the Soldier:A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States; hurray! As…

S2E6 SAVE Act, VOA, and the Deficit

Mar 20, 2026 1h 1m

Radha and Loren are so excited to welcome the Co-Director of the Yale Budget Lab, Martha Gimbel, to explore her team's work and her fantastic recent testimony exploring how the the national debt and…

S2E6 Endangerment, DOD AI, Iran

Mar 05, 2026 1h 16m

Radha and Loren are so excited to welcome special guest Dana Stroul to help us understand this war, er, special military operation in Iran, but first we wade through cocktail party gossip on the end…

S2E4 Primes, Schedule P/C, and AI Sentiment

Feb 19, 2026 1h 1m

Radha and Loren are very excited about a range of important things, starting with Radha's purse, which is the same as the newly supermajoritied Japanese PM (yes, that's a word, we made it one). Also…

S2026E3 The Fed, Ed Accreditation, and DHS

Feb 06, 2026 1h 5m

Loren and Radha reminisce about wintry memories and Benedict Cumberbatch before a cocktail parties worth of gossip on Fed rates, tariffs, and appropriations politics. In dumpster fires, they explore…

S2E2 FEMA, NATO, GAO

Jan 22, 2026 59m

Sirens welcomes the tremendous Dr. Mara Karlin as a guest to first determine which current buzzwords we'd ban but more importantly to assess this moment of US and allied relationships: what allies…

S15 Iran, Minnesota, Venezuela, and 2026

Jan 09, 2026 1h 6m

Happy 2026 to all friends of Sirens! Loren, Radha, and Erin are truly astonished at the pace of news in their mid-winters nap and gab for an extended drill to cover new Hatch Act procedures, protests…

S1 NSS, SIV, and UCMJ

Dec 13, 2025 1h 1m

Yes - it's a mouthful of acronyms! And yes, it's hard to focus on anything besides the new national security strategy, but Sirens manages to open with our favorite holiday reads, merry and bright and…

S1 More on the Optimist Economy with Kathryn Edwards

Dec 08, 2025 28m

Were you left wanting more economist talk after last week's Sirens? Joint Loren and Radha for the full, uncut interview with the Optimist Economy's Kathryn Edwards helps us navigate where we are (or…

S1 AI Deals, the (Breaking) Justice System, and the Optimist Economy

Nov 26, 2025 1h 12m

Everyone's negotiating these days, with the Ukraine deal, recent AI deals, and the near final Schedule F (er Schedule Policy/Career) closing up (or not) as the year wraps up and the holiday party…

S1 More on nuclear testing with Heather Williams

Nov 20, 2025 26m

Are you equal parts terrified and fascinated by recent mentions of restarting nuclear testing? The ladies of bombshell are here to help! Join us for the full-length interview with PONI Director…

S1E12 Trade Taxes, Acquisition Reform, and Nuclear Testing

Nov 14, 2025 1h 7m

Sirens starts with favorite bake-off challenges and runs the cocktail circuit with the latest Supreme Court validation that tariffs are taxes, what the latest elections mean (or don't, apparently),…

S1 The Pentagon and the Press: interview with Valerie Insinna

Nov 05, 2025 29m

Breaking Defense reporter and longtime Pentagon press corps member Valerie Insinna details the work of the media in DOD, what the department owes Americans in terms of transparency, and the…

S1E11 Shutdown, Southcom, and Pentagon Press

Oct 30, 2025 1h 2m

Now that the Louvre jewel thieves have been caught, Sirens asks, what museum would you plan a heist for? On the cocktail circuit, we're chatting Tomahawks, no, sanctions yes on Russia-Ukraine, the…

S1 More on the unitary executive with Laura Dickinson

Oct 21, 2025 30m

If you're wondering what happens when as the foundations of separtion of power shift in real time, then this mini-episode is for you! Join the ladies of Bombshell for the fasinating, full length…

Hostage Deal, Cyber gangs, and Unitary Executive

Oct 15, 2025 1h 7m

Admit it; do you set google alerts for yourself, your partner's doppleganger, or pedandtic civ-mil terms? Sirens debates and drills through shutdown RIFs, the emerging hostage deal, and tariffs +…

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