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This week, the Bombshell squad goes shoulder to shoulder into the fray of referenda for the Iraqi Kurds and\xa0the Catalans in Spain, alongside a recap of the German general election.\xa0 Like many women have before us,\xa0we ask "Why Chad?" and explore the merits of the new Trump travel ban. We wonder if it was painful for Secretary Tillerson to get cut off at the knees over North Korea, and contemplate the interagency fun of\xa0 the Puerto Rico relief efforts.\xa0 Finally, we spend some quality time pondering the existential crises brought on by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's Vietnam documentary on PBS - and also our love of Ross Poldark.

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Episode Reading:

• Lauren Frayer, \u201cViolence Breaks Out During Catalan Independence Referendum,\u201d NPR\xa0
• Lauren Theisen, \u201cBarcelona Play In An Empty Stadium After Attempted Independence Vote,\u201d Deadspin
• Julie Smith, \u201cMerkel Will Spend the Next Four Years Battle Forces at Home,\u201d Foreign Policy
• Kevin Sieff,\xa0\u201cWhy did the U.S. travel ban add counterterrorism partner Chad? No one seems quite sure,\u201d Washington Post
• Helene Cooper, Michael D. Shear and Dionne Searcey.\xa0\u201cChad\u2019s Inclusion in Travel Ban Could Jeopardize American Interests, Officials Say,\u201d New York Times
• Charlie Savage and Eric Schmidt,\xa0\u201cTrump poised to drop some limits on drone strikes and commando raids,\u201d New York Times
• Dana Milbank,\xa0\u201cDonald Trump's Dog,\u201d Washington Post
• Malcolm Gladwell, "Saigon, 1965\u201d (Episode 2), The Revisionist History Podcast\xa0
• Alyssa Rosenberg, \u201cKen Burns\u2019s American War,\u201d Washington Post
• Nicole Cliffe, \u201dPoldark Season-Premiere Recap: Sunrise, Sunset,\u201d Vulture

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