This week Erin, Loren, and Radha are joined by War on the Rock's new editor-in-chief Becky Zimmerman to talk about the talks that never were with the Taliban and catch up on the situation in Afghanistan more generally. The ladies then turn to the chaos in the UK, ongoing protests in Hong Kong, the release of classified information by the President (again!), MILCON spending for the border wall, and the Mattis book. Whew! After all that, the dive into pop culture with book and podcast rec's for all. Links Afghanistan Erin Banco and Asawin Suebsaeng, "," Daily Beast, August 30, 2019 Mujib Mashal, "," New York Times, September 5, 2019 Jennifer Jacobs, Nick Wadhams, and Eltaf Najafizada, "," Bloomberg, September 7, 2019 Mujib Mashal, "," New Yorkt Times, September 8, 2019 "," TOLO News, September 6, 2019 Brexit "," Globe and Mail, September 5, 2019 Amanda Sloat, "," Lawfare, September 6, 2019 "," BBC News, September 8, 2019 Yemen "," NPR, September 4, 2019 Hong Kong Mike Ives, Tiffany May, and Elaine Yu, "," New York Times, September 7, 2019 Saudi/UAE Aziz El Yaakoubi, David Evans, Ros Russell, and Tuqa Khalid, "," Reuters, September 8, 2019 Iran Eric Adams, "," Popular Mechanics, September 6, 2019 MILCON Chantal Da Silva, "," Newsweek, September 5, 2019