Abstract
In this contribution we provide a brief overview of new numerical results describing the evolution of clumpy flows as well as new studies of magnetized winds/jets. In addition, we report on a new approach to studying these phenomena: direct laboratory experiments. Recent advances in the use of ``high energy density'' laboratory devices now allows researchers to produce scalable plasma flow experiments relevant to hypersonic astrophysical jets and shock-clump interactions in the context of circumstellar outflows.
