The Update with Brandon Julien

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of Year 5 of The Update. When we first started this then-show at WKRB in 2017, the first year had a lot of things going on. Donald Trump's first year in office, mass shootings worldwide, and the Great American Solar Eclipse...

Today in The Update Journal, love is apparently in the air — but so is panic, confusion, and at least one NYPD officer standing by the elevator wondering how this became their shift. We’re starting with the Empire State Building situation, where romance, daredevil behavior, and citywide trauma all met at the top of one of the most recognizable buildings on Earth. Because nothing says “big gesture”...

Today in The Update Journal, we are spinning through workplace tension, vampire confusion, and weather conditions that should absolutely require a court appearance. First, The Chair That Keeps Spinning takes a look at one of those situations where you do not want to create drama, you do not want to make things awkward, and you definitely do not want to start throwing furniture — but emotionally? A...

Today in The Update Journal, we’re unpacking a crisis of culture, commerce, and Costco bakery temptation. First, music used to have soul, heartbreak, and somebody singing like the rent was due, the lights were about to get cut off, and their ex had just walked back into the room. Now half the industry looks like it was assembled in front of a ring light with an eight-count dance routine, a brand p...

Today in The Update Journal, we ask the important questions: have the Mets hit rock bottom, or did Citi Field secretly install a basement just for emotional damage? After getting swept in a doubleheader by the Cubs at home, the Mets have officially entered the “somebody check the warranty on this team” phase of the season. At this point, the fan base isn’t even asking for a winning streak — just b...

Today in The Update Journal, we begin with The Last Day Hostage Situation, because apparently the final day of school is now a full-day commitment, and somewhere Bill de Blasio’s name has been added to the “things we are still mad about” clipboard — right under snow days, above printer toner shortages, and directly next to “why are we still doing regular dismissal on a day where everyone’s brain h...

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of Year 5 of The Update. When we first started this then-show at WKRB in 2017, the first year had a lot of things going on. Donald Trump's first year in office, mass shootings worldwide, and the Great American Solar Eclipse...

In today's edition of The Update Journal, we ask the question nobody saw coming in 2026: do we… gotta go back to Mo’s? Modell’s is reportedly plotting a comeback, but online first — because apparently even nostalgia has to clear the digital checkout line before it can reopen a storefront. Still, if this is the first step toward hearing “Gotta Go to Mo’s” again in public, then yes, I am emotion...

In today's edition of The Update Journal, we ask the question nobody expected to take seriously: why does the Cheaters theme song go so hard? A show built entirely around emotional betrayal somehow came with a theme that sounds like heartbreak put on a leather jacket, walked into a recording studio, and said, “Give me something with pain, drama, and a bassline.” Then, our Interview With the Va...

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of Year 5 of The Update. When we first started this then-show at WKRB in 2017, the first year had a lot of things going on. Donald Trump's first year in office, mass shootings worldwide, and the Great American Solar Eclipse...

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of Year 5 of The Update. When we first started this then-show at WKRB in 2017, the first year had a lot of things going on. Donald Trump's first year in office, mass shootings worldwide, and the Great American Solar Eclipse...

This edition of The Update Journal takes a hard left turn into nostalgia, broadcast law, and whatever Gen Z found in the back of the fashion closet with a “DO NOT OPEN UNTIL 2006” sticker on it. First, Code Lyoko might be coming back, which means my childhood just sat up in bed like, “Wait… are we doing this again?” A potential Season 5 sounds exciting, terrifying, and emotionally classified as a...

On this edition of The Update Journal, we begin by honoring the true soldiers of the school year — the ones who never get a prep period, never get a lunch break, and somehow are always expected to perform miracles five minutes before dismissal. Today, we salute the main office printer, a machine that has survived permission slips, attendance sheets, event flyers, missing homework packets, last-min...

In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we investigate whether the Knicks won a championship through defense, chemistry, clutch shot-making… or by accidentally turning the playoffs into a monastery with sneakers. If the rumors are true, New York may have borrowed from the Dodgers’ apparent “no distractions, no problems” championship blueprint — which raises the terrifying possibility that abstin...

In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we look back at the 2025–26 NBA season and ask the important question: what did we actually learn? And the answer is… several things, most of which I had to confirm with the internet because I do not watch basketball with enough authority to lie confidently on air. Still, between chaos, comebacks, questionable shot selection, and New York somehow ending up...

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of Year 5 of The Update. When we first started this then-show at WKRB in 2017, the first year had a lot of things going on. Donald Trump's first year in office, mass shootings worldwide, and the Great American Solar Eclipse...

In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we begin with a betrayal on wheels: being trapped on a packed M10 bus, shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers, backpacks, tote bags, and someone’s speakerphone conversation, while another M10 — practically empty and living in luxury — rolls right past like it has diplomatic immunity. That’s not public transportation. That’s emotional damage with a route numbe...

In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we’re asking one of the most dangerous questions in sports: why are we still fouling people on three-point attempts like basketball was invented during the last commercial break? Nothing raises the blood pressure faster than watching a defender fly into somebody’s shooting space like they’re trying to block a Wi-Fi signal. Now the other team gets three fre...

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of Year 5 of The Update. When we first started this then-show at WKRB in 2017, the first year had a lot of things going on. Donald Trump's first year in office, mass shootings worldwide, and the Great American Solar Eclipse...

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of Year 5 of The Update. When we first started this then-show at WKRB in 2017, the first year had a lot of things going on. Donald Trump's first year in office, mass shootings worldwide, and the Great American Solar Eclipse...

In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we begin by trying to understand cuffing season, which sounds less like romance and more like a group project nobody explained. Apparently, when the weather gets cold, people start looking for somebody to share hoodies, blankets, holiday plans, and emotional responsibility with — and somehow we’re supposed to act like this isn’t just seasonal panic wearing...

In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we begin with a summer watchlist that technically came out four years ago, but emotionally still feels like it needs a viewer discretion warning, a glass of water, and somebody posted near the light switch. I’m rewatching Interview With the Vampire in the daytime this time, because the first attempt had too much biting, too much tension, and too many momen...

In today’s edition of The Update Journal, Elmo commits the most controversial act in modern sports media: hoping both NBA Finals teams have fun. That’s it. That was the statement. But because this is New York, that somehow turned into a citywide emergency where people started acting like Elmo should be subpoenaed, cross-examined, and asked under oath whether he’s secretly a Spurs fan. One innocent...

In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we’re checking in on the Yankees after a May that had wins, warning signs, and enough “we’ll circle back to this” energy to make June feel like a performance review. May gave Yankee fans reasons to feel confident, but June is walking in with a clipboard, a suspicious facial expression, and follow-up questions like, “Can this bullpen hold up?” “Is the lineu...

Hello everyone! We're going into #TheUpdate vault to play one of our many episodes throughout our many years of the show. For today's episode, we go into the world of Year 5 of The Update. When we first started this then-show at WKRB in 2017, the first year had a lot of things going on. Donald Trump's first year in office, mass shootings worldwide, and the Great American Solar Eclipse...