The Update with Brandon Julien

We've done a lot of episodes throughout our many years of #TheUpdate, but some of them are my personal favorites. Every month, we're going to go into The Update vault and play one episode from my personal list of favorite episodes. I hope you enjoy them as much as i did hosting it.

Can you dig it? Archeologists in Spain have recently uncovered an ancient rock slab with an alphabet inscribed that predates the Rosetta Stone by roughly 400 years. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, a taxicab hit six pedestrians in midtown Manhattan on Christmas Day, police said, with three people — including a 9-year-old boy — transported to hospitals for their injuries. The man accus...

A woman dubbed the “world’s hottest” scientist has shared her diagnosis of a potentially “deadly” mosquito-borne disease. In a video on Instagram, ecologist Rosie Moore told her 192,000 followers she had contracted dengue fever while traveling in South America. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, the NYPD announced they have in custody a “person of interest” in the early morning death of a...

That’s not gonna fly. Along with a surge in post-Covid air travel has also come an unwanted and continuous spat of bad behavior in the skies and airports — we’re looking at you, Crazy Plane Lady. Here are some unrecommended behaviors that can result in having your wings clipped. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, we continue our coverage in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson...

First, do no parm. Let’s face it — we love our classic Italian-American restaurants for their complete lack of restraint. No judgments, of course, but let’s say you were trying to shed a few pounds for summer — you don’t have to refuse the next offer of dinner at your favorite red sauce local, the experts say. You just have to look at the menu in a new way — and follow a whole new set of rules acc...

Variety may be the spice of life, but spices themselves hold the key to a healthier, longer life. More than just a dash of flavor, spices provide much-needed benefits to the brain, improving memory recall, focus, energy levels and cognitive function. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, in our continuing coverage in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the man accused of kil...

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 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it wor...

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 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it wor...

It’s worth the wait. A 33-year-old virgin says she won’t have sex until she meets a man who possesses her list of a dozen non-negotiable traits. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said he would consider pardoning embattled Mayor Adams, declared the country was “not going to lose” the polio vaccine and...

Vibrant rooftop scenes, cozy backyard spaces, state-of-the-art kitchens and fitness centers, monthly networking events and parties, plus free weekly cleaning to boot — and the rent is only $1,600 on average per month? All of this can be yours in NYC in 2024. You just have to be willing to share it with up to 30 of your closest housemates — yes, including bathrooms — and pass a vibe check. In the 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 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it wor...

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 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it wor...

Forget the Hamptons or St. Barts — all the cool girls are going to camp this summer. Shira Blumenthal, 35, can’t wait to arrive at Camp Social — a women-only adult summer camp in the Poconos costing $600 for a two-day, three-night stay. At adult summer camps, unlimited wine replaces juice boxes, French châteaus sub in for old wooden cabins in the middle of nowhere, and community swaps in for compe...

Talk about a pick me up. Bust-boosting bras beloved in the 1990s are soaring in popularity, as stars like Sydney Sweeney lead the latest undergarment trend that gives a killer cleavage. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, we continue our coverage of the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The gun found on the man charged with killing him matched shell casings found at the site...

Is the terror in the skies a bit overblown? The seemingly myriad of mid-air mishaps recently have made flying seem like playing Russian Roulette at 30,000 feet. Infamous recent examples have included the Alaska Airlines door disaster in March and Southwest Airlines’ near crash-landing recently. However, experts have mixed opinions regarding whether it’s still safe to fly the friendly skies. In the...

Oh say can you AC? One heat happy New Yorker chose one of Summer 2024’s sweatiest days to fan up a heated debate over the merits and necessity of apartment air conditioning. The fresh air freak wound up triggering a BTU brouhaha by announcing their dislike of the seasonal window-killer on Reddit’s popular Ask NYC message board. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, in our continuing coverag...

Picture it — Sicily, this coming August. Sure, the island’s dramatic coastline will be perfect for swimming and sunbathing, but you’ll be sharing some pretty tight real estate with half of Europe, too. Welcome to travel’s famous “shoulder season” — you’ll love it here. In fact, a growing number of travelers to Europe are rearranging their vacation calendars in order to sit out the crowding and hea...

Oh, joy. A list of the happiest cities in the world has just been published — and New Yorkers will have to travel awfully far to get a taste of the good life. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, new clues emerged in the hunt for the masked gunman who stalked and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, including possible leads about his travel before the shooting and a message scrawled...

Would you say “I do” to this bridal trend? A group of bridesmaids was forced to wear the bride’s name on their necklaces for a recent wedding, attracting much online outrage. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, Investigators are searching for clues that could help them identify the masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies on a...

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 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it wor...

A psychologist has revealed the seven chilling signs that you or someone you love could actually be a narcissist – and it could all come down to the way they text. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, jurors began deliberating and soon revisited some of their legal instructions in the trial of a military veteran charged with using a fatal chokehold to subdue a New York subway rider whose...

When Madonna, then just barely famous, auditioned for the title role of 1985’s “Desperately Seeking Susan,” she made it clear to the film’s studio executive, Barbara Boyle, how badly she wanted the part. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, one person was killed and seven were injured in a three-alarm fire that tore through an Upper East Side apartment building, drawing more than 130 firef...

If you want pearl jewelry from this Soho shop, you’re going to have to use some mussel. At Pearl & the Beast, shoppers can go fishing for mussels and shuck them open themselves for shiny pearls to make their own necklaces, rings and more. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, closing arguments are set in the trial of a military veteran charged with recklessly choking to death a mentally...

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 2020- or as we call it around here, Year 4 of The Update. It was a weird year- starting off in the WKRB studios and then going out on the road (in the middle of a pandemic no less!), but somehow, we found a way to make it wor...

Shane O’Farrell didn’t intend to get rich buying and selling Lego — all the 35-year-old from New Jersey, wanted was a connection to his childhood back in Ireland, where the modest Fort Legoredo was one of his favorite playthings. Twenty years later, when he saw the kit going for hundreds higher than its 1996 retail price of $85, it was a lightbulb moment for the side-hustle seeker. In the headline...