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 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...

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...

One Australian lotto winner has revealed her unique and personal purchases with her $66,100 winnings, after getting lucky in the TattsLotto lottery game. Melbourne resident Rachel De Oliveira, posted a video on TikTok last week, sharing her various and distinctive purchases over the years since striking gold in the lottery nine years ago. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, a smirking ma...

Honey, I shrunk the lids. Does Panda Express have a shrinkflation problem? One disappointed customer is sounding the alarm on the orange chicken monger, claiming the popular Chinese fast casual has severely downsized its takeout containers — even as prices have gone up. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, the father of the 4-year-old Harlem boy who died freezing and malnourished was cha...

It’s a sticky-fingered situation. Manhattan’s only Costco may have a shoplifting problem, it’s been revealed, months after rampant theft allegedly drove the Target next door to close — and even after the company has bragged that their closed-door policy has helped them to steer around the recent retail crime epidemic. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, a Big Apple mother was arrested and...

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...

Do passengers have a right to refuse — or are they being just plain switcher-rude? As myriad past incidents have proven, swapping seats has become a contentious travel issue, with armchair experts flocking to each side of the aisle. Fortunately, bonafide travel gurus have cleared the air on what passengers should do when propositioned with a seating shakeup in the sky. In the headlines on #TheUpda...

Fasten your seat belts — it’s gonna be a glam-free ride. Dolling up for a flight is skincare sin, according to a primping pro, who’s advising divas against caking on the cosmetics while traveling the not-so-beauty-friendly skies. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ twin daughters and other family members turned up in a Manhattan courtroom, as a judge set the disgraced h...

There are plenty of reasons to love fast food: it’s quick, convenient, comforting and — let’s face it — delicious. But there are downsides, of course, with costs increasing, no longer falling into the “cheap eats” category, as well as not necessarily being good for you or nutritious. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, Sean “Diddy” Combs will borrow a page from Mayor Adams’ legal playboo...

Is this one-word response worse than “K”? It surely seems so. Apparently, replying to a text message with only the word “sure” is interpreted as passive aggressive or uncertain, especially when asking a friend to get together or hang out. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, in our continuing coverage of The Turmoil At City Hall, a former New York City official was charged Tuesday with w...

You’ll be itching to avoid this. A TikTok-famous doctor is warning travelers away from a spot in a hotel room — other than a mattress — that can be prone to bedbugs. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, thousands of anti-Israel protesters flooded Manhattan’s streets on the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attack — spewing hate-fueled slogans as some launched a violent attack on a Jew...

People were not too egg-cited about this cooking method. A chef went viral showing how she cooks scrambled eggs in boiling water — but viewers were not too enticed. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Monday, students and professors at several New York City universities are expected to stage walkouts in a widespread protest of Israel on the anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack on the Jewish...

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...

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...

The Transportation Security Administration has weighed in on the airport wrap battle. Swaddling suitcases in plastic is a common practice among international travelers looking to prevent damage and theft, as well as unwanted items from getting snuck into their luggage. However, experts with the TSA claim that this measure might not provide the added security layer that people believe it does. In t...

When standing up from a squat or a seated position, many of us are greeted by the familiar snap, crackle and pop of our knees, but is the sound cause for concern? Orthopedic experts are sharing what causes the cracking and when to seek medical treatment. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, in our continuing coverage of The Turmoil At City Hall, New York City is speeding up its switch to a...

Sugar, you’re going down. A registered dietitian from Florida is giving the scoop on how to halve the sugar content in a popular Starbucks blended drink with a few clicks on the Starbucks app. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, in our continuing coverage of Th Turmoil At City Hall, Federal prosecutors said they are pursuing “several related investigations” that could lead to additional...

People who are overweight or obese should exercise in the evening to manage their blood sugar, new research from Spain finds. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, in our continuing coverage of The Turmoil at City Hall, Mayor Adams delivered his most thorough public defense to date since his indictment on federal bribery charges, insisting the case was a “test” that would not distract him...

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...

AI-n’t too proud to beg? As artificial intelligence achieves uncanny levels of human likeness, entrepreneurs are already capitalizing on the ease of generating a hot chatbot bod in a creepy cash grab from horny internet users. In a new study published in the journal Cognition and Emotion, a team of scientists from Italy and Finland wanted to observe how we react to AI images designed to sexually a...

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.

For this New Yorker, business is pleasure. Sarah Riccio ditched her traditional 9-to-5 to become a professional sex toy tester, a little-known odd job that remedied the 34-year-old’s dissatisfaction with a normal office workplace. In the headlines on #ThUpdate this Monday, Praise God — especially when you’re under federal indictment. Mayor Eric Adams solicited prayers from the city’s faithful duri...