The Update with Brandon Julien

Hollywood is officially on strike on Wednesday's edition of #TheUpdate. The first Hollywood strike in 15 years began as the economic pressures of the streaming era prompted unionized TV and film writers to picket for better pay outside major studios, a work stoppage that is leading most late-night shows to air reruns. Veterinarians are growing alarmed by an apparent rise in marijuana poisonings am...

On Tuesday's edition of #TheUpdate, Regulators seized troubled First Republic Bank, making it the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, and promptly sold all of its deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase in a bid to stop further banking turmoil that has dominated the first half of this year. America's high school graduates are often encouraged to start at a community college befo...

On Monday's edition of #TheUpdate, Four New York City parking garages are being shuttered because they may be unsafe. More than a year after the maker of OxyContin reached a tentative settlement over the toll of opioids, the money isn't flowing yet. And new research shows that babies born to opioid users have shorter hospital stays when care includes more parent involvement and a quieter environme...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

Year 5 continued the podcast era of #TheUpdate. It was also a show in continuing transition. While the audio quality wasn't that great sometimes, there were still lots of important stories to talk about. Take a listen to some of the best moments of Year 5 of the show.

On Thursday's edition of #TheUpdate, A man who had been shouting at people aboard a New York City subway train died after fellow riders tackled him and one put him in a chokehold that lasted until his body went limp. The 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike this week after negotiations with Hollywood studios that began in March failed to result in an agreement. The guild h...

On Friday's edition of #TheUpdate, Police in New York say several people were taken to a hospital, including four with life-threatening injuries, after a head-on crash between a car and a school bus. New York City's Metropolitan Transit Agency, which for 13 years has provided real-time information on subway, train and bus service outages, delays and other important updates for its 1.3 million foll...

On Thursday's edition of #TheUpdate, A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a New York City emergency medical technician by running her over with her own ambulance. The American Museum of Natural History in New York will soon open its massive new building, complete with live insects and swooping architecture. And the Supreme Court is speaking with one voi...

The wait goes on for a Trump indictment on Thursday's edition of #TheUpdate. Manhattan prosecutors have postponed a scheduled grand jury session in the investigation into Donald Trump over hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign, but three people say that the grand jury was told to be on standby for Thursday. Meanwhile, as the world waits to see whether a grand jury indicts forme...

On Monday's edition of #TheUpdate, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has agreed to let Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee question an ex-prosecutor about the criminal case against former President Donald Trump. The front door in America is one of the landscape's most intimate and personal of borders. It's the place where the public sphere encounters private space. And that occasion...

On Wednesday's edition of #TheUpdate, tragedy can happen in a New York minute. One person has been killed and five have been injured in a parking garage collapse in lower Manhattan’s Financial District. A grand jury indictment unsealed names five men in connection to the drugging deaths of the two men as part of a criminal operation to steal money. And in the American west in Oregon, their pioneer...

On the 2023 Tax Day edition of #TheUpdate, Justice Department officials say two men have been arrested on charges that they helped establish a secret police station in New York City on behalf of the Chinese government. U.S. Rep. George Santos has announced that he’s running for reelection. The New York Republican has faced criticism and ridicule after it was revealed that he has told numerous lies...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

A major cable news shakeup is on #TheUpdate this Tuesday. Fox News has ousted Tucker Carlson less than a week after settling a lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election reporting. Meanwhile, Longtime CNN host Don Lemon has been fired by the cable news network a little over two months after apologizing to viewers for on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. A hearing is b...

Hope everyone enjoyed their spring break- it's back to work for us on Monday's edition of #TheUpdate. A New York man has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison for hiring a hitman to kill his father, a reputed Mafia associate gunned down at a McDonald's drive-thru in what prosecutors called a scheme to control a family real estate empire. The final curtain came down Sunday on New Yor...

We're all set for vacation time on Wednesday's edition of #TheUpdate. A stone-faced Donald Trump has been confronted with a 34-count felony indictment accusing him in a scheme to bury allegations of extramarital affairs that arose during his first White House campaign. We'll take a glance at the three hush money cases in the Trump indictment. A new survey of lead pipes across the United States est...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

The wait is finally over on Friday's edition of #TheUpdate. Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, prosecutors and defense lawyers say, making him the first former U.S. president to face a criminal charge and jolting his bid to retake the White House. Meanwhile, Every day, hundreds of people are taken into law enforcement custody in New York City. The former President is expecte...

The waiting game continues on Wednesday's edition of #TheUpdate. The Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money paid on Donald Trump’s behalf is not expected to take up that inquiry again this week, meaning any potential vote on an indictment probably won’t happen until next week at the earliest. The U.S. gambling industry is adopting a new responsible marketing code that will ban sports books...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!

On #TheUpdate this Thursday, The Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money paid on Donald Trump’s behalf is scheduled to consider other matters next week before taking a previously scheduled two-week break. A career criminal whose rap sheet includes bank robberies and a murder conspiracy was sentenced to 16 years for killing a New Jersey political consultant in exchange for money in 2014. And...

The waiting beat continues on #TheUpdate this Wednesday. For 40 years, former President Donald Trump has navigated a flurry of legal investigations without ever facing criminal charges. That record may soon come to an end. Former President Donald Trump is in Florida, waiting out the possibility of criminal charges in New York City — as the city braces for disruptions that could follow an indictmen...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!