The Update with Brandon Julien

Happy New Year everyone! It's Day 33 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒🎉. On #TheUpdate this Monday, schools around the country are adapting soaring infections of the omicron varient- especially as NYC children returned to school from their winter vacation. Mask requirements are returning in some districts that had dropped them. Some are planning to ramp up testing almond students and staff. And a small num...

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!

It's Day 30 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this New Year's Eve, we had an entire rundown of things to talk about, but before we recorded today's show, the entire news cycle got in the bus to sadness junction when we learned that Betty White died today at the age of 99, just a few weeks before her 100th birthday in January. The other top story is New Year's Eve in Times Square, even as an u...

It's Day 29 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Thursday, Ghislane Maxwell is guilty as charged- at least on 5 of the 6 charges against her. The verdict capped a monthlong trial featuring accounts of the sexual exploitation of girls as young as 14. On the five counts she was found guilty of, each count has prison time ranging anywhere from 5 to 40 years. The latest omicron surge is giving...

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!

It's Day 28 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, outgoing mayor Bill De Blasio is making one last stand when it comes to COVID-19 and schools. He says that testing in schools will go up when the holiday break ends January 3rd in an effort to keep classrooms open despite a surge in infections due to the omicron varient. 2 million at-home test kits will be distributed so that tests...

It's Day 27 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, is the jury in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial smelling like a deadlock? They've gone three full days of deliberations without sign of a verdict. Recently, they requested multi-colored sticky notes, a white board, and some trial transcripts. They also asked for the definition of enticement and a question pertaining to the law. Federal ju...

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

It's Day 26 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Monday, there's dwindling interest in the news, and it's definitely not good. The metrics are ugly for many TV, digital, and print news organizations: after record-setting engagement numbers in 2020, many people are cutting back in news consumption. Cable news and digital sites in particular are coping with a dramatic decrease in interest in...

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!

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!

It's Day 23 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. And yeah, it's also my birthday! 🎂🎁🎉 On #TheUpdate this Christmas Eve, revelers will still ring in the new year in Times Square next week, but there just won't be as many of them under new COVID-19 restrictions. Outgoing Mayor De Blasio says that viewing areas that normally accommodate about 58,000 people will be limited to about 15,000 people to allow for m...

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

It's Day 22 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Thursday, the wait goes on. New York City officials say that they're opening more COVID-19 testing sites and restricting visitation at city-run hospitals and jails. Meanwhile, outgoing Mayor De Blasio says that no decision still have been made on whether to ban people from New Year's Eve in Times Square, even as Fox says they're cancelling it...

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

It's Day 21 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Wednesday, are no lockdowns a realistic vision? Outgoing mayor Bills De Blasio says that he's committed to keeping the city open as it grapples with another spike in coronavirus cases. The mayor said that New York can't see schools and businesses closed again like the city did in 2020 when COVID-19 first spread widely. Incoming mayor Eric Ada...

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

It's Day 20 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. On #TheUpdate this Tuesday, this is truly a wakeup call. Just a few weeks ago, this city seemed to be a relative bright spot in the coronavirus struggle. Now it's a hot spot once again, confronting a dizzying spike in cases, a scramble for testing, a quandary over New Year's Eve in Times Square, and an exhausting sense of déjà vu. There are important reasons wh...

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

It's Day 19 of the MLB Lockout 🥎🔒. Boy, that was one heck of a weekend, wasn't it? On #TheUpdate this Monday, not too far from where we are, the fate of the annual New Year's Eve party in Times Square will be decided this week. Outgoing Mayor De Blasio says that a decision will be made before Christmas on whether it will go forward, as the omicron varient spreads rapidly through the city. This w...

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