The Update with Brandon Julien

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! It's safe to say that 2020 has been a wild year, but do you remember how the year began? It all started in January with the opening Impeachment Arguments in the trial of President Donald John Trump, which is today's trip into the archives.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! In today's trip into the archives, we go back to a show we did on Yom Kippur in October of 2019, the holiest day of the Jewish year.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! We did it, we did it. Unless something has changed in the last few weeks that makes us ineligible for Phase 4 in which we tried, but that seems unlikely- we did it! We'll be back with new episodes in August, but in the meantime, our trips into the archives continue. In today's trip, we go back to celebrating Intern...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Here's a little fun fact for you: March 20th is the day my wife was born- and it's also usually the first day of Spring. On today's trip into the archives, we go back to the first day of Spring back in March of 2019.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Let's be real for a second: Summer 2020 doesn't feel like last summer, or even the summer of 2018. Speaking of, today's trip into the archives takes us to the official first day of summer back in June of 2018.

From New York,the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! With MLB starting their summer camps in an effort to finally start the pandemic delayed season, today's trip into the archives seems like a good time to go back to MLB'S Opening Day back in March of 2019.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! In today's trip into the archives, we go back to the unofficial start of summer in the day before Memorial Day weekend in May of 2018.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Happy Tax Day everyone! That's sarcasm of course. In today's trip into the archives, we go back all the way to 2017- the first year of the show. We've covered lots of tragedies throughout my tenure. The aftermath in Manchester was the first major incident I covered, but the Las Vegas massacre took things to an enti...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's awakening from our summer slumber talks about the confusing school path forward both locally and nationally. Parents and school administrators are getting long-awaited answers to their back-to-school questions as Gov. Cuomo said schools will be allowed to open for the fall in areas where the coronavirus is...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! We come out of our summer slumber to talk about the latest coronavirus developments, and despite several repeated statements by Governor Cuomo that opening schools is his call to make, a plan announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza say that most New York City students will return t...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! In today's trip into the archives, we go back to Flag Day back in June of 2018- a day where we commemorate the adoption of the flag of the United States by the resolution of the Second Continental Congress.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today is a special anniversary day for me and my wife, so today's trip into the archives is extra special. Today takes us to the first day of Fall in September of 2019, starting the road to one of my (and her) favorite holidays: Halloween.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Thanksgiving is a time to be around friends, family, and people you care about. The day before though is a day when people do the majority of their traveling. And today's trip to the archives takes us to a rare extended edition of our show- the first show of that kind since we ended the two-hour shows.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Today's trip to the archives on this 7/11 day takes us back to the end of January and the Impeachment Trial of President Donald John Trump. The biggest issue during this trial: Would there be witnesses? Or wouldn't there be? We obviously know the answer looking back on it now, but at the time, it was the great deba...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! All aboard! On today's dip into the WKRB archives, this is another version of The Update express.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Over the years, our shows have moved through various timeslots. Mornings/early afternoons (10:30/11:30AM-12:30PM) and evenings (5-6pm) have been our most popular spots, but in today's dip into the WKRB archives, we moved to our new timeslot in March of 2019: 9:30AM.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! As we said on yesterday's show, this summer will be different than most. While we transition to the College of Staten Island, this summer is all about looking back at the best of our show over the last three years. We'll be here for big news (and for NYC'S Phase 4 reopening in two weeks) as needed, but after talkin...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! So as you may have noticed, today wasn't the best day for reporting outdoors with the sweltering heat and the storms that followed, so we'll be recording today's show tomorrow and be including it as a bonus episode along with tomorrow's archive trip. For today's archive trip, we go back to February (pre-pandemic) w...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! On the eve of NYC's Phase 3 reopening, we're continuing to dip into the archives. It's no secret that President Trump's first term has been "memorable." That's as kind a word that can be used for podcast, but that word could definitely be used for the major announcement he made on this day during our 2nd season in...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Hopefully you're celebrating America's birthday safely and responsibly. As we await NYC's arrival into Phase 3, today's dip into the WKRB archives takes to another day that means a lot to Americans: Veteran's Day.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! On the eve of the July 4th holiday weekend (and NYC's reopening on Monday), today's trip to the WKRB archives takes us to an early milestone of our WKRB career: our 200th episode. It came rather quickly after we went from three days a week to five days a week.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! As NYC continues the road to Phase 3, we've been going into the WKRB archives until our newest episode on July 6th. In today's dip, we go back to February of 2020 (pre-pandemic). President Trump would be aquitted in his impeachment trial the next day, but in today's episode (or more accurately later that evening),...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Welcome to July in the summer of 2020- Three days until July 4th, and five days until NYC's scheduled Phase 3 reopening. On our way to our new episode, we've been dipping into the WKRB archives to look back at the best of our show over the past three years. In today's dip, it's another express version of our show.

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! As Pride Month sadly comes to an end and the July 4th weekend approaches (as well as NYC's Phase 3 reopening right afterward), today's dip into the WKRB archives takes us back to November of 2018. It was a busy month- not only did we go to Washington DC to cover the aftermath of the midterms, but Stan Lee died the...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! As we continue on the road to NYC's Phase 3, today's dip into the WKRB archives takes us to October of 2019, when we celebrated our 400th episode with special messages from my WKRB collegues.