The Update with Brandon Julien

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Boy, that was one hell of a Wednesday wasn't it. Stay with us while we figure out our show situation for the remainder of the Spring. It's going to be a wild ride.  Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. New York City has closed two co-located schools, the Laboratory School of Finance and Tec...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! The latest coronavirus news and Harvey Weinstein's sentencing leads things off today.  Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. (Has changed since broadcast) As coronavirus cases topped 200, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says CUNY and SUNY will move to online learning and called for other acti...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! The latest developing coronavirus news leads things off today. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. New York Gov. Cuomo said that the state's confirmed coronavirus cases are up by about 25 from Monday's official count of 142. He didn't give an exact figure of new patients. Cuomo said on CNN's "New Da...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Developing stories about a shooting in Brooklyn and coronavirus lead off today. Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. A woman was fatally shot and a man is in critical condition after what is believed to be a murder-suicide attempt in Brooklyn that left a car riddled with bullets. It happened around 9...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien, but this time on the road. We're again at the IBS conference from the Hotel Pennsylvania in Midown, where college radio stations and students from around the country gather to exchange ideas and listen to professionals from the industry on panels and discussions. Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. T...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Yet another March brings us on the road to the IBS Radio Conference, where students from around the country gather to listen to speakers and exchange ideas. Some stories talked about on today's show include the continued increase in coronavirus cases, the outrage over a new video showing the NYPD arresting a young...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Developing news on Decision 2020 and the coronavirus leads things off today. Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. Elizabeth Warren is dropping out of the race for president, a source familiar with the campaign told ABC News. So far, she has not yet indicated who she will endorse. This news comes...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! A trio of developing stories leads things off today. Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. The wife, 20-year-old son, 14-year-old daughter and neighbor of a Westchester man who tested positive for the novel coronavirus have also all tested positive. That makes six positive cases in New York state. Gove...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, and where winter doesn't really exist, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! After a long hiatus, The Update podcast is back! On the radio side of things, today was the premiere of our third season and our 17th different introduction of The Update. This is going to be our best season yet, or we'll change the intro again darn it. And as we get into toda...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, and also the place where kids eat free, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! It's another getaway Friday, but with the rain around, it has a damper feel to it. The spring feel comes back Sunday! Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. A Florida man has pleaded guilty to sending a wave of pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, and home to 8 of the FBI's 10 most wanted, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! It's the first full day of spring, but you wouldn't have realized it by looking outside. Is warmth on the way?  Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. A man who joined the Marines two days after the Sept. 11 attacks has been sentenced to a decade in...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!  Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. A Bronx man has been arrested in the death of his 1-month-old son. Police say 24-year-old Christian Rodriguez faces several charges including reckless assault that resulted in a brain injury and assaulting a child under the age of seven.  2. Education ad...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, and now in technicolor for the new Spring season, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Spring draws closer and closer, which brings us one step closer to the true favorite season: summer.  Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. Defense lawyers for a man charged with killing eight people in a New York City terrorist attack say the U.S....

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! For the second time in as many weeks, there's been a deadly shooting overseas. First there was the New Zealand mosque shooting, and then, there was this. Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1.  A gunman killed three people and wounded nine others on a tram in the central Dutch city of Utrecht, spar...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, and home to the grand old opry, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Temperatures are going to be spring like this weekend- but for today, it'll come at the cost of some showers. Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. NYPD officers say the man who fatally shot the reputed boss of the Gambino crime family may have staged a car accident to l...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, and also in the spectacular country countryside, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! We're inching closer and closer to spring, and one sign of that is the St. Patrick's Day parade this weekend! Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. A man with reported ties to organized crime has been shot and killed. Police say 53-year-old Francesco Cal...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, and home to the Metropolitan Division leading New York Islanders, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! We're continuing the early Spring feel with only 7 days to go until it's officially the season! Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. Languishing evidence in over 100,000 sexual assault cases around the country has been sent for DNA test...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, and based on a true story, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! We didn't mention this, but today is the 30th anniversary of the world wide web! Look at how far it's come.  Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. There'll be no mystery meat (or any other meat) on Mondays at New York City public schools. That's because the city is expanding...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, and also the legendary forbidden city, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! We sprung forward over the weekend, and so has the weather! How long can it last? Some stories talked about on today's show were: 1. An attorney representing R. Kelly says the R&B artist denies being on yet another videotape that allegedly appears to show him sexually abusing...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, and home of the original pizza pie, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Some of the stories talked about on today's show were: 1. City Council Speaker Corey Johnson is calling for the city to take control of all of the city's subways and buses under an ambitious proposal. He also called for the creation of a new agency called Big Apple Transit during...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, and now available on DVD, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! Some stories that were talked about on today's show were: 1. Rape charges have been dropped against two former NYPD officers who had sex with an 18-year-old woman in a police van after arresting her for marijuana possession. The New York Times reports the Brooklyn District Attorney's offic...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien! First, developing news leads off. Nineteen people have been injured, two critically, in an apartment fire in the Bronx early Wednesday. The fire broke out around 6:15 a.m. inside the second floor of the Holland Avenue building and quickly spread throughout the building.   Then, Three men received prison senten...

From New York, the greatest city in the world, it's The Update with Brandon Julien!  Some stories talked about on today's show were:  1. A three-alarm fire burned through two buildings in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. The fire broke out on Boston Road just after 5:40 a.m. No injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.  2. Mayor Bill de Blasio sa...

The Justice Department says it will work with the Bureau of Prisons to examine what happened at a federal detention center that lost heat and electricity last week and ensure there is a backup system to prevent it from happening again, newly unsealed documents in the U.S. case against the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo say witnesses described the notorious kingpin having sex with minors, and...

The nation's immigration courts were severely backlogged even before the government shutdown, and according to attorneys, it could take years just to deal with the delays caused by the five-week standoff.  The infamous drug lord known as El Chapo has told a judge he won't testify at his U.S. trial, and Apple has made the group chat function in FaceTime unavailable after users said there was a bug...