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Podcast: The Update with Brandon Julien
Episode: The Update- August 13th
Description: The American dream is slipping away. Most US citizens no longer enjoy “a minimal quality of life” due to skyrocketing costs, a depressing new study has uncovered. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, in Queens, two men getting their morning coffee from a city food truck were killed when an 84-year-old driver plowed into them — leaving the son of one victim to heartbreakingly weep, “It should have been me.’’A 77-year-old woman died after she was pulled from the ocean at a popular New York City beach — the same day another swimmer drowned and at least six o...