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Podcast: The Update with Brandon Julien
Episode: The Update- January 5th
Description: While I was on vacation doing absolutely nothing productive, New York City decided to enter a brand-new mayoral era, set a cabinet in motion, declare a snow day a “baby-making day” on live television, and remind us all that New Year’s resolutions are a work of fiction written entirely in pencil. In this Update Journal, we catch up on the first few days of the Mamdani era, including cabinet picks that did not take a holiday, a comment that absolutely did not need to be said out loud (but was), and the annual tradition of pretending this is the ye...