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Podcast: The Update with Brandon Julien
Episode: The Update- January 6th
Description: Today’s Update Journal is a study in loss, confusion, and national priorities. We say a proper goodbye to the $6 Dunkin’ Deal—a brief but meaningful chapter in American history where coffee, breakfast, and hope briefly aligned. It was affordable. It was customizable. It got us through inflation, seasonal depression, and mornings we absolutely did not consent to. Gone now, but never forgotten. We will speak of it in hushed tones, like elders recalling a better time. Then we turn to Tony Dokoupil’s debut on the CBS Evening News, which featured awkward pauses, unsettling silence, and the unmistakable energy o...