EPISODE · Jun 6, 2026 · 1H 56M
The Update- June 4th
from The Update with Brandon Julien · host Brandon Julien
In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we say goodbye to the old Dunkin’ $6 Meal Deal — because apparently breakfast had a working-class era and corporate decided it was time for layoffs. For a brief, beautiful moment, six dollars could get you fed, caffeinated, and emotionally prepared to face society. Now? We gather around the hash browns, lower the flag to half-croissant, and remember when breakfast had a budget and dignity came with a wake-up wrap.Then, A Closer Look heads into the drama over at 60 Minutes, where Scott Pelley reportedly confronted the show’s new executive producer, Nick Bilton, during a staff meeting. And listen — when Scott Pelley is the one bringing the heat, you know something has gone terribly wrong, because this is not a man built for nonsense. This is a man who looks like he fact-checks his own dreams. Reportedly confronting the boss in a staff meeting? That’s not workplace tension. That’s “the group chat is going to be unbearable by lunch” energy.And today’s Honorable Mention takes us into the future of teen romance, where some boys are choosing AI girlfriends over real-life relationships — with experts warning that the consequences could be disastrous. Because apparently dating has gotten so exhausting that some people said, “You know what would make this easier? Removing the human.” Nothing says healthy emotional development like forming a deep connection with an app that remembers your birthday because a server farm told it to. We used to worry about teens not going outside. Now we have to worry that their first breakup is going to come with a software update.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, a prediction market reported former U.S. Rep. George Santos to federal prosecutors after he boasted he’d be going to President Trump’s State of the Union address, then bet against his own attendance, according to a person familiar with the investigation.A stranger stabbed a 42-year-old man during an early Wednesday clash just blocks from Times Square, police said. The victim was knifed once in the chest just after 2 a.m. outside a building on West 42nd Street near Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen, a storefront shared by a Chinese restaurant and a pizzeria, cops said. And out in the American West, a man was shot and killed by the FBI after taking 10 school employees hostage inside a Southern California office building and warning that he had strapped explosives to himself and some of the hostages, police said.
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In today’s edition of The Update Journal, we say goodbye to the old Dunkin’ $6 Meal Deal — because apparently breakfast had a working-class era and corporate decided it was time for layoffs. For a brief, beautiful moment, six dollars could get you fed, caffeinated, and emotionally prepared to face society. Now? We gather around the hash browns, lower the flag to half-croissant, and remember when breakfast had a budget and dignity came with a wake-up wrap.Then, A Closer Look heads into the drama over at 60 Minutes, where Scott Pelley reportedly confronted the show’s new executive producer, Nick Bilton, during a staff meeting. And listen — when Scott Pelley is the one bringing the heat, you know something has gone terribly wrong, because this is not a man built for nonsense. This is a man who looks like he fact-checks his own dreams. Reportedly confronting the boss in a staff meeting? That’s not workplace tension. That’s “the group chat is going to be unbearable by lunch” energy.And today’s Honorable Mention takes us into the future of teen romance, where some boys are choosing AI girlfriends over real-life relationships — with experts warning that the consequences could be disastrous. Because apparently dating has gotten so exhausting that some people said, “You know what would make this easier? Removing the human.” Nothing says healthy emotional development like forming a deep connection with an app that remembers your birthday because a server farm told it to. We used to worry about teens not going outside. Now we have to worry that their first breakup is going to come with a software update.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Thursday, a prediction market reported former U.S. Rep. George Santos to federal prosecutors after he boasted he’d be going to President Trump’s State of the Union address, then bet against his own attendance, according to a person familiar with the investigation.A stranger stabbed a 42-year-old man during an early Wednesday clash just blocks from Times Square, police said. The victim was knifed once in the chest just after 2 a.m. outside a building on West 42nd Street near Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen, a storefront shared by a Chinese restaurant and a pizzeria, cops said. And out in the American West, a man was shot and killed by the FBI after taking 10 school employees hostage inside a Southern California office building and warning that he had strapped explosives to himself and some of the hostages, police said.
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