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- Let’s Weekend #426 – RFK’s Dead Bear Adventure
On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the cool parts of the Olympics, the dumb fascists in the UK, and RFK Jr's really weird story about picking up a dead bear.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: MXC, PowerWash Simulator
- B: LAD Infinite Wealth, Guilty Gear Strive, books, Before Mario
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Assholes of the Week: Things are bad in the UK as riots have been happening as fascists have been attacking places where Muslims and immigrants tend to live
- A California man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for attacking police during the January 6 insurrection
- RFK Jr admitted that he was the person that found a dead bear on the side of a road and planned to take it home to skin it, but instead dumped it in Central Park
- Google lost its massive antitrust case over its search engine dominance
- Heroes of the Week: The Refugee Olympic Team won its first medal since being created nearly a decade ago, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won the gold medal after weeks of online harassment
- Kamala Harris chooses Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate
- Harris and Trump’s camps agreed to a presidential debate on ABC News September 10
- Trump had a press conference at Mar-a-Lago that was a disaster
- SCOTUS rejects Missouri’s ridiculous bid to stop Trump’s sentencing in his NY hush money case
- Missouri Rep. Cori Bush was ousted in her primary by an AIPAC-sponsored Dem
- Georgia’s Election Board will require county officials to make inquiry into results before certifying
- WB Discovery dropped Genndy Tartakovsky’s animated movie Fixed and returns it to Sony
- WB Discovery shut down the Cartoon Network site and transfers domain to Max’s website
- WB Discovery’s stock dropped to an all-time low after their networks lost $9 billion in value
- Netflix is partnering with Toho for a series version of their classic movie Human Vapor
- Disney’s hiking sub prices for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+
- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Artists Equity company is working on Hulk Hogan/Gawker movie
- D23 Announcements
- Incredibles 3 is in development
- Avatar 3 is titled “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
- Daredevil: Born Again will debut in March on Disney+
- We got a teaser trailer for Disney’s Snow White
- We got an official trailer for Agatha All Along
- We got an official trailer for Moana 2
- We got an official trailer for Saturday Night
- We got an official trailer for Star Wars Skeleton Crew
- Contact us at [email protected]
- Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
1 hr 15 min - Let’s Weekend #425 – Dr. Doom Toots Again
On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Trump bombing at the NABJ event, the awful and cool stuff happening at the Olympics, and the return of a certain actor to the MCU.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: Deadpool & Wolverine, Lost, Prison Break, Arranger, Hollow Knight
- B: No More Heroes III, Guilty Gear Strive, manga, fuck you Gamestop
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Assholes of the Week: Trump spoke at the NABJ and bombed so hard with his racist bullshit that his team made him leave early
- Transphobes lost their mind after an Olympic boxing match between two athletes that failed gender eligibility tests in the past, Imane Khelif beat the Hungarian boxer that posted offensive memes about her before the match
- Heroes of the Week: Katie Ledecky won her 8th gold medal after her 1,500m win for a new Olympic record
- Biden admin negotiated a deal with Russia to get Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan back in a prisoner swap
- Biden called for SCOTUS term limits, an enforceable ethics code, and a constitutional amendment
- Kamala Harris raised over $310 million in July
- Project 2025’s director stepped down, but that won’t mean it’s over
- Kari Lake won the GOP’s Senate primary in Arizona to face the Dem’s Ruben Gallego
- The US is recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader as the victor in their election
- Illinois is the 8th state to adopt a law making it illegal for employers to hold anti-union meetings
- New York judge banned Wayne LaPierre from working for the NRA for 10 years
- US judge overturned the $4.7 billion Sunday Ticket judgment against the NFL
- A study suggests that the drying Great Salt Lake is becoming a significant greenhouse gas source
- Google pulled a controversial ad from the NBC Olympics rotation that promoted AI for fan letters
- Francis Ford Coppola kissed extras on the set of Metropolis
- Aerosmith is retiring from touring as Steven Tyler’s vocal injury will not fully recover enough to sing
- The next Avengers movies will be subtitled Doomsday and Secret Wars from the Russo Brothers
- The Disney, WB, and Fox sports service will launch at $42.99 per month
- Netflix’s That 90s Show Part 3 will come out two months earlier on August 22
- Netflix’s Squid Game Season 2 will premiere December 26
- We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Terminator Zero
- Contact us at [email protected]
- Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
1 hr 14 min - Let’s Weekend #424 – The Couch Lover
On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the dramatic Biden exit that led to Kamala's entrance into the race, the Olympics, and the extremely funny rumor about JD Vance.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: Unfrosted, many X-Men movies, Ghostbusters Frozen Empire, Rocket League, No Man’s Sky
- B: Trails Through Daybreak, Travis Strikes Back NMH, books, Nintendo hanafuda
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Assholes of the Week: Israel PM Netanyahu spoke in front of Congress hoping to curry favor for more support for their war on Palestine, Over 400 people protesting the Gaza war on Capitol Hill were arrested by US Capitol Police the day before
- The new HIV preventative vaccine is 100% effective, but the company that makes it is currently overcharging for it in the US to a ridiculous degree
- Ohio Supreme Court voted 4-3 against a consumer that sued over injuries sustained after swallowing a bone that was in a boneless wing
- Trump tells people at a Christian rally that they only need to vote this one time so he can fix elections in the future
- Heroes of the Week: The US male flag bearer at the Paris Olympics is LeBron James, Tennis star Coco Gauff is the female flag bearer
- Legislation was introduced to make it a crime to fraudulently enroll consumers in ACA health care plans, There’s also legislation introduced to ban the practice of octopus farming
- Biden dropped out of the 2024 reelection race and endorsed Kamala Harris
- She’s pretty much getting all of the delegates before the DNC
- Nikki Haley supporters are supporting Kamala as they have higher standards than her
- The GOP has tried to find a topic to attack her on that’s not racist/sexist and have failed
- JD Vance has been the subject of the weirdest election rumor that’s extremely funny
- US Secret Service’s director has resigned in the wake of the Trump assassination attempt
- There was a big hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone
- French Alps was chosen for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Salt Lake City for 2034
- There’s going to be a Skibidi Toilet film and TV franchise with Michael Bay at the helm
- Disney and WB Discovery partner for a new Disney+/Hulu/Max bundle at decent prices
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will debut on Hulu August 2
- Homicide: Life on the Street is finally coming to a streaming platform with Peacock August 19
- The Boy and the Heron will debut on Max September 6
- What We Do in the Shadows returns October 21 with its final season
- We got a teaser trailer for A Complete Unknown
- Contact us at [email protected]
- Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
1 hr 10 min - Let’s Weekend #243 – The Biggest Suck Up
On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Bob Newhart's legacy, Trump's VP pick, and why days will get longer as climate change continues on.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: X-Men, X2, Cobra Kai, Supacell, PowerWash Simulator, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
- B: Trails Through Daybreak, dark country music, drowning in humidity.
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Assholes of the Week: Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed Trump’s classified document case over special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment
- Federal appeals court has blocked the remainder of Biden’s student debt relief plan
- Senator Bob Menendez was found guilty on all counts in his bribery trial
- Heroes of the Week: The Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were unjustly fired over their refusal to work after a 1944 WWII port explosion
- South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples
- RIP Bob Newhart
- RIP Sheila Jackson Lee, House Rep. in Texas
- Good riddance to Lou Dobbs
- What we know about the Trump shooter at this point
- The man that did die from the shooting sucks, but was shielding his family
- Trump’s VP pick is J.D. Vance
- Biden’s preparing to call for some big changes to the SCOTUS
- Biden has tested positive for COVID, as calls for him to end his presidential campaign continue
- There’s a leaked video of Trump talking to RFK Jr about their vaccine skepticism
- A neo-Nazi leader was indicted for a plot to have a Santa Claus poison children in New York City
- There was a massive disruption of computers around the world due to a faulty CrowdStrike update
- Days are getting slightly longer due to climate change
- Paramount+ has canceled Halo series after two seasons
- Netflix signed a deal with AMC to get The Walking Dead spinoffs & Interview with a Vampire
- Contact us at [email protected]
- Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
1 hr 30 min - Let’s Weekend #422 – RIPing to the Oldies
On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the three major deaths of the week, the dumb thing David Zaslav wants, and the surprise victory of the French Left.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: X-Men, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Xbox 360 & PSTV setups
- T: Unicorn Overlord, Dragon Ball watch thru continues, lots of work & life otherwise
- P: Getting into freelance video work, closing in on 160 physical Switch games
- B: Trails Into Daybreak, Tade Thompson’s Rosewater, dear god I’m burning help me
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Assholes of the Week: Israel killed 90 Palestinians and wounded 300 in southern Gaza in a strike to get one Hamas commander
- Trump got shot in the ear at his rally today
- Actor Jay Johnston pleaded guilty to a felony charge over his role in January 6 insurrection
- Heroes of the Week: Bloomberg donates $1 billion to Johns Hopkins University to make tuition free for most medical students
- RIP Richard Simmons
- RIP Shelley Duvall
- RIP Dr. Ruth
- French left gets the election upset over the far right
- Boeing has accepted a plea deal with the DOJ
- Marathon Oil reached a $241 million settlement with the EPA
- AT&T says hackers stole 2022 call & text data from nearly all customers
- WB Discovery CEO wants the next president to deregulate M&A
- The Paramount/Skydance Media deal has been finalized
- Kevin Costner’s Horizon 2 has been delayed from its August release
- Inside Out 2 surpassed Incredibles 2 as the highest-grossing Pixar film
- We got a teaser trailer for Agatha All Along
- We got a teaser trailer for Captain America: Brave New World
- We got an official trailer for Apple TV+’s Time Bandits
- We got an official trailer for Gladiator II
- We got an official trailer for Watchmen Chapter 1
- Contact us at [email protected]
- Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
1 hr 23 min - Let’s Weekend #421 – The Labour Landslide
On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the latest bad news out of the Supreme Court, the great news out of the UK, and what's happened to Charlotte the Stingray.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: A Family Affair, Leave the World Behind, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Fallout 76, American Truck Sim
- B: Trails Through Daybreak, Apollo Justice trilogy, Ghost In The Shell, Jazz fusion
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Supreme Assholes of the Week: SCOTUS ruled that Trump may claim immunity from criminal prosecution for some actions he took at the end of his presidency
- Trump claims to not know anything about Project 2025 that many of his allies and his own PAC are currently pushing as his agenda
- Heroes of the Week: The Labour Party won in huge fashion during the UK election
- Trump’s sentencing in his NYC hush money case was delayed
- Federal judge has partially blocked the US ban on noncompete agreements
- The FDA has approved a second Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease
- Hurricane Beryl was the most powerful hurricane ever recorded this early in the season
- Charlotte the stingray has died at her NC aquarium
- Six Flags and Cedar Fair completed an $8 billion merger
- Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
- Skydance Media & National Amusements have reached a tentative agreement on Paramount deal
- The new IATSE deal with the studios outlines how AI can be used
- Max’s Harley Quinn spinoff series “Kite Man: Hell Yeah!” debuts on July 18
- The entire Lost series finally returned to Netflix
- We got an official trailer for Amazon Prime’s Jackpot!
- We got an official trailer for Afraid
- We got an official trailer for Bando Stone & The New World
- Contact us at [email protected]
- Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
1 hr 15 min - Let’s Weekend #420 – Supreme Jerks of the United States
On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the various bad decisions by SCOTUS, the end of the WikiLeaks ordeal, and how scientists made upsetting faces for robots.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: That 90s Show, Rising Impact, GLOW, Fallout 76
- B: Apollo Justice trilogy, Trails Through Daybreak demo, books, old Men’s magazines.
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Supreme Assholes of the Week: SCOTUS overturned the Chevron deference ruling from 1984 that gave the federal government’s agencies power to enforce regulations
- SCOTUS allows cities to punish homeless people for sleeping in public places
- SCOTUS has declared the way the SEC imposes fines for fraud unconstitutional
- SCOTUS limited which January 6 defendants can be charged by federal prosecutors over obstructing Congress and could impact two of Trump’s four felony charges in his DC case
- Heroes of the Week: President Biden issued a blanket pardon for all LGBTQ+ service members that were removed from the military because of their sexual orientation or gender identity
- RIP Martin Mull
- More SCOTUS opinions
- SCOTUS allows the White House to request removal of social media misinformation
- SCOTUS has rejected the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal
- SCOTUS denied Steve Bannon’s plea to stay free during his appeals
- The WikiLeaks ordeal is finally over as Julian Assange struck a plea deal with the US
- Tractor Supply Co. slashes its DEI and climate change goals in response to right wing campaign
- Amazon is the 5th US company to reach $2 trillion in stock market value
- Another of those weird monoliths that have been showing up since 2020 was found near Vegas
- Scientists used engineered living skin tissue & human-like ligaments to give robots a creepy smile
- WB Discovery is rebranding their upcoming tentpole shows as HBO Originals
- Hallmark and NFL are teaming up for a football-themed Christmas movie
- We got an official trailer for Here
- We got an official trailer for Heretic
- We got an official trailer for Red One
- Contact us at [email protected]
- Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
1 hr 18 min - Let’s Weekend #419 – Louisiana’s Dumb 10 Commandments
On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Louisiana's new dumb law that will get overturned soon, a weird Columbo's style tree murder mystery, and whether Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2 are still good movies.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: Atlas, Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2, Fallout 76, Elden Ring, The Case of the Golden Idol
- B: Apollo Justice trilogy, Trails Into Daybreak demo, books, X-Men 97
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Assholes of the Week: Louisiana is requiring public schools to display the 10 Commandments in every classroom
- Utah’s trying to invoke sovereignty to ignore the Biden admin’s Title IX transgender protections changes
- Heroes of the Week: Biden announced new executive actions to offer protections against deportation for undocumented spouses
- Maryland is pardoning 175k marijuana convictions
- RIP Donald Sutherland
- RIP Willie Mays
- The Supreme Court upheld the federal ban on guns for domestic abusers
- Russia and North Korea signed a new treaty to strengthen their partnership
- Two climate activists were arrested for spraying orange paint on Stonehenge
- There’s a weird whodunit story in Maine about trees poisoned by a rich couple
- Judy Garland’s hometown is hoping to buy a pair of her ruby slippers from auction with some help
- A Swiss museum has pulled 5 paintings from display to investigate their potential Nazi loot origins
- This year’s summer solstice is happening earlier than it has in over 200 years
- Amazon MGM is developing a Spaceballs sequel with Josh Gad starring & Mel Brooks producing
- Lionsgate landed Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis for US release
- Five men that ran Jetflicks were convicted of operating a massive, illegal streaming service
- We got a teaser trailer for The Penguin
- Contact us at [email protected]
- Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
1 hr 34 min - Let’s Weekend #418 – Clarence Goes to Indonesia
On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about more trips that Clarence Thomas failed to disclose, the steadily increasing far right influence in the EU, and what happened to Gainax.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: Sweet Tooth S3, Fallout 76, Cat Quest, American Truck Simulator
- B: Apollo Justice Ace Attorney trilogy, Amnesia The Bunker, Skinamarink, Hellraiser 87
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Assholes of the Week: Far right parties gained more seats in EU elections to further challenge those in power in France and Germany
- Judge has rejected Alex Jones’ bankruptcy plans for Infowars, but allows his other assets to be liquidated to pay back the Sandy Hook families
- Heroes of the Week: The UN Security Council endorses US cease-fire plan to end the war in Gaza
- The Supreme Court rejected the challenge to abortion pill’s accessibility
- They also struck down the Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks
- More trips for Justice Thomas that were paid for by Harlan Crow have been found by the Senate
- The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the Biden admin over its executive action on the border
- The House voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress
- The Justice Dept won’t pursue contempt charges against Merrick Garland
- Hunter Biden has been found guilty on all counts for lying on federal gun purchase forms
- Tesla shareholders voted to restore Elon’s record $44.9 billion pay package
- Marvel’s Blade movie lost its second director
- Sony Pictures purchased Alamo Drafthouse
- Gainax has filed for bankruptcy
- The second season of Arcane will be its last
- Netflix is holding a hot dog-eating contest between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi
- We got an official trailer for Peacock’s Those About to Die
- We got an official trailer for Paddington in Peru
- Contact us at [email protected]
- Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
1 hr 25 min - Let’s Weekend #417 – Happy Horny Zombie Cicadas
On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about how the Epoch Times is a money laundering scheme, Alex Jones' media empire being liquidated to pay the families that sued him, and the horrific fungus that's making cicadas horny.
- Intro
- What Are We Up To?
- C: Hit Man, Fallout 76, Rocket League, Little Kitty Big City
- B: Apollo Justice Ace Attorney trilogy, Amnesia The Bunker, books, Shiny Happy People
- Brandon’s Random Factoid
- Assholes of the Week: Biden’s new executive order denies asylum claims to most migrants crossing the border unlawfully
- The CFO for the Epoch Times was charged with laundering at least $67 million in illegally obtained funds
- Heroes of the Week: Mexico elected its first female president
- Judge orders Steve Bannon to report to prison by July 1
- Alex Jones has agreed to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families
- Dog breeding company is facing a record $35 million fine for mistreatment of its beagles
- Black workers at a General Mills plant in Georgia are suing the company over racial discrimination
- Simone Biles won her 9th all-around national championship
- That stingray that supposedly got pregnant without other stingrays around was just sick
- There’s a fungus that is turning cicadas into horny zombies
- WB Discovery hikes price for Max ad-free plans effective immediately
- Netflix’s Wallace & Gromit film will be out this Christmas
- Netflix’s Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight was rescheduled to November due to Tyson’s ulcer issues
- Prime Video orders an American Gladiators reboot
- Prime Video’s Like a Dragon: Yakuza live-action series debuts on October 25
- Monkey Man is debuts on Peacock June 14
- Suzanne Collins is working on a new Hunger Games book that’ll be a movie in 2026
- We got an official trailer for Alien: Romulus
- We got an official trailer for Netflix’s That 90s Show Part 2
- We got an official trailer for Piece by Piece
- We got an official trailer for Venom: The Last Dance
- Contact us at [email protected]
- Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
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About Let's Weekend
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The opposite side of the Day 0 Update coin, Let's Weekend! is an informal hangout for various SmashPad staff, typically recorded on Friday night and posted Saturday. In contrast to SmashPad's flagship…
podcast, topics on Let's Weekend! include but are by no means limited to gaming, allowing the hosts to discuss their other major interests from literature to sports, from superheroes to music, and all points in between. Just remember, sobriety is optional.