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Let's Weekend episodes

  • Let’s Weekend #406 – Another Neverending Story
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about what's really going on with Kate Middleton, Trump's loan troubles, and how we were messed up by The Neverending Story movies.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Dune: Part Two, Sand Land, Dragon Ball, MLB The Show 24, Balatro
    B: The Ascent, The Invincible, books, A-pollen-ocalypse II: Nasty Booger-loo
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Trump’s lawyers have said that Trump cannot get a loan to cover the $450 million bond needed to appeal his New York Fraud case
    Six Mississippi deputies were sentenced to prison for torturing two black men
    Heroes of the Week: The first human transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney has been successfully performed
    The so-called “Ghost Army” from World War II has been given their first public recognition with Congressional Gold Medals
    Congress and Biden passed a $1.2 trillion funding package to last until September 30
    Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill that bans state funding of DEI programs
    The Princess of Wales has announced that she has cancer and is undergoing treatment
    The US has finally banned the most common form of asbestos
    133 people were killed in a massive terrorist attack on a Russian concert venue by ISIS
    Joann Fabrics has filed for bankruptcy
    The US DOJ has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple over its monopoly with the iPhone
    The Neverending Story is being adapted for new movies
    Wish will debut on Disney+ April 3
    Dead Boy Detectives is debuting on Netflix April 25
    We got an official trailer for Disney+’s The Acolyte
    We got an official trailer for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
    We got a teaser trailer for Alien: Romulus
    We got a teaser trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
    We got a teaser trailer for Max’s The Penguin
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 13 min
  • Let’s Weekend #405 – Sting vs The Crow
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the dumb plan for Congress to ban Tiktok, the GOP's nominee for governor of North Carolina, and the new remake of The Crow and the original's effect on wrestling.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Damsel, Dragon Ball, Balatro
    B: Unicorn Overlord, The Sparrow, music, the A-pollen-ocalypse.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: The House of Reps voted on a bipartisan bill to require ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban on all US devices
    Father of the Oxford High School shooter found guilty of involuntary manslaughter
    After his Romanian trial is over, Andrew Tate will be extradited to the UK to face charges of sexual aggression in another case
    Heroes of the Week: Flint, Michigan is giving every new mother $7,500 in cash aid over a year
    Chuck Schumer calls on Israel to hold new elections to replace Netanyahu to achieve peace
    Trump’s New York trial is delayed until mid-April
    Trump and Biden have clinched their party’s presidential nominations for 2024
    North Carolina’s GOP nominee for governor has said a lot of awful things
    The Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead in his truck
    An older Boeing plane landed in Oregon with a missing panel
    America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open off the coast of Long Island
    Pornhub has turned off access in Texas after its new age verification law goes into effect
    The Boy and the Heron will be streaming on Max as WB Discovery renews Studio Ghibli deal
    Patty Jenkins is working on Rogue Squadron movie again after Wonder Woman 3 falls through
    We got an official trailer for The Crow
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 5 min
  • Let’s Weekend #404 – It’s Over 9000!
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the life and influence of Akira Toriyama, the dumb reason a retired Air Force employee was indicted, and George Santos' dumb plan to get back in Congress.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Spaceman, FFVII Rebirth, Fortnite
    B: Unicorn Overlord, Pacific Drive, Rebuild of Evangelion, still job hunting.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Retired Air Force employee has been idicted for disclosing classified info about the Russia/Ukraine war on a dating site
    George Santos says he will run again for a House Rep seat, but for the seat of the Rep that lead the effort to get him expelled
    Heroes of the Week: The first over-the-counter birth control pill is heading to stores later this month
    Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team is the first college sports team to unionize in the US
    RIP Akira Toriyama
    Nikki Haley has suspended her presidential campaign
    The Supreme Court unanimously restored Trump to the Colorado primary ballot
    Senator Kyrsten Sinema will not seek reelection
    Adam Schiff and Steve Garvey advance to the general election for California’s Senate seat
    Colin Allred won the Dem primary to face Ted Cruz in Texas’ Senate election
    Alabama’s governor signed IVF bill to give patients and providers immunity
    JetBlue and Spirit Airlines abandon plans to merge after it was blocked by a judge
    Apple was fined 1.8 billion Euros for hindering music streaming competition on iOS devices
    Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down Rooster Teeth after 21 years
    Netflix renews Avatar: The Last Airbender for two more seasons
    Baywatch is being rebooted on Fox
    We got an official trailer for Prime Video’s The Idea of You
    We get an official trailer for Prime Video’s Fallout
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Ripley
    We got a teaser trailer for Netflix’s Parasyte: The Grey
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 34 min
  • Let’s Weekend #403 – Surging Syphilis
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about deflections of ExxonMobil, the awful actions of the IDF, and the effects of a surge in syphilis cases.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Fortnite, FF7 Remake Intermission
    B: Persona 3 Reload, Splatoon 3 Side Order, Rebuild of Evangelion, job hunting.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: ExxonMobil is blaming consumers for global warming and not their decades long campaign to keep their research hidden from the public, They’re also suing investors who want them to be more green and slash climate pollution
    Over 100 Palestinians have died after Israelis opened fire on the crowd trying to get food from aid trucks
    Georgia’s working on a bill to force all school and public libraries to cut ties with the American Library Association
    Heroes of the Week: Aaron Bushnell set himself on fire in protest of the government continued aid of Israel
    Michigan Dem primary voters made their protest votes for Uncommitted
    RIP Richard Lewis
    RNC’s Chair Ronna McDaniel is stepping down March 8
    Mitch McConnell is stepping down as Senate minority leader in November
    SCOTUS is hearing arguments on Trump’s presidential immunity case in April
    Congress passed a short-term spending bill to prevent a partial govt shutdown
    Two men have been found guilty of killing Run DMC DJ Jam Master Jay
    FTC and 9 states are suing to block the Kroger/Albertsons merger
    Penicillin is being rationed in some areas because of a surge in syphilis cases
    The original Road House writer is suing Amazon over blocking his ability to reclaim its rights
    Poor Things will be available on Hulu starting March 7
    Anatomy of a Fall will be available on Hulu starting March 22
    We got an official trailer for Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 10 min
  • Let’s Weekend #402 – Thanks, Alabama
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the seismic decision by Alabama's Supreme Court, Trump's stupid and expensive sneakers, and the awful news about a nonbinary teen's death in Oklahoma.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: FF7 Remake, Army of Ruin, American Truck Sim
    B: Splatoon 3 Sider Order, Persona 3 Reload, J-Pop, job hunting.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law. Republican State Senators are working on a bill to protect IVF treatment
    Nonbinary teen Nex Benedict died the day after being badly beaten by bullies in the bathroom in Owasso High School in Oklahoma
    Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signs law that allows people to refuse to “solemnize” marriage licenses
    Heroes of the Week: FDA has approved a drug to treat severe food allergies, including milk, eggs, and nuts
    The GOP’s FBI informant that had dirt on the Bidens passed along Russian intelligence info
    Guinness World Records has posthumously stripped Bobi of his “oldest dog ever” title
    Trump’s selling $400 gaudy sneakers
    Scientists discovered the fastest-growing black hole ever recorded
    Scientists unveil a 240 million year old dragon fossil that’s been found complete
    Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with Aphasia and Dementia
    We got an official trailer for Borderlands
    We got a new official trailer for Civil War
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Shirley
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Irish Wish
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 7 min
  • Let’s Weekend #401 – Tuscon Teacher
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the awful things that happened during and after the Super Bowl, Trump's latest loss in the courts, and the amazing story of a Tuscon teacher.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    C: Train to Busan, Twins, Spirit Hunters, FF7 Remake
    B: Persona 3 Reload, Pantheon, J-Pop, work crap.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Israel demanded Palestinians go to Rafah on Sunday, where they were bombed during the Super Bowl
    Trump said he would allow Russia to attack NATO allies if they were delinquent on payments
    The GOP’s FBI informant about Joe & Hunter BIden’s ties to Ukraine has been charged with making false statements
    Two teenagers were arrested for a dispute that turned into a shooting that killed one person and injuring 22 others at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade
    Heroes of the Week: George Santos’ House Rep seat flipped to Democrat Tom Suozzi in special election
    Putin opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in prison
    Trump ordered to pay over $355 million for fraudulent business practices in New York
    The NY Trump trial will be starting March 25
    The Senate passed aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, but the House plans to not vote on it
    The House finally impeached Homeland Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas by a slim margin
    Tuscon teacher loses job over OnlyFans account
    Disneyland cast members are looking to unionize
    Amazon users filed a class action lawsuit over their price increase of Prime Video
    Paramount has laid off about 800 people to cut costs
    We got a teaser trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine
    We got an official trailer for The Fall Guy
    We got an official trailer for Twisters 
    We got a teaser trailer for Wicked
    We got an official trailer for X-Men ‘97
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 11 min
  • Let’s Weekend #400 – Don’t Stop Us Now
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Tracy Chapman seeing more success for her great songs in the past, WB Discovery's sabotage of our chance to see Coyote vs Acme, and how Nikki Haley lost a primary to a "None of the Above" option.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Moving aftermath, FF7 Remake, Spirit Hunters
    T: Palworld, Dragon Ball Z Kai, Hazbin Hotel
    B: Persona 3 Reload, Fear and Hunger Termina, Pantheon, music, knee issues.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Wall Street Journal op-ed called Dearborn, Michigan “America’s jihad capital,” so the Mayor had to increase police presence as a result
    Mother of the Oxford High School shooter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter
    Tucker Carlson interviewed Putin for his Twitter/X interview show and got used to spread Russian propaganda
    Heroes of the Week: Federal appeals court has ruled that Trump doesn’t have broad immunity from prosecution with the federal case against him
    After Tracy Chapman’s performance of “Fast Car” with Luke Combs on the Grammys, the original song, the music video, and the album it’s on hit #1 on iTunes
    King Charles has cancer
    House GOP was embarrassed by their impeachment of the HS Sec Mayorkas failing by two votes
    Senate GOP blocked the Dems’ Border/Israel/Ukraine bill
    “None of these candidates” won the Nevada Republican primary over Nikki Haley
    Trump won the Nevada caucus
    Climate change has scientists considering the need for a “Category 6” designation for hurricanes
    Gina Carano’s suing Disney over her firing, which is funded by Elon Musk
    Hasbro’s laying off 1100 people
    WB Discovery did the bare minimum to try to sell Coyote vs Acme, but refused all offers
    Disney+ gets the Taylor Swift Eras Tour Concert Film rights for March 15
    Percy Jackson and the Olympians was renewed for Season 2 at Disney+
    Warner Bros Discovery, Fox, and Disney are partnering to launch a sports joint venture
    We got an official trailer for Paramount+’s Knuckles series
    We got an official trailer for A Quiet Place: Day One
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 20 min
  • Let’s Weekend #399 – Elmo’s Trauma Dump Adventure
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the passing of Carl Weathers, the potential discovery of Amelia Earhart's plane, and the weird experience Elmo's Twitter account had when asking everybody how they were doing.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: The Last of Us, FF7 Remake, Spirit Hunters
    B: Pokemon Scarlet, Fear and Hunger, Persona 3 Reload, Hazbin Hotel, muscle pain.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Former CIA engineer was sentenced to 40 years in prison for giving secrets to WikiLeaks
    Senate GOP abandons their plan for an Israel/Ukraine/border bill thanks to Trump’s meddling
    Heroes of the Week: Judge rules that Elon’s $55 billion pay package be rescinded after shareholder’s lawsuit
    Oregon’s Supreme Court ruled that the 10 GOP state senators that staged walkouts cannot run for reelection
    RIP Carl Weathers
    The EPA is proposing that forever chemicals be considered hazardous materials
    Ex-IRS worker sentenced to 5 years in prison over leaking Trump’s tax returns
    Trump’s March 4 trial in DC was postponed by a federal judge while an appeal is being heard
    The House passed a bipartisan bill to get child tax credits going again
    The UPS is cutting 12k jobs months after union deal
    Ocean exploration company claims to have found evidence of Amelia Earhart’s plane
    Elmo’s Twitter account asked how everybody was doing and got lots of trauma dumping
    Taylor Swift and the NFL are part of a vast right wing conspiracy to alter the 2024 election
    Hulu joins Disney+ with a new ban on password sharing
    We got an official trailer for The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
    We got an official trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 15 min
  • Let’s Weekend #398 – The Good Avatar
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Vince McMahon's latest awful sex abuse scandal, Trump's latest loss of money to E. Jean Carroll, and John Stewart's return to The Daily Show.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Apollo 13, King of the Hill, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Spirit Hunters
    B: Pokemon Scarlet, Fear and Hunger, Hazbin Hotel, music, humid Winter is awful.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: The Palestinian death toll in the Israeli bombing of Gaza has surpassed 25,000
    Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro was sentenced to 4 months in prison for Contempt of Congress
    Vince McMahon has resigned from TKO after the new sex abuse suit
    Trump was ordered to pay $83 million by the jury in the new E. Jean Carroll civil suit
    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott plans to defy Supreme Court ruling that he needs to allow the Border Patrol to take down barbed wire at the border
    Hero of the Week: The FTC bars Intuit, makers of TurboTax, from advertising any free products and services unless they’re free for all
    An Ohio pastor filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Bryan over being charged for housing homeless people
    Trump won the GOP New Hampshire primary, Biden won the Dem primary as a write-in
    Ron DeSantis dropped out of the GOP presidential race just before the NH primary
    NH AG’s office is investigating robocalls imitating Biden’s voice that told people not to vote
    Tech layoffs for early 2024
    eBay laid off 1k jobs
    TikTok laid off about 60 employees
    Japan shut down its SLIM moon lander to save battery in the hopes it’ll be able to restart later
    Oppenheimer leads all films in Oscar nominations
    John Stewart is returning to The Daily Show as a guest host on Mondays
    George Carlin’s estate filed lawsuit against the group behind the AI-generated special
    Netflix has scrapped the release of The Mothership after post-production delays
    Netflix signed a huge deal with the WWE get live episodes of Monday Night Raw
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender
    We got an official trailer for Prime Video’s Road House
    We got an official trailer for Monkey Man
    Contact us at [email protected]
    Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
    1 hr 18 min
  • Let’s Weekend #397 – Death in Iowa
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about talk about the big freeze we all experienced this past week, how Trump's victory in Iowa cemented what we knew would happen, and who is behind the big failure of a major regional sports network.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Squid Game: The Challenge, Spirit Hunters, Army of Ruin
    T:  Dragonball Z, Puss in Boots Last Wish, American Dad, John Mulaney on Pride & Prejudice, Swear @ Word @ work, DONE with cold
    B: Fear and Hunger, Palworld, Hazbin Hotel, it’s fucking FREEZING!
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Israel PM Netanyahu says he will not allow a two state solution in the wake of his war on Palestine
    The Justice Department released a scathing report on the cascading failures of the Uvalde police department during the school shooting
    The staff of Sports Illustrated was laid off after their publisher missed a publishing rights payment
    Hero of the Week: Christina Applegate got a standing ovation at the Emmy’s when presenting an award after revealing her MS diagnosis in 2021
    Congress finally passed a new stopgap spending bill to push the deadline to March
    Trump won the Iowa GOP Caucuses as expected
    Vivek Ramaswamy dropped out, Same for Asa Hutchinson
    Guinness is investigating whether Bobi was actually the oldest dog ever
    The James Webb Telescope detected the earliest known black hole that’s bigger than expected
    Alec Baldwin has been indicted again for involuntary manslaughter in the Rust shooting
    Amazon will acquire a stake in Diamond Sports with their bankruptcy reorganization
    There will be a film adaptation of Until Dawn
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Spaceman
    We got a teaser trailer for Netflix’s The Gentlemen
    Contact us at [email protected]
    Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
    1 hr 16 min

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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…