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  • Let’s Weekend #356 – Don’t Make Robert Smith Angry
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the threat of a nationwide ban on abortion pills, the domination of Everything Everywhere All At Once, and Ticketmaster incurring the wrath of Robert Smith.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Andor, The Mandalorian, Naruto Shippuden, Theatrhythm, Dead Cells, Rocket League
    P: Fightcade (ST, CvS2, VF4FT, other fighting game stuff (SoulCalibur III CE)
    B: Trails to Azure, secret game, books, new job.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: A federal judge in Texas is on the verge of banning mifepristone from the entire country
    The Biden admin has approved the massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska
    Heroes of the Week: The EPA proposed limiting the amount of forever chemicals in drinking water to the lowest level that can be detected
    Newark, NJ has replaced a Christopher Columbus statue with a monument honoring Harriet Tubman
    Everything Everywhere All At Once dominated the Oscars
    RIP Lance Reddick
    The third mid-size bank to collapse is First Republic, but they got rescued by the bigger banks
    Novo Nordisk will slash prices on its US insulin pens and vials by up to 75% starting in 2024
    The Justice Department has opened a probe into the Silicon Valley Bank after its collapse
    Ohio has filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern to make them pay for cleanup & monitoring costs
    T-Mobile has paid $1.35 billion for Mint Mobile, partly owned by Ryan Reynolds
    French Bulldogs are the most popular purebred dog breed in the US in 2022
    There’s a class-action lawsuit against Buffalo Wild Wings alleging its boneless wings aren’t wings
    There’s a 5,000 mile long snake of seaweed circling around Florida
    Scientists have spotted evidence of volcanic activity on Venus
    Sam Neill’s has been treated for stage 3 blood cancer
    Ticketmaster has angered Robert Smith of The Cure over exorbitant fees for cheap ticket prices
    There’s supposed to be a Good Burger 2 movie set for Paramount+
    We got an official trailer for Joy Ride
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Beef
    We got a teaser trailer for Disney+’s American Born Chinese
    We got an official trailer for The Little Mermaid
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 16 min
  • Let’s Weekend #355 – Making Child Labor Great Again
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the return of child labor, Elon Musk's new embarassing asshole move, and one bank that we're not sad to see crash and burn.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: The History of the World Pt. 2, Naruto Shippuden, Minecraft Dungeons, Theatrhythm FBL
    B: Atomic Heart, Secret Game, books, MORE tree bukkake.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Arkansas Gov. Sanders signed a bill into law to roll back verification requirements for the ages of child workers
    Tennessee Lt. Gov. Randy McNally apologized for repeatedly posting and liking pictures of a scantily clad gay man on Instagram while supporting anti-LGBTQ legislation
    Mexican cartel apologizes after kidnapping four Americans and killing two in mistaken identity chaos by leaving the five men responsible behind and tied up
    Elon Musk mocked a disabled Icelandic Twitter employee for asking if he still had a job at Twitter before apologizing after learning who he had been attacking
    Heroes of the Week: Canadian judge rules that giving the middle finger is a “God-given right”
    Bindi Irwin revealed her decade-long fight with endometriosis that often goes underdiagnosed by doctors
    Silicon Valley Bank for tech firms and investors has collapsed with nobody feeling bad for them
    Another Norfolk Southern train has derailed in Ohio, but luckily did not have hazmat on board
    Ron DeSantis has filled his new Disney World special district board with his supporters
    California’s cutting ties with Walgreens over its decision to cower to the GOP’s threats
    Ben Savage, aka Cory Matthews, is running for Adam Schiff’s Congressional seat
    Toblerone is dropping its Matterhorn and Swiss flag from its packaging for some of its bars
    Vinyl records have outsold CDs for the first time since 1987
    Bob Odenkirk is working on a remake of The Room for charity
    Batman: Caped Crusader is moving to Amazon after Warner Discovery dropped it
    Beavis and Butt-Head returns for Season 2 on April 20
    I Think You Should Leave will be out on Netflix May 30
    We got an official trailer for Apple TV+’s Ghosted
    We got an official trailer for Amazon’s Citadel
    We got a teaser trailer for TMNT Mutant Mayhem
    We got an official trailer for No Hard Feelings
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 11 min
  • Let’s Weekend #354 – The Death of Dilbert
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the complete teardown of Dilbert, the good insulin news, and Arnold Schwarzenegger doing a first with his new project.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?:
    C: We Have a Ghost, Naruto/Shippuden, The Mandalorian S3, Theatrhythm FBL, Rocket League
    B: Scarlet Nexus, Hi-Fi Rush, books, tree bukake.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signs the first statewide bill to ban public drag shows
    Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced to two life terms for the double murder of his wife and son
    The syndication company behind the publishing of Dilbert and all of its merch drops Scott Adams for good
    The mayor of College Park, Maryland has been arrested on more than 50 counts of child pornography
    Heroes of the Week: A24 auctioned off dozens of props from Everything Everywhere All at Once to raise over $555k for three charities
    The rights to the iconic PSA of a crying Native American (who wasn’t actually a Native American) has been transferred to an Indigenous group
    Kobe Bryant’s family has agreed to a $28.5 million settlement with LA county over cops and firefighters sharing pictures of those that died in the helicopter crash
    Eli Lilly has cut the price of their insulin to cap it at $35 per month out of pocket
    FDA has authorized the first at-home test for COVID-19 and the Flu
    Walgreens will not distribute abortion pill in states where GOP AGs have threatened them
    US int. community has concluded that Havana Syndrome wasn’t caused by foreign country
    Egyptian antiquities authorities revealed a newly discovered sealed-off chamber inside a pyramid
    Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Fubar, his first TV series that will be on Netflix
    Pokemon Concierge is a stop-motion animated series for Netflix
    We got a teaser trailer for Haunted Mansion
    We got an official trailer for Peter Pan & Wendy
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Unstable
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 15 min
  • Let’s Weekend #353 – Have Fun Rotting in Prison
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the many awful people going to prison for the rest of their lives, the stupid idea of a national divorce, and UK companies loving the 4-day work week.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Physical 100, Naruto, Theatrhythm FBL, Rocket League
    T: Vampire Survivors, White Lotus, cat show
    B: Atomic Heart, Horizon Forbidden West, Hi-Fi Rush, learning about Cricket.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: TV reporter and a 9-year-old kid were killed by a gunman that had escaped from their prior shooting and returned for more chaos
    Harvey Weinstein will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after sentencing in his LA trial was handed down
    R. Kelly received an additional year in prison after his Illinois trial’s sentencing was announced
    The killer of rapper Nipsey Hussle has been sentenced to 60 years in prison
    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has decided to release the security footage from the January 6 attack to Fox News host Tucker Carlson
    Scott Adams went on a racist rant and got his Dilbert comic dropped by a bunch of newspapers
    Heroes of the Week: Seattle is the first city in the US to ban caste discrimination
    Another earthquake hit southeastern Turkey
    Putin announced that they’re suspending Russia’s participation in the last arms control treaty w/US
    Biden made a surprise trip to the Ukraine to further pledge support for their country
    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says the US needs a National Divorce between Red & Blue states
    New Mexico prosecutors have downgraded the charges against Alec Baldwin in the Rust shooting
    Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe was forced out of the company
    Many UK companies are keeping the 4-day work week after a six-month trial has ended
    The FDA says oat, soy, and other kinds of milk can continue to be called milk
    Embracer Group and Warner Brothers are working on new Lord of the Rings movies
    Netflix is dropping subscription prices in many countries around the world
    HBO Max is getting an It prequel series called Welcome to Derry
    Succession is ending with Season 4 at HBO
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 11 min
  • Let’s Weekend #352 – Smell You Later, Dianne
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the shocking news about Fox News, The Onion's amazing takedown of the New York Times' rampant anti-trans coverage, and a certain US Senator finally confirming that they're retiring.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Physical 100, Cunk on Earth, Theatrhythm FBL, American Truck Sim, Rocket League
    P: Getting back into gameplay videos, onboarding two gaming PCs (found a place for Steam Deck in my rig)
    B: Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Far Cry New Dawn, books, weather makes no goddamn sense
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: The Buffalo Tops shooter has been sentenced to life in prison without parole
    1 person died and 3 were injured in a shooting at an El Paso mall that’s near where the Walmart shooting in 2019 occurred, Another shooter killed 6 people in Mississippi
    Shocking News: Fox News hosts knew the election fraud stories they were peddling were bullshit and were saying so in private to each other
    Heroes of the Week: Contributors to New York Times wrote an open letter to protesting against the paper’s biased anti-trans coverage, The Onion took NYT to task for its transgender coverage
    Michael Jordan is celebrating his 60th birthday by making the largest individual donation to the Make-A-Wish foundation
    Sen. John Fetterman announced that he’s receiving treatment for clinical depression
    The death toll in Turkey & Syria after the earthquake has surpassed 43k
    Former President Jimmy Carter is entering hospice care at his home
    The US could run out of cash to pay its bill sometime between July and September
    Senator Dianne Feinstein finally confirms that she’s not running for reelection in 2024
    Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her intention to resign
    English police foiled a plot to steal a semi truck with 200k Cadbury Creme Eggs in it
    After retiring due to Aphasia diagnosis, Bruce Willis has also been diagnosed for Dementia
    Bill Waterson is back with a new story book project
    Release dates for The Marvels and Haunted Mansion have shifted
    Paramount+ is increasing its prices
    Poker Face has been renewed for Season 2 at Peacock
    Netflix ordered an anime adaptation of acclaimed manga Pluto
    Arrested Development is leaving Netflix on March 15
    We got an official trailer for The Flash
    We got an official trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
    We got an official trailer for Creed III
    We got an official trailer for Lucky Hank
    We got an official teaser for HBO's Love & Death
    We got an official trailer for Apple TV+’s Tetris
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 36 min
  • Let’s Weekend #351 – Biden’s Greatest Trick
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about hazardous material train derailment in Ohio, the massive earthquake in Turkey & Syria, and Biden's great State of the Union trick.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Trigun, Trigun Stampede, Trigger Witch, Rocket League
    P: Steam Deck stuff, YouTube stuff, still accumulating Switch games…
    B: Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Persona 4 Golden, books, music.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: A train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio that burned for days was blown up with controlled demolitions to minimize its effect on the town
    Cops arrested a reporter covering a news conference about the derailment
    Brett Favre filed defamation lawsuits against a number of sports media members
    Heroes of the Week: Biden tricked the GOP into publicly pledging to not cut Medicare and Social Security during his State of the Union address
    Earthquake in Turkey and Syria has caused over 25,000 deaths
    A new high-altitude object was shot down over Alaska
    Another has been shot down over Canada’s Yukon territory
    The ATF has released their first report on guns used in crimes in 20 years
    Florida high school athletes won’t have to report their periods after an emergency vote
    Elian Gonzalez is up for election to become a member of Cuban parliament
    LeBron James has broken the NBA’s career scoring record
    Viola Davis has an EGOT now after winning a Grammy
    Discovery+ will remain a separate service after combining with HBO Max
    Amazon ordered an animated adaptation of the comic book Wytches
    Amazon’s working on a Spider-Man Noir live-action series
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Agent Elvis
    We got an official trailer for Air
    We got an official trailer for Fast X
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 16 min
  • Let’s Weekend #350 – Chinese Spy Ballooncast
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the record profits by oil companies, a very good dog that set a record, and the Chinese spy balloon that has dominated the news this past week.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Lookism, What We Do In The Shadows, Trigun, Cased Closed: The Culprit Hanzawa, Trigger Witch, Rocket League
    B: Persona 4 Golden, The Last of Us tv series, books, music.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Exxon earned nearly $56 billion in profit last year, the biggest any Western oil company has ever seen, Shell had its best profits in its history
    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy refuses to agree to a clean debt ceiling increase
    Texas ice storm has left hundreds of thousands without power
    Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani lost his title and nearly $50 billion in about 10 days
    Heroes of the Week: The GOP and Biden critics stunned as the US added 517k jobs in January to continue the historic unemployment rate
    Bobi from Portugal has broken the nearly century old record as the world’s oldest dog
    Mysterious Chinese balloon was shot down after floating over the US for a few days
    Jair Bolsonaro applies for a 6-month visa to remain in the US after his diplomatic visa expired
    George Santos stepped down from his committee assignments as his lies keep piling up
    The House voted to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee
    Nikki Haley is set to announce a 2024 Presidential run that will surely go nowhere
    Amazon reported its first unprofitable year since 2014 after big investment in Rivian
    Paramount+ and Showtime’s integration will be named “Paramount+ With Showtime”
    Peacock shut down its free tier for new subscribers
    Netflix claimed the new password-sharing restrictions were announced by accident
    Netflix renews That 90s Show for Season 2
    Hulu renewed Hit-Monkey for Season 2
    Hulu officially orders King of the Hill revival
    Gladiator is getting a sequel for some reason
    HBO Max cancels Pennyworth: The Origins of Batman’s Butler after three seasons
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s We Have a Ghost
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 18 min
  • Let’s Weekend #349 – 90 Seconds to Midnight
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the awful shootings in California, the awful murder committed by police in Memphis, and how the M&Ms got too hot for Tucker Carlson.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Physical 100, Extraordinary Attorney Woo, You People, Nope, Haiku the Robot, Rocket League
    T: Vampire Survivors, Kingdom Two Crowns new challenge island, Pepsi Where’s My Jet, Ed Grimley, Cunk on Earth, bar mitzvah
    B: Xenoblade 3, Persona 3 and 4, books, music.
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Gunman killed 11 people and wounded 9 others in a mass shooting in Monterey Park near a Chinese New Year festival, then shot himself in his van before cops arrived
    Gunman killed 7 people in shootings in Half Moon Bay in two landscaping nurseries
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had his education department block a proposal for AP African American studies courses, calling it political indoctrination and against the law
    5 Memphis police were charged with murder and jailed over the death of Tyre Nichols
    Facebook is allowing Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram
    Heroes of the Week: The US is returning 60 treasured items to Italy
    The FDA announced a new plan to shift the nation’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy
    House Rep Adam Schiff announced a run for Diane Feinstein’s 2024 Senate seat
    Classified documents were discovered at Mike Pence’s home
    The Doomsday Clock has moved to 90 seconds to midnight, it’s lowest time ever
    Egypt unveiled dozens of new archaeological discoveries at a Pharaonic necropolis outside Cairo
    An asteroid recently passed by Earth at about 2,200 miles away
    D&D’s OGL is not changing after all
    M&M’s replaced its spokescandies with Maya Rudolph in its supposed response to Tucker Carlson
    The Oscars’ nominations has been announced w/11 noms for Everything Everywhere All At Once
    The Last of Us was renewed for a season 2 at HBO
    HBO Max & DC are ending Titans and Doom Patrol after four seasons
    Justin Roiland has been dropped by Adult Swim from Rick and Morty
    Hulu dropped him from Solar Opposites and Koala Man
    We got an official trailer for Shazam! Fury of the Gods
    We got an official trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
    We got an official trailer for 65
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 46 min
  • Let’s Weekend #348 – Super Gonorrhea
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Boston's MLK sculpture, the new Tron movie, and the first cases of super gonorrhea in the US.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: That 90s Show, What We Do in the Shadows, One Piece Odyssey, Mass Effect 3, P3P
    P: Drowning happily in Switch games, getting some videos made, OutRun 2006
    T: Rick & Morty latest season, Night Court, That 90s Show, FFXIV hiatus began, Kingdom Two Crowns, cottage cheese craze
    B: Xenoblade 3, Nadia, Philip K Dick, job interview news
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: The House GOP has let the US Government hit its debt ceiling
    Losing GOP candidate in New Mexico has been charged over shootings of the homes of Democrats
    The Supreme Court said they couldn’t figure out who leaked the Roe v Wade draft decision
    Heroes of the Week: Biden admin revealed a new program to allow groups of private citizens to sponsor refugees to live in the US
    Judge in Trump’s lawsuit against Hillary Clinton handed down a fine of $1 million for him and his lawyer for filing a frivolous lawsuit
    The Army lieutenant who was assaulted by Virginia cops was awarded $3,685 in damages
    Alec Baldwin & Rust’s armorer charged with involuntary manslaughter in Halyna Hutchins’ death
    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern plans to step down
    Boston revealed a new MLK sculpture that has not been well received
    Amazon will end its Amazon Smile program that donated a % of purchases to charity February 20
    Google has cut 12k jobs to add to the tech industry’s bloodbath streak
    First cases of gonorrhea resistant to several classes of antibiotics has been identified in the US
    The new OGL for Dungeons & Dragons looks to put its core rules under the Creative Commons
    Reed Hastings is stepping down as co-CEO of Netflix
    CW decided to be the network to sign a deal with Saudi golf league LIV Golf
    Cobra Kai will end with its upcoming sixth season
    A third Tron movie seems to be in the works with Jared Leto in the starring role
    The Last of Us had the second biggest premiere for HBO in the last 13 years
    We got an official trailer for The Mandalorian Season 3
    Contact us at [email protected]
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    1 hr 41 min
  • Let’s Weekend #347 – The World’s Biggest Loser of Money
    On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about some major union victories, Elon Musk's new Guinness World Record for being a loser, and the disaster that Wizards of the Coast created for themselves.
    Intro
    What Are We Up To?
    C: Willow, One Piece, Rocket League, PowerWash Simulator, 80’s Overdrive, Horizon Chase Turbo
    P: Nintendo Switch shopping spree, Steam Deck, getting caught up on comics…
    B: Xenoblade 3, Splatoon 3, job interview
    Brandon’s Random Factoid
    Assholes of the Week: Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazil’s congressional building, Supreme Court building, and the presidential palace
    Heroes of the Week: NYC nurses union end strike after reaching tentative deal with Mt. Sinai and Montefiore
    Amazon again loses a new bid to overturn the historic union vote for its Staten Island warehouse workers
    RIP Jeff Beck
    Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin has been discharged from the Buffalo hospital to rehab at home
    Biden’s lawyer found classified documents in his office, Special counsel will lead DOJ probe
    Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to 5 months in prison for his role in Trump Organization tax fraud
    The Trump Organization was ordered to pay $1.61 million for tax fraud
    Elon Musk has broken a Guinness World Record for the largest amount of money lost by a person
    NASA’s Webb telescope has discovered its first exoplanet
    Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast walks back their overhaul of licensing rules for OGL 2.0
    In-N-Out Burger is looking to expand east as they’re opening an eastern office in Tennessee
    John Fogerty finally regained worldwide control of publishing rights to CCR’s songs
    Vince McMahon returned to become WWE’s Chairman of the Board after ousting three people
    HBO Max is immediately raising its prices $1 starting February 11
    Minx Season 2 was picked up by Starz after HBO Max cancellation
    Dead End: Paranormal Park canceled at Netflix after two seasons
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will arrive on Disney+ February 1
    Phineas & Ferb revival is in the works after its creator signed a new overall deal with Disney
    We got a teaser trailer for Hulu’s History of the World Part II
    We got an official trailer for Netflix’s Lockwood & Co
    We got an official trailer for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
    Contact us at [email protected]
    Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS
    1 hr 44 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…