Let's Weekend

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the latest on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, what happened to that abandoned cargo ship with cars on it, and Elon Musk challenging his workers to unionize.

IntroWhat Are We Up To?C: Free Guy, Rocket League, Fortnite, GT7B: Elden Ring, Psychonauts 2, books, PollenBrandon’s Random FactoidAssholes of the Week: Estee Lauder exec forced to retire after posting racist meme on his Instagram while claiming he didn’t read it beforehandReps. Boebert and Greene heckled Biden during his State of the Union speech as he was talking about his son Beau’s death to cancerHeroes of the Week: ACLU sues to block Texas from investigating parents of transgender kidsTexas judge blocked the state from investigating the first public case of parents of a transgender teenRussia’s Attack on UkraineUkraine’s President has signed an application for Ukraine to join the EUThe ICC will investigate alleged war crimes in UkraineUkrainians are removing and altering road signs to confuse and insult RussiansLindsey Graham called for Putin’s assassinationRussian billionaire owner of Chelsea football club will be selling the teamJanuary 6 panel has evidence that Trump broke laws in trying to overturn 2020 electionBeto O’Rourke wins Dem primary for Texas Gov election to face Greg Abbott this fallTarget’s raising its minimum wage to $24/hour in some markets and for some positionsAmazon’s shutting down all of its B&M stores in the US and UKThat cargo ship carrying hundreds of Volkswagen Group vehicles has sunkElon Musk dares United Autoworkers to unionize TeslaNew study suggests that the Tyrannosaurus rex may have actually been three speciesRussian State-run RT shuts down American branch and lays off staffNBC Universal cancels deal with Hulu to keep its next-day TV episodes on PeacockDisney signed deal to get John DiMaggio on board for its Futurama revivalDisney’s going to offer a cheaper ad–supported tier for Disney+There’s going to be a sequel to I Am Legend starring Will Smith and Michael B. JordanWe got a trailer for Netflix’s The Last BusContact us at [email protected] via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the bad news out of Florida and Texas, and our new favorite bear called Hank the Tank.

IntroWhat Are We Up To?C: Uncharted, The Cuphead Show, Vampire Survivors, Horizon Forbidden West, Elden RingB: Elden Ring, Hades, books, Out of towners.Brandon’s Random FactoidAssholes of the Week: Russia invaded Ukraine this weekThree ex-Minneapolis cops are found guilty of violating George Floyd’s civil rightsJury finds Ahmaud Arbery’s three killers guilty of federal hate crimesAG Merrick Garland confirms the 15 boxes of White House materials found at Mar-a-Lago contained classified materialTexas Gov. Greg Abbott orders state child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuseFlorida House passes controversial “Don’t Say Gay” BillHeroes of the Week: Hundreds of Russians are arrested protesting Putin’s attack on UkraineUkrainian service members told off Russian warship that made demands that they surrender before they were killedUS, Canada, and EU allies are cutting off Russian banks from SWIFT’s payment systemUS Women’s National Soccer Team reached $24 million settlement in equal pay caseBiden nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first black woman on Supreme CourtWorld’s largest Pterosaur fossil found in ScotlandArchaeologists find a 9,000 year old shrine in Jordan’s desertHank the Tank bear exonerated on charges of breaking into two dozen homes in CAEurovision has barred Russia from participating in this year’s showContact us at [email protected] via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about Trump's big financial issues in New York, the new shows and movies announced for Paramount Plus, and the wild trailer for the Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers movie.

IntroWhat Are We Up To?C: Peacemaker, The Cuphead Show, Horizon Forbidden West, OlliOlli World, Rocket LeagueT: FFXIV, Civ 6, Pokemon Arceus, grocery shopping, other shopping and WTF is with all the dogs?!?, Futurama, was caught up with Boba Fett, Don’t Look Up, Station Eleven, ate at restaurants, kid had needle encountersB: Hades, Psychonauts 2, Tick Tick Boom, Trashlands.Brandon’s Random FactoidAssholes of the Week: Former Minneapolis cop Kim Potter only gets 16 months in prison for killing Daunte WrightTrump Organization’s longtime accounting firm, Mazars USA, ended its relationship with the company and warned financial statements from 2011-2020 “should no longer be relied upon”NY State Supreme Court Justice orders Trumps to testify in NY AG caseSF DA drops charges against woman linked to a crime through rape victim’s DNA testHeroes of the Week: Families of the Sandy Hook victims reach $73 million settlement with RemingtonCanadian police arrested two of the leaders of the Trucker convoyRIP Ivan ReitmanCatholic Church finds Arizona priest’s baptisms to be invalid after using wrong wordingNY Amazon workers win right to a unionization vote in MarchThere’s a burning cargo ship full of Volkswagen Group vehicles adrift in the mid-AtlanticWe got dates for both parts of Stranger Things Season 4Peacemaker will be returning for Season 2 on HBO MaxWe got a trailer for the Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers movie for Disney+Paramount Plus announcementsParamount Plus will be the exclusive streaming home for its movies by 2024Halo series already renewed for Season 2Knuckles gets his own spinoff seriesThe new Beavis and Butt-Head movie will be followed by new episodesOther announcementsSuper Bowl TrailersDoctor Strange and the Multiverse of MadnessLightyearThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerNopeContact us at [email protected] via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the major "mistake" that the former President made, the latest murder by the Minneapolis police, and whether we actually want new Futurama.

IntroWhat Are We Up To?C: The Woman in the House, Encanto, Boba Fett, Peacemaker, Sifu, Rocket League, Horizon Zero DawnB: Hades, Psychonauts 2, Tick Tick…Boom!, Post-birthdayBrandon’s Random FactoidAssholes of the Week: Trump stole 15 boxes of documents from the White House to stash at Mar-a-Lago that the National Archives finally recoveredMinneapolis police broke into the wrong apartment with a no-knock warrant and killed Amir Locke, who was sleeping on his couchHeroes of the Week: Pence goes against Trump for claiming the VP had the authority to overturn the 2020 electionLouisiana candidate for US Senate Gary Chambers burns a confederate flag in his new campaign adThe RNC voted to censure Reps Cheney and Kinzinger over Jan. 6 panel workMItch McConnell criticized the RNC for its censureThe US has reached 900k deaths to COVID-19House passes bill to reform funding for the USPS that heads to the Senate nowJoe Rogan apologizes after video of him using N-word over years of podcasts surfacesDOJ arrested NY couple tied to the 2016 hack of a bitcoin exchangeThe Dutch want to egg Jeff Bezos’ huge yacht that requires dismantling of their bridgePortland minor league baseball lost its pickle mascot on a Delta flightSnoop Dog now owns Death Row Records 30 years after it startedMoviePass is trying to come backAmazon’s working on a Blade Runner 2049 sequel seriesBetter Call Saul’s two parts of its final season have been datedHulu orders a Futurama revival with most of the cast returningObi-Wan is debuting May 25 on Disney+We got a trailer for Netflix’s The Adam ProjectWe got a trailer for Jurassic World DominionContact us at [email protected] via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk the major TV exec that no longer has that job, the shocking news that the NFL might have racist hiring practices, and what upcoming show will be attempting to clean up a traitor's reputation.

IntroWhat Are We Up To?C: Ice & Snow, All of Us Are Dead, Murderville, Boba Fett, Peacemaker, Pokemon Legends Arceus, Skyrim, Horizon ZD, Rocket LeagueT: Pokemon Legends Arceus, Bloons TD Battle 2, Civ 6, finished off Star Trek Prodigy season 1, Reno 911 The Hunt for QAnon, South Park covid specials, bitching about snow plowsB: Hades, Psychonauts 2, Books, Birthday ShitBrandon’s Random FactoidAssholes of the Week: Bomb threats were sent to many HBCUs on February 14 men have been arrested in relation to the overdose death of Michael K. WilliamsJeff Zucker resigns as president of CNN after failing to disclose a relationship with another executiveHeroes of the Week: Native American tribes reached a tentative opioid settlement with Johnson & JohnsonMississippi became the 37th state to legalize medical marijuanaBiden claims ISIS leader is dead after a US operationCOVID-19 vaccines could be approved for children under 5 later this month54 Starbucks stores in 19 states are pursuing union electionsThe Amazon warehouse in Alabama is set to vote for the second time on unionizationA major winter storm has hit a large portion of the US this weekFormer coach Brian Flores filed a lawsuit against the NFL alleging racist hiring practicesNFL’s Washington team picked Commanders as its new nameMeta lost more than $230 billion in market value this weekThe yearly price of Amazon Prime will be going up to $139Two male penguins became the first same-sex foster parents to hatch an egg at NY ZooA piece of space junk will crash into the Moon in MarchThe Masked Singer will apparently have Rudy Giuliani as one of the singers next seasonDIsney+ is getting a new live-action Goosebumps seriesContact us at [email protected] via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the unfortunate ban on Maus at a Texas school district, the Spotify problem, and the interesting show coming soon to Netflix.

IntroWhat Are We Up To?C: All Of Us Are Dead, Boba Fett, Peacemaker, Third Rock From The Sun, Pokemon Arceus, Rocket League, SkyrimT: FFXIV I’m back on my shit again!, Civ VI, more Seinfeld, Kominsky Method, Smiling Friends, up to the last episode of M.A.S.H., car surpriseB: Dead Space, Hades, Road Out of Winter.Brandon’s Random FactoidAssholes of the Week: Tennessee school district voted to ban Holocaust graphic novel Maus from its curriculumHeroes of the Week: SCOTUS Justice Stephen Breyer will retire at the end of the current term, Biden will announce nominee by the end of FebruaryMark Cuban launched an online pharmacy that charges with dramatically lower markupCalifornia is returning guardianship of hundreds of acres of redwood forestland to a coalition of Native tribesPfizer and BioNTech have begun testing an Omicron-specific vaccineFederal court blocked Alabama’s new congressional mapFederal judge canceled contracts for major gas and oil leases due to climate changeHours before Infrastructure speech by Biden, a bridge nearby in Pittsburgh collapsedThe Bidens introduced Willow, the new First CatNeil Young had his songs pulled from Spotify over Joe Rogan’s misinformation podcastDisney responded to Peter Dinklage’s criticisms about their Snow White remakeAmy Schneider’s 40-game win streak on Jeopardy! has endedThe upcoming Batgirl movie for HBO Max will feature DC’s first openly trans characterPercy Jackson and the Olympians series announced for Disney+Hulu ordered a series adaptation of the novel Saint XWe got a teaser trailer for Guillermo Del Toro’s stop-motion Pinocchio for NetflixWe got a trailer for Netflix’s Murderville seriesContact us at [email protected] via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the huge bill PharmaBro has to pay, more examples of the cops being awful, and what the new prices for Netflix subscriptions will be.

IntroWhat Are We Up To?C: Nobody, Boba Fett, Peacemaker, The Eternals, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, A Short Hike, Mom Hid My GameT: Fellowship of the Ring Part 1, lots of Seinfeld, Civ VI, Kingdom Two Crowns: Norselands, more Mario Party Superstar, store shelf watchingB: Halo Infinite, Masterchief Collection, books, SNOW!Brandon’s Random FactoidAssholes of the Week: Senate GOP with the help of Manchin & Sinema blocked the Dems from changing the filibuster to get voting rights bills up for voteUniversity of Michigan reached a $490 million settlement over sexual abuse by former sports doctorHeroes of the Week: SCOTUS denies Trump’s request to block the release of White House records to the January 6 panel, January 6 committee sent out subpoenas for Rudy Giuliani and the other Trump lawyers that tried to overturn the electionNY AG seeks to question Trump, Ivanka and Don Jr. over uncovered evidence of fraud/misleading asset valuationsRIP Louie AndersonCOVID Dump TruckThe USPS is taking orders for free at-home COVID test kits, Plus a phone line400 million N95 face masks will be given out for free through pharmaciesTesla driver whose car ran a red light and hit a car, killing two people, has been chargedIntel announced a $20 billion investment to build chip facility in OhioA huge winter storm wreaked havoc on the eastern US from the south to the northeastNASA estimates that the Tonga volcanic explosion was around 10 megatonsThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is the name of the upcoming Amazon seriesSquid Game will get a second season at NetflixNetflix orders animated comedy series Bad Crimes for a 10 episode seriesWeird Al is getting an original biopic movie with RokuBong Joon Ho’s next film will be an adaptation of an upcoming sci-fi novelA trailer for The Moon Knight Disney+ seriesA trailer for Shenmue the Animation ahead of its February 5 debutA trailer for The Cuphead Show on Netflix that will be out February 18Contact us at [email protected] via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the huge bill PharmaBro has to pay, more examples of the cops being awful, and what the new prices for Netflix subscriptions will be.

IntroWhat Are We Up To?C: Cold, Peacemaker, The Witcher S2, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Jurassic World EvolutionT: So much Civ VI, rewatched The Hobbit, didn’t finish The Expanse yet, Boba Fett, ST Prodigy, recap where I’ve beenB: Xbox Series S (Halo, Hades, etc.), A Canticle for Leibowitz, recertificationBrandon’s Random FactoidAssholes of the Week: Martin Shkreli is ordered to return $64 million in profits and is barred from the pharma industry for lifeCourt upholds 2017 firing of two LAPD officers were fired for ignoring a robbery call to catch a Snorlax in Pokemon GoVirginia Beach Police found to have used forged docs with fake DNA evidence in interrogations to get confessions in at least five occasionsHeroes of the Week: Navient has agreed to cancel $1.7 billion in student loan debts owed by roughly 66k borrowers as part of a settlement with 39 state attorneys generalThe Justice Dept. has arrested the leader of the Oath Keepers and 10 others over their insurrection plan at the US Capitol on January 6DirecTV is dropping OANRIP Bob SagetCOVID Dump TruckSCOTUS halts Biden’s mandate for big businesses, but not healthcare workersNumber of US cops that died in 2021 is highest since 1930, but there’s a catchOmicron is decimating the ranks of teachers for in-school teachingThe US Navy will drain its fuel tank system that leaked into Hawaii drinking waterThe RNC is threatening to bar candidates from participating in presidential debatesUnderwater volcano eruption near Tonga sends tsunami warnings around the PacificHere’s the video of somebody from Tonga when the sonic boom hitThe FDA has dropped its regulation of French Dressing for the first time in 72 yearsTeam of scientists in Israel taught goldfish how to drive a motorized fish tankWe got a trailer for Peacock’s Bel-Air series that starts February 13We got a trailer for The Bob’s Burgers MovieDisney Plus is getting a Santa Clause series starring Tim AllenNetflix is raising prices for most of its subscription plans in the US and CanadaContact us at [email protected] via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk about the sad deaths that closed out 2021 and started 2022 and a whole bunch of awful people that are going to prison for a long time.

IntroWhat Are We Up To?C: Cobra Kai S4, Boba Fett, Don’t Look Up, Symphony of the Night, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, Hardspace: ShipbreakerB: Borderlands The PreSequel, Metroid Dread, Berserk, This weather makes no goddamn sense.Brandon’s Random FactoidAssholes of the [Past Few] Weeks: Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty on five of six counts of sex trafficking of minorsFormer Minneapolis cop Kim Potter found guilty of manslaughter in Daunte Wright’s deathTheranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of fraud and conspiracyAll three Georgia men sentenced to life in prison for Ahmaud Arbery’s murderHeroes of the [Past Few] Weeks: Hockey fan spotted a cancerous mole on a team employee’s neck, alerted him of it, and saved his lifeLouisiana’s governor posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy of Plessy v Ferguson fameRIP John MaddenRIP Betty WhiteRIP Sidney PoitierRIP Joan DidionCOVID-19 Dump TruckFDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID treatment pillFDA authorizes Merck’s COVID pill for high-risk adult patientsFDA authorized the Pfizer booster for children aged 12 to 15CDC cut Pfizer recommendation time from 6 to 5 months, Same for ModernaCyber Ninjas, the company overseeing the Arizona election review, is shutting downMany drivers were stranded on I-95 in Virginia as a bad winter storm hitNewly discovered fossil site in Australia gives a glimpse at Australia’s pastThat mysterious cube on the Moon was just a rockNetflix is working on a Scott Pilgrim anime seriesPixar’s Turning Red will skip theaters for a Disney+ debut on March 11Contact us at [email protected] via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS

On this week’s episode of Let’s Weekend, we talk the bad and good stuff happening at the end of 2021, how NASA has touched the Sun, and the latest Nic Cage movie.

IntroWhat Are We Up To?F: Wheel of Time, The Expanse, Power On,  PCBS, and random retro things. C: Spider-Man, The Witcher S2, Hawkeye, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Gunk, Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5B: Frostpunk, assorted PSN nonsense, shit ton of rain. Brandon’s Random FactoidAssholes of the Week: Tornadoes decimated large parts of the midwest from Missouri to Kentucky with 92 dead as of todayAmazon were particular assholes as they refused to let workers get to safety until it was too lateUS Navy base in Hawaii had a petroleum leak that contaminated Honolulu’s drinking water supply, forcing 3k military members and family to be relocatedCapitol insurrectionist gets biggest sentence yet with over 5 years for attacking policeKellog’s reached a tentative agreement with strikers, then email leaked revealing there’s no real change and mocks themHouse votes to hold Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with January 6 committeeHeroes of the Week: FDA relaxes restrictions on abortion pills so that they can be mailed to approved patients instead of having to pick it up in personClaudette Colvin’s segregated bus arrest that happened before Rosa Park’s arrest has finally been expunged from her recordJudge rejects Purdue Pharma’s opioid settlement that would protect the Sackler familyJudge allows Dominion’s defamation case against Fox News to continue after declining to dismiss the caseUS Military moves to start dismissing members for refusing to get vaccinatedNYC’s new mayor elect picks NYPD’s first woman to lead as commissionerRIP Anne RiceCA Gov. Newsom uses Texas abortion law as framework to craft assault weapons banFox News host Chris Wallace left to join CNN’s streaming serviceLog4j exploit found that affects nearly everything written in JavaKraft is willing to pay people $20 to not buy cream cheese for their dessertsNew world record millipede found in Australia with over 1300 legsNASA’s Parker Solar Probe is the first known spacecraft to enter the Sun’s atmosphereBob’s Burgers’ Jay Johnston fired for attending the Capitol InsurrectionWe got a trailer for Everything Everywhere All At OnceWe got first trailer of The Unbearable Weight of Massive TalentContact us at [email protected] via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, Google Play, or RSS