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Let's Weekend
SmashPad
10 episodes
8 hours ago
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.
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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.
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Episodes (10/10)
Let's Weekend
Let’s Weekend #489 – The Big SNAP
In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the end of SNAP benefits during the shutdown with a bright light at the end of the tunnel, Amazon’s big layoffs, and monkeys that are on the loose in Mississippi.
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5 days ago
1 hour 17 minutes 3 seconds

Let's Weekend
Let’s Weekend #488 – The East Wing
In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the demolition of the East Wing of the White House, the story of a 1,900 year old Roman tablet, and what happened at the Louvre. Intro What Are We Up To? C: Poker Face S2, Honey Don’t, Ball X Pit, CloverPit T: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, switched car insurance, Balatro/Kingdom/Vampire Survivors, Lego Party B: Bounty Star, Silent Hill 2, books, Aliens Brandon’s Random Factoid Assholes of the Week: The East Wing of the White House has been demolished during the lockdown as construction begins on Trump’s ballroom whose updated cost has gone up 50% Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao DOJ is preparing to send election monitors to California and New Jersey ahead of their state elections The Pentagon is accepting a $130 million donation from an anonymous donor to help pay the military during the shutdown Heroes of the Week: 1,900 year old Roman tablet that had been missing for decades was found in the backyard of a New Orleans home The Senate had a failed vote for bills to pay federal workers during the government shutdown Maine Senate candidate is under fire after a Nazi tattoo on his chest was discovered Trump says he’s ending trade talks with Canada over TV ads opposing US tariffs The FBI unsealed two indictments involving over 30 people in a takedown of gambling operations Thieves stole 88 million euros worth of crown jewels from the Louvre and are still at large DC has been sued for detaining a man that followed National Guard playing The Imperial March Warner Bros Discovery is taking acquisition offers from multiple parties HBO Max has raised prices for all plans and are finally allowing customers to rate shows & movies The Fantastic Four: First Steps will be on Disney+ November 5 Materialists will be on HBO Max November 7 Eddington will be on HBO Max November 14 Hulu’s ordered the Prison Break reboot to series Netflix has ordered a series adaptation for graphic novel “Black Hole” We got an official trailer for Crime 101 We got an official trailer for Pluribus Contact us at letsweekenders@gmail.com Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, or RSS
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2 weeks ago
1 hour 8 minutes 45 seconds

Let's Weekend
Let’s Weekend #487 – The Young Republicans
In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the loss of Ace Frehley, leaked group chats for Young Republican groups, and Trump's latest commuted sentence. Intro What Are We Up To? C: Peacemaker, Splinter Cell, The Maze Runner trilogy, Rocket League B: Far Cry 6, secret game, books, my fan broke. Brandon’s Random Factoid Assholes of the Week: Politico released a report about Young Republican groups around the country with text chats full of slurs, rape talk, and talk of loving Hitler and the Nazis Trump has commuted the sentence of former US Rep. George Santos DOJ charged John Bolton for mishandling government secrets and he’s plead not guilty Trump’s holding a fancy dinner at the White House for his rich donors while the government is shut down Trump confirmed that the CIA is conducting covert operations inside Venezuela Trump’s working on doubling the bailout of Argentina’s economy to $40 billion Heroes of the Week: Dozens of reporters turned in their access badges and exited the Pentagon rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work RIP Ace Frehley Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk House Speaker Mike Johnson continues to keep the House out of session Maine’s Democrat governor is running for Susan Collins’ US Senate seat Georgia’s Vernon Jones exits Gov race to run for House Rep seat to get Trump’s endorsement Trump wants to leave his mark with an Arc de Triomphe-style arch near the Lincoln Memorial Many airports are refusing to play Kristi Noem’s video blaming Democrats for the shutdown SCOTUS rejected Alex Jones’ appeal of his $1.4 billion defamation judgment TiVo has stopped selling their DVRs as they exit the hardware business after 26 years WB Discovery rejected an offer by Paramount Skydance of “around $20 per share” Bugonia is having an early screening for bald people or those willing to get their head shaved Weapons will appear on HBO Max October 24 KPop Demon Hunters is returning to theaters for Halloween weekend The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack went platinum Netflix renewed Splinter Cell: Deathwatch for a second season Apple TV+ has rebranded to Apple TV We got an official trailer for Death by Lightning Contact us at letsweekenders@gmail.com Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, or RSS
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 13 minutes 39 seconds

Let's Weekend
Let’s Weekend #486 – Diss Track Journalism
In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about Diane Keaton's passing, the newest cause of autism, and how the defamation lawsuit that Drake filed against his label and Kendrick Lamar. Intro What Are We Up To? C: Ghostbusters, Halloweentown, Deep Rock Galactic Survivor, Hades II B: Far Cry 6, Yooka-Replaylee, books, Homestuck Brandon’s Random Factoid Assholes of the Week: The DOJ has indicted NY AG Letitia James in a mortgage fraud case Former Republican election official has purchased Dominion Voting The $20 billion bailout of Argentina’s government is confirmed A man has been charged with starting the Palisades Fire Heroes of the Week: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize RIP Diane Keaton Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire plan SCOTUS’ upcoming term features many cases on the executive powers The Social Security Admin has been named the new CEO of the IRS Trump threatens new 100% tariff on Chinese exports on November 1 James Comey plead not guilty in his case from the DOJ RFK Jr. cited early circumcisions as another potential cause of autism France’s prime minister has resigned after less than a month in office Judge has tossed out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against his label over Kendrick Lamar’s song Turning Point USA is planning their own “All American Halftime Show” during the Super Bowl Zelda Williams perfectly summed up AI in response to people sending videos of her dad to her Minecraft 2 is in the works for a July 2027 release WB Animation is working on Batman: Knightfall animated films Netflix has greenlit a Clue competition series We got an official trailer for Mercy We got an official trailer for The Witcher Season 4 We got an official trailer for Wonder Man We got a teaser trailer for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Contact us at letsweekenders@gmail.com Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, or RSS
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1 month ago
1 hour 5 minutes 6 seconds

Let's Weekend
Let’s Weekend #485 – The Big Bad Bunny
In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the government shutdown, YouTube capitulating to Trump, and Bad Bunny taking over the Super Bowl halftime show this season. Intro What Are We Up To? C: Peacemaker S2, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, CloverPit B: Far Cry 6, Intelligence Qube, secret game, books, Autumn Weather Brandon’s Random Factoid Assholes of the Week: Sean Combs was sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison under the Mann Act Apple and Google blocked apps that warn people of ICE sightings Former Marine drove his truck into a Mormon church before shooting, kill 4 people and wounding 8 others Heroes of the Week: The FDA approved a generic abortion pill that is causing conservative outrage RIP Jane Goodall The US Government has been shut downand things didn’t improve much with more Senate votes Trump’s been opening bragging about Project 2025 during the shutdown Federal appeals court ruled that the Trump admin can’t end birthright citizenship Trump announced a prescription drug website with Pfizer called TrumpRx YouTube agreed to pay Trump $24 million to settle lawsuit over his account being suspended The Eaton Fire was caused by transmission lines and distribution lines Researchers have been able to use human skill cells to create fertilizable eggs with issues SAG-AFTRA condemns AI actress Tilly Norwood that is getting interest from agencies Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl halftime show Elon Musk is waging war on Netflix over its ‘woke bias’ Kpop Demon Hunters has broken another Netflix record with 15 weeks in its Top 10 The Naked Gun is on Paramount+ now Jurassic World Rebirth will be coming to Peacock on October 30 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair will hit theaters December 5 There’s going to be a second Simpsons movie in 2027 Season 2 of Hazbin Hotel premiering October 29th on Prime. We got an official trailer for Frankenstein Contact us at letsweekenders@gmail.com Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, or RSS
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1 month ago
1 hour 14 minutes 32 seconds

Let's Weekend
Let’s Weekend #484 – There’s A Moon Around Uranus
In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the ridiculous Tylenol announcement from the Trump admin, James Comey's indictment, and what's going on with Uranus. Intro What Are We Up To? C: Alien Earth, Spider-Man 2.1, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, Rocket League B: Battlefield 1, IQ Intelligence Qube, books, Autumn Weather imminent. Brandon’s Random Factoid Assholes of the Week: Trump and RFK Jr made the announcement tying autism to Tylenol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy that is made up, Trump then made a weird statement on the hepatitis B vaccine that kids get while they’re young Trumped canceled a meeting with the Democrats on a deal to prevent a government shutdown, he’s threatening layoffs if the government is shut down Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on criminal charges from his 2020 testimony Trump signed an EO designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization Trump is sending troops to Portland, authorizing full force if necessary due to his stupid claims that it’s a war ravaged city The ICC announced crimes against humanity charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Heroes of the Week: Scientists found a new tiny moon around Uranus Trump wants to send billions to help bail out Argentina’s economy Trump signed an EO supporting new TikTok deal with American investors buying the app Jury convicted Ryan Routh on all charges in his attempted assassination of Trump There was a shooting at an ICE detention facility in Dallas that killed a detainee & injured 2 others Motives for the shooter are hard to label A man did a drive-by shooting into an ABC affiliate TV station in Sacramento Jimmy Kimmel has fully returned to airwaves after Nexstar and Sinclair stopped blacking him out It coincided with the announcement that Disney’s raising prices on Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ Apple TV+ drama The Savant was postponed due to Charlie Kirk’s assassination The cast for Spaceballs 2 was announced with Rick Moranis coming out of retirement Fox is rebooting Baywatch for 2026 We got an official trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu We got a teaser trailer for The Bride Contact us at letsweekenders@gmail.com Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, or RSS
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1 month ago
1 hour 19 minutes 10 seconds

Let's Weekend
Let’s Weekend #483 – ABC’s Betrayal
In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about ABC shutting down Jimmy Kimmel's show, a new vaccine for Koala chlamydia, and how LA Comic-Con will do a gross thing with Stan Lee and AI. Intro What Are We Up To? C: Wednesday S2, Howl’s Moving Castle, Silksong B: Towa, Crow Country, books, Knights of Guinevere (it’s really awesome) Brandon’s Random Factoid Assholes of the Week: ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely after he commented on Charlie Kirk, ABC affiliate Sinclair Broadcast Group is behind the push to have his show pulled and wants him to apologize and donate to Charlie’s family, Trump backs FCC head Brendan Carr & warns broadcasters could lose licenses if they’re mean Tyler Robinson has been charged with aggravated murder and other charges for shooting Charlie Kirk Charlie Kirk’s widow will be taking over Turning Point USA as its new CEO to continue the grift Heroes of the Week: Australia approves a vaccine to help protect koalas from chlamydia’s worst effects RIP Robert Redford Senate voted to confirm Trump’s economic advisor Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point for the year’s first drop The DOE is partnering with over 40 conservative groups to create 250th Anniversary programming The ACIP panel voted to remove the recommendation for the MMRV vaccine They also voted to change how COVID vaccines can be accessed Federal judge tossed Trump’s $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times The Trump admin is looking to destroy a bunch of birth control meant for USAID to distribute Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s resigned over a dispute with their own Unilever silencing them LA Comic Con is going to have an AI-powered hologram of Stan Lee at its show to talk to fans Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle set a record for biggest anime film opening AEW pay-per-views will be available to purchase on HBO Max starting with today’s All Out 2025 Superman is now available to stream on HBO Max Daredevil: Born Again has been renewed for a third season Disney greenlit a Muppet Show special for Disney+ in 2026 for the show’s 50th Anniversary We got an official trailer for Anaconda We got an official trailer for The Chair Company We got an official trailer for Splinter Cell: Deathwatch We got a teaser trailer for The Witcher Season 4 Contact us at letsweekenders@gmail.com Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, or RSS
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1 month ago
1 hour 19 minutes 23 seconds

Let's Weekend
Let’s Weekend #482 – The Gen Z Revolution
In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the Charlie Kirk shooting, what happened in Nepal, and the birthday card that made the news this week. Intro What Are We Up To? C: The Paper, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots B: Psychonauts 2, secret game, Helluva Boss, books, feeling my age. Brandon’s Random Factoid Assholes of the Week: Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at his event at Utah Valley University while answering a question about mass shootings by a shooter about 200 yards away, the shooter turned himself in after confessing to his dad MSNBC contributor Matthew Dowd was fired after tame comments about Charlie Kirk after he was killed as the most prominent example of overzealous blowback on comments, and others are losing their jobs over social media posts due to GOP snitches Democrats made public the birthday card that Trump denied sending to Jeffrey Epstein on his 50th birthday Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro has been convicted of attempting a coup to stay in office after losing an election in 2022 There was a Colorado high school shooting where a student shot two of his peers before shooting himself to be the only death Heroes of the Week: Protestors in Nepal got their corrupt prime minister to resign with violent protests against a ban on social media platforms and government corruption Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement to pave the way for resuming cooperation on inspecting their nuclear facilities Senate Republicans are using the nuclear option to confirm Trump nominees in batches BLS revises annual hiring numbers up to March 2025 to be 911k jobs lower than previous estimate Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is resigning Macron appointed his defense minister as the new prime minister South Korea reached a deal with the US to bring the detained workers home via charter plane Poland shot down several Russian drones that violated its airspace Israel attacked Hamas leadership in Qatar Rupert Murdoch reached a deal with his kids to let Lachlan run Fox Corp. while the others are paid Paramount condemns Israeli film boycott after 3900 industry names signed the pledge Paramount Skydance owner David Ellison wants to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Sesame Street will be putting hundreds of classic episodes and more content on YouTube Elio will appear on Disney+ September 17 The live-action How to Train Your Dragon will be on Peacock October 10 Tim Robinson’s new series The Chair Company will debut on HBO and HBO Max October 12 We got an official trailer for Christy We got an official trailer for Song Sung Blue We got a teaser trailer for Last Samurai Standing We got a teaser trailer for The Rip We got a teaser trailer for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Contact us at letsweekenders@gmail.com Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, or RSS
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1 month ago
1 hour 22 minutes 52 seconds

Let's Weekend
Let’s Weekend #481 – Goodbye A23a
In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about Florida potentially ditching vaccine mandates, what happened to Rudy Giuliani, and the plight of the world's largest and oldest iceberg. Intro What Are We Up To? C: Friendship, The Paper, Madden NFL 26 B: Viewfinder, Sly 4, books, Autumn gaming anticipation Brandon’s Random Factoid Assholes of the Week: Trump confirmed that the US struck a Venezuelan ship that was allegedly Tren de Aragua transporting drugs to the US with no evidence Florida’s working on ending the vaccine mandate for children to get before entering school Hundreds of South Koreans were detained in ICE raid on Georgia Hyundai EV factory DOJ has been considering a gun ban for transgender people that got LGBTQ+ groups and the NRA allied for this one issue Heroes of the Week: Scientists tapped fresh water under the ocean as a potential source for water in the future RIP Graham Greene Trump moved Space Command from Colorado to Alabama, citing their mail-in ballot support The House has a bipartisan bill banning trading stocks, though it’ll likely fail in the Senate New 250th Anniversary exhibit from the White House and PragerU uses limited history and AI Kraft Heinz is splitting up after a decade of being merged together Rudy Giuliani was badly hurt in car accident after helping a woman in a domestic violence incident Federal judge is forcing Google to share data with rivals, but not forcing them to sell Chrome Federal jury ordered Google to pay $475 million for improperly snooping on phones Anthropic will pay authors $1.5 billion in settlement over pirated booked for their AI model Cholera is making a comeback, especially in Africa The oldest and largest iceberg in the world will not last for much longer Newsmax sued Fox News over antitrust issues, but the judge shot it down quickly Amazon’s working on a Life is Strange series Paramount’s working on a Call of Duty movie after deal with Activision Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will be in theaters for two weeks starting November 26 Netflix’s 2nd season of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will debut December 11 The Paper was renewed for Season 2 at Peacock just before its debut A date has already been set for Superman’s sequel for 2027 We got an official trailer for Helluva Boss on Amazon Prime. We got an official trailer for Marvel Zombies We got a teaser trailer for Die My Love We got a teaser trailer for New Years Rev We got a teaser trailer for Wuthering Heights Contact us at letsweekenders@gmail.com Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, or RSS
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2 months ago
1 hour 18 minutes 44 seconds

Let's Weekend
Let’s Weekend #480 – The Cracker Barrel Culture War
In this episode of Let’s Weekend: We talk about the shooting in Minnesota, ChatGPT's complicity in a kid's suicide, and what's been going on with Cracker Barrel. Intro What Are We Up To? C: Twisted Metal S2, PWS, Hollow Knight, Madden 26 B: Trails demo, Sly 3, OFF, books, Knights of Guinevere. Brandon’s Random Factoid Assholes of the Week: Shooter killed two kids and injured 17 other kids and adults at a Catholic school church as they fired blindly through a stained-glass window Missouri’s the next state looking to redraw their maps to give Trump and the GOP an advantage Whistleblower says a former DOGE official copied the Social Security numbers, names, and birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private part of the Agency’s cloud server Federal appeals court finds that Trump’s tariffs are illegal, but is leaving them in place for now so the Trump admin can appeal to the SCOTUS Trump ended the “de minimus” rule that allowed international shipments under $800 to be duty-free that will cause lots of businesses to stop shipping internationally ICE detained Kilmar Abrego Garcia during his Baltimore check-in Heroes of the Week: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has filed suit against the Trump admin for illegally firing her The new CDC director was fired less than a month into the job Iowa GOP Senator Joni Ernst is expected to announce that she won’t run for reelection in 2026 Kid’s family is suing OpenAI after their son committed suicide with the help of ChatGPT Cracker Barrel's reverting to its old logo after a failed rebrand while they figure out what’s next Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy for the 2nd time in the last year KPop Demon Hunters lead the box office last weekend with singalong showings KPop Demon Hunters is the most-watched Netflix movie with 236 million views Sony and Netflix are working on a deal to make a sequel Mortal Kombat 2 was delayed to May 15, 2026 We got an official trailer for Alice in Borderland Season 3 We got a teaser trailer for Father Mother Sister Brother We got a teaser trailer for Return to Silent Hill We got a teaser trailer for Splinter Cell: Deathwatch Contact us at letsweekenders@gmail.com Subscribe via: Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, or RSS
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2 months ago
1 hour 21 minutes 55 seconds

Let's Weekend
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.