WEBVTT - Introducing Luna Talks with Anna Paulina

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<v Speaker 1>So my name is Anna Paulina Luna and on April

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<v Speaker 1>I am going to be launching my first podcast, which

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<v Speaker 1>I honestly never expected to do. I really do have

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<v Speaker 1>kind of an incredible life story that actually brought me

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<v Speaker 1>to where I'm at now. I grew up within the

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<v Speaker 1>welfare system and was raised by a very young single mother.

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<v Speaker 1>Later on, after I had attended about six high schools,

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to go to college, but I had no

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<v Speaker 1>way of paying for it. So I joined the Air Force.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was in the Air Force where I met

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<v Speaker 1>not only my amazing husband, but I was also able

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<v Speaker 1>to excel as an adult and realized not just a

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<v Speaker 1>sense of deep patriotism. It was there that I essentially

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<v Speaker 1>discovered myself as a conservative. I can tell you that

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<v Speaker 1>when I first joined I was definitely naive as to

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<v Speaker 1>what was going to happen, like what I would observe

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<v Speaker 1>with my friends and family and what really war does mean.

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<v Speaker 1>In my husband was actually shot in Afghanistan and because

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<v Speaker 1>of that, our family actually did deal with PTSD. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's something that the military, and I think military culture

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<v Speaker 1>has really created this taboo around and not talking about it.

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<v Speaker 1>We weren't helping the problem. So my husband and I

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<v Speaker 1>actually became advocates and started working with various nonprofits to

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<v Speaker 1>help veterans that were struggling with that issue. And I actually,

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<v Speaker 1>later on even ended up writing a book about it

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<v Speaker 1>that was published. But I can tell you that had

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<v Speaker 1>I not gone into the service, I would have never

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<v Speaker 1>want experienced all of that too. But I would have

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<v Speaker 1>also never understood what it really means to truly sacrifice

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<v Speaker 1>for this country because a lot of people say it,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people see it, and they read it

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<v Speaker 1>in books or they hear it on television, but they've

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<v Speaker 1>never truly lived that. And I think that we, as

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<v Speaker 1>a military family have. Later on, when I got out

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<v Speaker 1>of the military, I had always wanted to go to

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<v Speaker 1>medical school, and I was actually on my way there,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I saw what was happening with identity politics

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<v Speaker 1>and cultural correctness really destroying our country. And I realized

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<v Speaker 1>that people with my voice, especially among the conservative, semantic

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<v Speaker 1>American demographic, they were almost non existent in your average media.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I started using my platform to speak up.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's basically what I'm hoping to use this podcast

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<v Speaker 1>force to share information and provide that representation for those

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<v Speaker 1>voices that felt like they haven't been represented and that

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<v Speaker 1>they don't have a voice on what's happening with cancel culture.

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<v Speaker 1>If someone were to ask me what the American dream is,

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<v Speaker 1>it's coming from nothing and through hard work being able

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<v Speaker 1>to attain anything you set your mind too. And I

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<v Speaker 1>do believe that the American dream is only possible here

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States. Nowhere else in the world could

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<v Speaker 1>someone from my background and from my demographic be born

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<v Speaker 1>into the circumstances that I was born into and later

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<v Speaker 1>on not only run for Congress, but also to have

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<v Speaker 1>a podcast with I Heart Radio and move forward as

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<v Speaker 1>being a leader, especially of the largest voting minority in history,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a Hispanic American voting block. A lot of

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm hoping to do with my podcast is talk

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<v Speaker 1>from a place of personal experience and to provide you

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<v Speaker 1>guys with true insight, true stories of people that have

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<v Speaker 1>lived that not just statistics. I feel like a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of podcasts on the market today they're all about clickbait.

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<v Speaker 1>They want to talk about these divisive things, but they're

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<v Speaker 1>not actually providing value of truth and insight as to

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<v Speaker 1>why certain things don't work and others do. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think that when people truly allow themselves to be emotionally exposed,

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<v Speaker 1>which is what I'm gonna be doing with this podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>and it allows for a connection and a really personal

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<v Speaker 1>bond between the podcaster, which would be myself and the

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<v Speaker 1>person listening to the episode. I also think too, that

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<v Speaker 1>these stories are inspirational. Just because you're born a certain way,

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<v Speaker 1>or just because you're born to certain demographic or socio

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<v Speaker 1>economic status doesn't mean that you are limited. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>we're in the greatest country on earth and you can

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<v Speaker 1>attain everything, and that's what I'm hoping to share with

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<v Speaker 1>these episodes. My name is Anna Paulina Luna. I am

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<v Speaker 1>one of the youngest conservative Hispanic activists in the country,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm hoping that you'll turn into my show because

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<v Speaker 1>one it's not going to be boring to I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>politically correct, and three, we do things a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>differently on my podcast, so you're gonna get some honest perspective,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, some fun insight, but also to some ways

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<v Speaker 1>that you can directly get involved to help change what

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<v Speaker 1>you're seeing pap into our country happening around you. And

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<v Speaker 1>then also to ways that you can I think change

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<v Speaker 1>the dinner discussion on politics and within your family. Starting April,

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<v Speaker 1>listen to Luna Talks with on A Paulina on I

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<v Speaker 1>Heart Radio, app, Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts.