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Speaker 1: So today I want to talk about something that's brought

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Speaker 1: since it, but I'm still not over it. It is

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Speaker 1: the Bad Bunny Halftime Show. It was on February eighth,

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Speaker 1: and I have watched it so many times, and every

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Speaker 1: It feeds my soul that much more, and I notice

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Speaker 1: moment that we are living. This halftime show came after

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Speaker 1: a year of Trump being in office, and after a

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Speaker 1: such an indignant time. I've so many things that have

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Speaker 1: and I think so many in our community he felt it.

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Speaker 1: You know, We've we've seen children taken away, We've seen

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Speaker 1: tough year, and I think Bad Bunny he got the memo,

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Speaker 1: out ways to make us feel seen, respected, part of

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Speaker 1: And he did such a great job of it. And

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Speaker 1: I've been to the Super Bowl a couple of times.

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Speaker 1: I have seen so many halftime shows, and I have

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Speaker 1: thought so many of them were absolutely great, but none

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Speaker 1: Bunny Show did. And I think it's not only because

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Speaker 1: it was the Latin culture, but also because it lifted

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Speaker 1: Boyo for the soul and also listen, so many halftime

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Speaker 1: shows have been terrific. I can tell you. I was

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Speaker 1: halftime show and it was spectacular. I thought it was

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Speaker 1: one of the best halftime shows I've ever seen. But

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Speaker 1: pretty much every halftime show highlights and spotlights the artists,

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Speaker 1: like you know, artists dressed in great clothes and swinging

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Speaker 1: Look at me, look at my talent, look at what

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Speaker 1: and culture and diversity. That that that message he left

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Speaker 1: us with of believe in yourself, never stop believing in yourself.

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Speaker 1: It was carried through to that to that very special

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Speaker 1: Bunny for never changing his voice, for never forgetting where

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Speaker 1: I guess, I guess that's what's happening now. We I someone, somehow, somewhere,

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Speaker 1: and Bad Bunny has done that throughout his career, and

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Speaker 1: very pointedly with this new album and in the residency

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Speaker 1: It was such a significant moment when he when he

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Speaker 1: And that was the same color of the dress that

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Speaker 1: And I'll tell you something that just touches me so deeply.

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Speaker 1: You know, since Bad Bunny got announced as the artist,

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Speaker 1: It's like the gates of Hell open up and every

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Speaker 1: happier that the xenophobes and the racists hated it. Understand this,

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Speaker 1: people are pissed that Bad Bunny sang in Spanish. You

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Speaker 1: all right now, Bad Bunny is the number one artist

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Speaker 1: in China. In China, believe me, they don't understand the

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Speaker 1: when I hear I don't know Andrea Bocelli singing, Oh

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Speaker 1: I don't know what the hell they're saying. I don't

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Speaker 1: So there's so many reasons to not let go of

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Speaker 1: this halftime show, and apparently I'm not alone because it

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Speaker 1: social media platforms alone, the privately owned platforms, influencers, regular

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Speaker 1: people reposting parts of it and commenting it was over

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Speaker 1: four billion billion kmuna Be Kombe Como bad Bunny Benito

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Speaker 1: investigate NBC and the networks that played this because it

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Speaker 1: and you're going to investigate the halftime show because you

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Speaker 1: that Bad Bunny didn't even say because he didn't say

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Speaker 1: cleaned it up. So you know what, what can I

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Speaker 1: None of the racist postings, none of the alternative halftime

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Speaker 1: show bullshit, none of the threats from MAGA, congress people,

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Speaker 1: or administration. None of that is going to take away

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Speaker 1: our joy and our pride at what Bad Bunny was

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Speaker 1: able to do. Colordine Colorado e tequentoao. Okay everyone, that

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Speaker 1: was just a little teaser to what your appetite of

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Speaker 1: what my podcasts Bleep with Anna Navarro is going to be.

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Speaker 1: Like we are dropping episodes every Monday, and the first

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Speaker 1: ones is what about my background, but also one where

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Speaker 1: I talk to Mariano also and we're talking about my

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Speaker 1: Paco Marquito. Tune in