Bad Bunny Closes Out His Residency

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4.5 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Bad Bunny's months-long residency in Puerto Rico is coming to an end. The shows brought in hundreds of millions of dollars to the island, and sparked new debates about Puerto Rican identity and politics.

For this week's episode, Ana and Felix traveled to San Juan to take in one of the final performances, and interview both locals and tourists about the musical and cultural impact of the summer of Bad Bunny.

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0:00.0	Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all.
0:11.5	On the web at theshmit.org.
0:14.6	A quick note before the show, this podcast contains explicit language.
0:21.8	From NPR music, this is all Latino.
0:23.9	I'm Felix Contreras.
0:25.0	And I'm Anna Maria Sayer. Let the Chisembe begin.
0:28.5	Anna, this week, I decided to join you in Puerto Rico and San Juan.
0:33.1	Okay.
0:34.1	You know how many texts, calls, photos I have tried.
0:38.9	I mean, it's been like the project of my summer to get you here.
0:41.8	Well, because, I mean, it'd be nice to spend time with you, but I had other things on my mind.
0:45.7	You don't have to lie. It's okay.
0:46.8	I had other things on my mind.
0:48.5	I wanted to come and see the end of the historic Bad Bunny residency here in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
0:54.2	Pretty special first experience, bad bunny experience for you, Felix.
0:58.8	First live experience, yes.
1:00.4	Also the day after your birthday.
1:01.7	Yes, it was.
1:02.5	Happy birthday.
1:03.2	Thank you very much.
1:04.4	It was Benito giving you a gift, Felix.
1:07.3	Thank you.
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