Bad Bunny's dream for Puerto Rico; plus, 'Koshersoul'

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🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Bad Bunny is the biggest pop star in the world, so what does he believe in? Guest host Tracie Hunte and political anthropologist Yarimar Bonilla look at the politics of Bad Bunny, and his vision of a Puerto Rico for Puerto Ricans.

Plus, Tracie talks to James Beard award-winning author Michael W. Twitty about his new book, "Koshersoul," how we connect to our histories through food and what makes a kitchen sacred.

And later, Tracie plays Who Said That? with her group chat! Her friends Alana Casanova-Burgess, host and producer of La Brega from WNYC and Futuro Studios, and Rebeca Ibarra, host and producer of The Refresh from Insider, go head-to-head to win the title of Who Said That? champion.

Warning: some Spanish speakers may find language in this episode offensive.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, you're listening to it's been a minute from NPR.
0:05.4	I'm Joan Tracey's aunt and today on the show, Bad Bunny puts Puerto Rican politics on
0:11.8	the world stage.
0:13.5	Plus, the marriage of black and Jewish foods and what brings them together.
0:18.7	Alright, here's the show.
0:22.7	Hey y'all, you're listening to it's been a minute from NPR.
0:25.4	I'm your guest host Tracey Hunt.
0:27.5	The other day I was listening to the new Bad Bunny album, Un Verano Santi.
0:32.9	And I noticed something kind of amazing.
0:38.4	The album only just came out in May, but every song had been streamed hundreds of millions
0:44.7	of times.
0:46.1	If you do that math, the world has collectively listened to Bad Bunny for 733 years in the
0:53.4	past four months alone.
0:55.1	It's official.
1:02.4	The biggest artist in the world right now comes from Puerto Rico.
1:05.9	And when you dig into his music and what he stands for, the island is very close to his
1:10.3	heart.
1:14.2	Bad Bunny is now in a world tour, but before he left home, he threw three nights of sold-out
1:19.4	parties for his people.
1:21.4	He also used those nights to bring up some of the biggest political issues facing Puerto
1:25.8	Ricans.
1:26.8	Gentrification, power outages, and women and trans rights.
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