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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Inolvidable: Predictions, Politics, and NFL’s Motives

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

News, Documentary, Society & Culture, Politics

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The NFL’s all-American spectacle is back with its Super Bowl halftime musical extravaganza…and it’ll be mostly en ESPAÑOL! Puerto Rico’s own Bad Bunny, is one of the biggest artists in the world, and on Feb. 8, all eyes will be on him

We speak with Vanessa Diaz, co-author of "P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance"; journalist Tess Garcia, and Antonia Cereijido, host of LAist’s "Imperfect Paradise." They talk  about the significance of a Spanish-language artist, speculate about the performance, and question the NFL's motives. Oh, and we play a game too.  

Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S., centering Latino stories and hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa.

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0:00.0

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0:20.6

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0:26.3

So click the link in the episode description.

0:29.8

And after you do that, then click play.

0:32.4

Let's go to the show.

0:50.3

Futuro. We are just days away from the Benito bowl. The Super Bowl halfttime performance of Global Superstar Bad Bunny from, of course, Puerto Rico.

1:02.3

And shall we say we're a little bit excited.

1:06.0

But as we know, not everyone's excited.

1:09.6

The NFL just chose the bad bunny rabbit.

1:13.4

Bad bunny's hits are in Spanish and contain every sexual term possible.

1:19.9

And speaking of lyrics, we're going to begin today's episode by playing the bad bunny

1:25.6

translation game.

1:27.0

Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding, ding, ding, ding.

1:29.8

Our contestants are longtime friend of our show

1:33.6

and host of L.A.ist's Imperfect Paradise, Antonio Serejido.

1:37.8

Thank you for having me.

1:39.6

Vanessa Diaz is professor and co-author of PFNR,

1:43.3

how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican Resistance. Vanessa, welcome to the show.

1:48.7

Thank you so much. And another friend of the pod,

1:51.7

culture journalist Tess Garcia, is back with us. Hey Tess.

1:54.9

Thank you so much for having me for the first time I can say this is my Super Bowl and

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