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I'm Diosa.

It's now been three days since Bad Bunny's halftime performance.

And I don't know about y'all, but I'm writing this joyous wave for as long as possible.

Before I dive in to the Bad Bunny performance, I just want to share that Mala is out sick this week,

but she will be back with us next week. Later during this episode, we'll hear from

journalist and podcast host Alana Casanova Burgess.

Before he climbed up the utility poles, he held the Puerto Rican flag with Azul Celet, the light blue, sky blue triangle, which is most commonly associated with the independence movement. That was not a

surprise. Like, that is the flag that he carries. That is the flag that he uses in music videos

and that he sings about. But to see it there, A, in the Super Bowl, and B, with these utility

poles behind him, that was so striking. It was also just cinematic, like the way he

was waving it. It seemed to sort of float in the air in this really dramatic way. All right, let's get

into it. The big halftime performance. What did Bad Bunny give us? Well, he gave us history,

culture, and sason. Since Bad Bunny was announced as the

halftime headliner, we've seen the far right come out and clutch their pearls and even go as far as

boycotting the halftime show entirely. There was even a counter halftime show organized by,

you guessed it, Turning Point USA. And who was a headliner? None other than Kid Rock. Despite all

the racist, xenophobic, weedy-weedy, According to Nielsen data, the halftime performance reached

an average of 128.2 million views. I mean, the people were tuning in, clearly. Not only that,

but the performance is also made available on streaming, and I know those numbers are up as well. All week, my partner and I

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