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Intelligence Squared

Gloria Estefan on the Latin American Dream

Intelligence Squared

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4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Gloria Estefan is one of the most successful female singers ever. With more than 120 million records sold worldwide, three Grammy Awards, and a career spanning four decades, she has helped make Latin-flavoured pop music an international success. Estefan is also the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Honor and has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. From fleeing Cuba as a young child when it fell under Castro’s control, narrowly escaping death in a bus accident aged 32, to marrying her first boyfriend, who was also the founder of her first band Miami Sound Machine, she has lived a remarkable life. In this exclusive live podcast recording of the award-winning How I Found My Voice, presented by Samira Ahmed, Estefan reflected on her path to musical success and fame. We’d love to hear your feedback and what you think we should talk about next, who we should have on and what our future debates should be.  Send us an email or voice note with your thoughts to podcasts@intelligencesquared.com or Tweet us @intelligence2.  And if you’d like to get ad-free access to all Intelligence Squared podcasts, including exclusive bonus content, early access to new episodes and much more, become a supporter of Intelligence Squared today for just £4.99, or the equivalent in your local currency .  Just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Intelligent Squared.

0:03.7

I'm Senior Producer Connor Boyle.

0:05.6

Today we hear from pop music icon Gloria Estefan, a conversation first heard on how I found

0:11.0

my voice podcast originally aired in March 2021.

0:14.4

If you'd like to hear the episode, add free and support our mission to foster honest

0:17.9

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0:22.7

or subscribe to our channel on Apple.

0:24.6

Here's Gloria Estefan in conversation with our host, Simeer Ahmed.

0:35.4

And when I started talking, I started singing.

0:38.6

It came with me.

0:40.0

I would emulate whatever in Cuba.

0:42.6

They literally had to pull me off the sidewalk because somehow from hearing on the radio

0:46.3

and on TV, I learned the revolutionary anthem that the Castro regime was putting out there

0:54.2

and my father was in jail.

1:05.0

The front of the bus had been torn away.

1:07.1

It was snowing inside the bus, which ended up being a blessing because now the first

1:12.4

thing you do to a victim of a spinal cord injury is put them on ice.

1:25.0

Hello, and welcome to this live podcast recording of the now award-winning podcast, How I Found

1:34.2

My Voice Live.

1:35.6

I'm Simeer Ahmed and I go behind the celebrity persona to find out what influences shaped

1:41.3

their success, how did writers, politicians and performers grow up to become such great

1:46.4

and unique communicators.

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