My Divo: A Podcast About Going Back to Your Roots, With the Life of Juan Gabriel as a Guide
Latino USA
My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
As you enjoy time during this holiday slowdown, we want to share an episode of the “My Divo” podcast.
In this episode we hear how for host Maria Garcia, Mexican megastar Juan Gabriel has always held a singular allure. He was a prolific composer and one of the world’s greatest showmen. There was a brightness to him—a big queer exuberance. And now, as the first openly gay woman in her family line, Maria looks to Juan Gabriel as a key to reconciling her queerness with her Mexican heritage.
“My Divo” is an Apple Original produced by Futuro Studios. Listen to the whole season here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-divo/id1719362271
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| 0:00.0 | Dear Latino USA listener, before we start, you should know that if you want to listen to this episode, add free. |
| 0:15.4 | Just join Futuro Plus, and you can join for as little as $7 a month. |
| 0:21.0 | Joining also gets you behind the scenes, access, and you can join for as little as $7 a month. Joining also gets you behind the scenes access, and yes, some chisement. |
| 0:26.7 | So, click the link in the episode description, and after you do that, then click play. |
| 0:32.7 | Let's go to the show. |
| 0:43.2 | Futuro. the show. Welcome to Latino USA. |
| 0:45.6 | I'm Maria Inojosa. |
| 0:47.5 | The name Juan Gabriel immediately conjures up the image of an icon, a shimmering showman pouring his heart into every note. |
| 1:01.6 | Twirling and flirting with the audience. |
| 1:16.8 | His cultural significance is nearly impossible to sum up. |
| 1:22.5 | Even Netflix needed to do a multi-part series in order to try and capture it. |
| 1:28.1 | So today on Latino USA, as we slow down for the holidays. |
| 1:35.2 | We're re-sharing an episode that we love from our very own Futuro Studios podcast, My Devo. |
| 1:42.0 | His nickname is Huanga, and his poetry has been the soundtrack of many people's lives, |
| 1:46.6 | including Futuro Studios executive editor Maria Garcia, |
| 1:49.9 | who created and hosted this podcast. |
| 1:54.1 | Huang Gah had a song for everything. |
| 1:58.9 | You want to tell your ex in a gentle, loving way that you have someone new? |
| 2:00.8 | Huang Gah has a song for that. |
| 2:09.5 | You want to tell a booty call that they didn't mean anything to you? |
| 2:11.3 | Huanga has one for you too. You want to bask in hopefulness and the beauty of the sun. |
| 2:24.5 | Huanga has a song for that too. |
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