Podcast Preview: Sound Influence: The Art and Soul of Puerto Rico

How Long Gone

Chris Black & Jason Stewart / Talkhouse

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Narrated by Luis Guzmán, Sound Influence: The Art and Soul of Puerto Rico pairs stories from some of the Island’s most exciting musicians, including Los Rivera Destino, Pachyman, and Andrea Cruz, with major artists outside of music, such as Hollywood film director Miguel Arteta, Oscar-nominated screenwriter Jose Rivera, author Jaquira Diaz, and legendary EGOT Rita Moreno. Listeners will get to know Puerto Rico’s incredible towns, cities, beaches, rainforests, mountains, bars, and dance clubs that not only shaped their work but ultimately influenced global culture. Sound Influence: The Art and Soul of Puerto Rico is a production of Talkhouse and Atlas Obscura, presented by Discover Puerto Rico. Tap here to subscribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.5	Hello.
0:35.6	I'm Luis Guzman and welcome to Puerto Rico.
0:41.3	I'm here to guide you deep into the place I love the most in the world. As fellow travelers, we will hear stories from some of the most brilliant
0:47.3	Boricua musicians, writers and filmmakers,
0:51.3	artists whose work and creative genius are shaped by the heart and soul of the Caribbean.
0:59.8	They will be telling us beautiful, sometimes strange stories
1:03.7	about what connects them to our island.
1:08.1	There's only 3 million Puerto Ricans in the island and there's around 3 million in the
1:12.7	United States. But it's like any country you go, you know about salsa or you know now about
1:18.7	regatone. The influence has been really amazing. We go on parrandas, things where people gather
1:26.8	and they go visit someone's home outside and make noise.
1:31.1	We'd be hitting pots and pans and singing at two in the morning and they had to let us in.
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