Puerto Rico takes the field at the Bad Bunny Super Bowl

Alt.Latino

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4.5 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was many things: a time-traveling journey through the history of Puerto Rico, a statement of pan-American unity, and a masterpiece of cultural expression. This week, co-hosts Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre are joined by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento — who brings on-the-ground reporting from San Juan — to unpack the symbolism embedded in Bad Bunny's performance.

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0:00.0	Felix, are you there?
0:02.4	I am here.
0:03.5	I'm back.
0:04.6	I have been off for a little while, as you know.
0:07.0	You may not have been paying attention, because I know you've been disappeared.
0:10.6	And I was channel surfing.
0:12.0	All of a sudden, I'm like, hey, that looks like Ben Bunny.
0:14.3	I'm like, wait, is that Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl?
0:16.7	Is that Bed Bunny on a football field?
0:23.6	Okay, since I've been gone, so who's going to do the intro?
0:27.1	I'm tired of doing it. Can you do it, please?
0:30.0	From NPR music, this is Alt Latino, and Felix Contreras.
0:33.2	I'm Anna Maria Sayer, and let the chisemez may begin.
0:36.6	Felix, this may be one of our most chisemey-packed episodes in a while. It's so much chisemes-me that we had to bring in help. And everyone's going to be like, who could it possibly be? Not the person who's been on for the past four weeks. Welcome back, Issa. Grazias. I never miss miss out on Chisme, so thanks for the invite.
0:57.0	Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, joining us from Puerto Rico.
1:00.4	Puerto Rico!
1:02.1	You have to say it like Benito does.
1:03.4	Puerto Rico!
1:05.1	Hey, Tito and my proud of my, so I've got much a noviya.
1:08.6	Hey, much a newio.
1:10.5	Oh, I'm going to one about bad bunny and the Monday afternoon.
1:16.1	Okay, we're going to talk about Bad Bunny and the Super Bowl halftime show.
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