Welcome to Pop Pantheon, the podcast where DJ Louis and guests overanalyze your favorite pop stars and then rank them in the official Pop Pantheon.

This is your host, Russ Martin Martin filling in today for DJ Louis,

who is taking some time to work on his book. You can actually head over to Poppantheonpod.com

and hit the book tab if you are interested in updates. I always like to plug that while he is away. We also just announced

our first main pop girls dance party of 26. It's happening on Friday, February 27th at Parkside

Lounge. It's going to be a blast if you are in the New York area. Snag early bird tickets. They will

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I was really excited today to talk about the upcoming Super Bowl halftime show.

Every year I get so excited about the Super Bowl halftime. It's just a pop music extravaganza,

which is of course my favorite thing. And this year, it is Bad Bunny. So I have pulled in two

guests to chat about the history of the Super

Bowl halftime show as it pertains to specifically Latin performers and also dig into what makes

bad bunnies such a special and compelling pop star and what it means for him to take this massive stage in American

popular culture. First off, we have a returning champion and friend of the show, Julianne Escobedo

Shepard, one of the co-founders of Hearing Things and Independent Music Journalism outlet. You can read

reviews and features there at hearingthings.co.

Julian, welcome back to the show. Thanks for being here.

Hi, yay, thanks. And I have a new guest, Alana Casanova Burgess, who is the co-creator and

host and producer of La Brega.

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