The episode uses Bad Bunny's record-breaking 2026 Super Bowl halftime show as a lens to explore Puerto Rico's complex colonial history with the United States, exposing how economic interests and racial hierarchies shaped U.S. territorial policy. It culminates in Bad Bunny’s powerful perfo
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