A few months ago, Maria Garcia was watching the Benito Bowl when an unexpected artist came on: the one and only Ricky Martin. Maria knew this was a touchstone moment — the artist who most represented the ‘90s Latin Boom was singing a song of resistance, in Spanish. And then Maria’s 11-year-old son said, “Who’s that???”
Today, in an exclusive listen to the first episode of “Muy Excited with Maria Garcia,” our new podcast from Futuro Studios and iHeartRadio, Maria revisits the importance of Ricky Martin, the queer icon’s career and life, and how he had to live “La vida loca” so that Bad Bunny could do “Lo que le da la gana.”
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Muy Excited writer and host: Maria Garcia
Latino USA Host: Maria Hinojosa
Senior Producer: Marta Martinez
Associate Producer: Brittany Cronin
Fact-checking: Roxana Aguirre
Editor: Marlon Bishop
Production Manager: Victoria Estrada
Graphic Designer: Juan Carlos Peláez
Mixing: Brandon Grugle at Multitude
Legal Review: Jonathan Fisher
Social Media: Essam Aljahmi
Latino USA Managing Editor: Fernanda Echavarri
Muy Excited Executive Producers: Marlon Bishop and Maria Garcia
Latino USA Executive Producers: Peniley Ramirez and Maria Hinojosa
iHeart Media Executive Producers: Leo Gomez & Arlene Santana
Muy Excited is produced by Futuro Studios in collaboration with iHeart’s My Cultura Podcast Network.
