What this episode covers
In this episode of OP Talks, philosophy professor and freelance writer Stephen Adubato and Princeton Theological Seminary alum Rev. Alex Evangelista hold a conversation and listening party around the music of Bad Bunny. Adubato and Rev. Evangelista—who are Catholic and Baptist, respectively—have both worked with youth and also written on issues of race and the intersection of faith and culture; in particular about Bad Bunny’s work. Born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, the Puerto Rican artist, reggaeton star, and producer has won three Grammy Awards, nine Latin Grammy Awards, and thirteen Premios Lo Nuestro, among other awards; in 2022, he was Spotify’s top artist for the third year in a row. “Bad Bunny’s craft and persona speak to the distinct sensibilities of his generation [on the cusp of Gen Y (millennials) and Gen Z (the iGen)],” writes Adubato in the first of his three-part blog series devoted to the artist. “Optimistic Nihilism can be said to be La Nueva Religion of this generation.” Therefore, to overlook Bad Bunny, argues Rev. Evangelista in The Presbyterian Outlook, would be “a gross oversight…I exegete Bad Bunny in three arenas: social, political and spiritual.” Listening to Bad Bunny, he tweeted then, “ultimately became a way for me to resist despair, experience joy, and trust in our God.” EPISODE PLAYLIST https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoQGV1DWCsKN5UOxUYIsm2ByNSDOszhML READ MORE Adubato, Stephen. "Song of Songs : Stephen Adubato listens for the sacred in secular music." HTI Open Plaza, 14 November 2022. https://www.htiopenplaza.org/content/songs-of-songs Evangelista, Alex. "Why you should listen to Bad Bunny." The Presbyterian Outlook, 15 November 2022. https://pres-outlook.org/2022/11/why-you-should-listen-to-bad-bunny/
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