It’s like you see… you see my dad, and I don’t want to talk to that guy, and I have… I have the same face ( laughter ). I have my dad’s face, the most unbearable face in the world ( laughter ). : It’s weird because I… generally when people see me, I’m the most unpleasant person in the world. Such a happy, social activity, let’s just say that it doesn’t make sense with Luis Fernando, our very own prince of darkness.
I swear, if you saw him, you would never imagine him singing karaoke. It was like learning about a secret life: that your friend and colleague is a superhero or spy. And I don’t’ think anyone was expecting that. We -at the Radio Ambulante team- know Luis Fernando really well. In fact, we got the idea to do this episode toward the end of last year, after Luis Fernando told the team that he and his friends were going to “inaugurate” the Christmas tree at the karaoke bar they go to every week, like you would inaugurate a bridge or a building. You already heard him, and well, I’ll let you decide if that’s good news or bad news. Luis Fernando is obviously in the first group. There are two kinds of people in the world: those who like karaoke and those who don’t. Pero sobre todas las cosas, nunca te olvides de dios… I can never get that right, because my voice cracks. : I promise: all of this is going to make sense very soon. : Luis Fernando is 26 and lives in San José, Costa Rica. : Porque me has regalado el privilegio de amarte. : And the man singing -if you can call that singing- is our editor Luis Fernando Vargas. : ¿Qué podré decirte? En el corto tiempo… (SOUNDBITE OF “EL PRIVILEGIO DE AMARTE” BY MIJARES Y LUCERO) It’s an episode about friendship and about those places that made us happy, an episode full of nostalgia, yes, but also one that reminds us that there is a future that many of us gave up on, but that still awaits us. To remember what unites us, especially now that the Christmas season has begun and that we are relearning how to be together after being isolated for almost two years. It was a world where closeness and hugs were often taken for granted.Īnd that’s why we want you to listen to it again. We recorded it in December 2018, in a world very different from today’s. In a way, this story feels like an artifact from another era. : Today we go to our archives for one of our favorite episodes. ► Click here to return to the episode official page, or here to see all the episodes ►Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante’s stories.
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