Happy 2021, Sugar fans.
This is Anne Marie Sievertsen, producer emeritus of the show, and I have a sweet treat for you.
So as a dear sugar listener, you know how we explore things like identity and belonging and trying to make sense of things like love and loss, triumph and tribulation.
And now our home station, WBUR, has partnered with Futuro Studios on a brand new podcast that does just that.
Its called anything for Selena.
Host Maria Garcia takes listeners on a deeply personal journey into the life and legacy of the mexican american pop star Selena Quintanilla.
She shares how Selena's music and unapologetic sense of identity helped her find her own place in the world.
And it explores how Selena's legacy continues to spark important conversations around things like race, class and body politics.
Today we present to you the very first episode of anything for Selena.
And, and let me just say, I am so excited for you.
So here it is.
Enjoy.
Produced by the ilab at WBUR Boston.
If I was somehow asked to say only one thing about the place I'm from, it would be that it has this unforgettable smell.
When it rains.
It's slightly floral, but mostly it's this very specific, cool, earthy desert aroma.
And there's usually a calm, clear breeze which carries these concentrated little pockets of fragrance.
Oh my God, there it is.
The smell comes from the creosote bush, a resilient plant that thrives only in this particularly arid landscape, especially after a thunderstorm.
The creosote bush releases a bunch of these oil compounds into the air, stuff found in citrus, rosemary, pines, and it just smells like the earth exhales.