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Josh Leyva
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Bretman Rock
Sebastian, you getting put in your place, bitch.
Sebastian
I'm not answering you. He put me in my place.
Josh Leyva
You self centered. I've been saying that, bro. I needed somebody to come on.
Sebastian
Benito killed it and showed everybody and there was like a. Such a bigger meaning to what was going on other than just the actual show.
Josh Leyva
I think he was trying to bring us together. It's unity. It's not about one being above the other. It's about us being together in one. And love is the ultimate answer.
Sebastian
And I heard that, you know, because on the previous episode, before that, when people. When we asked people who to bring, there was somebody else, right, guys?
Josh Leyva
There was somebody else in the comments, I think so.
Sebastian
Who was that person?
Josh Leyva
Oh, my God, bro. First of all, yes, right? Second of all, yeah.
Sebastian
Right?
Josh Leyva
And third. Yeah.
Sebastian
Foreign.
Josh Leyva
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the La Platica show. And here at La Platica, we like to talk about a little thing we.
Sebastian
Like to call La Platica Show. I like that.
Josh Leyva
Yeah. I mean, number one, ready to take nap on the app Store. That'd be Se Geek. Yeah.
Sebastian
And all I got to say is I want to sing a song. And it goes to a song like this.
Josh Leyva
Holy, holy, holy, holy.
Sebastian
I like that. We're going to be singing a lot of that this year, 2026, because the world cup is coming to the United States. And even if you don't like soccer, which football you have to attend. It's the most popular sport in the world. And the environment, the atmosphere is going to be electric. Inside the stadium, outside the stadium, at the restaurants, at the bars.
Josh Leyva
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Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
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Sebastian
Yep.
Josh Leyva
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Sebastian
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Josh Leyva
We'll see you guys, in 12.4 seconds, we got an incredible episode for you guys. Enjoy. I'm going to use it.
Sebastian
Let me be honest, every guest is a privilege.
Josh Leyva
Do we want to go there?
Sebastian
Get jolly? Cuz I'm on a podcast with Josh Labor. Hell yeah. You have too, mother.
Josh Leyva
Ladies and gentlemen, let me just tell you.
Bretman Rock
Okay, this is la cap. So 234.
Josh Leyva
Ooh, 234. We about to get it on dance flow.
Sebastian
Keep it going, we better get it.
Josh Leyva
Cause I want some mo.
Sebastian
Keep it going, we gonna get it.
Josh Leyva
I'm hungry, I want some smalls. Keep it going, we better get it. I'm walking so fast guess what? I'm out the dose.
Sebastian
Oh, keep it going.
Josh Leyva
Yo. My bars are so sick. You already knows.
Sebastian
Hey, yo, yo.
Josh Leyva
Good morning.
Sebastian
Welcome everybody to La Platica, number one Latino podcast in the world. And that's only according to Google.
Josh Leyva
Not even the world no more. You know what? Across the galaxy.
Sebastian
Great. Google it moogly.
Josh Leyva
And you Google for that. Number one, I think, podcast across the galaxy.
Sebastian
Galaxy. Galaxy. Ooh. Hashtag Monday. Zones suck. We are excited to be here. First of all, what a week we've had. And honestly, that's all thanks to you guys back at home. We did it. We said previous podcasts ago that we were going to start spamming people and we spam Bretman Rock. And he was in here and we had an amazing time. And that's all thanks to you guys. No, you guys literally made that happen.
Josh Leyva
We really got to see the power behind the love that we have towards this podcast that you. That we have towards the podcast. Right? Does that say that correctly? You guys really stepped up and made some noise. Made it so he couldn't not come on the podcast. So thank you guys, honestly, because this was a huge moment for La Platica. Yeah, it was an incredible experience. It was an honor to have him on. It meant a lot. So thank you guys for. For helping us make that happen. You guys are the real MVPs around here, these parts of the town.
Sebastian
Literally. We love you guys for that. And if you're watching Mr. Bretman Rock, we appreciate you stopping by, showing mad love and being such an amazing human, treating us, you know, amazingly.
Josh Leyva
Yes.
Sebastian
And honestly, obviously I've met you a couple times already, but prior to that and you know, you're just an amazing human being. And you killed it, bro. You honestly killed him. We had such a great time. Everyone's loving the clips, everyone's loving the show.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
And you know, honestly, even just for me, I'm like, hyped up to just continue to, to do this and to, to work and, you know, to film and have, you know, great times and great memories here.
Josh Leyva
I feel like he really came on and created this, like, new, like, inspiration for us, you know, he, I don't know, he just kind of like, lit a fire in our ass. Yeah, the fire made my ass. Maybe Just hold on one second, though. I really want to say this because I have never met Bretman, ever. I've always been a fan. I've been following his career since he, like, started. And I, I, I feel like I became a, a new fan. Like, I, I just, like, I just grew a deeper appreciation for him. That's the word I'm looking for, having him on the podcast. So seeing the way he was with, like, the whole team, the way he carried himself, I felt like he was just like the epitome of a podcast guest. So much to the point that we had the discussion of, like, wouldn't it be incredible if he was like a permanent, like, co host? Like, if it was us three, like, he's just so, Bro, he's brilliant. Like, he's so witty. He's so fast. He's hilarious. He was just an all around perfect guest. I can I say that confidently? Yeah. He's honestly been one of my favorite guests we've had on. No shade to the other guests, but he was just like, bro, he was just so polished. Like, he's legit, man. I'm a fan. I'm a forever fan. He earned my fandom. Forever.
Sebastian
Forever.
Josh Leyva
No question.
Sebastian
Whiskey. Just chilling, but yes. So with that being said, thank you to our sponsors over at Seiko.
Josh Leyva
Number one. Ready to take an app on the App Store.
Sebastian
On the App Store. Just like that. Yeah. Yeah. So let's continue on this podcast. Let's have a great time. Yeah, it's just me and you.
Josh Leyva
Yeah. If you guys are new to the podcast, first of all, welcome. If Bretman brought you on, if you stumbled across us because of King Bretman, we, we welcome you and I hope you guys stay. And there's a lot of bullshit that goes on around here. So if you like the Bretman episode, we do a lot of that really well.
Sebastian
100%.
Josh Leyva
We do a lot of that really well.
Sebastian
And I heard that, you know, because on the previous episode, before that when people were, when we asked people who to bring, there was somebody else, right, guys?
Josh Leyva
There was somebody else in the comments, I think.
Sebastian
So who was that person?
Josh Leyva
It was Becky G. Oh, my God.
Sebastian
Becky G La. Becky G, bro.
Josh Leyva
First of all. Yes. Right. Second of all, yeah.
Sebastian
Right.
Josh Leyva
And third. Yeah.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
Um, she would be an incredible guest.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
I've actually had the privilege of, like, meeting her and sitting down with her for, like, a good amount of time. She is awesome. We saw her documentary. I don't know if you've seen it on Netflix. It is incredible. Inspiring. I would love to talk to her about that because I feel like she really showcased her life in a different lens.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
The vulnerability that she presented, the insight of, like, everything she's been doing. She got down to the nitty gritty of her life in a way I've never seen before. I would love to have her on the podcast, man.
Sebastian
Same.
Josh Leyva
So how do we do. What do we. How do we. What do we.
Sebastian
How do we. Well, we'll try to do as much as we can on our part.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
But I think the power of the people. It's going to have Becky G. Sit down right next to us.
Josh Leyva
So we got to. We got to spam her.
Sebastian
So I think we respect. Respectfully. Yeah. Respectfully and honestly, like, Becky, you can say no.
Josh Leyva
That.
Sebastian
That's fine. But you think about. But you're still getting sp.
Josh Leyva
Think about you're saying no to the people.
Sebastian
Yeah. But you're not saying no to us. You know, like, I can take a no.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
You know, but, you know, so if you want. If you got some time, we know you're a very, very busy. Oh, she busy individual come through. If you have some time. It doesn't have to be tomorrow. It doesn't have to be the next day, but soon, I think us collabing on a little talk with, well, the boys.
Josh Leyva
The boy, bro. She has this quote that opens up her documentary, and I think this is so interesting that I want to dive deep with her. She says I'm the most famous pop star nobody's ever heard of. Like, she's so. Well, like, she's a huge pop star. Maybe that. Maybe I misquoted that.
Master Chief
Can you look it up?
Josh Leyva
But it's like, something along those lines. Like, she's the famous pop star that nobody's ever heard of, you know? And I think that's such an interesting thing to say.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
That I really want to kind of dive deeper and, like, what that means for her, you know?
Sebastian
Yeah. No, I would love to have her on. I've also had the privilege to get to know her, and she's super sweet and she's so well spoken, and she does so many good things for our Culture. And so Becky G, if you're watching this, you, like I said, oh.
Josh Leyva
So I got it right. Most famous pop star no one's ever heard of. Yeah. Crazy. That's like her opening line in the documentary. And I was like, I love that. This is the self awareness and humility. Yes. I think that's what I want to talk to her about. That's what I'm fascinated. If you guys haven't seen the documentary on Netflix. Is on Netflix now. I highly suggest watching it even if you're not a Becky G fan. It's very inspiring. I was very moved by the documentary. I. She actually invited us to the premiere of it. So it was cool to actually watch the documentary. And she was literally sending, like, maybe 30. I should probably save this for the. If she comes on the pod.
Sebastian
Yeah. But I got.
Josh Leyva
I got a cool little story about it. So Becky, if you want to hear the rest of the story, pull up to the back. She's probably like, nah, like, it's what you saw. Me.
Sebastian
Yeah. Big book. No, but yeah, just going back to that. Like, the power of the people. You guys. You guys are amazing. And you guys literally just, you know, continue. You guys are the podcast as well, you know.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
We can be here sitting down, talking to each other. But it's really you guys who. You guys are. The machine.
Josh Leyva
They're the heartbeat.
Sebastian
The heartbeat. Can you still do the fart noise? What the. R2D2.
Josh Leyva
Move on, bro. Just move on. Let's move on.
Sebastian
How do you say R2 D2 in Spanish?
Josh Leyva
Artur. D2.
Sebastian
Arturito.
Josh Leyva
Is that right? Is that what he goes by?
Sebastian
You never heard that joke?
Josh Leyva
No.
Sebastian
Oh, God. You guys have heard it, right? Obviously.
Josh Leyva
Oh, have you seen the. The thing of, like, Canadians after the halftime show? The bad bunny. Halftime.
Sebastian
Yeah. Ontario, Canada, bro. It's so crazy. I saw this quote where it's like, we forget that geology is bigger than politics. Everybody's always like, america, America. I'm like, no, son, this America is everyone. This is the United States.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
And. But yeah, just so much controversy. Right. Like last week, especially with the Super Bowl. I'm so glad Benito killed it and showed everybody. And there was, like a such a bigger meaning to. To what was going on other than just the. The actual show.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
You know, it just. At the end of the day, what. What that really told me was we are the greater good, and we are, you know, we have the upper hand on. On. On anything.
Josh Leyva
But I don't think it's that. I don't Think it's that easy. I think he was trying to bring us together. It's unity. It's not about one being above the other.
Sebastian
No.
Josh Leyva
It's about us being together. And one and love is the ultimate answer.
Sebastian
Of course.
Josh Leyva
That's what I feel like I got of it. Not like Latinos are on top. Like, yeah. But like those. We're all together.
Sebastian
Yeah, of course. And Latinos will always think like that. We always have thought like that. But with the press on the other side saying all they're trying to create divide and create a division. I'm not saying that Latinos. Latinos are saying we're the best. Right? I'm not saying that. I'm saying that, like what we. What I got out of that is like, no matter what happens, no matter who says who, no matter what who says what, it's like, like, it sounds cheesy, but like, love always wins, you know what I mean? Over hate. And it was just such a beautiful thing to see, you know what I mean? Yeah.
Josh Leyva
And I just think I just get so. I mean, I got so frustrated throughout that. That whole weekend of like, seeing the other side and how people were responding to him. Obviously, like, I'm so. To be Latino. Having him on, having him perform at the super bowl was so meaningful. So impactful. Outsides of him winning album of the year at the Grammys, like, bro, first of all, what a run. What an absolute incredible.
Sebastian
What a. What a week for him.
Josh Leyva
Yeah. But, like, what frustrates me is like, dude, this country was built off immigrants. That is what makes America so beautiful. It's like we're a melting pot of the world, you know, that is like, I saw this guy talking about a tick tock about like, everything that's great in America has come from immigrants. A lot of it. For example, like the iPhone. Steve Jobs, he's the first generation. Like, he came from immigrant parents. Like, so he was like, you're watching this on a phone that was created by an immigrant, you know, immigrant parents, you know, And I'm just like, dude, there's him performing there. It was just such a light and such an inspiration to being an American. Like, you can come here and you could. You can flourish, you can be great, you can be awesome.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
And it's just so sad that people try to create divide. People try to, like, ruin that. People try to, like. Yeah, Abolish that. It just confuses me, you know, And.
Sebastian
I, you know, and I'm a true believer of. That's why the President who's president right now is just such a bad president.
Josh Leyva
He's the leader of the divide.
Sebastian
He brings that energy for other people to be acting like that. One of the presidents that we used to have back in the day, Ronald Reagan, he said, you know, America, the United States is. Is so amazing and so beautiful because if an American goes to Germany or goes to Japan, you will never be Japanese. You will never be a German. But if you come from. If you're a foreigner and you come to America, United States, you can become American.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
You know, you can give yourself that title. And that's the beauty of it here. You know what I mean? Just like you said, it's an amazing, beautiful melting pot.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
That's why it's so astonishing to come visit, because there's other places in the world that you don't get that.
Josh Leyva
I know.
Sebastian
And. But, yeah, us, you know, our generation, the generation after us and, you know, is what we have to be still teaching our. Our future kids, our. Our, you know, our fellow friends, you know what I mean? So they can pass on this knowledge.
Josh Leyva
I agree, bro.
Sebastian
The.
Josh Leyva
I love that you said that.
Sebastian
The.
Josh Leyva
The message that Bad Bunny was delivering of, like, love being more powerful than hate. Right. Unity culture, like, just enjoying life, bro. If you hate on that in any regard, I don't with you, nor do I want to, nor do I care if that is where your heart's at. To hate on somebody who. Who represents that kind of energy and love and positivity that he's trying to bring to the world. Like, where is your heart at? You just told me everything I need to know about you. It was so telling. I think having him be, like, the headliner of the super bowl and seeing the message that he came across and then still seeing people hate on it, I'm like, you just exposed your heart.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
And that's sad.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
And you're. You're missing the whole point of life and how beautiful it is. And there's so much, like, you know, like, amazing things that are behind it that he's trying to showcase.
Sebastian
Yeah. You know, people who wanted the. I posted something that was so, like. It really, like, hit. It was like, people who wanted the alternative halftime show, and.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
I'm not even gonna talk about it. Bless you guys, and I hope that you guys had a good time. But people who. Who wanted the alternative halftime show.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
Are the same people who wanted different water fountains for different people.
Master Chief
Oh, yeah.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
You know, separate. People of color, you know, White. Exactly. So it's like. It's the same mentality. It's just ridiculous. But nobody said anything. And when they learned the Macarena back in the 90s. Right.
Josh Leyva
And then I also saw this, like, post about, like, all these other super bowl performers. Like, what, you two. All these other.
Sebastian
Rihanna.
Josh Leyva
Rihanna.
Sebastian
Like, no big deal.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
It's just. I'm telling you, it's because it's the president, bro.
Josh Leyva
It's energy he brings. Yeah, yeah. It's.
Sebastian
It's not Bunny's fault. It's. There was a different president around those times, and he would bring different energy and make people believe something different. You know what I mean? And this president that we have now, I don't care if he does good or if he does bad, but what he does is something really bad, which is bring this type of racial energy into people. That's what it is. And making them think that they're correct and they're not. And it's so funny. Like, bro, I see so much dumb online all the time. Like, let's all do ourselves a favor and just block these accounts. Like, don't even bring. Don't even give in or acknowledge it, because it just only makes it a thing.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
Like, it's like, you know when you do something or someone's picking on you and you're a little kid, and your mom's like, right, bro? It's. We don't need, like, bro. Honestly, after that, boom, that happened. That was beautiful. Let's focus on that. And that's it.
Josh Leyva
Yeah. Jess has a prompt question for us up here. It says, what was your favorite moment from the show?
Sebastian
Oh, I. I. Oh.
Josh Leyva
I was gonna say for me, like, oh, man. Okay, go ahead. I'll let you answer.
Sebastian
No, I mean, the whole thing was.
Josh Leyva
The whole thing.
Sebastian
Incredible.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
You know me.
Josh Leyva
Theatrical masterpiece.
Sebastian
If you know me, you know that I am a huge Bad Bunny fan. And I know people that. That have been watching the pod and people who. Who have been on our YouTubes for a long time know my. What's a Bumps were literally doing Bad Bunny. I've always been a Bad Bunny fan. I used to go to his concert. I actually took you. When there were $10. Nobody wanted to go with me. And I would always say. I would always have this, like, text message with my friends, and we would always say, who's a. Who's the number one reggae tonight right now? And, like, even though Bad Bunny wasn't the richest or the one headlining the charts, I would always say, bad Bunny's number one. Your number one. Even though J Balvin was killing it at that time, even though Nikki Jam was doing his thing. Daddy, Yankee, everybody, it didn't matter. I always knew that this, this kid had something special.
Josh Leyva
He does. He does, right?
Sebastian
But my favorite part, like I said, was the whole thing, but I think at the. Almost at the very end when, when everybody came out with the flag and he was just name calling all the.
Josh Leyva
Beautiful countries, he didn't miss a country.
Sebastian
He really didn't.
Josh Leyva
I wonder if that's what the part he was probably most stressed about, like, making sure he hits every single country.
Sebastian
The first thing I thought he started.
Josh Leyva
From the bottom all the way up, bro. I saw somebody kind of it out. Yeah, it was from the bottom. And then he went.
Sebastian
The first thing I thought was, is, did he memorize all this? Wow, that's incredible.
Josh Leyva
He definitely did.
Sebastian
Or did he have a prompt? But I think he memorized it, you know, and the way that he said it with all that energy and passion, it was. It was a really beautiful thing and something that honestly, we don't see much of during the. The. The Super Bowl. And mind you, there's a lot of players as well who are not American either. They do play football. Yeah. You know what I mean? So, yeah, that was my favorite part.
Josh Leyva
I love that. I think for me, I agree, that part was really special. And I love seeing, like, the videos on Tick Tock of like, people from their. Their country get excited. When he said their country, I thought that was so beautiful. I'm like, this is so powerful. It is so powerful, bro. Chills. Like, I'm like, this is crazy. I loved how everything was so intentional. Like, every moment, every step was a story, a message, something, you know what I mean? And bringing in. He had like a local taco person vios. Like, everything was so intentional to.
Sebastian
To.
Josh Leyva
To deliver a message, to put people on. Even the whole ceremony of the wedding. That was a real wedding. Some people had hit him up to come to the wedding and he invited them to actually get married at the Super Bowl.
Sebastian
It's the little things like that.
Josh Leyva
And even his little intentional things were like he had the.
Sebastian
The.
Josh Leyva
The kids sleeping on the chairs. Like how kids do at Latino weddings at. You know what I mean? Like, just all these little moments, bro, that I'm like, this is so thought out. This is so beautiful.
Sebastian
It was so colorful.
Josh Leyva
Yeah. None of it's an accident. None of it's like, oh, here's a performance. Like, I'm telling you a story.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
And I'm taking you along this Jo Journey And I'm tying in roots and culture and all this beauty behind it.
Sebastian
Which is a beautiful. Of Latino culture, is that we go through those things, you know, and when. When you showcase him like that, you know, it's like, wow, we are some. We are people that. Who are extremely special in this world.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
And it was a beautiful thing. It was a beautiful thing. I love seeing it. Even with all the sugar canes and stuff like that. With the farm workers.
Josh Leyva
Exactly.
Sebastian
I'm just, you know.
Josh Leyva
Exactly.
Sebastian
It's an amazing thing. And. And honestly, like, not too many people can showcase that kind of storytelling or, you know, bring in culture like that and make it become so alive and entertaining. Yeah. Like, really, you know, so it's like. It was, like I said, colorful, and that's what our culture is.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
Colorful.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
And tasty.
Josh Leyva
McDonald's.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
I was so inspired by it. I probably watched it at least like five times. We watched it before we even started this episode. Like, just so moved by it.
Sebastian
So what a week he had. I mean, I can't even imagine 20 years from now just the impact that he has brought to earth. Not just to people, to the world. You know what I mean? Like, it's just. It's an amazing thing. You know, when you see documentaries about Juan Gabriel or Vicente Fernandez or, you know, people who have really impacted our culture, I think bad bunny is 100 doing that, but even to a different degree. Yeah.
Josh Leyva
On a global stage, it's.
Sebastian
It's incredible. It's an incredible thing that he's doing. And, you know, when I would. When I would be saying, Bad Bunny's number one, you're number one. You know, I never thought that Bad Bunny was gonna be this global icon. It's not even about the music anymore.
Josh Leyva
No.
Sebastian
It's the message he delivers to each and every one. And you don't have to be Latino to like him.
Josh Leyva
Bad Bunny is bigger than Bad Bunny.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
It's so much bigger than that.
Sebastian
It's an incredible thing. And what he's doing for his. For Puerto Rico is incredible. And it's just shining such a light on not just Latinos humanity. And I hope that he can continue sending this message. And at the end of the day, one of the most beautiful languages in this world is music. And he is extremely fluent in that. So. Yeah, I love that. And that's why he is such an incredible artist and human being.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
I went to an Adidas event the other day for it was Adidas collab with this really cool brand called Entire Studios. And you know who was there? Bad Bunny's brother.
Josh Leyva
Dude, you told me.
Sebastian
And I was such a chicken. Oh, my go say, what's up, bro?
Josh Leyva
That's not you.
Sebastian
No, you know, but it's like, I'm also at this event where it's like, there's a lot of. I wouldn't say like, a lot of slurs, but a lot of people who are known, you know, so you just.
Josh Leyva
Want to be more power.
Sebastian
You just want to kind of give them their space.
Josh Leyva
Of course.
Sebastian
But then there was this moment where I saw, like, somebody come up to him, and I think it was like, either his manager, his representative, and they were just shooting the. And I'm like, damn, that could have been me. You know, I could have shot my shot there. I honestly, I didn't want. I don't want anything from. I just want to be like, yo, Puerto Rican royalty right in front of me. You know what I mean?
Josh Leyva
That was your line. That was.
Sebastian
That was my line. And I was thinking about it the whole time, and I'm like, why didn't I say? And like, you know, it's moments like that that I tell myself, like, you.
Josh Leyva
Yeah. What I've been telling you every single day of your life. Yeah, man, it was beautiful. It was super, super beautiful. Shout out to Bad Bunny, man. Yeah.
Sebastian
I didn't even know there was a football game going on. What game? On Sunday. I'm joking. Shout out to se Seattle Seahawks. You guys did your thing. Can I tell you something? I'm not into football.
Josh Leyva
I know. I can tell by the way I.
Sebastian
Want to be, though. I really want to be into football, and I just can't. Yeah, like, baseball is sick. Soccer. Football is sick, bro.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
You know, I like football. I do. I like the whole thing, but I can't get into it. And I. I can't fall in love with a team. I like watching it, I guess. You know, I understand it. I just. I just can't get into it.
Josh Leyva
It's okay. I mean.
Sebastian
No, no, I know it's okay, but it's just like, isn't that crazy? Like, you know, you would think Sebastian, the all around sportsman, good at everything, hybrid athlete, likes football, you know?
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
I don't have a team, nor does it interest me.
Josh Leyva
Yeah, I don't think anybody really cares.
Master Chief
I saw in your story, since you're talking about you're an athlete, that you almost got, like, in a bike accident.
Sebastian
Oh, my God, bro, that was crazy. That was crazy, bro. I go to Griffith park every Wednesday, you know, if you want to find me at Griffith park on a Wednesday?
Josh Leyva
On a Wednesday.
Sebastian
Wearing pink at 5 in the morning? Wearing tidy tights. Yeah, it was almost at the end of my ride. And there's this part where, you know, you. You pick up speed going downhill, you know, and it. There's not that many cars because it's early in the morning, but there's. There was this runner who just. I don't think he saw. Maybe he saw us from afar, didn't think we were going fast, and he kind of just kind of like stalled in the middle of the street.
Josh Leyva
Panicked, kind of.
Sebastian
And, bro. And honestly, like, I was riding and I looked down at my feet and looked down at my. My computer that I have on my. On my bike because it tells me.
Josh Leyva
Like, speed and stuff.
Sebastian
Speed and all this stuff, like the map. And I look up and I'm like, oh, there's somebody in the middle of the street. So I start making a left, right? And my left was his right. He starts going to the right. So he's like. It's almost like he's. You know when you, like, run into somebody and you both go to the right? Yeah, you guys both go to left. And then my line is always like, what's up?
Josh Leyva
You want?
Sebastian
Oh, I say dance.
Josh Leyva
Yeah. I have to go straight for the kiss.
Sebastian
Oh, really?
Josh Leyva
Kiss?
Sebastian
You're somebody nice to run into. And so he went my way and I'm like, holy fuck. I'm about to run into this guy. And this is like a bone breaking accident, bro.
Josh Leyva
It could have been bad.
Sebastian
It could have been bad for him and super bad for me. I would have flown off my bike. I would have been, you know, I would have got messed up, bro. Super messed up. It was really scary.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
But then thankfully, I have cat like reflexes and my mentality is super sharp on a bike. So I swerved, right. But the first thing that I said was like, okay, I'm gonna swerve out. I was like, this close to hitting them. But I'm not the only one riding. All my boys are behind me. There's a stampede of cyclists. Oh, my God. My boy was wearing the Oakley Vanguards and he was recording the whole thing. And, you know, maybe I can send the video, but I. I was. I was literally making a left. You can see me swerve. You can hear me scream. This only thing I can do, like, hi. He wasn't looking at me. I was about to ram him. I was about to mess him up.
Josh Leyva
Ram him hard.
Sebastian
Hard. And so the only thing That I was thinking about was like, damn, one of my friends gonna hit him and it's gonna be really bad. And I look back and thank God. Nobody. He was good, he was good. We were good. Everything was good. But the guy shouldn't have crossed the street.
Josh Leyva
I was gonna say, first of all, dude, you gotta be better about your surroundings.
Sebastian
It wasn't like, to exhibit a. Yo, I'm not, I'm not the type of guy. It's like, user. Use the crosswalk, bro. I'd never use a crosswalk.
Josh Leyva
Me neither.
Sebastian
I don't. I'm not tripping on him, but, bro, like, pay attention when you, you know, you want to do that. You know what I mean?
Josh Leyva
Yeah. You got to be mindful and like.
Sebastian
Maybe somebody can like, say, like, oh, service. But you were going pretty fast on the bike. Yeah, but I'm kind of allowed to on a. On a road where cars go, you know what I mean? Like, I'm not going fast on. On somewhere where it's like a lot of pedestrians. I'm not right. But yeah, this guy almost crashing. No, it was really scary.
Josh Leyva
You sent the video over to Robert and I, and I was like, bro, that's insane. Like, that could have been very bad. Very bad.
Sebastian
I was able to swerve out, like, maybe this far.
Josh Leyva
You have the video, you got to show it.
Sebastian
But my boy was literally this close to hitting him. It was crazy because, mind you, I was in front of my boy, so when he saw me swerve, he just saw me swerve and then he goes by him. So he didn't really have that much time to swerve. Oh, it would have been bad.
Josh Leyva
You got to be careful out there, guys.
Sebastian
You do.
Josh Leyva
You gotta. You gotta be careful.
Sebastian
Yeah, please be careful.
Josh Leyva
So since you're. You're on the mic, you said you have a crazy story to tell us. Before we started the pod, you said, this story is insane.
Sebastian
Oh, my God, I would love to hear it. Yeah.
Josh Leyva
So do you have a nickname?
Sebastian
The Soul Nader?
Master Chief
Master Chief.
Sebastian
Master Chief from Halo?
Josh Leyva
I'm not calling that.
Master Chief
You call me Blue Eyed Dragon.
Sebastian
Yeah, that's that name. Master Chief.
Josh Leyva
Blue Eye Dragon.
Master Chief
No, it's like a full circle moment and I always forget to, like, tell you about it because I'm sure, like, you know, like, I've been pursuing YouTube for like the longest. Since I was like 12, 11 years old. And I've always, like, this is going to be my out. Like, I'm going to be a YouTuber. And after high school, like, Reality hit, and I'm like, oh, shit, I don't think this is going to work out. So I kind of got, like. Yeah, I got, like, really, like, sad. And I was like, I guess I got to find a job, and I started working at the post office as a mailman, and I just settled with that life. I was like, you know what?
Sebastian
This is it.
Master Chief
This is a cool government job. Like, I'm fine. Yeah. Pension. Like, my parents are proud of me. Like, fudge it. Like, I'm. I'm cool. Not living my dream, right? And being a YouTuber always stuck in the back of my head. And I just hated being a mailman and shout out to all the mailmans out there, because that job is tough.
Josh Leyva
I could imagine.
Master Chief
And, bro, I'm not even lying. This is the craziest thing.
Sebastian
Like, dropping off envelopes. Yeah, yeah.
Master Chief
Like, house little shorts.
Josh Leyva
Little blue shorts.
Master Chief
Yeah. Little blue shorts.
Sebastian
Really?
Master Chief
That was me.
Sebastian
Yeah. Prove it.
Master Chief
In Ontario.
Sebastian
Oh, wow.
Master Chief
Yeah. So I was doing that, and I went to a house, and I was putting the mail in their mailbox, and there is. I got the mail out first, and when I was going through that mail, it said to Josh Leyva. Like, it was. Someone was sending you fan mail?
Josh Leyva
What?
Master Chief
Yeah. And I was like, oh, shit. I was like, I know this guy. And it hit me, like, damn. And that's when, like, my dream came back to me. I was like, fuck. Like, it made me feel so, like.
Josh Leyva
Let me guess. The year 2000? 20. 14.
Master Chief
No.
Josh Leyva
15? No, no. 13. No, no, no. This is.
Master Chief
This was, like, some time ago. 2020.
Josh Leyva
2020.
Master Chief
Yeah. Yeah. Someone sent to Josh Leyva. And I was like. I was. In my head, I was like, oh, is the Josh Leva. Is this fan mail? And it, like, brought my dream back of being a YouTuber.
Sebastian
I was like.
Master Chief
I was like, I don't want to do this. Like, I want to. I want to receive mail.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Master Chief
And then, like, soon after, I quit, I started pursuing podcasting, and, like, my whole life changed.
Josh Leyva
Bro, that is insane.
Master Chief
And that reminded me. Actually, the story reminded me because I think two weeks later, I mean, two weeks before here, you're like, so I think you were meant to be here. And then that reminded me of when you. When I saw that two Josh Leva thing, it was like a whole full circle moment.
Sebastian
Oh, my God, you guys should kiss.
Master Chief
Hell, yeah. I just didn't.
Sebastian
Wait, you want to?
Josh Leyva
Like, I will make out with you so hard right now. That's beautiful.
Sebastian
But it was never him. It was just some guy Named Josh Leva.
Master Chief
I don't know, because it looked. It was like a little postcard, and it said to Josh Leyva.
Josh Leyva
I can tell you right now. Did it say the.
Master Chief
No, I don't think it said.
Sebastian
But it was technically to Josh Leva's house.
Josh Leyva
He doesn't remember, bro.
Master Chief
No, I don't know, because they just said to Josh, leave about it.
Josh Leyva
No.
Sebastian
Oh, you weren't delivering it?
Master Chief
No, no, I was getting it from someone's house.
Sebastian
Oh, God. Oh. Got it. You picked it up? Yeah, it was outgoing.
Master Chief
Yeah, it was outgoing.
Josh Leyva
Now that's what you're saying, that it potentially. Like, I was getting fan mail.
Sebastian
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Did you ever receive fan mail in 2020?
Josh Leyva
That's why? Yeah. I mean, all the time. I. Yeah.
Sebastian
Or death threat. Both.
Josh Leyva
I said 2014 because that's when I had a P.O. box. And I'm so. I say this humbly, but I would get so much bro. I would get called by the post office almost every day. Like, you got to come pick this up. This is, like, absurd. Like, you have so much, like, fan mail. Because I would do, like, unboxings and stuff like that. I would open up, like, fan mail. So I thought it was maybe then. But I'm trying to think 2020, it could have been somebody sentiment to the same PO box. I don't know. That's. It has to be. Yeah, something like that.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
Crazy, bro.
Master Chief
Yeah. Crazy story. Shout out, Joshua.
Josh Leyva
So you were doing that in 2020?
Master Chief
Yeah, yeah, I was a mailman not too long.
Josh Leyva
But you had been doing social media prior to that? Yeah, a minute.
Master Chief
For a long time. Yeah. And then I just decided. I was like, well, I got to get a job. So I ended up doing that, and I hated it.
Josh Leyva
So sometimes you kind of need that, though, you know what I mean? Like, just to kind of, like, really?
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
Check in on yourself. To be like, this is what I want to do. Am I settling for this? You know that check in is good.
Bretman Rock
Yeah.
Sebastian
You want to hear a funny story?
Bretman Rock
We better laugh.
Josh Leyva
We better laugh, bro.
Sebastian
So speaking about, like, mailman and male lady, shout out to you guys, but my male lady, she's the cutest. Cutest. She might be, like, in her 70s, bro. She's the cutest Asian lady. I don't know if she's. She looks Japanese. She's the cutest, bro. Oh, yeah. I just love her, right? I get happy when I see her. I feel like I'm one of my own dogs. Just happy when somebody comes, you know, at the front Door. I'll bark at her. I'm so excited. Guess what her name is.
Josh Leyva
Josh Leyva.
Sebastian
You ruined my story. Her name is way.
Josh Leyva
Way W E Y. Okay?
Sebastian
That's her name.
Josh Leyva
Way.
Sebastian
So every time she comes, I always go, bro, she's the cutest.
Josh Leyva
Does she know what that means? Like, does she.
Sebastian
I know that's her name.
Josh Leyva
Yeah. So I'm like, no, but have you explained it? Yeah, yeah.
Sebastian
I just said.
Josh Leyva
Because that's funny to us because we understand what it means. But, like, does that. Does she understand?
Sebastian
Well, I actually have never really explained it to her. I just say it.
Josh Leyva
Okay.
Sebastian
She's probably. Till this day, like, what does he say before my name?
Josh Leyva
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sebastian
But I don't care because it's. That's funny to me.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
And little things like that. It's for you. Live my own life.
Josh Leyva
It's for you.
Sebastian
And give me a smile.
Josh Leyva
Yeah. They're called life bits.
Sebastian
Life. It's my own life.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
You know, I have. Do you have, like, little bits that you do?
Josh Leyva
So many.
Sebastian
Me too. It's what keeps me happy.
Josh Leyva
So many. I have so many. I can't. Like, they're hard, like, because I talk to Mo about this all the time. We find them so funny because I'll do something or she'll do something, and she'll be like, this is my life bit. Like, this is like a thing we do.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
For example, like, this is so dumb. Not funny at all. But, like, if somebody has a nickname, right? For example, Mandy Miners. Our friend Mandy, Right. His real name is Mondo, right?
Sebastian
Armando.
Josh Leyva
Yeah, Armando. Even better. Okay. So the joke would be like, he'll say something. I'll be like, mandy, if that is your real name. Because it's like, not their real name.
Sebastian
Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah.
Josh Leyva
But to me, that's hilarious to say.
Sebastian
Me too. I always say, if that's even your real name.
Josh Leyva
No, I say that that's my life bit. You can't just say that.
Sebastian
I say that too.
Josh Leyva
That's not how.
Sebastian
It's a common life thing.
Josh Leyva
Yeah, but the way you said it was like. Yeah, I say. This is what I said.
Sebastian
If anything, I probably made it up, knowing me.
Josh Leyva
Okay. I don't think you realize how this works.
Sebastian
You. We can have the same life bits.
Josh Leyva
Yeah, but I. That. This is my example.
Sebastian
Okay. It's your story. Yeah, I'll give you the story.
Josh Leyva
Ever interrupt my story?
Sebastian
But my. I do the same and prob. Probably more frequently than you.
Josh Leyva
No, you don't.
Sebastian
Yes, I do. I swear I do.
Josh Leyva
All right.
Sebastian
I have to.
Josh Leyva
All right, well, you know what? When we get to heaven, I'm ask God, yo, how many times does stuff I've used this life bit.
Sebastian
When we get to heaven, I'm nut checking you in front of Jesus Christ.
Josh Leyva
Is there certain things I want to know, bro? I hope that, like when we, you know, move on, I hope we get like, like a, like we get a breakdown. Like little random.
Sebastian
Oh, like things you can't do?
Josh Leyva
No, like things we did in life. Like how many times we blinked. I don't know, like it's your Spotify. Yeah, like a Spotify wrapped. Like I just.
Sebastian
Your analytics.
Josh Leyva
Yes, yes. Like, I don't know, just like random little things, you know? How many times have I been in like an airplane?
Sebastian
How many times have I been erected type.
Josh Leyva
Yes, I want to know all those little stats, bro.
Sebastian
Yeah, that I think. I think anything is possible up there. Yeah, yeah. There was this interview they were interviewing, you know when they interview those maga dummies.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
And it's always like the most.
Josh Leyva
You mean all of them?
Sebastian
Yeah, it's. It's always like the lowest, unintelligent people and it's always like. And there's guys that interviewing them and I can't believe how dumb the question was. It was like, if Jesus Christ came to the United States, would you allow him to be here?
Josh Leyva
Oh, my God.
Sebastian
Yeah. If he had illegal, illegal documentation, he goes, you heard it here, guys. Jesus Christ is not allowed unless he has legal documentation. It's just like, oh, my, my God, bro.
Josh Leyva
That's insane.
Sebastian
It's so crazy how. And honestly, I am a true believer that no matter what we do in this world, unless a genie comes rubbing out of a lamp, and I can wish this, but if that doesn't happen, we will never get rid of people like that. There will always be like little scums in the earth like that. You know what I mean? Like, it's just. It just blows my mind how people think sometimes.
Josh Leyva
Yeah, bro. People get caught up in these like stupid ass nuances.
Sebastian
How funny was that?
Josh Leyva
It's insane, bro. Like if you strip away everything that the world provides, materialistic things, like rules, all this stuff, like all we have is each other. I know it sounds so corny, but people are the ultimate thing.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
Like, how do we forget that? Like, it's. It's us. This is it. This is what we have is life. People, you know, and like, people are just so like dumb. It just pisses me off.
Sebastian
And people live in A bubble.
Josh Leyva
That's what it is.
Sebastian
And I, and I tell people all the time, people, people who I care about, because honestly, I don't even like wasting my breath on some people. But if you understand in your life that you're not the only bubble and that the bubble is huge and palpable and yeah, people, you need to get out of your little bubble and really realize what this planet is made out of and actual real world problems. And I think that's why sometimes, maybe not all, but the majority, I feel like our culture is very in tuned with life and love. And it's because, you know, a lot of us grew up with nothing and we just grew up with our parents and we make a lot of a little. And that's why we're so grateful for a lot of things and, and we live life the way that we do. And, you know, there's just some people who just live in this bubble where they just believe that like, you know, everything's a fairy tale and it's not.
Josh Leyva
I think that thing you just said, if people can live like that would be a lot more happier if you can make a lot of a little. You.
Sebastian
You.
Josh Leyva
You hit the jackpot, bro.
Sebastian
Well, it's the only thing that really matters, doesn't.
Josh Leyva
And it's like any.
Sebastian
If you.
Josh Leyva
But if you can focus on like anything, if you can make a lot of a little. Dude, you won. You won life, bro.
Sebastian
Till this day, I make a lot of a little.
Josh Leyva
Stop making this about you, bro.
Sebastian
Any situation. But like, that's what, that's what people need to do, like understand what you have in life and, you know.
Josh Leyva
Yeah, Illumina el camino par. And McDonald's Punta.
Sebastian
But yes, I. People just live in this bubble and I feel like if they like to live like that, they, it's. It's almost like they, they expect something to happen to them, but it's never going to happen. You know what I mean? Like those people that just believe in nonsense. Yeah, it's weird.
Josh Leyva
We have some comments that we're gonna pull up from the Bretman episode. I really like that we did this last time. We. We pulled some comments. We want to hear from the people. So these are some fun comments from the Brettman episode, which I believe there's a lot of fun ones.
Sebastian
Yeah. And I like it when Sol does that green screen.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
You know, with the comments in the back. Yes, that's cool, dude.
Bretman Rock
This first one is several comments kind of talking about the same thing.
Sebastian
Okay, this is good.
Bretman Rock
Which was sebast you getting put in your place.
Sebastian
Yeah, you put me in my place.
Josh Leyva
You self centered prick. I've been saying that, bro. I need to grab me.
Sebastian
He grabbed me by my ponytail. Straight. Put me in my place. Imago Stone.
Josh Leyva
I needed someone to come on you, bro. Hard.
Sebastian
No, he did. You know, he's just somebody I love so much. And the fact that we just bantered like, that was so sick. He.
Josh Leyva
He's one of us, man. You know what I mean? Because, like, I think you and I have a very playful relationship. Right. And I think we lean into it sometimes a lot in the podcast.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
And I think in the beginning when we were really doing it aggressively, people were like, kind of taken back by it.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
You know, but this is how we are with people. And he's.
Sebastian
That.
Josh Leyva
He's like that. He just like, that's just the culture of, like, how we are as people.
Sebastian
He understood.
Josh Leyva
He made the assignment.
Sebastian
You know, it's funny. It's like, I. We deal with that online and social media with people who know us.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
But we also deal with that in real life. Damn. Y' all really, like, banter, like, why are you guys so mean? But it's not even like that. It's like, hella love, bro.
Josh Leyva
Exactly. Yeah.
Sebastian
And like, I wonder, like, damn, I can't believe there's people that, like, don't banter like that. Imagine having a friend who you're just always kind of like, on edge with and just always nice.
Josh Leyva
Yeah, that's.
Sebastian
Is that like real friendship?
Josh Leyva
I wouldn't say so. You should be able to feel. People should know your true intention and your heart. Right. So I know that you could say you, Josh. Right. And I think that's hilarious because I know that, like, there's.
Sebastian
There's people who don't talk to each other like, that. They cannot.
Josh Leyva
Some people are sensitive, bro. And I think that's a deeper issue within themselves or how they were raised, for sure.
Sebastian
Well, we. We're also raised Mexican also.
Josh Leyva
There's like, boundaries, right? Like, you can't just do that with everybody.
Sebastian
We were also raised Mexican as.
Josh Leyva
Yeah, but he did put you in your place. I brought it up too, cuz I was very happy about that. And it was just an. An incredible experience for me to witness.
Sebastian
And then I kept. And then I kept doing it on purpose, too.
Josh Leyva
Not the one where you. Where he was like, I'm answering that. That's.
Sebastian
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, That's. That was core. Yeah. 100. No, that was good.
Josh Leyva
It's like I'm answering.
Sebastian
Yeah, finally. No, that's tight, though.
Josh Leyva
Yeah, I love that. Okay. Love that. Good, good, good, good, good, good.
Bretman Rock
This one I really like this episode. Felt like I was watching. Watching cousins catching up.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
Yeah. Just like what we were understood the assignment. And even though we come from different. Different cultures, we realize that our cultures are kind of the same, you know, a thousand percent. And it was such an amazing thing to experience, even for myself. I was like, damn. Like, I literally dead ass want to go to the Philippines.
Josh Leyva
The synergy was synergizing.
Sebastian
It was.
Josh Leyva
It was like. And. And that's what it is. Like, sometimes people come into the space and they just. There's. We're just magnet towards the. Our energy.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
And that's what it was. It was like we were all like Powerpuff Girls, bro. I was about.
Sebastian
Which one were you?
Josh Leyva
The pink one. No, he could be the pink one.
Sebastian
There's no pink one.
Bretman Rock
Green and blue.
Josh Leyva
Oh, my badges.
Master Chief
It's Bubbles.
Sebastian
It's Bubbles.
Josh Leyva
I'll be Bubbles.
Sebastian
It's. It's Buttercup.
Josh Leyva
I'll be Buttercup.
Sebastian
Buttercup. And Blossom is the redhead.
Josh Leyva
No, no, I'll be Buttercup, bro.
Sebastian
I used to love Powerpuff Girls. Mind you, growing up, I grew.
Josh Leyva
No, that's a pink one right there.
Bretman Rock
She's red.
Sebastian
She's red.
Josh Leyva
That's who I meant.
Sebastian
So you're.
Josh Leyva
That was us. That was us on that episode.
Sebastian
I'm Buttercup. You're more like. You're more like the baby blue one.
Josh Leyva
You know what? That's fine. I'll be the baby blue one. Could be the pink one. You could be the green one.
Sebastian
Actually, Bremen is the green one.
Josh Leyva
Buttercup. Yeah, no, I'm the middle one.
Sebastian
Brett Bretman gives Buttercup energy. Yeah, I'll give you. I'll give you the middle one, Blossom, because she's kind of main character and you swear your main character.
Josh Leyva
Okay.
Sebastian
And sure, I'll just be Bubbles.
Josh Leyva
Yeah. We're the pop of girls, actually.
Sebastian
I'm Mojo Jojo.
Josh Leyva
What's the thing that they would say on Love Island? Like PG Girls or What was it?
Bretman Rock
Ppg.
Josh Leyva
Ppg? Powerpuff Girls. Ppg. For real?
Sebastian
Yeah. Yeah. Hold on real quick. What's your favorite cartoon growing up?
Josh Leyva
Wow.
Sebastian
Pick one. I know. It's many. Yeah.
Josh Leyva
Huh.
Sebastian
I know it's probably like several.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
But pick one that really stands. Which is the first. It's the first one that you thought about that's probably your favorite.
Josh Leyva
You know which one? Okay. You want me to go there?
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
The first one that came to mind was Doug. Yeah, that's the first one you said, like, if I had to answer one word, go.
Sebastian
Well, yeah. That's the first one that you thought about. Yeah, it means something.
Josh Leyva
Doug was sick. Yeah.
Sebastian
I love Doug. I love, love Doug. It's probably the. Ah, okay. So when I think about a cartoon, there's two that I really, really.
Josh Leyva
Hey, Arnold.
Sebastian
Hey. Arnold was one of them. But it's not the two.
Josh Leyva
Okay.
Sebastian
It's rocket power and the wild thornberries.
Josh Leyva
Oh, wild thornberries, bro.
Sebastian
Yeah. Hey, Elijah, remember the dad with the big ass nose? Yeah, that was me. Yeah. And Donnie, the little brother.
Josh Leyva
Yeah. Debbie, the sister one that was like crazy.
Sebastian
Donnie.
Josh Leyva
Oh, yeah, he's fine.
Sebastian
Do you remember the Changita's name? Darwin.
Josh Leyva
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Sebastian
Anyways, yeah, we can continue doing what we're doing. Good, good, good.
Bretman Rock
You brought up the trip and a lot of people saying that they really want to tune into that. Please go to Hawaii and the Philippines with Bretman and vlog it all and do a pod episode in Hawaii with him on both of the shows.
Josh Leyva
You guys have to come though.
Bretman Rock
That was the next line. You have to fly. Jess and Samuel.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Bretman Rock
You need someone to produce.
Josh Leyva
Listen, listen, if he, you know.
Sebastian
Yeah, because like, one thing is like us shooting the. Yeah, we're all saying it, but like, yo, Loki, like, I'm super down, right? Like, I am actually down. And like, bro, the fact, like, to be honest, I'm down for both. Like, I talked about on the pod. I love Hawaii. I love it. I absolutely love Hawaii.
Josh Leyva
She's so weird, bro.
Sebastian
But I would absolutely love to go to the Philippines because I've never been.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
And to go with Bretman.
Josh Leyva
Wow.
Sebastian
I would honestly document everything from the moment we arrived.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
And like, I would love to go, but it would just one. One. It would be one of those things where it's like. I don't know if he was that down or if the. The.
Master Chief
The.
Sebastian
We were just whiskey talking. You know what I mean? But I personally, I think he'd be down.
Josh Leyva
I think so, too.
Sebastian
I think so too. It's just.
Josh Leyva
I think we start in Hawaii though.
Sebastian
He did say that. He did say that. He said go to Hawaii because the flight to the Philippines is. Is a. Is. It's long if you come from la.
Josh Leyva
Yeah, yeah, bro, I'm down. I'm with it. I'm with the shits.
Sebastian
Yo. I'm waited too, man. That would be insanely cool, man. That would be really cool. I'm. I'm looking forward to it, man. So hopefully that we can do that. And that's it.
Josh Leyva
Yeah. Since I've been in high school, I've always dreamed about going to the Philippines. I feel like it's just something that's always, like, stood out to me and I've always heard great things about it.
Sebastian
Yeah. Never anything bad, right?
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
Yeah. No. Yeah.
Josh Leyva
I like that. We gonna make it happen. We're gonna make it happen. Cappy.
Bretman Rock
This next one said I didn't want this episode to end. Josh and Sebastian, thank you for everything that you do. Although I'm here every week, I had. I hadn't stopped to think the hard work and determination that you guys do weekly for us to. To deliver. I forget you guys are also human and might experience burnout, but you still show up. I loved this episode. I hope you guys take part two in Hawaii.
Sebastian
It's. Com. It's comments like that that really, you know, hit home and, And, And, And. And allow me to realize that I absolutely love what I do. I love being around the crew, the team, and I love doing this. Honestly, I. I really do. And thank you for that, for, you know, kind of like. Like being in tuned with, you know, the outside world that it comes out after this. But we appreciate that. We love what we do, and we wouldn't be doing it without you guys. And we know that you guys love hearing us say dumb. So.
Josh Leyva
Yeah, hopefully we appreciate it. Yeah. I. I think this. Reading that comment meant so much to me. One, because Sevas and I genuinely love. Appreciate this so much. It is ingrained in who we are as people. La platica is part of our identity. And I. I can genuinely say I've done social media for such a long time. I've experienced true burnout. Doing this podcast, bro, is such a privilege. I feel so lucky, so blessed to be around all you guys. Have people like our audience, watch us, support us, show up for us comment, and it just means the world when people just acknowledge that and, and appreciate it, you know, But I love this, and I'll never get over this. And as long as there's somebody out there that's willing to listen to us. Bobo, it's like, I'm. I'm gonna keep talking.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
You know, and. But I appreciate that. I mean, so much. And, and because of the grind, we've been able to earn your guys's trust, I think.
Sebastian
Right.
Josh Leyva
Because we stay at it. We don't. We don't miss, bro.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
You know, and I think that's also been Like, a testament to, like, how we're able to get these incredible podcasts. It's like all. Everything all works together. You know what I mean? Like, the team, to our dedication to the audience, to everything. It's the perfect puzzle piece.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
Puzzle pieces.
Sebastian
It's a great blend.
Josh Leyva
It's a great blend.
Sebastian
Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, just like, even, like, me personally, like, I'm forever grateful for what I do because just like all of us, and. And I don't like saying the story because I don't want to feel like I'm the only one that has a story because I'm not. Everybody has been through this, but, like, I. We didn't have anything growing up, so the fact that I'm able to be here and surrounded by loving people, like, bro, I will take fully, full advantage of that, and I don't ever want to be ungrateful for that. You know what I mean?
Josh Leyva
I never leave this space feeling drained. If anything, it's uplifting. I can't wait to, like, get out of here and jump on the phone with Mo and tell her about, like, the day, the What. What we experience, you know, it feels so good, man. So this is a blessing, but thank you for that comment because that's really beautiful of you to say and to share, so thank you.
Sebastian
You. Thank you.
Bretman Rock
Yeah, thanks, la.
Josh Leyva
We're going to get copyrighted F. It's too good.
Bretman Rock
This next one is from Almavas. Bretman and Salud. Need a collab, man.
Josh Leyva
Say less. Say less.
Sebastian
What would be the. The flavor?
Josh Leyva
Anything he wants. Bretman Juice.
Sebastian
I don't care.
Josh Leyva
It doesn't matter. The fact that he was such a fan of Salud, bro, I. I've never heard. I've never heard him talk about it.
Sebastian
Right.
Josh Leyva
I was, like, hearing that. I was so, like, I was so flattered, bro. I was so flattered, honestly. And shout out to him because I know he's expensive. So we got some free promo and. Yeah, that's. It's beautiful. And I know he wasn't, you know, trying to do it for anything else but his genuine self. Like, he just genuinely loves the brand. And I. I love that, man. I don't know. I. I just. It was beautiful.
Sebastian
I feel like even he's the type that's so, like, cool and lovable that.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Sebastian
Even if that was, like, a bit. He did it to help. You know what I mean?
Josh Leyva
Exactly. Right.
Sebastian
Even though I think that he didn't do it in that reason.
Josh Leyva
Yes.
Sebastian
But he's that type of guy, too. That's like, I feel like even if he did it for the bit, he did it for the love of just, like, supporting you.
Josh Leyva
I love that.
Sebastian
You know what I mean? And that means that speaks volumes of a person.
Josh Leyva
I couldn't especially.
Sebastian
And his caliber, you know?
Josh Leyva
Yeah, yeah.
Sebastian
So. Yeah, so that was really cool. I love.
Josh Leyva
I'm cooking. I'll see what's up. We gotta, you know, we'll make something.
Sebastian
What flavor would he do? There's a question.
Josh Leyva
We will invent a flavor for him. We will do everything we can to make sure, like, it's executed to perfection. Yeah.
Sebastian
Damn. What would it be? What would it be, bro?
Bretman Rock
I feel like the passion fruit one would have been perfect for him, is what it's called in Hazai.
Josh Leyva
Oh, really?
Sebastian
Koi lilikoi.
Josh Leyva
I'm gonna cook. We're gonna cook. We're gonna make something happen. I'm gonna cut. We're gonna cut.
Sebastian
All right.
Josh Leyva
I like that. I like that.
Bretman Rock
This next one, this was my very first impression of these two ever. Bretman brought me here, and, baby, this was a key. Such a great combo.
Josh Leyva
I love that.
Sebastian
That's the best feeling, you know, I feel like one of the things, having this podcast and Josh and myself doing it for so long, I think the biggest compliment is an outsider coming. Yeah. And viewing us new to the space and accepting and saying things like, wow, you guys are sick. Like, I'm a new subscriber. I think that is top three biggest compliments that I can receive personally for us, you know, So I. I love hearing that. That's like, honestly, my number one thing to hear, like, oh, dude. Like, I just, you know, I stumbled upon you guys, and that's the beauty. And that's the whole point. Sometimes, obviously, we have guests to have fun and, you know, to collab and, you know, to show you guys who these people are in a different light than maybe their social medias or it doesn't even have to be social media. Some people just come on and, you know, they have something special about them, whatnot. But that's the whole point, you know, is so our audience can follow them and their audience can. Can discover us. You know what I mean? And that's an amazing thing that can happen here.
Josh Leyva
Yeah, I agree. Yeah. That. That means a lot too, when people can, like, are new to us and they discover us and then they get, like, familiar with it. And that's why I said earlier, like, if you enjoy that, we do a lot of that.
Sebastian
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Josh Leyva
So welcome to the family.
Sebastian
Bienvenidos.
Josh Leyva
We kiss around here.
Sebastian
We have cookies.
Bretman Rock
Cassandra Rivera said. Bretman said, come on, immigrant. That's a big word for Elmo, bro.
Josh Leyva
I saw this. I did. I didn't even catch that. You know, so said something after we finished the. The podcast, as he was editing, he was like. There were so many moments that he missed, bro. He's so quick and witty and, like. I missed that. I missed that. Did you catch that?
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
Okay.
Master Chief
I didn't catch it.
Sebastian
That's what.
Master Chief
I didn't catch what I referred to when I said that.
Josh Leyva
That is so funny. He's so funny.
Sebastian
Yeah. Can you analyze it, like, what it means?
Josh Leyva
What?
Sebastian
Like the whole quote? Because it's. Come on, immigrant. That's. That is a big word for Elmo.
Josh Leyva
Did he mean, like, Elmo plush toy, you know, Because Elmo knows. Yeah, that's the whole.
Sebastian
Because it teaches you.
Josh Leyva
Yeah.
Bretman Rock
Well, he. Elmo has a quote, like, he was practicing. I don't know what word it was, but he was like, oh, that's a big word for Elmo. Like, because he was genuinely in the character saying, like, that one's hard to say, you know, making it relatable for, like, toddlers and stuff. So.
Josh Leyva
He called you stupid, dude.
Sebastian
Yeah.
Josh Leyva
No, he's funny, right?
Master Chief
It's.
Sebastian
He's just one of the guys that. He also has, like. Like his own life bits and quotes. Yeah. On. In his back pocket that he just releases, and I love hanging around people like that.
Josh Leyva
He's good, bro. He's brilliant. The man's brilliant. Last one here.
Bretman Rock
Okay, wait, you guys, this proved you need to expand your guest love. Our Latina friends. Yeah, but this was so fun.
Josh Leyva
Yes. Guys, we. We want to. We're. We're about that. We're not trying to just limit it to Latino guests. I think us being Latinos, we hang around a lot of Latinos. So it's just like. It's in our. It's our circle. But I would love to bring on guests, and I feel like we have. We've brought on other guests from other ethnicities.
Sebastian
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Josh Leyva
Nazany comes to mind.
Sebastian
Yeah, A lot of people.
Josh Leyva
A lot of people. A lot of people. No, Shannon. Shannon. She was great. We've had so many people.
Sebastian
Mark Cuban's not.
Josh Leyva
Mark Cuban. He's Cuban. He's not Cuban.
Sebastian
I was like, wait, is he.
Josh Leyva
No, no, he's not. He said that that was like a. A thing that people think.
Sebastian
I think this is extra, but I love that.
Josh Leyva
I love that we want to do that.
Bretman Rock
Dove into, like, the similarities and cultures. And that was really fun to do, too.
Sebastian
I love. I love that even, like, off camera, like, I love speaking to people about their culture. And one of the cultures who are very similar to us, too, I feel like, are Armenians. Yeah, Armenians have such amazing culture and they honestly, they love to party, they love family, they love to eat, they love to have a good time. They have a great perspective on life, and I love it. I love my Armenian. If you're Armenian, shout out to y', all, big hug.
Josh Leyva
I love Armenian people and food. I love it all. Armenian food.
Sebastian
Armenian food is fire.
Josh Leyva
I will say this. We think about the guests that we want to have on the podcast. We huddle up as a team, we talk about different guests, but ultimately, like, you guys are the ones that matter. So I know we talk about this all the time, but we need to hear from you guys. Who do you guys want to have on La Platica?
Sebastian
Who?
Josh Leyva
It doesn't matter. Who, race, color, size, don't matter. We will have everybody. Anybody on, so let us know. Don't forget, comment in the. In the comments below every podcast. If somebody. If you can't think of somebody right now, come next week, drop it in the comments. We want to know. So Becky G was somebody that we shouted out to. Hopefully. Come on. I have a feeling. I have a really good feeling about this. I think. I think it's gonna happen and we ready for anybody and everybody. Because the only thing more powerful than love is hate. Wait, no. You know what I mean?
Sebastian
Yeah, I think so. Can do something Post edit. Yeah, but that's it, right?
Josh Leyva
I love that, bro. That's. That's a rickety riggedy rap.
Sebastian
Yeah. So we appreciate you guys. Subscribe to the channel. Notifications on. Once again, thank you to Sea Geek for sponsoring this video per use. Enjoy your week, man.
Josh Leyva
Love you guys. Shout out to camera for it.
Sebastian
Happy cracking. It was just Valentine's Day. Happy Valentine's Day to all you beautiful couples. And if you're single, happy Valentine's Day to you. Just. You did a beautiful thing.
Josh Leyva
Damn, you fine.
Sebastian
Damn, you fine like that. Damn, all fine.
Josh Leyva
All right, bro. Love you, man.
Sebastian
Ciao.
Josh Leyva
I gotta go. We gotta go. Come on, man. Hit the button.
Sebastian
So busy, huh? Bye.
Josh Leyva
El programa nacional de vecas a serde McDonald's.
Episode: SEBAS RESPONDS: GETTING PUT IN HIS PLACE
Date: February 16, 2026
Hosts: Sebastian Robles (“Sebas”) & Josh Leyva
Guest: Bretman Rock (recurring reference & voice clips), Master Chief (producer/onscreen personality)
This lively episode of La Platica centers on community, the impact of Latino culture in media, and self-reflection within the podcast’s own dynamic. Hosts Sebas and Josh take stock of the aftermath of a big guest appearance (Bretman Rock), address comments about banter and “getting put in his place,” reflect on Latin identity in the wake of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, and field stories from their circle—including near-biking disasters and full-circle career moments.
Throughout, the tone is playful, introspective, celebratory, and deeply engaged with their audience and cultural heritage.
| Timestamp | Speaker | Quote | |-----------|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 04:27 | Josh Leyva | “You guys really stepped up and made some noise, made it so he couldn’t not come on the podcast.” | | 05:31 | Josh Leyva | “He’s so witty. He’s so fast. He’s hilarious…He earned my fandom. Forever.” | | 09:13 | Josh Leyva | “She says, ‘I’m the most famous pop star nobody’s ever heard of.’...That’s the self-awareness…” | | 12:01 | Sebas | “At the end of the day…what I got out of that is…love always wins, you know what I mean?” | | 13:26 | Josh Leyva | “This country was built off immigrants…everything that’s great in America has come from immigrants.”| | 19:40 | Josh Leyva | “He really didn’t miss a country…I wondered if that’s the part he was most stressed about.” | | 23:37 | Josh Leyva | “Bad Bunny is bigger than Bad Bunny. It’s so much bigger than that.” | | 31:33 | Master Chief | “That was when…my dream came back to me… I was like, I don’t want to do this, I want to receive mail.”| | 42:04 | Sebas | “He grabbed me by my ponytail. Straight put me in my place.” | | 43:08 | Josh Leyva | “People should know your true intention and your heart.” | | 50:42 | Josh Leyva | “Doing this podcast…is such a privilege. I feel so lucky…As long as there’s somebody out there…I'm gonna keep talking.”|
The hosts use Spanglish, self-deprecating humor, and a natural, conversational style, fostering a sense of inclusive warmth. Honesty, vulnerability, and occasional rambunctiousness are central—both in their banter and reflections on sensitive topics.
In summary:
The episode is a celebration of community, Latino pride (with keen sensitivity to inclusion and unity), and the joys and challenges of public creative work. It balances humor, honesty, and cultural commentary, weaving audience participation and self-reflection into the show’s identity. Whether reminiscing about near misses or reflecting on national controversies, La Platica maintains the spirit of “plática”—real talk between friends, for the world.