This week, I'm thinking about three things that all have something in common: rewriting the script. Sometimes it's a script someone else wrote for you, sometimes it's your own script that you decide to change, and sometimes it's a narrative we've been telling wrong as a nation for over 70 years.

I talk about Taylor Swift's unexpected "Opalite" video and how she's reclaiming England by filming there and casting directly from the Graham Norton show couch. I explore what it means for Winter Olympics athletes to represent America when the country feels so divided. And I discuss Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance almost entirely in Spanish (with notable exceptions like Lady Gaga's solo, "God Bless America," and the powerful line "the only way to combat hate is with love") and how it forces us to confront that Puerto Rico IS America - something the characters in West Side Story were grappling with 70 years ago that we're still grappling with today.

This is about identity, representation, and who gets to tell the story.

0:00 - Introduction: Rewriting the Script The hook - three pop culture things connected by rewriting the script

0:29 - Taylor Swift's "Opalite" Music Video The unexpected release, Graham Norton casting, filming in England, reclaiming her narrative, visibility vs. community

3:49 - Winter Olympics: Representing a Divided Country Personal connection to individual sports, athletes navigating what it means to represent America, competing with integrity despite conflict

7:38 - Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Performing in Spanish, Puerto Rico IS America, West Side Story's narrative 70 years later, rewriting what "American" looks like

9:33 - Closing Thoughts Connecting all three - expectations being flipped, rewriting narratives

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