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Ronald Acuña Jr. Steps to the Mic as Host of ‘La Bestia,’ a New Spanish-Language Podcast
Ronald Acuña Jr. has a new lineup spot: podcast host. On September 16, iHeartMedia’s My Cultura Podcast Network and Rimas Sports debuted “La Bestia with Ronald Acuña Jr.,” a weekly Spanish-language podcast built around the life, career and mindset of one of baseball’s biggest stars, with new episodes every Wednesday.
In each episode, Acuña sits down with friends, family and personal heroes to get at the heart of Latino identity — familia, hustle, music, pressure, pride and the mentality it takes to become “La Bestia” in your own life. The first episode features Acuña’s father, and the season’s guest list spans the worlds of baseball and music, including his brother Luisangel Acuña, Gleyber Torres, Maikel Garcia and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., along with rapper and singer Guaynaa, internet personality Marko Terzo and mentalist Michel Gallero.
The show is the first to come out of a new partnership between My Cultura and Rimas Sports, the Puerto Rican agency co-founded by Bad Bunny and Rimas Entertainment executives, which represents more than 60 elite athletes and will co-produce original podcasts and content with the network. It is a fitting pairing for Acuña, the former Rookie of the Year and 2025 Comeback Player of the Year, who has long worn his Venezuelan roots as loudly as his game.
“La Bestia” is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and is available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts are heard, with full video episodes on iHeart and YouTube.
For My Cultura, the series is a flagship sports title: a Spanish-language show built around a generational talent who insists on telling his story in his own language, on his own terms — with his family in the room.
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