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La Brega

Futuro Media

La Brega tells stories of the Puerto Rican experience.

The critically acclaimed podcast La Brega is back! Recognized by the The New York Times, The New Yorker and The Atlantic as one of the best podcasts of the year in its prior seasons and named as an Apple Podcasts Essential, La Brega has cemented itself as podcast canon. For three seasons, audiences have demanded one thing of La Brega: more episodes! Now, the team is meeting that demand, returning with a more permanent format. For three weeks out of each month, host Alana Casanova-Burgess and the La Brega team will bring listeners fascinating stories about Puerto Rican identity, from historical deep-dives to joyful conversations with some of the most creative artists and thinkers of today. La Brega is la plaza central– a place where people come to learn the latest, laugh, and to dream together about the future. Whether you’re Puerto Rican or not, La Brega brings you the

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66 episodes

  1. Who Was Puerto Rico's Water System Really Built For? 29:23
  2. ¿Para quién es el agua en Puerto Rico? 27:44
  3. Una conversación con Angelo Colina 31:00
  4. The Sounds We Could Lose With Esencia 30:42
  5. Los sonidos que podríamos perder con Esencia 32:08
  6. La Brega Is Back! 2:29
  7. ¡La Brega está de vuelta! 2:19
  8. BONUS: Boricuas on the Ice 6:06
  9. 8. Tengo a Puerto Rico en mi corazón 44:41
  10. 8. I Have Puerto Rico in My Heart 49:32
  11. 7. Madera de campeón: el futuro del béisbol boricua 40:36
  12. 7. The Stuff of Champions: The Future of Puerto Rican Baseball 41:32
  13. 6. Tres minutos para Puerto Rico 48:30
  14. 6. Three Minutes for Puerto Rico 41:33
  15. 5. La importancia de ser Mr. Mundo 40:01
  16. 5. Wearing Puerto Rico On Your Sash 39:28
  17. 4. Isabel González vs. Estados Unidos 49:45
  18. 4. Isabel González v. United States 42:53
  19. 3. Las banderas de Alberto Mercado 44:25
  20. 3. The Many Flags of Alberto Mercado 40:12
  21. 2. Nuestro cuatro (o por qué nos hace llorar) 43:57
  22. 2. Our Cuatro (And Why It Makes Us Cry) 40:28
  23. 1. ¿Quién nos representa? 39:36
  24. 1. Who represents us? 36:59
  25. Tercera temporada: Campeonas y campeones de Puerto Rico 1:01
  26. Season 3: Puerto Rico’s Champions 1:01
  27. Sneak Peek: How we make La Brega 4:05
  28. Big News from La Brega 7:02
  29. ¡Buenas noticias de La Brega! 7:32
  30. Bonus Track — Songs for the Future of Puerto Rico 31:25
  31. 8. “Olas y Arenas” — The Beaches Belong to the People 41:38
  32. 8. “Olas y arenas” — las playas son del pueblo 44:28
  33. 7. "Vamos Pa’ Plaza" — The Center of Everything 34:56
  34. 7. "Vamos pa’ Plaza" — el centro de todo 34:35
  35. 6. “Boricua en la Luna” — The Moon’s Distance 33:41
  36. 6. “Boricua en la luna” — la distancia de la luna 34:06
  37. 5. “Las Caras Lindas (De Mi Gente Negra)” — An Ode to Blackness 37:09
  38. 5. “Las caras lindas (de mi gente negra)” — una oda a la negrura 37:42
  39. 4. "I Wonder if I Take You Home" — Freedom in Freestyle 41:10
  40. 4. “I Wonder if I Take You Home” — La libertad en el freestyle 49:05
  41. 3. “Suavemente” — The Merengue War 41:33
  42. 3. “Suavemente” — La guerra del merengue 44:37
  43. 2. “El Gran Varón” — Who Was Simón? 42:36
  44. 2. “El gran varón” — ¿Quién era Simón? 41:22
  45. 1. "Preciosa" — The Other Anthem 29:53
  46. 1. "Preciosa" — El otro himno 31:59
  47. Season 2: The Puerto Rican Experience in 8 Songs 0:58
  48. 2da Temporada: La experiencia boricua en 8 canciones 0:58
  49. 8. Snow In The Tropics 29:39
  50. 8. Nieve en el trópico 30:06