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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Signup to Generate a PitchLa 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.
Recent episodes include "Una conversación con Angelo Colina" (27 October 2026, 31 minutes), "The Sounds We Could Lose With Esencia" (20 October 2026, 31 minutes), and "Los sonidos que podríamos perder con Esencia" (20 October 2026, 32 minutes).
La Brega publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 63 episodes.
Booking probability for La Brega is 47%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. La Brega requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. La Brega's contact route on record: verified email.
La Brega is a society podcast with 63 episodes published.
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Episode #3
En este episodio de La Brega, una conversación con el comediante venezolano Angelo Colina. Desde que Angelo decidió hace unos años dedicarse a la comedia en español, Puerto Rico se ha convertido en una de sus plazas más...
Episode #2
In August, the Puerto Rican government issued preliminary approvals for Esencia, a controversial $2.7 billion project in Cabo Rojo. This proposed luxury complex includes a private beach club, golf courses, and upscale...
En agosto, el gobierno de Puerto Rico aprobó permisos preliminares para un controversial proyecto multimillonario en Cabo Rojo conocido como Esencia. El complejo exclusivo incluiría un club de playa privado, campos de...
La Brega
La Brega is back, and we’re here to stay! After three seasons, the show has established itself as a town square where people come to hear stories, laugh, and dream together. We’ll continue bringing you fascinating...
La Brega
¡La Brega está de vuelta y estamos aquí para quedarnos! Durante tres temporadas nos convertimos en una plaza pública donde nos juntamos a escuchar historias, reír y soñar juntos. Y ahora volvemos para seguir...
La Brega
Hailed by Ira Glass as the “best new show I’ve heard in years,” and winner of the Audio Memoir Award of the Tribeca Film Festival, Reaching Out is a story about fathers, sons, and the distance between them. The story...
Maria was watching the Benito Bowl when an unexpected artist came on: the one and only Ricky Martin. He sang one of Bad Bunny’s most political, anti-colonial anthems. Maria knew this was a touchstone moment — the artist...
The 1960s brings social and political change to the world and to New York City, where a young Johnny Pacheco keeps people dancing with his orchestra and charanga music. The Dominican musician is also going through a...
The Men’s World Cup is coming to our continent – and to this country. So we’re using this huge event to dive deep into what soccer means in the United States with a new podcast called “American Futbol.” We hear from...
It’s been a time of growth at Futuro – we’ve been breaking news and bringing rigorous in-depth journalism at Latino USA, creating ambitious podcasts at Futuro Studios, and sharing some awesome behind the scenes moments...
A new podcast from Futuro is coming to you soon! In 1964, an Italian-American ex-cop and a Dominican musician in New York City opened “the Motown of Salsa,” Fania Records. Artists like Héctor Lavoe, Willie Colón, ...
Hoy les traemos un episodio de nuestros amigos de Buenas noches, Cráneo . Esta noche viajamos a una bahía de Puerto Rico donde el agua brilla en la oscuridad. Junto a Alana Casanova-Burgess, anfitriona de La...
This week, we’re sharing an episode from our friends at Code Switch. President Donald Trump says he wants the U.S. to take back control of the Panama Canal. The Canal has been dubbed the greatest engineering feat...
La Brega
Hoy les traemos un episodio especial desde Puerto Rico de nuestros amigos de Radio Ambulante, quienes se encuentran en plena publicación de su temporada 15. En marzo de 1975, el pequeño pueblo de Moca, en Puerto...
Episode #19
You’ve seen the Instagram posts and the headlines of Puerto Rican campeones in all kinds of arenas. For this special bonus episode we talk to Camila Lamerre Estevez, an athlete who competed on the Puerto Rican women’s...
Episode #16
Los Young Lords surgieron en los 60 en Chicago como una ganga callejera, pero evolucionaron y se convirtieron en una organización política que llegó a otras ciudades, como Nueva York y Filadelfia. En su mayoría, eran...
Episode #15
In the late 1960s, the Young Lords emerged from a Chicago gang and became a political organization mainly made up of Puerto Ricans in the diaspora. Some had never been to Puerto Rico, some spoke little Spanish – but...
El dominio de Puerto Rico en el beisbol es más que conocido, pero hay quienes piensan que la pelota boricua ya vio sus mejores días. Y algunos responsabilizan de su declive a una decisión de Major League Baseball de...
Puerto Rico has been a baseball powerhouse. For decades, we operated as our own country, under the same rules as nations like the Dominican Republic. Players could be signed to professional teams as young as 16. Then in...
Episode #12
Por décadas, políticos y activistas boricuas han depuesto ante el Comité de Descolonización de la ONU durante su vista anual sobre Puerto Rico. La mayoría de los deponentes favorece la independencia, pero...
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