This is probably the best podcast I had listened to!!! Todos los episodios son brutales! La nostalgia me invadió en uno que otro y arrancó un par de lágrimas, la emoción que envuelve escuchar relatos de una isla que deje ya hace muchos años es infinita. Acá en los estados fríos y sin ese calor humano que nos caracteriza a los boricuas nos consolamos con cositas así como estas historias narradas por nuestra juventud que también ama y atesora nuestra isla. Gracias por este podcast y espero que vayan por más! Where’s season 3???? Love you guys and thank you so much

Wepa! I caught La Brega around the time I decided to return back to la matria. That episode on the potholes is how I connected with Cheo. Really appreciate how the episodes are in both languages. It’s great to have a podcast about us, by us & for us.

Representation matters and I love this podcast. I grew up on the island and despite now living in New Jersey for over a decade, the soul always longs for a piece of your culture. This podcast/reporting is done incredibly well and proves that you never should stop learning about your people. Thank you!! Well done

Wow. No escribo reviews nunca. También soy muy cauteloso con lo que escucho acerca de PR. Todo está tan “biased”. Pero tengo que reconocer que este podcast está “brutal”. Y escribo justo después de escuchar el No.7 (season 1)- Se acabaron las promesas, con lágrimas en los ojos y desde la diáspora en Texas desde 2015. Excelente trabajo, mil gracias por poner en palabras lo que muchos sentimos y no sabemos cómo expresar.

Soy una puertorriqueña nacida y criada en la Isla. Tengo 51 años y aunque conozco mucho de los relatos, aprendí mucho con las distintas historias de nuestra amada Patria. Los felicito y les agradezco. Le daré publicidad con mis conocidos. Gracias

No puedo ver como en general alguien puede comparar a Rafael Hernandez (RH) con Bad Bunny (BB). Si es cierto que BB ha escrito algo de protesta como también lo hizo RH, pero la mayoría de sus canciones son de índole vulgar. Por favor…

This podcast has taught me more than my parents did about PR and our history. We are first generation mainlanders - Nuyoricans - and I feel more connected a mis raíces ahora más nunca. Gracias por crear este podcast, aunque sea hermoso y doloroso, es importante que nosotros aprendemos nuestra historia. Please tell me there’s a season 3! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

No hay límite, ni fin! Ojalá y siguen p’alante con la creación y los cuentos. Me tanto orgullo compartirlos con mi hija desde Chicago. Boricuas hasta en la luna!

Un podcast con mucho contenido y profundidad. Les recomiendo su atención.

I absolutely started of loving this series. Discussed many issues and experiences that I related to and lived through. By season 2 it was evident that the show made a complete political “left” turn. Season one did a really good job of just sharing the experiences, season 2 can be a fun listen if you can get over her attempt to rewrite history and degrade the moral compass further. Very disappointed.

Me gustaría q mas personas en la isla supieran de esta joya de show. Excepcional. No se q van a hacer en season 3 pqe season 2 fue un absoluto home run. Bravo!!

I love this podcast. It is very, very well done. It has helped reconnect with my beautiful island. Remember so many important issues and history. Also, learning more that should be talked about much more. Echa pa lante Boriqua!! Aquí te apoyamos!

I’m an 🇺🇸American born with 🇵🇷Puerto Rican, 🇮🇪Irish and 🇮🇹Italian roots in the melting pot of NYC, NY this podcast is a joy to listen to and learn from. I have family living in Puerto Rico who have endured for decades and whose lives and stories have been infused by “La Brega”. This brings more recognition to the

A tribute to a people an island. Deeply meaningful to anyone thinking about identity and place; beautifully produced; thoughtfully written. Un orgullo escuchar esta obra

What a great podcast show. Finally, a show that marries the Puerto Rican and diaspora experiences together to demonstrate a rich tapestry of a people who live in two worlds.

Listened to the first episode of La Brega S2 Ep3 Suavemente about the war between Merengue and Salsa. It was awesome, I am hooked! I am a Puertorrican married to a Dominican who lived in both places during that time. This episode brought so many memories of going to dances, listening to both Merengue and Salsa, and listening to the arguments from folks putting each one down. Yet the future I see is that we are the same. We all have White, Taíno, and African blood. We have the same heritage. This I see in my children who are dominirrican.

I typically don’t listen to fiction podcasts. If people enjoy them, great. Just not for me. This week’s episode was a fiction episode so I skipped. An anthology podcast of fiction inspired by latino music might be great. Run this episode on that podcast.

Thank you for creating this beautiful catalog of history that many of us didn’t grow up with! We need a third season!!!!

beautiful storytelling- depth, compassion, humor, possibilities, and with a critical eye to how colonization still lives within us.

I just happened upon this podcast and its been a delight. Growing up in the diaspora as a Nuyorican, I often feel so far removed from the island, its people, and its history. Listening eased some of those feelings of missing something I’ve never known. I’m blown away by the power of story telling in building bridges we don’t even see are missing. ♥️

Saludos Alana!! Espero te encuentres bien!! Acabo de escuchar tu episodio titulado “Preciosa.. el otro himno” y he quedado perpleja!! Wooooowwwww!!! Mejor no pudo quedar!! Te felicito👏🏼👏🏼 Escuchar lo que para muchos significa esa canción y hacer la comparativa y adaptación con BB fue fascinante y demasiado interesante!! Real… muy real!! Aprendí datos/detalles que desconocía… siendo Hernández mi apellido (😉). Dios y la vida te sigan dando la musa, la inteligencia, el tiempo y el espacio para seguir creando contenido como los que haces!! Aquí una nueva fan!! Un abrazo desde PR!!🫶🏻🇵🇷 Coralí Hernández Nieta de ese gran compositor a quien honor acabas de hacer *Cuando visites PR (PFR😅) no dudes en visitar La Sala Museo Rafael Hernández, atendida por mi querido papá Chalí Hernández(hijo menor de Rafael). Esta en la Univ Interamericana, Rio Piedras. Alli un cúmulo de historias y cuentos musicales te recibirán con mucho cariño.

I’m not PR but I love your podcast love learning more about PR. But why does the podcast continually plays one podcast after another? Is there a setting in missing. Thank you for your work.

Soy un super fanático de La Brega. Yo conozco bien la historia de Puerto Rico pero escuchando La Brega he prendido otro lado de la historia de Puerto Rico que yo no conocía. Y creo que esta segunda temporada es muchísimo más mejor que la primera.

I love learning things I didn’t know about my home and it’s so entertaining. Thank you for this beautiful and educational resource. Gracias.

Amazing podcast!

Found this podcast by chance or by luck let say it was meant to be .. I have shared it with all my family & friends.. some of the history me da un coraje pero how can we change it, if we don’t learn it and share it and teach it. Keep up the great work !!

I just listened to the Simón episode and I am so moved. I am Peruvian, grew up in Chicago in the 90´s around a lot of Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Colombians and we all listened to « El Gran Varón » The dance group I was part of in college did a choreography and the performance included Simón being carried out at the end, it was so dramatic! I have always been an ally of the lgbtq community so it was great to hear the different points of view about the song. It is true, we loved the song but that refrain always left a weird taste in our mouth. Thank you for introducing Ana Macho to me! I love them and cannot wait to hear their version of « El Gran Varón » Keep up the good work!

Este es mi podcast favorito punto y san se acabó! Muchísimas gracias al equipo que lo manifestó.

More fun than Ted Lasso - the highest compliment of 2022/2023.

A Dominican girl has a special place for Puerto Rico. The storytelling of this podcast is what has me listening twice. I love it please keep it coming because is important to have stories be told.

What a beautiful and well researched podcast. I am looking forward to this new season.

Puerto Rico is a special place and I love learning new things about the Island.

Such good news! Excellent show!

I’m an expat (military) and will live in Puerto Rico for a little over 5 years. I said “exactly” many times throughout this podcast. I also felt like so much was explained, why certain things were the way they were here. I wish there were more episodes 😊😉

The Puerto Rican history many of us had heard about (e.g. operation bootstraps and bringing a plane full of snow to San Juan) but didn’t really know or understand. Thank you for a fantastic anthology. I hope to hear more episodes in the future.

So glad this podcast exists now. Puerto rico is a fascinating place you don’t hear much about on the mainland.

A well-produced podcast that teaches a lot about Puerto Rico. A nice mix of topics — heavy and light, wonky and sporty.

Hope for more episodes.

Many stories about life within a failing system, an universal theme told with great sensitivity, insight, and humor. Thank you!

As I traveled more often to PR I wanted to learn more about the culture and country… and came along this podcast…. I must say it’s one of my fav now… raw, real and an eye opening stories… I love you guys ❤️ can’t wait for new episodes….

Americans need to hold our politicians accountable and demand that they make Puerto Rico a priority. After listening to this podcast I realize how messed up the status of Puerto Rico is. I don’t have a strong opinion about whether is becomes a state or becomes independent, that should be decided by Puerto Ricans. But it’s status as a colony is not ok. The US can’t even take care of it’s own citizens. We have no business being colonists.

Great content, very informative and educational. Guys you are doing a great job!!!!!

Great storytelling and historical context. But silent regarding structural causes of PR’s challenges. In an ideal world there would be another five episodes that take a critical and balanced look at the source of PRs ills.

Mil gracias. I love this podcast. This is what live looks like. ❤️🌈🇵🇷

Thank you for this ❤️

I’ve always been so proud to be Boricua and i loved and learned so much with this podcast! I hope you come back and teach us more! 🇵🇷❤️

Gracias por toda la información de nuestra cultura. Me entraría más, tienen un nuevo Podcast?

Me encantó este episodio. Fiel a la verdad!

¡Gracias por su excelente trabajo! Each episode is so interesting and thought provoking. I’ve really enjoyed listening this season.

I absolutely loved this podcast. I learned so much about PR and now want to visit even more. I hope they make more episodes. A deep dive into the bankruptcy would be a great feature. Muchas gracias !!!!!