Untangling the Many Meanings Behind 'La Brega' and Its Ubiquity Among Puerto Ricans

<p>As we celebrate the release of season three of Futuro Studios&rsquo; hit-show La Brega, we take you back to where it all first started: Season 1, Episode 1.</p> <p>Host Alana Casanova-Burgess sets out to define the many meanings of&nbsp; &ldquo;la brega&rdquo;&mdash;one of them being the struggle&mdash;and its ubiquity among Boricuas.&nbsp;</p> <p>Alana takes us from potholes, to protests and metaphors, to compile all of the possible meanings that lie within &ldquo;la brega&rdquo;, she looks at how it sometimes asks too much of Puerto Ricans and how, at the same time, the word itself has an innate sense of hope.</p> <p><strong>Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S., centering Latino stories and hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa.</strong></p> <p><strong>Follow the show to get every episode.</strong></p> <p><strong>Want to support our independent journalism? </strong><a href="https://bit.ly/joinfuturoplus"><strong>Join Futuro+</strong></a><strong> for exclusive episodes, sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes chisme on Latino USA and all our podcasts.</strong></p> <p><strong>Follow us on&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@futuromedia"><strong>TikTok</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LatinoUSA"><strong>YouTube</strong></a><strong>. Subscribe to our&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.futuromediagroup.org/subscribe/"><strong>newsletter</strong></a><strong>.</strong>&nbsp;</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>