From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Bob Garfield. This week, a House committee is voting on whether to admit Puerto Rico as a state, but Puerto Ricans have been here before.

This is Puerto Rico. Progress Island, USA.

Kind of reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George Costanza tells the parents of his deceased

fiance that he has a house in the Hamptons and they know it's not true.

This plebiscite is at best only a temporary solution.

The United States is not legally bound by its results, and neither is Puerto Rico.

The only place where we can call ourselves sovereign is in sports.

In sports, we get to be someone.

Right here, baby.

Right here, Carlos.

Carlitos.

Fight for the rebound.

Here comes a royal.

Carlito!

We've been in a car with the United States headed to the Hamptons when we all know there's no house in the Hamptons. It's all coming up after this.

Hi, I'm Alana Casanova Burgess, and I've got a quick note before we get to this week's On the Media.

I'm the host of a podcast called La Brega, Stories of the Puerto Rican Experience.

You've been hearing some of the episodes of La Brega on the On the Media feed.

And that's because really, on the media made the show possible.

It's really an experiment in creating the kind of coverage, producing the kind of storytelling that puts the audience first,

that tries to do justice to a place that a lot of the mainstream media gets wrong or just doesn't get at all. And by the way, we made this

series in both English and Spanish. So we wouldn't leave anybody out. There's really nothing else like it.

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