Introducing La Brega Season 2, the Puerto Rican Experience in Eight Songs

Death, Sex & Money

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4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Anna talks with La Brega host Alana Casanova-Burgess about the new season of her dual-language podcast that explores the culture, history and spirit of Puerto Rico through its iconic music

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0:00.0	Hey, Alana.
0:04.3	Anna, I want to first say congratulations.
0:07.8	Oh goodness, thank you.
0:10.0	You have a new season of La Brega for us to enjoy.
0:13.8	And I want to talk a little bit about it because it's such a good listen.
0:17.2	You are Alana, Casanova Burgess.
0:18.8	We have been longtime colleagues at W and My C Studios.
0:21.7	Really?
0:22.7	And you are the creator host, spiritual guide for La Brega, which has been, had season
0:29.5	one and came out with a lot of critical acclaim.
0:33.1	Season two is now here and you've brought together all kinds of reporters, writers, musicians
0:40.1	to make this podcast season.
0:43.0	And this season explores that idea of music as a key part of our identity formation and
0:48.4	a key part of the ways that we gather around music and find collective identity together.
0:53.2	And I want to be clear for you, for you and your Puerto Rican-ness, like, how has
0:59.2	music played a role in you understanding that for you?
1:03.3	Yeah, I think growing up in New York, like my mom is Puerto Rican.
1:08.8	And there's that thing, I think this happens probably for a lot of people, but, you know,
1:13.0	you're like walking around in the world and something comes up and then your mom is like,
1:16.7	hey, you know that person?
1:18.1	That person's Puerto Rican.
1:19.1	And you're like, oh, West Virginians also do this a lot.
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