On this week's on the media, we bring you dispatches from Puerto Rico, a story about finding

the American dream far from the mainland United States, and what it means to be in La Braga.

When I hear or use La Brega, I'm referring to the struggle.

The occasion is the inauguration of a non-stop plane service from New York to Puerto Rico.

Perkins were being rejected in the United States, even though there were citizens, right?

And of course the cultural and linguistic differences.

More than angry, it makes me sad, you know, that we're in this time, but this is not only Levittam.

This is Puerto Rico in a nutshell.

A place of the Porvenir, a land of the future, country of the future.

Porvenir is a beautiful world.

But that's the Brega in Puerto Rico.

That's the Brega.

That's La Brega. That's La Brega in Puerto Rico.

It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media.

I'm Bob Garfield.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And this week, we're doing something a little different.

If you've listened to this show for

a while, chances are you've heard some stories by OTM producer Alana Casanova Burgess from and about

Puerto Rico. Well, the team from Futura Studios, who also produces Latino USA, came to us with the

idea to have Alana host a show about the island,

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