The Unapologetic Music of Puerto Rico

In The Thick

Futuro Media

News, Politics

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re talking about the second season of “La Brega,” a co-production from WNYC Studios and Futuro Studios. Julio is joined by Alana Casanova-Burgess, co-creator, host and producer of “La Brega,” and Jeanne Montalvo, grammy-nominated audio engineer and radio producer with Futuro Studios, to talk about the series, which takes us through the Puerto Rican experience in eight songs. They discuss how Puerto Rican artists, like Bad Bunny, have raised awareness for political and social issues on the island, and also get into the cultural and musical exchange between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

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0:00.0	And before we get to today's show, we just want to share the latest on the police killing
0:18.9	of Tyree Nichols.
0:21.2	So on Friday's show, we mentioned that the five former police officers who brutally beep
0:27.2	Tyree are facing charges of murder for his death.
0:32.9	And as you know, on Friday evening, the disturbing and violent footage of the incident was
0:41.2	released by Memphis police.
0:44.3	And that led to nationwide protests and renewed calls for abolishing and defunding the police.
0:51.5	Along with the five officers who were fired, we learned on Monday that two more police officers
0:56.6	were put on leave.
0:58.8	One of them, Preston Hempel, was there during the initial traffic stop.
1:04.3	In addition, a number of other officials and personnel were fired or put on leave in
1:10.5	relation to the incident.
1:12.9	I was actually in Boston on Saturday where there were demonstrations and protests in Boston
1:20.7	Common, which is the site of the new Martin Luther King, Curtis Scott King, and Bray Statue.
1:27.2	And I took a picture that was left there of Tyree by the quote about love in Boston Common.
1:37.5	But just being in that moment, after the demonstration, there was a lot of people just looking
1:43.3	at the photo, asking about him, thinking about him.
1:48.9	So it's obvious that what happened to Tyree Nichols and what we've seen is having great
1:54.6	effect on people and the world.
1:58.2	So of course, we'll be following this and all the issues this case raises from ongoing
2:04.7	police brutality that targets black and brown people in this country, racial injustice,
2:12.0	militarization of law enforcement, how black and brown law enforcement officials tend
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