Hi, this is Alana Casanova Burgess.

You might know me, or at least my name, from the On the Media credits at the end of the show every week.

Well, for the last few months, I've actually been working with a crew of Puerto Rican reporters and producers on a new series from WNYC Studios and Futuro Studios.

It's called La Brega. And in a lot of ways, it's a response to

conversations you've heard on On the Media about how certain places and certain people get

covered in the mainstream press. We wanted to do journalism about Puerto Rico, made by Puerto

Ricans, and tell stories that you're not hearing anywhere else.

Anyway, we're putting this episode of La Brega down the on-the-media feed,

but you can listen to the whole seven-part series in either English or Spanish,

or you can listen to each episode in both languages.

We did make each one twice by finding La Brega on your podcast platform of choice.

That's La Brega, L-A-S-B-R-E-G-A.

Or you can go to labregapodcast.org.

And thanks. Furturo 13 days after Maria, a group of people affected by the hurricane met at the Calvary Chapel.

That's a church in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

There's a lot of love in this room.

A lot of love in this room.

President Trump was there, visiting the island to assess the hurricane damage.

He stopped at the church, and it was in that visit that he did something a lot of Puerto Ricans will never forget.

He started throwing rolls of paper towels towards the hurricane victims.

Great people.

It was, let's say, a controversial act.

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