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RUND ABDELFATAH, HOST: Hi, it s Rund. And this week, we wanted to bring you something a little different. It s part of a series called La Brega, and it s a co-production of our friends at WNYC Studios and Futuro Studios.
RAMTIN ARABLOUEI, HOST: La brega is a hard word to translate. In Spanish, it means something like the struggle or the hustle. And the seven episodes look at how la brega has defined so many aspects of life in Puerto Rico, which of course is a distinctly American story.