The best podcasts of 2021

“La Brega”
This podcast did not tell a straightforward story of Puerto Rico’s relationship with America, but rather revelled in its complexity. Created by a team of Puerto Rican journalists, the show chronicled the past half-century of history, often through family stories, in which warmth, intimacy and frustration shone through. Episodes were released in both English and Spanish and did not flinch from extended foreign-language clips. Thanks to outstanding writing, “La Brega” gave an impressive sense of the territory’s regional diversity and collective unease.