PERREO 101 PODCAST RETURNS FOR SEASON 3, FEATURING THE PROFESSORS WHO FOUNDED REGGAETÓN AS AN ACADEMIC FIELD
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Season 3 centers the scholars who transformed reggaetón from a marginalized genre into a subject of serious academic inquiry
New York, NY —Perreo 101, the critically engaged podcast dedicated to the historical, political, and cultural analysis of reggaetón, returns for its third season with an unprecedented focus: the professors who formally established reggaetón as a field of academic study.
Hosted by Executive Producer and leading reggaetón historian La Gata, Perreo 101 Season 3 convenes the scholars whose work legitimized reggaetón within universities, classrooms, and research institutions long before the genre was embraced by mainstream cultural gatekeepers.
This season features in-depth conversations with:
Dr. Marisol LeBrón, author of Policing Life and Death and leading scholar on state violence, surveillance, and reggaetón’s relationship to criminalization in Puerto Rico
Dr. Megan Curet, contributor to the Tego Calderón Syllabus and podcast, whose work examines Blackness, resistance, and Afro–Puerto Rican identity through reggaetón and hip-hop
Petra Rivera-Rideau and Vanessa Díaz, co-creators of the groundbreaking Bad Bunny Syllabus, a crowdsourced academic project that bridged popular culture, Latinx studies, and academic pedagogy
Wayne Marshall, Professor at Berklee College of Music, whose early scholarship and pedagogy helped frame reggaetón within global musicology and Caribbean studies
Together, these scholars represent the intellectual architecture of reggaetón studies — a discipline born out of resistance, censorship, racialization, and the persistent refusal of institutions to take the genre seriously.
“Before reggaetón was profitable, before it was safe for brands, and before it was welcomed into museums or award shows, these professors were already doing the work,” said La Gata. “Season 3 is about credit, lineage, and intellectual labor — about who made it possible for reggaetón to be studied instead of dismissed.”
Season 3 interrogates how reggaetón has been policed, racialized, and misunderstood, while also examining how academic spaces became unlikely sites of preservation, analysis, and cultural defense. Episodes explore themes including censorship, Afro-Caribbean identity, colonial power, moral panic, and the role of universities in shaping cultural memory.
Unlike trend-driven music podcasts, Perreo 101 approaches reggaetón as history, archive, and living theory. Season 3 positions the genre not as a commercial phenomenon, but as a field of study shaped by scholars who challenged respectability politics and institutional exclusion.
Perreo 101 Season 3 premieres [INSERT DATE] and will be available on all major streaming platforms.
Media Contact:Keyla Ecclestonkeyla@elumina.media
About Perreo 101Perreo 101 is a research-driven multimedia project examining reggaetón through history, musicology, politics, race, gender, and diaspora. Hosted by La Gata, the podcast centers archival rigor, academic insight, and cultural accountability in conversations about Reggaeton and power.
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