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Discover unique conversations on topics that inspire, educate, and entertain. Each episode offers a new perspective, stories, and fascinating interviews. Dive into our podcast.
Discover unique conversations on topics that inspire, educate, and entertain. Each episode offers a new perspective, stories, and fascinating interviews. Dive into our podcast.
Dado Amaral is a Brazilian poet and filmmaker. In 2019, he was, along with Viviana Méndez and some others, behind the creation of the Panamérica Transatlántica bloco. He talks about his relationship with Rio's Carnival, the city he comes from.
Fernando Santoro is a philosophy professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, specializing in ancient philosophy. He co-edited the Portuguese version of the European Vocabulary of Philosophies, published in 2018: Dictionary of the Untranslatable, by Barbara Cassin. I met him in Rio, shortly before Carnival, when we were working on the construction of the Panamérica Transatlántica bloco at Tropigalpão, an art center in the Glória neighborhood.
Two days before the official opening of Rio's Carnival, on February 15, 2023, the Panamérica Transatlántica bloco rehearses on the ground floor of the Tropigalpão art center in Glória. When the rain stops, they go out to Benjamin Constant Street and continue playing.
Community leader Kriss does social work with patients from the CPRJ (Psychiatric Center of Rio de Janeiro), whom she welcomes and supports. Intelligent, good-humored, quick-witted, Kriss is a reference in Gamboa and its surroundings. In the conversation we recorded via Zoom, the audio quality isn't perfect, but the incredible stories Kriss shares, her entrepreneurial journey, and her wit ensure the excellence of the content.
Alexandre Ribeiro Wanderley didn’t come into the world to play around. Nearly 30 years have been dedicated to the anti-asylum movement and psychiatric reform, in addition to private practice. That fight, sometimes thankless, has led to important victories, such as the recent downfall of the "Revogaço," a failed federal government assault on mental health.
Manu da Cuíca has a strong voice, pleasant to listen to. He has much to say and he says it. Our conversation was frank and featured a special appearance by Havana, his daughter. And a little dog that wanted to make its voice heard. We talked little about football, but a lot about Carnival, samba, and politics.
Our program Abre-alas tells the genesis of Panamérica Transatlántica, the mother ship that, with this podcast, begins to procreate. Welcome, and may Momo, Bacchus, and Venus guide us as in the Bacanal de Bandeira, even if we are confined at home, away from the revelry.