Best Orvile Podcasts (2026)

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Episode 7: Digital Populism and Bolsonarism on Social Media (with Letícia Cesarino) 29:37

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In the final episode of imPACT: Diálogos, anthropologist Letícia Cesarino discusses her digital ethnographic work with Bolsonaro supporters in light of political and anthropological theory, specifically focusing on populism and conspiracy theories. She elucidates the complex dynamics of the 2018 electoral campaign through, among other things, the c…

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Episode 6: MST Evangelicals (with David Simbsler) 36:21

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In the sixth episode of imPACT: Diálogos, anthropologist David Simbsler draws on his fieldwork with landless movement (MST) evangelical Christians in the run up to the 2018 presidential elections to challenge easy or straightforward associations between religious and political affiliations, showing instead the complex and multi-faceted nature of so…

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Episode 5: Culture Wars and Hate Rhetoric: Orvil (with João Cezar de Castro Rocha) 26:37

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In the fifth episode of imPACT: Diálogos, historian João Cezar de Castro Rocha speaks about Orvil, a book written by members of the Armed Forces as an answer to Brasil: Nunca Mais, the watershed book project that documents episodes of torture and violence during the military dictatorship. He reflects on the influence of Orvil on the current adminis…

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Episode 4: The History of Anti-Communism in Brazil (with Rodrigo Patto Sá Motta) 36:41

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In the fourth episode of imPACT: Diálogos, historian Rodrigo Patto Sá Motta speaks about the history of anti-communism in Brazil, the conspiracy theories that often form part of it, and militarism in Jair Bolsonaro’s administration. He points to continuities as well as disruptions between the different anti-communist waves in the country’s history …

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Episode 3: Olavo de Carvalho: Bolsonarism’s Guru (with Letícia Duarte) 35:40

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In the third episode of imPACT: Diálogos, journalist Letícia Duarte speaks about bolsonarism’s infamous ‘guru’, the writer and self-proclaimed philosopher, Olavo de Carvalho. Letícia delves into the world of conspiracy theories and culture war waged by Olavo, whom she describes as the architect of Bolsonaro’s far-right vision. Letícia Duarte is a G…

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Episode 2: The Brazilian New Right (with Camila Rocha) 30:36

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In the second episode of imPACT: Diálogos, political scientist Camila Rocha speaks about the formation of the Brazilian new right in the early 2000s and the directions it is currently taking. She also discusses the concepts of ‘counter publicity’ and ‘leftist cultural hegemony’ and shares insights from her fieldwork with Bolsonaro voters. Camila Ro…

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Episode 1: The Past of the Present (with Lilia Moritz Schwarcz) 24:18

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In the first episode of imPACT: Diálogos, anthropologist and historian Lilia Moritz Schwarcz sheds light on Brazil’s authoritarian past and offers insights into how this past may be reflected on its present. She draws an unexpected parallel between the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the handling of the influenza in the early 20t…