How Black Feminists Activists Are Resisting Brazil’s Conservative Turn
On this episode James talks with Erica Lorraine Williams, Assistant Professor at Spelman College and author of 'Sex Tourism in Bahia: Ambiguous Entanglements.' They discuss Erica’s book, which explore...
13 Nov 201921min
How to Join the Fight for Democracy in Brazil
December 2019 marks the one-year anniversary of the founding of the US Network for Democracy in Brazil, a grassroots organization dedicated to fighting for Brazil’s democracy from outside its borders....
30 Okt 201918min
Is Brazil's Democracy In Jeopardy?
From the corruption scandal known as ‘Operation Car Wash’ to Bolsonaro’s clashes with the Supreme Court, today Brazil’s judiciary is at the center of the nation’s political and social struggles. On th...
15 Okt 201922min
Literature, Politics, and Citizenship in Brazil
Leila Lehnen is the Chair of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University. Her work uses literature to explore Brazilian society, culture, and history. As she she sees it, literature doesn’t j...
1 Okt 201921min
Trauma and Healing, on a National Scale
On this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Green talks with Vera Paiva, a Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Sao Paulo. Vera is an expert on the ways societies deal with collective t...
18 Sep 201925min
Defending Education in Bolsonaro's Brazil
Some of the strongest opposition to Jair Bolsonaro has come from students and educators in Brazil, so it’s no surprise that Bolsonaro has framed Brazil’s education system as a threat to the country. F...
20 Juni 201922min
A Deep Dive into Brazil's Electoral Politics
On this episode: a deep dive into Brazil’s national and electoral politics. To do that, Jim Green talked with George Avelino, a Professor of Political Science at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São P...
5 Juni 201921min
Studying (and Saving) Brazil’s Rainforests
Leah VanWey is a sociologist and expert on the effects of deforestation in Brazil [https://www.brown.edu/academics/sociology/people/leah-vanwey]. On this episode she and Jim Green explore the history,...
22 Maj 201920min
