Brazil Unfiltered
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
BRICS and the balance of global power with Eduardo Gomes
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eduardo Gomes is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Fluminense Federal University, in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He hold a Ph. D. i...
The implications of Bolsonaro's trial with Rubens Glezer
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rubens Glezer is a professor of Constitutional Law at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation Law School in São Paulo. He holds a PhD in Legal Theory from USP...
Brazilian women and activism in the US with Heloisa Galvão
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Heloisa Galvão is a co-founder of the Brazilian Women’s Group and its Executive-Director. She is the recipient of several awards, including the Dec...
Migration scenarios in Brazil and the US with João Carlos Jarochinski
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
João Carlos Jarochinski Silva is Professor at Universidade Federal de Roraima (UFRR) in a joint appointment at the Faculty of International Relations...
The impact of big tech on Brazilian politics with Marianna Poyares
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marianna Poyares is a Fritz Fellow at Georgetown’s Center on Privacy and Technology. She is a critical theorist working on the ethics of new technol...
The legacies of Brazil's military dictatorship with Vera Paiva
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Vera Paiva is a Full Professor in the Department of Social Psychology at the Institute of Psychology at the University of São Paulo, where she has ta...
The impact of local elections on Brazilian politics with Camila Rocha
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Camila Rocha is the Scientific Director of CCI/Cebrap. A PhD in Political Science from the University of São Paulo, she won the USP Thesis Award and ...
O retorno de Trump e o futuro das relações Brasil-EUA
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
CartaCapital e o WashingtonBrazilOffice (WBO) transmitem uma edição especial do podcast Brazil Unfiltered para debater o resultado das eleiçõ...
Violence in modern Brazil with Erika Robb Larkins
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Erika Robb Larkins is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Behner Stiefel Chair of Brazilian Studies and the Director of the Behner Stiefel C...
Brazilian black women and the municipal elections with Tainah Pereira
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tainah Santos Pereira is a PhD student of International Political Economy at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Tainha has a MA in Polit...
The importance of the Cerrado region with Isabel Figueiredo
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Isabel Figueiredo is an ecologist and coordinator of the Cerrado and Caatinga Program at the Institute of Society, Population and Nature (ISPN). With ...
The impact of US elections on Brazil with André Pagliarini
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andre Pagliarini is an assistant professor of history and international studies at Louisiana State University, a faculty fellow at the Washington Braz...
Women's struggles in Brazil with Debora Diniz
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Debora Diniz is a Brazilian university professor, human rights activist, documentarist, and public intellectual. Diniz served as a professor at Univer...
The state of US-Brazil relations with Rep. Kamlager-Dove
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A member of the Democratic Party, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove represents California’s vibrant, diverse 37th Congressional District in Los Ang...
Brazil and the Green Economy with Juliana de Moraes Pinheiro
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Juliana de Moraes Pinheiro is the co-founder of WBO and was the organization's first executive director. With a Master's degree in Public Policy from ...
Activism under Brazil's military regime with Marcos Arruda
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marcos Arruda is an economist, professor and author. He is an associate and co-founder of the PACS Institute – Alternative Policies for the Southern...
The Military Dictatorship's Files with Peter Kornbluh
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Kornbluh is a Senior Analyst who was has worked at the National Security Archive since April 1986. He currently directs the Archive's Cuba and C...
Violence and organized crime in Brazil with Rafael Alcadipan
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rafael Alcadipani is full professor of management at the Sao Paulo Management School from the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Brazil. He got his PhD in m...
The WBO in action in 2023: André Pagliarini interviews James N Green
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the last program of 2023, James Naylor Green switches roles and becomes the interviewee. The Brazil Unfiltered host, who is a professor of Brazilia...
The Threats to Artistic Freedom and Freedom of Speech with Raísa Cetra
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Raísa Cetra is co-executive director at Article 19 Brazil and South America and PhD student in Global Health at USP. She has a bachelor's degree in I...
The impact of social movements and participation with Athayde Motta
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Athayde Motta holds a master’s degree in Anthropology and a master's degree in Public Affairs (both from the University of Texas at Austin). He has ...
How Brazil cooperated with the Pinochet regime in Chile with Mila Burns
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mila Burns is an Associate Professor at the Department of Latin American & Latino Studies at Lehman College, CUNY. She is the Associate Director a...
The Defense of Democracy in Brazil with Natalia de Campos
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Natalia de Campos is a performance and theater artists, producer, writer, educator, translator and activist born in São Paulo, Brazil. She has lives ...
The Challenges for Transparency in Brazil with Luis Adams
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Luis Adams is a partner of the Litigation, Arbitration and Compliance practices of Tauil & Chequer Advogados. In the Brasília Office, he is respo...
The Lula Administration's Greatest Challenges with Fábio Sá e Silva
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fabio Sá e Silva is an associate professor of International Studies and the Wick Cary professor of Brazilian Studies at the University of Oklahoma. H...
Labor Precarity in the Digital Age with Rafael Grohmann
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rafael Grohmann is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies with focus on Critical Platform Studies at the University of Toronto. Leader of DigiLabour ...
The Amazon as the Center of the World with Jonathan Watts
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Watts is a British journalist serving as the global environment editor of The Guardian. Based in the Amazon town of Altamira, Pará state, he...
Brazilian foreign policy under Lula with Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida, P.H.D. in Political Science, is senior researcher at Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (CEBRAP), retire...
Solidarity and resistance in Latin America with Jan Rocha
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Rocha is a British born journalist and writer who was correspondent for the BBC World Service and The Guardian in Brazil from the 1970s to the 90s...
Lula's first 100 days with André Pagliarini
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andre Pagliarini is an assistant professor of history and fellow in the Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest at Hampden-Sydney College ...
How the mining boom has impacted the environment with Maurício Angelo
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maurício Angelo is an award-winning international freelance investigative journalist and the founder of The Mining Observatory, a Brazilian based inv...
The military and Democracy with João Roberto Martins Filho
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
João Roberto Martins Filho is professor emeritus of Political Science at the Federal University of São Carlos with a doctorate in Social Science fro...
Women's Movements on the Rebound with Cecilia MacDowell Santos
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cecília MacDowell Santos is Professor of Sociology at the University of San Francisco and Researcher at the Center for Social Studies, University of ...
The Indigenous Humanitarian Crisis with Fiona Watson
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Fiona Watson. Fiona is Research and Advocacy Director at Survival Internati...
The Lula-Biden Meeting and Brazil-US Relations with Fernanda Magnotta
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Fernanda Magnotta. Fernanda is a specialist in United States foreign policy...
Will Lula Transform Global Power Dynamics? With Celso Amorim
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Celso Amorim. Celso is a professor and professional diplomate. He served as Dilma...
What Lula's Victory Means for Brazil & the World with Guilherme Casarões
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Guilherme Casarões. Guilherme is a Senior Researcher at the Brazilian Center of ...
What We Can Learn from the 1st Round of the Brazilian Elections with Celso Rocha de Barros
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Celso Rocha de Barros. Celso is a Sociologist and Political Scientist. Celso is a...
Will Brazil Vote for Human Rights? with Fernanda Mena
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with journalist Fernanda Mena. Fernanda has worked at the Folha de São Paulo for over...
Election Analysis & Predictions with Brian Mier
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Brian Mier. Brian is a Chicago native who has lived in Brazil for almost 30 years...
The Amazon and Brazil's Democratic Crisis with Rafael Ioris
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Rafael Ioris. Rafael is a professor of Latin American history in the history depa...
Brazilian NGOs Go to Washington with Marcelle Decothé
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Marcelle Decothé. Marcelle is the advocacy director at the Instituto Marielle Fr...
How Brazil Became a Black Country with Márcia Lima
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Márcia Lima. Márcia is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Univer...
Democracy on the Ballot with Leonardo Avritzer
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Leonardo Avritzer. Leonardo is a Full Professor in the Department of Political Sc...
The Early Days of the LGBTQIA+ Movement with Edward MacRae
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Edward MacRae. Edward is Professor Emeritus at the Federal University of Bahia in...
Is Brazil a Democracy with Lilia Schwarcz
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Lilia Schwarcz. Lilia is a professor of Anthropology at Princeton University and ...
Left of Lula with Valério Arcary
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks Valério Arcary. Valério is a Professor at the Federal Institute of Education, Scienc...
Is Democracy at Risk in Brazil with George Avelino
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Associate professor of political science at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São...
Confronting Whiteness in Brazil and the U.S. with Vânia Penha-Lopes
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Vânia Penha-Lopes, Professor of Sociology at Bloomfield College, in New Jersey. ...
Understanding Bolsonarismo with Andre Pagliarini
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Andre Pagliarini professor of History at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and t...
The State of the Brazilian Labor Movement with Jana Silverman
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Jana Silverman about the current state of the Brazilian labor movement. Jana hold...
Why Lula's Victory Is Not Guaranteed with Mauricio Moura
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Mauricio Moura, the founder and chief executive officer of IDEIA Big Data and a v...
Who Finances the Destruction of the Amazon with Ana Paula Vargas
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Ana Paula Vargas, the Brazil Program Director at Amazon Watch. Ana Paula is a mem...
Celebrating Blackness in Brazil with Gladys Mitchell-Walthour
13 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Gladys Mitchell-Walthour about the life and legacy of Marielle Franco an...
Making Sense of Brazil Through Comedy with Gregório Duvivier
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Gregório Duvivier, Gregório is an actor, comedian, and writer. He is the host o...
Technology, Misinformation, & the Brazilian Elections with David Nemer
13 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with David Nemer, Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia, a Faculty Associa...
Happy New Year and Thank You for Your Support!
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special message, Professor James N. Green expresses his gratitude to all of the people who have watched or listened to Brazil Unfiltered this ...
Structural Discrimination and Law in Brazil: Racism and LGBT-Phobia under Bolsonaro with Thiago Amparo
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Thiago Amparo. Thiago is a lawyer, scholar, human rights activist, and professo...
The Whatsapp President: How Bolsonaro Used Misinformation to Get Elected with Patrícia Campos Mello
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James N. Green speaks with Patrícia Campos Mello. Patricia is a renowned journalist currently working at the Fo...
Lula's Interpreter and the Fight to Expose a Brazilian Death Camp with Sérgio Ferreira
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James Naylor Green speaks with Sérgio Ferreira, Lula's longtime interpreter. In the interview, Sérgio reflec...
Lula and the American Labor Lawyer: A Friendship without Borders with Stanley Gacek
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James N. Green spoke with Stanley Gacek, the Senior Advisor for Global Strategies at the United Food and Commerc...
How Brazil Changed My Life - My Story
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James N. Green tells the story of how Brazil changed his life, from his arrival in the country in 1976, ...
The History and Legacy of Zumbi dos Palmares
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Brazil, November 20th is widely celebrated as a day of Black Consciousness. It is also the anniversary of the assassination of Zumbi dos Palmares. ...
Alcântara: A Fight over Land and Space with Sean T. Mitchell
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James N. Green sits down with Sean T. Mitchell, Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, to discuss the ...
Brazil in the World: From a Global Player to an Isolated Nation with Oliver Stuenkel
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James N. Green sits down with Oliver Stuenkel, Professor of International Relations at Fundação Getulio Vargas...
Congressional Investigation Finds Bolsonaro Guilty - What's Next?
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James N. Green focuses on the recent Congressional Investigation into Bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic and t...
Who Exactly Is Jair Bolsonaro?
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jair Bolsonaro is one of the worst leaders on earth today. Since his forced departure from the military in the late 1980s, to his entry into electoral...
Who Exactly Is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva?
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James N. Green explores the political trajectory of former Brazilian president and current leading presidential ...
How is the Brazilian Election Taking Shape?
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Brazil Unfiltered, James N. Green describes the political situation in Brazil one year prior to the presidential election. Several ...
Loss, Legacy, and Democracy in Brazil (Part Two with Ivo Herzog)
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Brazil Unfiltered James continues his conversation with Ivo Herzog, the son of slain journalist and symbol of Brazilian democracy, ...
Fighting for Democracy and Making Meaning From Tragedy (Part One with Ivo Herzog)
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Brazil, the name Vladamir Herzog is iconic. Herzog was a journalist who, in 1975, was tortured and killed by members of the military. Officials sta...
Rethinking How We Study Brazil
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, Jim and Brazil Unfiltered’s new co-host Marina Adams have a fascinating conversation with Geri Augusto, Associate Professor of Inte...
How Black Feminists Activists Are Resisting Brazil’s Conservative Turn
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode James talks with Erica Lorraine Williams, Assistant Professor at Spelman College and author of 'Sex Tourism in Bahia: Ambiguous Entang...
How to Join the Fight for Democracy in Brazil
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
December 2019 marks the one-year anniversary of the founding of the US Network for Democracy in Brazil, a grassroots organization dedicated to fightin...
Is Brazil's Democracy In Jeopardy?
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From the corruption scandal known as ‘Operation Car Wash’ to Bolsonaro’s clashes with the Supreme Court, today Brazil’s judiciary is at the ce...
Literature, Politics, and Citizenship in Brazil
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Leila Lehnen is the Chair of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University. Her work uses literature to explore Brazilian society, culture, and...
Trauma and Healing, on a National Scale
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 e...
Defending Education in Bolsonaro's Brazil
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Bra...
A Deep Dive into Brazil's Electoral Politics
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Politic...
Studying (and Saving) Brazil’s Rainforests
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Leah VanWey is a sociologist and expert on the effects of deforestation in Brazil [https://www.brown.edu/academics/sociology/people/leah-vanwey]. On t...
Being a Scholar-Activist in the Age of Bolsonaro
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Debora Diniz is an anthropologist, activist, and former University of Brasilia law professor. Her life was utterly transformed last year, when she hel...
The Politics Behind Brazil’s Far-Right Moral Panic
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Brazil Unfiltered James Green talks with Ben Cowan, Associate Professor of History at UC San Diego and a leading expert on the hist...
Supporting Brazilian Democracy, from Oklahoma to NYC
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On December 1, 2018, a group of activists and scholars met in New York to talk about the political crisis in Brazil. What came out of that meeting was...
A Look Inside Rio's Favelas
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's impossible to understand contemporary Brazil without understanding life in the country's poorest and most marginalized communities. Watson Postdo...
The Life, Work, and Legacy of Marielle Franco
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
March 14 marked the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Marielle Franco, a politician and activist in Rio de Janeiro. Her assassination shook...