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This is the story of how a country, which acts in many ways as a bizarre mirror to the United States, engineered its own toxic brand of white supremacy, and sparked a centuries-long anti-racist struggle fundamentally different from the American experience. This is the story of fascism, racial oppression, and anti-racist resistance in our cousin to the south: Brazil. Your hosts are Julian Feeld and Caio Almendra.

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Episode researched and written by Caio Almendra. Editing by Ty Wood. Theme song by Thiago França. Cover art by Ruben Gerard. Super Structure selections of the week are Histórias Para Ninar Gente Grande by Maria Bethânia and Histórias Para Ninar Gente Grande by Marquinho Art’Samba & Estação Primeira de Mangueira.

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Comments

Brent

Vamos nessa!

Cormac

Terrific, invigorating episode. Slap me open handed in the face if I missed a detail, but, how about a Spotify Playlist of the great tunes you end with? This week's was an absolute banger.

Lea Daly

Juliaaaaaaaan THANK YOU!!!! These stories are always so heartbreaking but also inspiring!

ChigBungus

On the topic of Brazil; FWIW I’d be super interested in a superstructure episode on the confederados. It’s such a fucking weird story.

Cole Trickle

I just know Gabrus is pissed he didn’t get to talk about capoeira and Only The Strong

Kevin Donnelly

Mario de Andrade's whole outlook of digesting the colonizers, taking everything in and creating something new, really makes me think of Wole Soyinka. Omg I can't wait til you guys do an episode on Nigeria!!!

Laura Walsh

Great episode-not the huge fan of the canada ‘joke’ at the beginning. No we’re not, nor will we ever be, the ‘51st State’.