Explaining Brazil
Hosted by Gustavo Ribeiro · The Brazilian Report
4.9from 280 ratings
- 415
- Episodes
- 107
- Transcribed
- 280
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 379K
- YouTube views
About Explaining Brazil
News from Brazil, by The Brazilian Report — an independent media outlet uniquely positioned to offer an insider’s view of current affairs in Brazil.
- Publisher
- The Brazilian Report
- Category
- government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Feb 2018
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
107 of 415 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Taking stock of an electoral shock
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Brazil's economy is growing. So why isn't Lula polling better?
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Flávio Bolsonaro upsets the gods
Inside a recent episode
Taking stock of an electoral shock
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We have to keep in mind also, though, that Fernando Haddad, who had been a candidate for president when Lulu was in prison, was really handed a very difficult task because it was a huge amount of debt that the government had accumulated from Bolsonaro's last year in office, which they had to really resolve and deal with. So I think he really dealt a very difficult hand to respond to. And the other thing we just can't get away with, I mean, anywhere in the world, the higher gas prices affect Brazil, the tariffs affect Brazil. These are all macro economic policies that are coming from outside the country and influence the country. […]
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- YouTube views
- 379,144
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 128 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 152 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 85 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 96
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Gustavo Ribeiro host the show. Published by The Brazilian Report.
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