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 Global Reporting Fellow with the GroundTruth Project and a Global Migration Project Reporting fellow at Columbia Journalism School. Recipient of the 2019 Harper’s Magazine Scholarship, and of several awards, Letícia is also the author of the book Vaza Jato: Os bastidores das reportagens que sacudiram o Brasil. She contributes to several major journals and magazines, including The New Yorker and Revista Piauí.

imPACT: Diálogos is an original production that is part of the ERC-funded PACT: Populism and Conspiracy Theory project at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

It is written, produced, and hosted by PACT postdoctoral researcher, Katerina Hatzikidi.

Sound design and mixing: Ignacio Albornoz Fariña

Cover image: Yul Koh

Special thanks to: Steffi da Silva, Julius Haferkorn, Gabriele Höffner, Michael Butter

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