Spotify Original Podcast Prxima Parada' Brings Daily News From the Outskirts of Brazil

Journalists Ana Beatriz Felicio and R mulo Cabrera are shining a light on the news, stories, and challenges unfolding in the outskirts of S o Paulo, Brazil, through their new Spotify Original podcast Pr xima Parada. Launching June 28, the podcast will air Monday to Friday, exclusively on Spotify.

In brief 15-minute episodes, Pr xima Parada presents stories, news, and reports on a wide range of topics, including education, employment, health, safety, housing, culture, and leisure. The daily journalistic series provides coverage on the diverse topics and daily news circulating in the outskirts of the S o Paulo metropolitan area-referred to by locals as the quebradas or peripheries.

The show focuses on the realities of areas far from Brazil's economic centers and works to uplift marginalized voices. Podcasters Ana Beatriz and R mulo, who themselves are from the outskirts of S o Paulo, are driven by their experiences growing up in the area. Their goal is to explore three questions: What are the peripheries? Who are the people who live in these areas? And what happens over there?

The outskirts of Brazil are diverse, plural places, full of good stories, says cohost Ana Beatriz. We want to expand the voice of those who live in these regions, practicing an even more attentive listening to what they have to say and share.

The podcast is produced in partnership with Brazil's Mural Journalism Agency of the Periferias, giving the hosts access to the agency's correspondents network of more than 70 communication professionals who live in the peripheries.

We are very happy with a partnership that believes in and amplifies journalism made by and for the peripheries; a journalism that, in the end, contributes to increasing the size of the S o Paulo metropolis you thought you knew, says Vagner de Alencar, Director of Journalism at the Ag ncia Mural.

From left to right: Ana Beatriz Felicio, Vagner de Alencar, Gabriela Carvalho, and Ro mulo Cabrera. Photo credit: Divulga o/Spotify

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