Entendendo a Notícia

Grupo Bandeirantes

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Politics explained through power.

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Entendendo a Notícia treats current affairs as evidence of deeper political structure. Its episodes move from war, elections, Congress, agriculture, religion, and public debt into arguments about institutions, incentives, and power.

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About Entendendo a Notícia

Entendendo a Notícia is a Brazilian news and politics commentary show from Rádio Bandeirantes, built around explanation rather than headline rotation. Its center of gravity is power. The program takes disputes that might otherwise be treated as isolated events and places them inside larger systems: party procedure, institutional leverage, foreign policy pressure, debt, labor, energy, borders, and war. It is brisk, but not light. A cease-fire between the United States and Iran becomes a test of Trump’s words, Israel’s actions, Iranian military readiness, Pakistan’s mediation, Chinese proposals, and the risk around the Strait of Hormuz. Afghanistan and Pakistan are treated as more than neighboring states in conflict. The show lingers over the Durand Line, Pashtun identity, British imperial borders, the Taliban’s origins in Pakistan, Kashmir, India, and the strategic value of pipeline and energy routes. Domestic politics receives the same structural treatment. Davi Alcolumbre is used as a case study in how the presidency of the Senate can concentrate power beyond the visible theater of party conflict. CPIs, organized crime, the INSS, Master Bank, and congressional procedure are presented as symptoms of a broader political machine. The show is skeptical of campaigns that behave like product launches. It is also skeptical of electoral rules that pretend politics is not already happening in public. Economic episodes move from agriculture and livestock to milk production, pricing pressure, buyers, social security funding, interest payments, and formal labor. Religious and cultural commentary appears too, including a reflection on Easter, Christianity, and counterculture. The style is insistent and analytical. It uses repetition for pressure, not polish. Some excerpts contain obvious ad insertions and transcript corruption, but the underlying format is a sustained political monologue with a sharp institutional memory. This is news commentary for people who want the machinery named.

Made for: Suited to listeners who follow Brazilian politics, international conflict, and institutional behavior closely. It rewards patience with dense argument and little appetite for soft neutrality.

What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its habit of connecting current disputes to procedure, history, economics, and strategic geography. It treats headlines as surface evidence of deeper systems at work.

In their own words

Cláudio Zaidan aprofunda o comentário, localiza o conteúdo e explica a notícia. Neste podcast você fica sabendo tudo o que é notícia no Brasil e no mundo.

Brazilian Congress and Senate powerUnited States and Iran tensionsIsrael, Lebanon, and cease-fire disputesAfghanistan-Pakistan conflictChina, Pakistan, and geopolitical mediationBrazilian elections and campaign theateragriculture, livestock, and milk productionpublic debt, labor, and social security

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  1. 1

    #1095 - A POLÍTICA BANAL E A FÁBRICA DE ALIENAÇÃO

    Cláudio Zaidan analyzes how Davi Alcolumbre, as president of Brazil's Senate and Congress, wields immense personal power through procedural control.

    ·27m·2 clips
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    #1096 - A GUERRA ENTRE AFEGANISTÃO E PAQUISTÃO AOS OLHOS DE PEQUIM E WASHINGTON

    Hidden gem

    Cláudio Zaidan analyzes the underreported war between Afghanistan and Pakistan, tracing its roots to the British-drawn Durand Line that divides the Pashtun people.

    ·28m·2 clips
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    #1096 - A GUERRA ENTRE AFEGANISTÃO E PAQUISTÃO AOS OLHOS DE PEQUIM E WASHINGTON

    Cláudio Zaidan analyzes the ongoing war between Afghanistan and Pakistan, a conflict largely ignored by the media but closely watched by the US and China.

    Apr 10, 2026·28m·2 clips
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    #1095 - A POLÍTICA BANAL E A FÁBRICA DE ALIENAÇÃO

    Cláudio Zaidan analyzes how Davi Alcolumbre, as Senate president, wields immense power by exploiting parliamentary rules and Supreme Court decisions.

    Apr 9, 2026·27m·2 clips
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    #1094 - OS EMPECILHOS ENTRE O CESSAR-FOGO E O FIM DA GUERRA

    This episode analyzes the immediate complications following a ceasefire announcement between the US and Iran, including renewed tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, military readiness, and subsequent attacks involving Israel and Lebanon.

    Apr 8, 2026·28m
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    #1093 - RELAÇÃO COM OS ESTADOS UNIDOS É TEMA OBRIGATÓRIO PARA CANDIDATOS À PRESIDÊNCIA

    This episode discusses how Brazilian presidential candidates must address relations with the United States and critiques the current electoral campaign restrictions and superficial political propaganda.

    Apr 7, 2026·29m
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    #1092 - A PÁSCOA, OS CRISTÃOS E O MUNDO

    O episódio discute a Páscoa, os cristãos e o mundo, explorando temas como contracultura e a perspectiva cristã na sociedade contemporânea.

    Apr 3, 2026·31m
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    #1091 - O PALAVRÓRIO DE TRUMP

    This episode analyzes the global reaction to a speech by Donald Trump during a war, focusing on how expectations about a potential ceasefire announcement caused significant fluctuations in oil prices.

    Apr 2, 2026·28m
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    #1090 - OS GRANDES DESAFIOS DA AGROPECUÁRIA BRASILEIRA

    This episode discusses the unique challenges and adversities in Brazilian agriculture and livestock, focusing on uncontrollable costs, price dependencies, and the specific case of milk producers facing limited buyers despite high demand.

    Apr 1, 2026·26m
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    #1089 - AS ELEIÇÕES PARA O CONGRESSO E AS QUESTÕES CRUCIAIS PARA OS TRABALHADORES

    Mar 31, 2026·26m
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    #1088 - ALÉM DE RIQUEZAS, TRUMP QUER ARRANCAR A DIGNIDADE DA VENEZUELA

    Mar 30, 2026·29m
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    #1087 - O LIVRO DE HADDAD E OS LIMITES ESTREITOS DO REFORMISMO

    Mar 27, 2026·28m
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    #1086 - DESISTÊNCIA DE RATINHO JÚNIOR ANTECIPA ETAPAS NA DISPUTA PELA PRESIDÊNCIA

    Mar 25, 2026·29m
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    #1085 - ARGENTINA AINDA ENFRENTA CONSEQUÊNCIAS DO GOLPE MILITAR QUE SOFREU HÁ 50 ANOS

    Mar 24, 2026·30m
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    #1084 - A CELAC E O ESGARÇAMENTO DA AMÉRICA LATINA

    Mar 20, 2026·25m
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    #1083 - SANÇÕES CONTRA PAÍSES JÁ PROVOCARAM MILHÕES DE MORTES

    Mar 19, 2026·29m
  17. 17

    #1082 - CAUSAS E EFEITOS DE OS JUROS ESTAREM NAS ALTURAS

    Mar 18, 2026·24m
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    #1081 - TRUMP E AS ELEIÇÕES NO BRASIL

    Mar 17, 2026·27m
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    #1080 - PLATÃO, TRUMP, A GUERRA E A HISTÓRIA

    Mar 13, 2026·25m
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    #1079 - WASHINGTON IMPÕE REGIME COLONIAL À VENEZUELA

    Mar 12, 2026·28m
  21. 21

    #1078 - DIVISÃO NO PSOL É IDEOLÓGICA

    Mar 11, 2026·23m
  22. 22

    #1077 - PT FAZ DEBATE DISCRETO SOBRE PAPEL DE HADDAD NO FUTURO DO PARTIDO

    Mar 10, 2026·27m
  23. 23

    #1076 - TRUMP SUGERE NOVA ALIANÇA MILITAR E VOLTA A AMEAÇAR CUBA

    Mar 9, 2026·27m
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    #1075 - O ESTADO BRASILEIRO E O CASO DO BANCO MASTER

    Mar 6, 2026·29m
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    #1074 - SOBRAM IDEIAS RUINS NO DEBATE SOBRE REFORMA ADMINISTRATIVA

    Mar 5, 2026·25m
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    #1073 - O PIB E A DESIGUALDADE

    Mar 4, 2026·27m
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    #1072 - O COLAPSO DO INVESTIMENTO PÚBLICO

    This episode discusses the collapse of public investment, focusing on a crisis at Hospital São Paulo where power outages prevented hemodialysis treatments, endangering patients, especially children, due to infrastructure failures like rodent damage.

    Mar 3, 2026·26m
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    #1071 - AS ESCOLHAS DO IRÃ E O CINISMO DE TRUMP

    This episode analyzes Iran's political choices and Trump's cynicism through the lens of historical ideological indoctrination, referencing Friedrich Engels' observations on how ruling classes shape working-class thought.

    Mar 2, 2026·30m
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    #1070 - TAIWAN ESTÁ NO CENTRO DAS DISPUTAS ENTRE ESTADOS UNIDOS E CHINA

    Este episódio discute os exercícios militares conjuntos dos Estados Unidos, Japão e Filipinas perto de Taiwan e a resposta da China, que os vê como uma perturbação à paz regional.

    Feb 27, 2026·29m
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    #1069 - A INTELIGÊNCIA ARTIFICIAL E A NATUREZA DO ESCORPIÃO

    This episode discusses recent declarations from tech executives and economists about artificial intelligence, addressing concerns over job losses and speculative bubbles while highlighting historical patterns of technological disruption creating new opportunities.

    Feb 26, 2026·27m
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    #1068 - OS AMANHECERES EM CUBA

    This episode discusses the daily struggles of Cubans facing severe electricity shortages, averaging only 4 hours of power per day, due to geographical limitations preventing hydroelectric development.

    Feb 25, 2026·28m
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    #1067 - A LISTA DE BOLSONARO E HESITAÇÕES NO PL E NO CENTRÃO

    Cláudio Zaidan analyzes the fractures inside the Bolsonaro coalition and the Centrão heading into Brazil's 2026 elections.

    Feb 24, 2026·29m·2 clips