ElaPod #02E07 - Manuela d'Ávila, Aurea Carolina e Monica Benicio: Elas disputam o Senado

In this special episode of the second season, recorded live at the MEL Festival, Manuela D'Ávila switches sides and goes from being the interviewer to the interviewee. Recorded live alongside Áurea Carolina (Minas Gerais) and Mônica Benício (Rio de Janeiro), she represents the trench of progressive women who are running for Senate under the PSOL banner in the 2026 elections. The conversation, led by Fran Rodrigues and guest journalist Carol Pires, analyzes the strategic importance of the Legislative House for the future of Brazilian democracy and the weight of collective candidacies and the care needed in resisting the far-right. The pre-candidates also discuss the challenges of public security from a female perspective, the influence of digital communication, overcoming political violence, and the need to place women's lives at the center of the electoral debate. As Áurea Carolina summarized: "We are not simply competing for seats. We are competing for perspectives on the future and transition of Brazilian democracy." On ElaPod, pioneering and innovative women who have occupied and continue to occupy positions of power sit down to talk not only about why they want to change politics, but about how politics has changed each of them.