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Flow Podcast is a Brazilian podcast created by Bruno Monteiro Aiub (Monark), Igor Rodrigues Coelho (Igor 3K), and Gianluca Santana Eugenio (Gianzão) in 2018. The podcast is directed and produced by Gianluca Eugenio (Gianzão). It is known for its variety of guests, which include politicians, digital influencers, among many others.[1] It is one of the most watched podcasts in Brazil, with more than 5 million subscribers on YouTube.[1]

On 8 February 2022, the podcast's producer, Estúdios Flow, fired Aiub after he made statements in support of a Nazi political party in Brazil that was considered to be anti-Semitic.[2][3]

History#edit

Before creating the podcast, Bruno Monteiro Aiub (Monark), a Brazilian of Syrian and Lebanese descent, and Igor Coelho (Igor 3K) had their respective video game channels on YouTube.[4][5] However, according to Monark, "gameplay never generated much money".[6] In 2014, Igor started a video game channel where he played Grand Theft Auto, but he "[ended up] going crazy."[7] Monark and Igor were "pissed off at life", with both agreeing that Flow Podcast was "the result of hate and depression".[8] For the name, Monark initially suggested "Cult Flow", but Igor said that only Flow would be better.[9]

At first, Monark and Igor paid for all the costs of the Flow Podcast, but around February and March 2020, the show started to pay for itself. After that, both started to live off Flow Podcast alone, earning money from sponsorships, AdSense, and Twitch.[10] For a moment, they planned to make special episodes in North America.[11] When asked if they were thinking of adapting Flow for radio or television, Igor replied that "we need freedom, If we don't have freedom, it's another show."[12]

Description#edit

According to Monark, Flow was inspired by The Joe Rogan Experience by podcaster Joe Rogan.[13] Also according to him, there is no agenda or conversation prior to recording the podcast.[14] UOL and Exame have said that Flow is noted for its informal style, resembling a "bar conversation".[15][16] The podcast has its official clips channel, which contains specific clips from the episodes.[10]

Criticism#edit

Xbox Mil Grau and statement on racism#edit

15 June 2020[17]

Between late May and early June 2020, members of the Xbox Mil Grau YouTube channel began to be accused of racism after tweets and certain speeches given on livestreams.[18][19] Despite this, Flow invited them to the podcast, causing controversy; Monark stated that after the episode, Flow became "enemy number one" for some people.[19] Later, during an appearance on the talk show The Noite com Danilo Gentili, when asked if they would "[think] twice before calling someone to the show", Monark and Igor said no,[20] adding that fear or controversy is not a criterion for whether or not to invite someone to the podcast.[21]

In October 2021, the show lost its sponsorship of the iFood delivery app, after Monark asked on Twitter if "having a racist opinion is a crime".[22] The company released a note in which it expressed that they repudiated "any type of prejudice or act of discrimination".[23] The following month, the podcast and iFood jointly released a note stating that they would maintain occasional partnerships, but not sponsorship.[24]

Defense of the existence of a Nazi party#edit

On February 7, 2022, during the episode that had the participation of federal deputies Kim Kataguiri (UNIÃO-SP) and Tabata Amaral (PSB-SP), host Monark defended the existence of a legalized Nazi party in Brazil.[25][26]

The radical left has much more [political] space than the radical right, in my opinion. The two need to have [the same] space. I'm crazier than all of you. I think the Nazis should have the Nazi party, recognized by law.

— Bruno Aiub ("Monark", [27])

In addition to advocating the creation of the Nazi party, he maintained that people should have the right to be "anti-Jewish".[28] Tabata countered the opinion, saying that freedom of speech should not put the lives of others at risk, and that ideologies such as Nazism put entire groups at risk.[3] Kim, in turn, stated that a Nazi party should not be banned. According to Kim, despite considering Nazism a "nefarious ideology", preventing public debate on extremist ideologies does not prevent the growth of extremist groups.[3]

Repercussions#edit

The communicator's statements generated a reaction from Israeli entities, including the Holocaust Museum in Curitiba, the Brazilian Israelite Confederation (CONIB) and the Israeli Federation of São Paulo (FISESP). The Holocaust Museum mentioned a past comment by Monark, and invited him to visit the museum to realize "that Nazism went far beyond people exercising, in their words, the 'right to be idiots.' CONIB condemned the idea of a Nazi party in Brazil and the right to be anti-Jewish. FISESP repudiated the ideas presented by the communicator, stating that Monark demonstrates a lack of commitment to democracy and human rights.[29] The German embassy in Brazil said that defending Nazism is not freedom of speech.[30]

Several interviewees requested that episodes in which they were interviewed by Monark had to be removed, such as Gabriela Prioli, Benjamin Back, MV Bill, Lucas Silveira, João Gordo and Ednaldo Pereira.[31][32][33][34] Parties, politicians and STF justices repudiated the communicator's statements.[35] Companies that sponsored the channel or had already sponsored it issued notes of repudiation of the statements and ended contracts with the Flow channel.[36][37][38] The Football Federation of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FFERJ) terminated the contract it had with Flow Sports Club (the group's sub-channel on sports matters) to broadcast the 2022 Carioca Championship.[39] The day after the live, Monark came to speak saying that he was under the influence of alcohol and that the speech had been distorted.[40]

On the same day, Estúdios Flow communicated through their social networks that Monark was no longer part of the group.[3] Subsequently, Monark said that "I may have been wrong in the way I expressed myself, but what they are doing to me is an inhuman lynching". To which the Holocaust Museum replied: "Inhuman lynching is what they did to Moïse Kabagambe (...) You were wrong, so we reiterate our invitation! With an open heart! Come visit us, without fanfare!".[41] On 11 February 2022, bicycle company Monark, from whom the YouTuber took his nickname, denied any relationship with the YouTuber.[42]

Performance#edit

Flow Podcast was frequently among the most watched podcasts in Brazil. The show debuted on Apple Podcasts' Top Podcasts chart on 17 February 2019, reaching the top of the chart on multiple occasions and on consecutive days — the first of which was on 13 August 2020.[43] Sergio Moro participated in an interview on Flow as part of his political strategy for the 2022 elections.[44] The live reached 82K simultaneous viewers, losing to Lula's audience on the Podpah podcast (292K)[45] and Casimiro on Twitch (545,6K).[46] Jair Bolsonaro's interview on 8 August 2022 reached a peak of more than 16.000.000 viewers, surpassing Lula's on Podpah.[47]

Members#edit

Current
  • Igor Coelho (Igor 3K) (2018–present)
Former members
  • Bruno Aiub (Monark) (2018–2022)

Television#edit

YearProgramNoteRef.
2020The Noite com Danilo GentiliGuest[48]

Notes#edit

  1. ^ a b "Por dentro do Flow, o podcast mais "assistido" do país" [Inside Flow, the most "watched" podcast in the country]. GQ (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Bruno Aiub: Podcaster fired over call for Brazilian Nazi party". BBC. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "Flow Podcast desliga Monark após fala sobre nazismo e apaga vídeo do canal" [Flow Podcast fires Monark after comments about Nazism and deletes video from the channel]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023.
  4. ^ The Noite 2020, 5:37—5:47
  5. ^ "♔ Monark on Twitter". Twitter. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  6. ^ The Noite 2020, 6:15—6:18
  7. ^ The Noite 2020, 7:28—7:37
  8. ^ The Noite 2020, 7:47—7:58
  9. ^ The Noite 2020, 8:37—8:43
  10. ^ a b The Noite 2020, 18:24—19:07
  11. ^ The Noite 2020, 21:16—21:36
  12. ^ The Noite 2020, 19:09—19:18
  13. ^ The Noite 2020, 9:19—9:23
  14. ^ The Noite 2020, 8:51—9:11
  15. ^ Cavallini, Ricardo (16 December 2020). "Podcasts encontram o sucesso ao assumir sua vocação de ser conversa de bar" [Podcasts find success by embracing their vocation as bar conversations]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 12 July 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  16. ^ Lavado, Thiago (19 April 2021). "Flow Podcast: a "conversa de bar" de Igor e Monark que conquistou o Brasil" [Flow Podcast: Igor and Monark's "bar conversation" that conquered Brazil]. Exame (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 12 July 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  17. ^ ♔ Monark [@monark] (15 June 2020). "Como eu ja havia dito antes, eu conversaria ate com o Hitler em pessoa no Flow Podcast. Não existe assunto taboo, não existe pessoa proibida. Eu conversaria com um serial killer, sem problemas, dado as devidas precauções kkkkk" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 30 March 2022 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ "Canal Xbox Mil Grau é obrigado pela Microsoft a mudar de nome após acusações de racismo" [The Xbox Mil Grau channel is forced by Microsoft to change its name after accusations of racism]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 4 June 2020. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  19. ^ a b The Noite 2020, 12:59—13:22
  20. ^ The Noite 2020, 15:31—15:38
  21. ^ The Noite 2020, 15:59—16:03
  22. ^ Propmark reproduced a screenshot of lawyer Augusto de Arruda Botelho responding to Monark on Twitter: "No, Monark, a racist opinion can be a crime of racial slur, for example. I can give you other examples." name="22">"Flow Podcast perde parceria com iFood após posts de Monark" [Flow Podcast loses partnership with iFood after posts by Monark]. propmark (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 October 2021. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.>
  23. ^ Cristina, Ane; Neto, Weslley (30 October 2021). "iFood encerra parceria com 'Flow Podcast' após posts de Monark" [iFood ends partnership with 'Flow Podcast' after posts by Monark]. Splash (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  24. ^ "NOTA | iFood e Flow: não ao racismo, sim ao diálogo" [NOTE | iFood and Flow: no to racism, yes to dialogue]. iFood (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 November 2021. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  25. ^ "Monark, do Flow, se declara a favor da existência de um partido nazista e defende 'direito de ser anti judeu'" [Monark, from Flow, declares himself in favor of the existence of a Nazi party and defends the 'right to be anti-Jewish']. Yahoo! (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  26. ^ "Monark defende existência de partido nazista dentro da lei; Tabata rebate" [Monark defends the existence of a Nazi party within the law; Tabata rebuts]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  27. ^ "Flow Podcast desliga Monark após fala sobre nazismo". G1 (in Portuguese). 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023.
  28. ^ Dornelas, Helena (8 February 2022). "Monark defende em podcast a criação de partido nazista no Brasil" [In a podcast, Monark defends the creation of a Nazi party in Brazil]. Correio Braziliense (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  29. ^ "Entidades israelitas condenam fala de Monark sobre partido nazista" [Israeli organizations condemn Monark's remarks about the Nazi party]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  30. ^ "Caso Monark: Embaixada da Alemanha diz que 'defender nazismo não é liberdade de expressão'" [Monark Case: German Embassy says 'defending Nazism is not freedom of expression']. O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  31. ^ "Prioli quer entrevista dada ao Flow retirada do ar após apologia ao nazismo" [Prioli wants interview given to Flow removed from the air after alleged Nazi apologetics]. Splash (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  32. ^ "Contra Monark e fala sobre nazismo, famosos boicotam o 'Flow'; veja lista" [Famous celebrities boycott 'Flow' against Monark and speak out against Nazism; see the list]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 9 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  33. ^ "Ednaldo Pereira pede que entrevista no podcast Flow seja retirada do ar, após fala de Monark sobre nazismo" [Ednaldo Pereira requests that an interview on the Flow podcast be taken down after Monark's comments about Nazism]. Jornal da Paraiba (in Brazilian Portuguese). 9 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  34. ^ Seagal, Emanuel (8 February 2022). "João Gordo pede que podcast remova entrevista após apresentador defender partido nazista" [João Gordo asks podcast to remove interview after host defends Nazi party]. Whiplash (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  35. ^ "Monark: veja repercussão de políticos e juristas após fala de influencer sobre nazismo" [Monark: See the reaction of politicians and legal experts after influencer's remarks about Nazism]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  36. ^ "Patrocinadores repudiam fala nazista no Flow e encerram vínculo" [Sponsors condemn Nazi speech at Flow and end ties]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  37. ^ Pezzotti, Renato (8 February 2022). "Marcas encerram acordos com Flow após fala de Monark sobre partido nazista" [Brands end agreements with Flow after Monark's comments about the Nazi party]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  38. ^ "Seis marcas já se manifestaram após fala de Monark, do Flow" [Six brands have already spoken out after Monark, from Flow, made a statement]. iG (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  39. ^ Seda, Vicente (8 February 2022). "Ferj rompe contrato de transmissão com Flow após apresentador defender que lei permita partido nazista" [Ferj terminates broadcast contract with Flow after presenter defends law allowing Nazi party]. Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 September 2022.
  40. ^ "Monark pede desculpa após defender criação de partido nazista no país" [Monark apologizes after defending the creation of a Nazi party in the country]. iG (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  41. ^ Molinari, Natalia (10 February 2022). "Museu do Holocausto rebate Monark, que se queixou de "linchamento"" [Holocaust Museum responds to Monark, who complained of "lynching"]. Metrópoles (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
  42. ^ "Caso Monark: fabricante de bicicletas divulga nota para negar relação com podcaster" [Monark case: bicycle manufacturer releases statement denying relationship with podcaster]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 11 February 2022. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  43. ^ "Flow - 'Flow Podcast' - Brazilian iTunes Chart Performance". iTunes Charts. Archived from the original on 12 July 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  44. ^ Peixoto, Guilherme (30 January 2022). "Para ser mais conhecido, Sergio Moro intensifica agenda de visitas ao interior" [To become better known, Sergio Moro intensifies his schedule of visits to the interior]. Correio Braziliense (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  45. ^ Vasques, Lucas (25 January 2022). "Entrevista de Lula no PodPah teve mais que o triplo da audiência de Moro no Flow Podcast" [Lula's interview on PodPah had more than triple the audience of Moro's interview on the Flow Podcast]. Revista Fórum (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  46. ^ Sarubo, Leandro (24 January 2022). "Live de Casimiro na Twitch goleia audiência de Sergio Moro no Flow Podcast" [Casimiro's live stream on Twitch surpasses Sergio Moro's audience on the Flow Podcast]. Teleguiado (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  47. ^ "No Flow, Bolsonaro bate recorde de Lula em acessos simultâneos" [On Flow, Bolsonaro breaks Lula's record for simultaneous accesses]. Poder360 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  48. ^ Pontes, Warlen (22 September 2020). "'The Noite': Danilo Gentili entrevista 'Flow Podcast' e 'Os Barões da Pisadinha'" ['The Noite': Danilo Gentili interviews 'Flow Podcast' and 'Os Barões da Pisadinha']. TV a Bordo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

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Works cited#edit

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