During their vacation, the hosts release exclusive content about a bizarrely named Brazilian city, Anta Gorda.
1. This is a vacation bonus episode of MIDCast Política, released to Apoia-se supporters under the title 'Férias 2026 - Anta Gorda Cast.'
2. The regular MIDCast hosts — Victor, Vitor, Ana, and others — are present, with Rodrigo joining mid-session after being stuck in a waiting room.
3. The episode has no political agenda; it is entirely an unscripted reaction to discovering the Brazilian city Anta Gorda.
4. Anta Gorda is a city in Rio Grande do Sul with under 6,000 residents, founded 55 years ago, whose name translates literally to 'Fat Tapir.'
5. The town square features a tapir sculpture, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the sculpture was masked — a detail that launches the group into extended laughter.
6. A host describes the neighboring city Souza, whose businesses are all named after its dinosaur statues (Dino Market, Dino Pharmacy), and a store with a life-sized glass-fiber pig in wooden Dutch shoes that was also masked during COVID.
7. The hosts discover and display the Miss Anta Gorda pageant photos, noting the contestants are 'all chubby, like this — wonderful.'
8. The group reads the official demonym: a person from Anta Gorda is called an 'Anta Gordense.'
9. They discuss the city's founding mythology, inventing the story that its founders — Antônio and Antenor — were 'Romulus and Remus, but in tapir form.'
10. The hosts find census data: 75 residents have basic English, 26 have advanced English — out of a total population of approximately 5,800.
11. One host's friend from Anta Gorda brought his mother to Rio de Janeiro for the first time — she had never left the city in her entire life.
12. Rodrigo enters the call after being trapped in the waiting room for 30 minutes, listening to his co-hosts discuss Anta Gorda without being able to contribute, describing it as 'practically a torture.'
13. The group proposes a hashtag 'Somos Todos Anta Gordas' (We Are All Fat Tapirs) and a podcast called 'Anta Gordios' for the city's LGBT community.
14. A plan is announced to award a 'Troféu Anta Gorda de Ouro' (Golden Anta Gorda Trophy) at the end of municipal elections coverage to the municipality that produced the most politically interesting result.
15. One host plays an audio clip of a real tapir's vocalization — the group is shocked that a tapir sounds like a small bird.
16. The hosts discover the current mayor of Anta Gorda is from PSL (the political party associated with Jair Bolsonaro), which they note with resigned familiarity.
17. A host proposes releasing this episode unlabeled into the main feed at midnight so regular listeners encounter the words 'Anta Gorda' with no context.
18. The episode's tone is pure unscripted chaos — the hosts cry with laughter, lose the ability to speak, and acknowledge multiple times that they will never leave the topic.
19. Regular MIDCast listeners who enjoy the hosts' unguarded, off-agenda chemistry will find this episode delivers some of the show's highest-energy moments.
20. Listeners tuning in for Brazilian political commentary will find this episode contains approximately one sentence of political content — a passing reference to Sérgio Moro.
