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Podcast: O Pulo do Gato de 26/03/2026

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A morning news show in Brazil abruptly shifts from a French vacation ad to listing the birthdays of eight São Paulo cities.

1. O Pulo do Gato, Rádio Bandeirantes's early-morning news programme hosted by Pedro Campos and Silvânia Alves, broadcast its 26 March 2026 edition covering São Paulo, national, and sports news from approximately 5am. 2. Hosts Pedro Campos and Silvânia Alves are joined by reporters Diogo Braga, Guilherme Oliveira, Larissa Biscaia, Lívia Macias, Vitor Gomes, Márcio Rocha, and Eduardo Oliveira across the two-hour edition. 3. The episode functions as a live morning news roundup, moving from city anniversary birthdays and weather to politics, crime, sports, and social policy in rapid rotation. 4. The programme opens by noting the 26 March birthdays of eight São Paulo municipalities — Barueri, Carapicuíba, Capela do Alto, Ipuan, Poá, Rio Lândia, Santo Antônio do Jardim, and Terra Roxa — with brief etymological notes on their Tupi-origin names. 5. Diana Ross is mentioned as celebrating her 77th birthday on 26 March 1949 in Detroit, identified as vocalist of The Supremes and as having sold more than 100 million records. 6. A cocoa industry segment reveals Brazil produced 296,000 tonnes of cocoa in 2023 valued at R$4.6 billion, representing 5% of global production, with Pará state accounting for 52% of national output. 7. A proposed bill would mandate minimum cocoa content in chocolate products: 35% for dark and semi-dark varieties, and 25% for milk chocolate, creating a new 'sweet chocolate' category. 8. The STF voted by majority to cap 'penduricalhos' — supplementary benefits for magistrates and public prosecutors — at 35% of the R$40,000 teto, with effect from the April payroll, projected to save R$6 billion annually. 9. Ministers Flávio Dino, Gilmar Mendes, Alexandre de Moraes, Cristiano Zanin, Cássio Nunes Marques, André Mendonça, and Luiz Fux supported the measure, which Pedro Campos called constitutionally irregular because magistrates were deciding their own pay. 10. Brazil's first 2026 international match, a friendly against France at Gillette Stadium in Boston at 5pm, was previewed with probable lineups: Ederson, Casemiro, Vinícius Júnior, and Martinelli for Brazil; Mbappé, Dembélé, and Doué for France under coach Didier Deschamps. 11. Kylian Mbappé denied a Spanish press report that Real Madrid's medical staff had examined the wrong knee, saying in a press conference in Boston that communication from the club had been 'clear' throughout his rehabilitation. 12. Gui Santos scored a career-high 31 points in the Golden State Warriors' 109-106 win over the Nets, described as the leading Brazilian highlight in the NBA. 13. An elderly man, José Bezerra da Silva, 66, known as 'Ceará', was killed in a flash flood in Martinópolis, São Paulo; 153mm of rain fell in 15 hours and his body was found 700m from where he was last seen, located by a Polícia Militar helicopter. 14. INMET issued orange storm alerts across eight states from northern Mato Grosso do Sul to southern Amazônia, with Manaus recording 125mm of rain and 77 civil defence call-outs for collapses and landslides. 15. A mega police operation launched by the Grande ABC inter-municipal consortium united approximately 700 officers from seven municipal civil guards, the Polícia Militar, and Polícia Civil to patrol border zones between Rio Grande da Serra, Ribeirão Pires, Mauá, Diadema, São Caetano do Sul, São Bernardo do Campo, and Santo André. 16. Simone Aparecida da Silva, 42, a nursing technician, died after being discharged from the UPA Tito Lopes following an assault by her husband Rodrigo Clécio Gomes Ferreira; the case is under investigation as femicide. 17. A jury acquitted a woman who killed her daughter's sexual abuser; she had spent 11 months in pre-trial custody unable to begin breast cancer treatment, and her younger children were cared for by an older sibling from another relationship. 18. The programme is structured as a fast-paced, high-energy morning radio show with rapid transitions between local reporters, listener phone-in segments, and short audio clips from newsmakers including Mbappé's press conference and the Grande ABC prefect Guto Volpe. 19. The episode suits listeners who follow Brazilian current affairs, São Paulo local news, football, and social justice stories, and who prefer dense multi-topic morning briefings. 20. Listeners seeking in-depth analysis of any single topic, or who prefer Portuguese-language content to be delivered at slower pace, are likely to find the rapid format unsatisfying.

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