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Episode 75, 2026

Topic: The revenues from the State Social Games, with Sara Rebelo

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Episode 74, 2026

Topic: Social entrepreneurship at SCML

Guest: Nuno Comando, as director of the Entrepreneurship and Social Economy Department at Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, leads projects such as Casa do Impacto and Valor T - Talent and Transformation - and coordinates the institution’s areas dedicated to social entrepreneurship, impact investment, strategic philanthropy, sustainability and social responsibility, volunteering, internal innovation, employability for people with disabilities, and professional training.  
Nuno Comando holds a degree in Communication and Culture from the University of Lisbon, two postgraduate degrees in Digital Marketing and Digital Transformation from Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, and completed the Executive Master in Business Administration at ISCTE Executive Education.  

Episode 73, 2026

Topic: The benefactor Enrique Mantero Belard, with Ana Gomes

Guest: Ana R. Gomes holds a degree in Communication Sciences and a master’s in Contemporary History from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Nova University Lisbon. She began working as a journalist in 1998 and since 2007 has worked at the Editorial Center of the Lisbon Mercy, focusing on research and writing. She is the author of more than twenty books published under the Santa Casa Editions label, including several volumes of the Beneméritos SCML Collection, the Solidarity Notebooks dedicated to Aging, the Sant’Ana Orthopedic Hospital, and Charities, as well as the recent Revolução, pá!, a three-volume edition about April 25th at the Lisbon Mercy.

Episode 72, 2026

Topic: The exhibition "I Who Was Once Me"

Guest: Maria José Oliveira’s work began in ceramics, expanding into drawing, collage, jewelry, sculpture, and installation, always highlighting her dual focus on nature and the body as concepts, materials, supports, and models. Since 1982, she has regularly participated in solo and group exhibitions, establishing herself as a reference in contemporary Portuguese art.  

Episode 71, 2026

Topic: The Santa Isabel Village

Guest: Jorge Gomes Peralta has been the director of the Santa Isabel Village since March 2024, having previously been the director of the Santa Isabel Village Professional Training Center. Sociologist. With extensive experience in education, vocational training, and innovation. He has held leadership, coordination, and consultancy roles in national and international projects. Author and co-author of several publications in sociology, human resource management, and vocational training.  

Episode 70, 2026

Topic: The Temporary Accommodation Center of Saudade

Guest: Rui Jorge Santos is the director of the Temporary Accommodation Center of Saudade, where he coordinates teams and response strategies for people in vulnerable situations. Graduated in Sociology, he has a 20-year career at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, having started his path in the Social Promotion Program for Gypsies – later called the Multicultural Center – within the Center for Education, Training, and Certification. This was followed by more than a decade of activity as technical support/advisor to the First Line Directors of the Intervention Directorate with Vulnerable Publics, in areas such as active aging, therapeutic support, social emergency, and disability. 

Episode 69, 2026

Topic: The exhibition "Child Jesus of the Afflicted. A female devotion in Lisbon during the reign of D. João VI"

Guest: João Miguel Simões is a senior art history technician at the São Roque Museum of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, working in the Humanities field with an emphasis on Art History, focusing mainly on the study of Baroque and Mannerism, Architecture, and Painting. He holds a PhD in Art History from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon.  
The exhibition "Child Jesus of the Afflicted. A female devotion in Lisbon during the reign of D. João VI" opened to the public on April 8 and will be on display until June 28 at the São Roque Museum.  

Episode 68, 2026

Topic: The book "The São Roque Museum Building: more than a century of renovations"

Guest: Sílvia Linhares Pereira is a senior technician at the São Roque Museum, graduated in Conservation and Restoration from the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar. She completed her final undergraduate internship under the Erasmus Program at the Musée de L’Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium in 2004. She holds a Master’s degree in Art, Heritage, and Restoration Theory from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, with a thesis titled “The São Roque Museum Building, more than a century of renovations – History, Projects, and Interventions,” defended in 2011.  
Since 2004, she has worked in the field of preventive conservation in museums. In 2006, she completed a three-month internship under a Fundação Oriente scholarship at the Central Conservation Section of the Hong Kong Museum of Art.

Episode 67, 2026

Topic: The Pousal Social Work

Guest: Joana Lindim has worked for 18 years at SCML, currently director of the Pousal Social Work. A nurse by training, specialist in community nursing and master in health services management, she leads multidisciplinary teams focusing on valuing and developing skills as a central axis for good practices and organizational excellence. She develops innovative projects to promote quality of life and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities, because she believes that difference and diversity make the world more interesting and inspiring.

Episode 66, 2026

Topic: Alcoitão Rehabilitation Medicine Center marks six decades of existence. To discuss this important celebration.

Guest: Rodrigo Ramos has served as the head nurse of the Alcoitão Rehabilitation Medicine Center since December 2014. He graduated in Nursing from the Calouste Gulbenkian School of Nursing in Lisbon in 2005 and began his professional activity at SCML that same year in Primary Health Care, having worked as a nurse and nurse coordinator at the Santa Casa do Castelo Health Units and later at Vale de Alcântara.

Episode 65, 2026

Topic: Family Reception

Guest: Patrícia Bacelar is the director of the Family Reception Unit of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa. She participates in the development of the Integrated Family Reception Model (MIAF), contributing to the innovation and qualification of family reception in Portugal. She holds a Master’s degree in Community Psychology from ISCTE-IU, with several specializations in the area of Child and Youth Protection and Promotion of their Rights. She began her career in Community Intervention Projects, Residential Reception, and as a lecturer in social and health areas. 

Episode 64, 2026

Topic: A project of the São Bento Social Support Center, currently expanding, aiming to showcase to the public the work of its users – true artists and artisans of the House.

Guest: Maria João Silva is a social worker, currently managing the São Bento Social Support Center (CASSB), a facility of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, where she promotes the social integration of individuals in situations of exclusion. At CASSB, the team's work has been recognized for the creativity and quality of the artistic and gastronomic products developed in the Creative Workshops and the Bar Workshop, which led to the creation of the brand "Santos da Casa." She holds a degree in Social Work, with a postgraduate degree in Executive Residential Structures for the Elderly, and is a Specialist Technician in Physical Exercise and Pilates, combining her passion for well-being with experience in social support. At Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, she also served as Coordinator of the Home Support Service and Process Manager Technician in the Emergency Unit.

Episode 63, 2026

Theme: application of the SCML Historical Archive, through the Signs of the children exposed at the Wheel, to the UNESCO Memory of the World Program.

Guest: Nelson Moreira Antão is a senior archive technician at the Historical Archive of the Misericórdia de Lisboa since 2006. He participates in projects for collecting, processing, mapping, and analyzing documentary production, activities, and organizational processes of SCML, as well as in the conceptualization and development of cultural dissemination initiatives, namely information representation tools, exhibitions, and their respective catalogs. 

Episode 62, 2026

Theme: "Stories of SCML in the Feminine. A First Approach" 

Guest: João Simões is the author of the work and senior art history technician at the São Roque Museum of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa. He holds a PhD in Art History from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, working in the Humanities with an emphasis on Art History, focusing especially on the study of Baroque, Mannerism, Architecture, and Painting.  

Episode 61, 2026

Theme: The exhibition "Children of all… Children of whom? The exposed at the Lisbon wheel," with Helena Mantas, curator of this initiative

Guest: Helena Mantas, curator of this exhibition, talks to us about the relevance of the female role displayed there, as well as the profound impact that the stories of the exposed children have had on visitors.  

Episode 60, 2025

Theme: The exhibition "Children of all... Children of whom? The exposed children of the Lisbon wheel"

Guest: Sabina and Esdras, relatives of two exposed at the Lisbon Mercy Wheel, she left in 1869, he in 1867. The circumstances are unknown. It is known, however, that they met in Alcobaça, married, and had descendants. Discover the rest of the story in this episode of the Podcast O Boletim, with Lúcia Rocha Fernandes, relative of Esdras and Sabina, and Teresa Nicolau, Director of Culture.  
The exhibition Children of all… children of whom? The exposed at the Lisbon wheel is on display until March 26, 2026, at the Temporary Exhibition Gallery of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa. 

Episode 59, 2025

Theme: The exhibition "Children of all... Children of whom? The exposed children of the Lisbon wheel"

Guest: Tiago Miranda, historian and descendant of Roberto Tibúrcio, exposed at the Lisbon Mercy Wheel. While researching his family history, he discovered the existence of his great-great-grandfather, left at the wheel in 1812. Professor Doctor Tiago Miranda holds a PhD in Social History and is a collaborating member of CIDEHUS - Interdisciplinary Center for History, Cultures and Societies, at the University of Évora. His scientific work covers topics such as the History of Writing and Reading in the 18th century, and he is also specialized in Documentary Sciences.   

Episode 58, 2025

Theme: The 37th Música em São Roque Season

Guest: musician Pedro Caldeira Cabral for the Podcast "The Bulletin."   
Born in Lisbon in 1950, Pedro Caldeira Cabral began music in a family environment, playing recorder, classical guitar, and Portuguese cittern. He studied music theory, composition, music history, and early music with teachers such as Artur Santos and Jorge Peixinho, among others. He developed an original style for solo guitar and composed for theater, film, and ballet. He founded the groups La Batalla and Concerto Atlântico, dedicated to early music, and directed several festivals. An organology researcher, he published the book The Portuguese Guitar and designed thematic exhibitions. With a discography of 16 CDs as a soloist, he is also noted for his artistic direction of projects such as "The Music of Camões’s Lyric."  

Episode 57, 2025

Theme: The 37th Música em São Roque Season

Guest: Sara Ross is the author of No Teu Nome and Carlos Caires composed Cantata for Dona Leonor, pieces commissioned by SCML on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Queen D. Leonor’s death, with their world premiere at the 37th Música em São Roque Season, performed by the ECCE Choir.    
Sara Ross, an Azorean composer living in Lisbon, studied at the Lisbon Higher School of Music and in the United Kingdom. Author of an eclectic body of work presented in various countries, highlights include the opera IN(opeRA)VEL, the ballet Algo_Ritmo, and Margarida, awarded at Operafest. She collaborates on inclusive projects and writes commissioned works for various ensembles.   
Carlos Caires is a composer, researcher, and professor. With a doctorate from the University of Paris, he is the author of several award-winning works presented internationally. He develops software in the field of electroacoustic music and computer-assisted composition. He lives in Lisbon and teaches at ESML.  

Episode 56, 2025

Theme: The exhibition "Children of all... Children of whom? The exposed children of the Lisbon wheel"

Guest: Vítor Mendes, grandson of the exposed Geménia. Geménia’s mother and Vítor Mendes’s great-grandmother, then 20 years old, left her daughter in the care of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa on May 21, 1891. Geménia passed away on June 3, 1994, at the age of 103. Her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and life stories remain, which Vítor Mendes came to share on the Bulletin with Teresa Nicolau, Director of Culture at SCML.  

Episode 55, 2025

Topic: The Signs of the Abandoned Children of SCML

Guest: The exhibition Children of All… children of whom? The abandoned children of the Lisbon wheel, opening on November 17 at the Temporary Exhibitions Gallery of the Museum of São Roque, is the reason for this conversation between Teresa Nicolau, Director of Culture at SCML, on the podcast "O Boletim" with Professor Isabel dos Guimarães Sá.   
Isabel dos Guimarães Sá is a historian and full professor at the University of Minho. She earned her PhD in 1992 from the European University Institute in Florence, and her research focuses on the social and religious history of Portugal and its empire during the Early Modern period. She has devoted attention to topics such as material culture, abandoned children, poverty, charity, and the Misericórdia brotherhoods. She is the author of several works, including From Princess to Old Queen: Leonor de Lencastre, a biography of Queen D. Leonor. 

Episode 54, 2025

Topic: Queen D. Leonor, founder of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa

Guest: Isabel dos Guimarães Sá is a historian and full professor at the University of Minho. She earned her PhD in 1992 from the European University Institute in Florence, and her research focuses on the social and religious history of Portugal and its empire during the Early Modern period. She has devoted attention to topics such as material culture, abandoned children, poverty, charity, and the Misericórdia brotherhoods. She is the author of several works, including From Princess to Old Queen: Leonor de Lencastre, a biography of Queen D. Leonor.

Episode 53, 2025

Topic: Corrente de Ar is an independent platform that supports emerging artistic creation in Portugal

Guests: Mariana Baião Santos is a curator and art consultant based between Lisbon and London, trained at the Royal College of Art. Rita de Almeida Russo, with a master's degree in Management from Nova SBE, works in Berlin organizing events that connect startups and investors. Together, they created a platform that combines artistic sensitivity and strategic vision to boost new talents. 

Episode 52, 2025

Topic: applications currently being prepared by the Historical Archive of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa

Guest: Francisco Manoel holds a degree in Historical Sciences (1984) and a specialization in Documentary Sciences – Archives (1989) from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. He began working at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa in 1986, taking over the direction of the Archive in 1991.

Episode 51, 2025

Topic: history of social gaming, legal framework, its treatment by the Court of Justice of the European Union, and its impact on Portuguese law.

Guest: Ana Silva Coelho has been a lawyer since 2005. She is currently the legal advisor to the Board of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa. She practices in Gaming Law and European Union Law. She is an agent of the Portuguese State in gaming matters before the EU Court of Justice. She participated in drafting legislation for the gaming sector and has given presentations on the subject. She is part of European working groups, contributing to the debate and development of the sector. Married and mother to Luísa and Teresa, she combines professional commitment with a sense of mission in public service, believing that both advocacy and state social gaming serve this purpose.

Episode 50, 2025

Topic: The second volume of "Revolução, pá!", with Victor Pereira

Guest: Victor Pereira holds a PhD in 20th Century History from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (2007). A specialist in Portuguese emigration during the Estado Novo, he has also researched the April 25th Revolution. He was a university professor in France (2010-2021) and, since 2021, is a principal researcher at the Contemporary History Institute of Nova University Lisbon, where he directs the Contemporary History Press. 

Episode 49, 2025

Topic: Santa Casa at the Lisbon Book Fair

Guest: With a degree in Social Sciences, Samuel Esteves has been the director of the SCML Editorial Center since 2013, having previously served as deputy director in the Social Action Directorate of SCML since 2006.

Episode 48, 2025

Topic: Social and Cultural Prescription.

Guest: Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1977, Ricardo Rodrigues graduated as a Nurse from the Lisbon School of Nursing and as an actor from the Lisbon Polytechnic Institute’s School of Theatre and Cinema. He has worked in the field of Child and Adolescent Mental Health in various settings, including inpatient, day hospital, and outpatient care. Additionally, he creates theater projects aimed at different audiences, such as teachers, health professionals, senior citizens, and children and young people with mental illnesses. He is currently a lecturer at the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, director of the D. Carlos I Training Center, and a PhD candidate in Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Human Kinetics of the University of Lisbon. 

Episode 47, 2025

Topic: The campaign "I will be what you give me... let it be love"

Guest: Guida Maria Alves Amorim has been a nurse at SCML for 23 years and a specialist in Mental Health and Psychiatry for 6 years. She coordinates the GPS program, which promotes lifelong literacy, in collaboration with other partners and SCML services. In 2022, she launched the campaign “I will be what you give me... let it be love,” part of the International Month for the Prevention of Child Abuse, in partnership with CPCJ and PSP. This campaign aims to raise awareness among staff, users, and the surrounding community about the importance of preventing child abuse, as well as its early detection and swift referral. SCML has provided rigorous and careful assistance to children and young people in social and health fields for centuries.   

Episode 46, 2025

Topic: The exhibition Marry - materials from the Ephemera Archive

Guest: José Pacheco Pereira, born in Porto, is a prominent Portuguese politician and intellectual. He holds a degree in Philosophy and began his career as a teacher and media contributor. He founded the magazine "Studies on Communism" and the Liberal Left Club. He served as ambassador to UNESCO, was a deputy for the PSD, and one of the main critics of the 1990 Orthographic Agreement. He is currently a columnist and political commentator, as well as the author of several blogs. In 2005, he received the Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty. Ephemera - Cultural Association is his library and archive. With over 200,000 titles, it is one of the largest private libraries in Portugal.  

Episode 45, 2025

Topic: The Ferreira Borges Intergenerational Center

Guest: Maria Isabel Cosme de Araújo was born in the DRC in 1976. She holds a degree in Social Work from the Higher Institute of Social Work of Lisbon and a Postgraduate degree in Social Gerontology. She began her professional experience as a Social Worker at an IPSS in Lisbon, later taking on a new professional mission in the DRC between 2006 and 2009 in the field of Diplomacy and Human Resources. She joined SCML in 2009 as a social worker and, from 2013, assumed the role of Director in various Social Action facilities. Since 2021, she has been responsible for the Ferreira Borges Intergenerational Center.  

Episode 44, 2025

Topic: The 1st Anniversary of Casa Ásia - Francisco Capelo Collection, with Eduarda Napoleão

Guest: Eduarda Napoleão holds a degree in Fine Arts - Painting from the Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa and a postgraduate degree in Museology and Heritage from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She was a Councilor of the Lisbon City Council, Vice-President of the Portuguese Institute of Architectural and Archaeological Heritage, Vice-President of the World Monuments Fund, Board Member of the Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva Foundation, and Executive Director of the Make-A-Wish® Portugal Foundation. She has been with SCML since 2013, where she has worked in heritage-related roles, first in the Real Estate and Heritage Management Department, where she was deputy director, and currently at Casa Ásia - Francisco Capelo Collection, a museum she has coordinated since 2023. 

Episode 43, 2025

Topic: The 120th Anniversary of the Museum of São Roque

Guest: João Miguel Ferreira Antunes Simões holds a doctorate in Art History from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, where he presented the thesis "Escadarias de Aparato na Corte de Lisboa no século XVIII: manifestações de poder e riqueza no Antigo Regime. O Caso do Real Edifício de Mafra." Between 2000 and 2003, he was a historian for the Borba City Council. From 2003 to 2018, he collaborated with various municipalities and project offices in Alentejo, Algarve, and Lisbon. Since 2008, he has been a Senior Technician at the Museum of São Roque, where he studies the artistic and architectural collection of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa.

Episode 42, 2025

Topic: BeauCoup Project

Guest: Helena Alexandra Mantas holds a degree (Faculty of Letters of Coimbra, 1997), a master's (Faculty of Letters of Lisbon, 2002), and a doctorate (Faculty of Letters of Coimbra, 2013) in Art History, and a postgraduate degree in Museology (University of Évora, 2002). She is a Senior History Technician at the Museum of São Roque, where she recently returned after directing the Public and Cultural Development Service of the Culture Directorate of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa for 12 years. She was responsible for the cultural and educational programming of the Museum of São Roque, Library, Historical Archive, and other heritage spaces of the institution. At the Museum of São Roque, she performs research, inventory, exhibition, among other functions. She has been a higher education lecturer for 25 years, currently teaching Art History and Visual Culture in the Fine Arts degree at Universidade Lusófona.

Episode 41, 2025

Topic: 120 years of the São Roque Museum

Guest: Maria João Ferreira has been a senior technician at the São Roque Museum since 2019. She holds a bachelor’s degree in conservation and restoration from the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, a degree in Portuguese Decorative Arts from the Higher School of Decorative Arts of FRESS, a master’s in Art History from the Lusíada University of Lisbon, and a doctorate in Portuguese Art History from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Porto. She is a researcher at CHAM - Center for Humanities at NOVA FCSH-UAc and a member of CIETA - Centre d'Étude des Textiles Anciens. Her focus has been on textiles, on which she has presented conferences and publications. 

Episode 40, 2025

Topic: Social Action at Santa Casa, with Vice-Provider Rita Prates

Guest: Rita Prates has been Vice-Provider of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa since June 2024, overseeing the Social Action Department, Games Department, Legal Directorate, and Compliance Office. She is a lawyer, graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lisbon, holds an LLM in EU and Competition Law from King’s College, University of London, and a Postgraduate degree in Commercial Law from the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lisbon. She is a mentor and founder of the VilaComVida Association, dedicated to inclusion.

Episode 39, 2025

Topic: 120 years of the São Roque Museum

Guest: Sílvia Linhares Pereira, graduated in Conservation and Restoration from the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar and holds a Master’s in Art, Heritage, and Restoration Theory from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon. Between 2004 and 2006, she collaborated with the Grão Vasco Museum, and in 2006 completed a three-month internship funded by the Oriente Foundation at the Central Conservation Section of the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Since that year, she has been a Senior Technician at the São Roque Museum, carrying out preventive conservation actions.

Episode 38, 2025

Topic: The ERPI Mitra

Guest: Maria Pego holds a degree in Nursing, a Master’s in Public Health, and is a PhD candidate in Nursing at the University of Lisbon. She began her career at SCML in September 2011 as a nurse at ERPI Mitra, later working as a nurse at the Madre Teresa de Calcutta Residence of the Therapeutic Support Unit. In 2016, she took on the role of director of the Santa Rita de Cássia Residence of the UAT until February 2024, when she began directing ERPI Mitra, part of the Support and Promotion Unit for Active Aging.

Episode 37, 2025

Topic: 120 years of the São Roque Museum

Guest: Teresa Morna, Director of MSR for over 20 years, holds a degree in History, specializing in Art History, from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra, has a specialization in Management of Cultural Organizations and Projects from Cultideias, and a Postgraduate degree in Cultural Heritage Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

Episode 36, 2024

Topic: Sant'Ana Hospital

Guest: Carlos Augusto Batista Anjos Teixeira was born in Évora in 1961. He completed the Aircraft Mechanic Course in the Portuguese Air Force, working in military and civil aviation between 1979 and 1983. He has worked at Sant’Ana Hospital since 1984, initially as a mechanical locksmith. In 1987, he took on the role of clinical photographer and since 2004 has been responsible for the Innovation and Knowledge Center at HOSA.

Episode 35, 2024

Topic: The 36th Music Season at São Roque

Guest: Maestro João Paulo Santos.
He develops an important career as a pianist, having collaborated with almost all Portuguese singers. He has conducted numerous operas, such as William Walton’s “The Bear,” directed by Luís Miguel Cintra; António Chagas Rosa’s “Songs for the Remission of Hunger”; Britten’s “Let’s Make an Opera,” among many others.

Episode 34, 2024

Topic: The 36th Music Season at São Roque

Guest: Maestro Martim Sousa Tavares
He is an active voice in promoting classical music, regenerating and multiplying approaches and means of contact with this art form. He coordinates educational projects for the Heritage Movement for Portuguese Music and is the author of dedicated radio and television programs. He is the artistic director of the Music Season at São Roque.

Episode 33, 2024

Topic: The 36th Music Season at São Roque

Guest: Pedro Neves is a member of the Espinho Classical Orchestra, professor at the National Superior Academy of Orchestra, and a PhD candidate at the University of Évora. In 2006 and 2008, he was assistant conductor to maestro Michael Zilm. He was Principal Conductor of the Algarve Orchestra, Guest Conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra, and is a regular guest of the main Portuguese orchestras. He has also conducted the Joensuu City Orchestra (Finland) and the Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra (Brazil). He is the founder of Camerata Alma Mater, dedicated to performing string orchestra repertoire.

Episode 32, 2024

Topic: SOL - Oral Health in Lisbon

Guest: André Brandão de Almeida, Dentist and currently Administrator at SCML. He is also a Professor at the Egas Moniz School of Health and Science and a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon.

Episode 31, 2024

Topic: SCML Shelters

Guest: Rui Godinho, trained psychologist, has led the Directorate of Childhood, Youth, and Family since 2016 and is a member of the Board of ProChild CoLab. 
He has served as a lecturer in postgraduate courses and training in the area of Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Children and Youth at Risk at various universities and training institutes. He is a trainer on topics related to Residential Care, Promotion of Autonomy, Therapeutic Intervention, among others.

Episode 30, 2024

Topic: Casa Ásia - Francisco Capelo Collection.

Guest: Paulo Santos Costa, art historian. Holds a degree in History, specializing in Art History, and a postgraduate degree in Art, Heritage, and Restoration from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon.  
Corresponding academic of the Portuguese Academy of History. Senior Technician at Casa Ásia – Francisco Capelo Collection, Culture Directorate of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa. 

Episode 29, 2024

Topic: 240 Years since the first National Lottery draw, held on September 1, 1784.

Guest: Ricardo Máximo, cultural mediator in the Public Services and Cultural Development Department of the Culture Directorate at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, conducts guided tours, itineraries, workshops, and other activities related to SCML's cultural heritage. He holds a degree in Tourism (European University) with postgraduate studies in Tour Guiding (INP) and Modern Art History (FSCH). 

Episode 28, 2024

Topic: Volunteering at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa

Guest: Luísa Godinho, director of the Volunteering Promotion Unit at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, an institution where she has worked since 1984. Over four decades, she has coordinated and directed several day centers and family support services, as well as managed professional training in the Human Resources Department. She holds a degree in Social Work from the Instituto Superior Serviço Social de Coimbra (1982) and in Sociology from the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa - ISCTE (1985). She has a postgraduate degree in Human Resources Management and Leadership from the Instituto Superior de Gestão (1990).

Episode 27, 2024

Topic: Brotéria

Guest: Fr. Manuel Cardoso, SJ Jesuit since 2006, holds a master's degree in Theology from Centre Sèvres and in Political Studies from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris. He recently completed a doctorate on Thomas Hobbes' public policies, also at EHESS. He is currently the general director of Brotéria.

Episode 26, 2024

Topic: Exhibition Non-relics? Relics? Almost relics?, regarding the exhibition currently on display at the Temporary Exhibition Gallery of the Museum of São Roque until July 28.

Guest: Pedro Teotónio Pereira, one of the scientific curators of this exhibition, holds a degree in Anthropology and a master's in Museology and Heritage from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Nova University Lisbon. He has been the coordinator of the Museum of Lisbon – Santo António (EGEAC) since 2013 and a board member of the Center for Studies and Research of Santo António.

Episode 25, 2024

Theme: book “Mission, Spirituality, and Art in São Francisco Xavier”

Guest: António Júlio Trigueiros graduated in Philosophy and Humanities from the Faculty of Philosophy of Braga at the Portuguese Catholic University (1996). He was ordained a priest in 2002 at the Church of São Roque in Lisbon. At Brotéria, he is currently in charge of the extensive library and research seminars in History. Since 2019, he has served as Rector of the Church of São Roque and chaplain of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa.  

Episode 24, 2024

Theme: "Atelier" Exhibition, on display at Mitra until July 28

Guest: Pedro Cabrita Reis, the exhibition’s author, in this space provided by the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, located in Marvila, hosts an unprecedented retrospective of the renowned artist’s career. An international reference in contemporary art, his work encompasses a wide variety of media – painting, sculpture, photography, and drawing.

Episode 23, 2024

Theme: Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda at the SCML Book Fair dedicated to the 50th anniversary of April 25th. 

Guest: Cláudio Garrudo is a Portuguese photographer, cultural producer, and editor. He is the director of the "Série Ph." at Imprensa Nacional – a bilingual collection of monographs dedicated to contemporary Portuguese photographers.

Episode 22, 2024

Theme: ROOF Exhibition, with Mário Cruz

Guest: Mário Cruz, born in 1987, is the most awarded Portuguese photojournalist, with two World Press Photo awards. He describes himself as an “independent photographer focused on social injustice and human rights issues.”

Episode 21, 2024

Theme: Research project and the book "Revolução, Pá! O 25 de Abril na Misericórdia de Lisboa."

Guest: Ana Gomes holds a degree in Communication Sciences and a master's in Contemporary History. She has worked at the Editorial Center of the Misericórdia de Lisboa since 2007, where she focuses on research and writing. She is the author of nearly twenty books published under the Edições Santa Casa label.

Episode 20, 2024

Theme: presentation of the premiere program of the Santa Casa Jazz Fest.

Pedro Moreira was born in Lisbon in 1969 and began studying saxophone at the age of 12. He is a saxophonist, composer, conductor, and professor at the Lisbon School of Music. 

Guest: Pedro Moreira, about the Santa Casa Jazz Fest. Pedro Moreira is the Director of the Hot Clube de Portugal. He is a saxophonist, composer, conductor, and professor at the Lisbon Superior School of Music.

Episode 19, 2024

Topic: cultural and artistic mediation.

Guest: Helena Alexandra Mantas holds a PhD in Art History from the Faculty of Letters at the University of Coimbra. She earned a Master’s degree from the Faculty of Letters at the University of Lisbon in Art, Heritage, and Restoration. She graduated in History, specializing in Art History, from the Faculty of Letters at the University of Coimbra. She completed postgraduate studies in Museology at the University of Évora. She has directed the Public and Cultural Development Service of the Culture Directorate at Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa since 2012.

Episode 18, 2024

Topic: ecological thought within Franciscan Doctrine.

Guest: Paulo Mendes Pinto is the coordinator of the Religious Studies area at Universidade Lusófona, responsible for the REC-XXI project – Religions, Education, and Citizenship (since 2018), where he directed the Master’s program (2007-2011) and the Bachelor’s in Religious Studies (2007-2017). He is an advisor to the administration of Universidade Lusófona and General Director of the Academic Superior Council of the Lusófona Group.

Episode 17, 2024

Topic: publications from the Editorial Center of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa.  

Guest: Samuel Esteves holds a degree in Social Sciences, specializing in Science, Culture, and Education, with a Master’s in Planning and Evaluation of Development Processes from ISCTE. He has worked at SCML since 2005, having been deputy director in the Social Action Directorate, and since 2011 has served as Unit Director at the Editorial Center of the Culture Directorate.

Episode 16, 2024

Topic: Queen Dona Leonor Fund

Guest: Inez Ponce Dentinho holds a degree in Social Communication from the University of Lisbon. She was a journalist for 18 years. In 2015, at SCML, she launched the Queen Dona Leonor Fund which supports projects in Misericórdias across the country, in social areas and the restoration of historical heritage.  

Episode 15, 2024

Topic: the social construction of heritage.

Guest: Gonçalo Amaro holds a degree in History, Archaeology specialization, from UNL, and a postgraduate degree in Management and Museology from UCP. He is currently part of the technical team at the São Roque Museum (SCML).

Episode 14, 2024

Topic: requirements that must be adjacent to the responsible gaming policy.  

Guest: Pedro Leitão, director of the responsible gaming unit at Jogos Santa Casa

Episode 13, 2024

Theme: Relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Palestine, as well as some pieces from the São Roque Museum collection made in that territory.  

Guest: Paulo Mendes Pinto is the Coordinator of the Religious Studies area at Lusófona University

Episode 12, 2024

Theme: 119th anniversary of the Museum, its collection and history over the years. 

Guest: Teresa Morna, Director of the São Roque Museum

Episode 11, 2023

Theme: Contemporary sacred art and its representations

Guest: Father João Norton is a Jesuit and trained architect. He is a member of Brotéria and teaches Aesthetics and Theology at the Catholic University of Lisbon.

Episode 10, 2023

Theme: SCML Generation Orchestra

Guest: António Santinha, Director of Childhood, Youth and Family at SCML

Episode 9, 2023

Theme: Chapel of St. John the Baptist, located in the Church of São Roque

Guest: António Filipe Pimentel, Director of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

Episode 8, 2023

Theme: Valor T - an employability agency serving people with disabilities

Guest: Vanda Nunes, Director of Valor T

Episode 7, 2023

Theme: The world's largest collection of Foundling Signs

Guest: Francisco D’Orey Manoel, Director of the Historical Archive of SCML

Episode 6, 2023

Theme: Reliquiarum Project

Guest: António Camões Gouveia, professor of Social History at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Nova University Lisbon

Episode 5, 2023

Theme: 268 years since the 1755 Earthquake

Guest: Mónica Amaral Ferreira, graduate and PhD in Territorial Engineering and researcher at CERIS, Instituto Superior Técnico

Episode 4, 2023

Theme: The cemetery heritage of Santa Casa

Guest: André Martins da Silva, Guide-Interpreter and Art Historian at the Public Services and Cultural Development of SCML

Episode 3, 2023

Theme: 35th Music Season in São Roque 

Guest: Armando Possante, director of the Olisipo Vocal Group

Episode 2, 2023

Theme: 35th Music Season in São Roque 

Guest: Duarte Pereira Martins, pianist and founder of MPMP, Heritage Movement for Portuguese Music.  

Episode 1, 2023

Theme: 35th Music Season in São Roque 

Guest: Martim Sousa Tavares, conductor and coordinator of the Musical Appreciation Sessions at TMSR