No, no, no, no, I won’t be able to, from the Desassossego series.

Sorry, this listening session will be entirely in Portuguese

Pedro Coquenão could not pretend that nothing had happened. So, he placed on his forehead, wrapped in a bandage, a sign that read “Fragile,” as if to say: “This person’s mind is fragile.”

No, no, no, no, I won’t be able to is an episode of the audio-documentary series Desassossego, which begins with the voices of people willing to talk about much of what we call the most intimate: mental and physical health, sadness and euphoria, treatment and recovery, family, sexuality, trauma, and suicide. Musician Pedro Coquenão reflects on a cultural industry fueled by “fast-everything,” performing a dangerous dance around mental unwellness.

After listening to this episode, journalist Margarida David Cardoso will moderate a conversation with the audience and clinical psychologist Miriam Pires dos Santos, co-founder of AfroPsis — Platform for Afro-descendant Psychologists in Portugal.

This episode is spoken in Portuguese, and a transcript will be available. The conversation with the audience will be conducted in Portuguese.


Bookings for this listening session open in November.

Fumaça at Alkantara Festival

In two sessions dedicated to collective listening, the independent investigative journalism project Fumaça invites us to dive into its universe of audio documentaries — stories told with time, context, and depth.

In each session, we’ll listen to one episode — with headphones, in an attentive and immersive setting — followed by a conversation with a guest speaker hosted by journalists Ricardo Esteves Ribeiro, Rafaela Cortez and Margarida David Cardoso, and open to audience participation.

These conversations are an invitation to continue reflecting on the issues raised by the series — from mental health to burnout, from Palestine to historical justice — in an effort to understand how visible and invisible forces shape our lives and our times.

First listening session: 15 NOV 18H00
Listening of Não, não, não, não vou conseguir, from the series Desassossego

Credits

Interview and writing Margarida David Cardoso Soundtrack, editing and sound design Bernardo Afonso Text editing Pedro Miguel Santos Collective construction Bernardo Afonso, Joana Teresa Batista, Maria Almeida, Margarida David Cardoso, Nuno Viegas, Pedro Miguel Santos, Rafaela Cortez, Ricardo Esteves Ribeiro