"Falando sobre vida renal": cronicidade, subjetividade e legitimação em um podcast de saúde

Abstract

The focus of this dissertation is to investigate how the experience of chronic kidney disease emerges in the construction of a health podcast called Renalcast, especially in the meanings attributed to the idea of a renal life. To this end, online interviews were conducted with the two creators of the project, followed by the analysis of the audio material and the profile on the podcast's social networks. Thus, first I will make a presentation of the 26 episodes of the first season of Renalcast, then I will clarify the peculiarities of this digital media, to finally address how it points to a blurring of the borders between scientific and experiential knowledge. It was found that the project appears as a space for exchanging knowledge, information and fighting for rights. The research of the podcast showed, thus, that the transmitted narratives seek a double legitimation, at the same time that they invite the listeners to seek more knowledge and to authorize themselves from their own experiences.