Work from holiday: How digital nomads are exporting the rent crisis

The Bunker

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🗓️ 16 July 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Are work-from-home jet-setters pioneering of a new way of life or are they just the next generation of gentrifiers? After the pandemic the rise of “digital nomads” sparked envy across social media – but are they causing more problems than they solve? Kasia Tomasiewicz is joined in the Bunker by UCL anthropologist Dave Cook to find out if working from the beach is all it's cracked up to be. “They travel around the world to escape the 9-5 and end up in a coworking space. . . which is just the millennial rebranding of the office.” “In Lisbon there is graffiti on walls saying ‘digital nomads are a f*cking disgrace, go home’. There is a lot of tension.“ "The ability to be a digital nomad depends on the global passport and visa system which is very racist." For more on Digital Nomads, check out What is a digital nomad? by Dave Cook www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Kasia Tomasiewicz . Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Alex Rees. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name is Stan. I'm at. Nice to meet you. So you took up photography where? I've always loved
0:05.5	photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.
0:11.8	Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?
0:13.0	I loved going to college.
0:14.0	It's good you can retrain and do something.
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1:12.4	I went to Mexico in January and all I could think was ah I could live here.
1:17.6	Of course the pressing world of podcasting was urgently calling me back but many
1:22.2	people have chosen the life of the digital nomad,
1:25.3	so called because they use the opportunities afforded by tech to Globetra while working remotely.
1:31.6	During the pandemic more of us wanted this lifestyle than ever, but
1:35.1	how does this affect local communities and are nomads really living the dream?
1:40.1	Discussing this with me is UCO anthropologist Dave Cook.
1:43.7	Hi Dave.
1:44.5	Hi, Kaysha.
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