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

2023-07-16

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 ‘...

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

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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.

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