This chapter explores the challenges Airbnb is facing, including issues with inaccurate listings, high prices, and bans on short-term rentals. It features an interview with Amanda Hoover from Wired, who discusses the impact of recent restrictions on Airbnb hosts in New York City and the mixed feelings among New Yorkers.
To Airbnb, or not to Airbnb, that is the question. Wired’s Amanda Hoover and the Atlantic’s Kate Lindsay have the answers.
This episode was produced by Siona Peterous, edited by Amina Al-Sadi with help from Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Serena Solin, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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