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Sep 2024
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Leaving America for work-life balance

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Today, Explained flies to Portugal to find out how the dust has settled on the pandemic-era quest for better living and working conditions.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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A Lisbon neighborhood where many digital moads live. Photo by Victoria Chamberlin.

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