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The night porters of Porto

Hotel lobbies at 2 a.m., and the people who run them.

Show: Night Shift
Host: Maya Okafor
Released: Sep 24, 2026
Length: 1 min

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Maya spends a week of nights behind the front desks of Porto, from grand hotels to a six-bed hostel by the river.

Show notes

00:00 — Check-in at midnight
13:15 — The regulars
27:40 — Rui Matos on forty years of keys

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