Night Shift Culture

The radio taxi dispatcher

One voice, forty cars, and a city map in her head.

Show: Night Shift
Host: Maya Okafor
Released: Aug 29, 2026
Length: 1 min

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Lurdes has dispatched night taxis for twenty years without looking at a map. Maya listens in for a full shift.

Show notes

00:00 — Shift start
15:00 — The Saturday rush
26:30 — Quiet hours

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