Long before “the sharing economy” took the Internet by storm, an ailing German adventurer and a benevolent Spanish couple sparked a forty-year experiment in ad-hoc hospitality.
Determined to quit his tired government job, one D.C. office drone saves $25,000 by renting his apartment nightly and secretly sleeping on the office floor.
When a pristine studio sublet seems too good to be true, a desperate New York renter descends into an infuriating web of secrets and lies.
Is couchsurfing.org a brave social experiment spreading love and hospitality around the world—or a hedonistic haven for creeps seeking an easy lay?
We humans are far more complex than the news headlines and clickbait would have you believe. Let the Narratively newsletter be your guide.
