Hi, I'm Johnathan Benhevar, I'm a senior producer for Pineapple Street Studios, and I've made

shows like Project Unibomb and The Clearing. I used to work in public radio at the American

Life, and Fresh Air with Terry Gross. But before all of that, I was a working class kid

growing up just outside of LA. My life looks really different from how it used to. And because

of that, I think about class a lot, like all the time. Which is why I'm in your feed right

now. I'm hosting a new show, it's all about class, and all the funny and weird and uncomfortable

ways it plays out in our lives. It's called Classy, with me, Jonathan Benhevar, and I'd

love for you to check it out. I'm going to play you the trailer right now. Listen to Classy

starting Wednesday June 21st, available wherever you get your podcasts.

The other day I was at the dentist, and the hygienist, she was really scolding me for

these tough stains on my teeth. You know, she was like, this could come from drinking wine

or maybe you're a smoker or having a lot of coffee. And then she says, and the crowding

isn't helping either. It's true. My teeth are all jacked up in the front. It looks like

they're all huddled together trying to keep warm. But when she said that, all I heard was

your teeth are crooked because you were too poor. My parents did fine. They were working

class, they had factory jobs. But when it came to things like braces or SAT prep, music lessons,

they were like, nah, we'll skip that. So now I walk around with these teeth, this literal

emblem of my class status stamped right on my face. I see almost everything through this

class lens. It comes up all the time. And my whole life, it just kind of sat there on my

chest. But I'm done keeping my toothy mouth shut about it. This is classy, a show about

the chasm between us that are really hard to talk about, but too big to ignore. I'm Jonathan

Minhevar. And this show, it isn't just about me. When you talk to people about class, they

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