People like to pretend that class doesn't exist, but most of the time we're just ignoring

it because it's uncomfortable.

Classy with Jonathan Menhebar is a show about those moments when all that class tension

becomes so big you can't ignore it.

Jonathan Menhebar is the host.

You might have heard him on this American life.

He grew up in a working class Latino family outside of LA, but now he lives on the East Coast,

books and media, loves fancy clothes, and feels pretty conflicted about all of it.

So he made Classy.

It's a collection of surprising stories and juicy interviews where people talk about

all the awkward, embarrassing, and strangely intimate things that class makes them do.

Here's a sample.

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.

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