*** Named one of the best podcasts of 2023 by The New Yorker, Time, The Atlantic, Apple, Vogue, the CBC, and Lifehacker. ***Classy is a collection of surprising stories, juicy and uncomfortable interviews, and engaging segments that explore the ways that class infiltrates our day-to-day lives. In the host seat is Jonathan Menjivar – a working-class Latino kid who started working in media and became someone who likes oysters, wears cashmere socks, and is very conflicted about all of it.
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What listeners will find here
Pulitzer on the Road returns with winner-to-winner conversations across the arts and journalism
This is a preview based on the published show notes: season two of Pulitzer on the Road brings Pulitzer winners together to discuss the work behind their prizes. The lineup spans history, fiction, theater, criticism, biography, investigative reporting, and photojournalism.
A new show that opens the books on real people’s money lives
This preview is based on the episode’s published show notes. It introduces What We Spend, a podcast where people across income levels share what they earn, what they want, and what they spend over the course of a week.
A family link to early reality TV reframes why we watch suffering on screen
This preview, based only on the episode notes, points to a finale that examines our fascination with televised suffering and what happens once filming ends. It also teases Jonathan’s family connection to an early reality TV game show.
Who serves—and who doesn’t? A look at class, geography, and military enlistment
This preview is based on the episode’s published show notes. It explores a major divide in the U.S.—who joins the military—and follows Jonathan and Army veteran reporter Adam Linehan to New Jersey to examine how recruitment reflects race, class, and geography.
Class anxiety, fancy food, and who gets to decide what’s on your plate
Based on the show notes, this episode uses food as a lens on identity, class, and control. Jonathan and comedian Chris Gethard confront their discomfort with fancy restaurants, while the episode also looks at what happens when government rules shape what people can and can’t eat.
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