Classy with Jonathan Menjivar - Podcast Rankings and reviews

you can hear how hard this show is to navigate in every word jonathan says. he does a spectacular job of telling difficult (and often deeply personal) stories, all of them surprisingly affecting. it's a privilege to take the journey with him.

Nice premise for a podcast, but could have been much better executed. I found it to be a very surface level of supposed “class” issues when most of the issues are clearly about cultural assimilation and race. This podcast is clearly catered to rich white liberals instead of the hosts POC counterparts that could actually relate to his experience. The standout episode was “Hemmed In,” which was the only episode I found to be intellectually honest and compelling and that was due to the guest speakers, not host.

Every episode was really compelling, and the show hit so many of the topics that go into how we develop (or don’t) our feelings about class—family, food, clothing, jobs. Just great!

I love this podcast. I grew up the Whittier area and I still live only about 40-50 miles away. I am a Hispanic who doesn't speak Spanish, I have an MBA and while working in Orange County often would hear "oh you are Mexican? You don't look or sound like one " lol I would work with people who grew up in the Newport Beach area and I still have family who live in East LA (where I was born). It's hard to describe to people who don't understand, but I always felt a little different around my co-workers. They were always super nice but just different, this podcast totally gets it. I used to feel not accepted by "real" Mexicans and in the office I just didn't grow up like many of my white peers. It's a real thing. But I know I am not alone in this, and this podcast just confirmed it. THANK YOU!