I like the show but it's mostly a slice of American upper middle class who are reasonably well and educated. I don't think the writers can connect to working class people. In a sense it's the typical democrat voter
I don’t have any empirical evidence to refute you, but it connected with me as a 17 year old kid living in a mobile home in Mississippi. Almost 25 years later, and in a much different socioeconomic state, it still does.
Stories steeped in humanity aren’t biased - less confident about you to be honest.
I described myself being poor (“working class”) and not being poor any more, whatever you’re attempting to read between the lines beyond that isn’t there.
I framed my experience in contrast to the parent’s assertion, and no, I did not make any claim about universality. Be sure that not everyone loves this or any show all you want.
You’re continuing to project some sort of nonsense gotcha logic onto a straw man that doesn’t exist.
The thing that's unique about This American Life is that the star of each episode is usually someone just doing their usual job, or going through a situation.
If someone can't empathize with that, it says more about them than the show.
Stories steeped in humanity aren’t biased - less confident about you to be honest.