Pete talks with frequent guest Wes Bishop about how politics (mis-)characterizes and stereotypes the working class.

Wes Bishop, "The Public Stage: The Working Class in Theatrical Representations and the Fear of America’s Declining Public Sphere," South Atlantic Review 2018 (20:3) 130-149.

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