Wake Up Classy 97 The Podcast

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, November 5th, 2026 / A bread company in Washington state just donated its 1,000th loaf to a local food bank, Katie and Cara from Comfort Home Care and Visiting Angels join the show to chat about Operation Christmas Cheer, what to call a piece of sushi, Chantel practices her ASL with a deaf fundraiser for hearing dogs, Chantel reconnects with the midwife team who delivered our daughter 17 years ago, Josh’s new office and fly-tying setup, the house item we couldn’t live without, a very unusual trip across the parking lot with a go...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, November 4th, 2026 / The big news in our home: our son has officially moved out and emotions are high, 25 unmatched socks were found under a mattress, “uninclude yourself” advice from our daughter, a hearing dog named Storm saves his owner’s husband, a theater is using hypnosis to make people forget a movie so they can watch it again for the first time, Josh’s office makeover, why stairs are all the same height, Bon Jovi’s vocal surgery, a rough day in customer service, the loofah vs. washcloth debate, free McDonald’s vs free Ch...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026 / It’s Election Day on Wake Up Classy97, and Josh and Chantel are wearing their “I voted” stickers and urging you to get out and vote. We also explain why Election Day falls on a Tuesday in November, a tradition that goes back to 19th-century farmers and travel schedules, The Capitol Christmas Tree: an Idaho Englemann spruce is headed to Washington, D.C., and stops in downtown Idaho Falls on Friday, Stranger Things Day is November 6 and Conformity Gate theories are still going strong, is it too early to put up...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, November 2nd, 2026 / A free winter driving safety class from the Idaho Transportation Department and Idaho State Police is coming to East Idaho starting this week, wildflower roofs on bus stops in England, a Halloween recap, the daylight saving time fall back, Josh’s boat checklist and the name he dreamed up for his boat, Chantel's not into comic books, can you “sprinkle” cinnamon, Bryce the paint guy, the Vikings lost to the Lions and the Broncos beat the Chiefs, Election Day is tomorrow so get out and vote, someone stole are yard s...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, October 30th, 2026 / Happy Halloween Eve! It's a very festive episode of Wake Up Classy with Josh & Chantel! We build each other’s dream trick-or-treat bag, share a story about Marilyn Hampton, a 76-year-old Texas custodian who was surprised when her school district named a new elementary school after her, a Halloween games marathon: Real or Fake Horror Movies, zombie and vampire survival scenarios, a spooky sound effects challenge, Would You Rather, Finish the Spooky Sentence, last-minute costume plans for tonight’s party, Pet-O-Ween at Cal Ranch, what counts as dad rock, a st...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, October 29th, 2026 / Do you know what color candy corn is, a GPS detour led a stranger to rescue a family of 14 from a burning home in Georgia, Josh had a wildly vivid dream filled with a cluttered mystery room, a creepy doll, rubber masks, and junky Ninja Turtle costumes, picking paint colors for a brown office, scraping frosty windows, warm car seats, how tight are your shoes, Josh gets heckled about his new boat, YouTube boat videos, Pet-O-Ween at Cal Ranch, a Packers lanyard football clash, Biscoff cinnamon rolls, a candy “Wo...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, October 28th, 2026 / We're celebrating National First Responders Day with hero dog plushies that raise money for public safety, debating whether a resealable cereal bag from Pantry Seal and Cheerios is a brilliant fix or an unnecessary one, Halloween lands on a Saturday this year and there’s an extra hour of Halloween, remember to check your smoke detector batteries and furnace filters, Josh shows off his deed to land on the moon and his lunar citizenship certificate, junk ninja turtle costumes versus the real thing, Josh’s new fishing boat and what...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, October 27th, 2026 / A throwback to Josh’s legendary apple bobbing video, Jay-Z will headline the Super Bowl halftime show, the opening of Raising Cane’s in Idaho Falls, People’s 2026 Sexiest Man Alive, a retired fighter pilot donated $400,000 to preserve Neil Armstrong’s childhood home, Reese’s named East Dudley Avenue in Westfield, NJ the top trick-or-treat street in America, the most famous person born in every state, famous pumpkins in movies and TV, and a Halloween-week round of Would You Rather, Josh showed up with a new drift boat, Mahjong is the new...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, October 26th, 2026 / It’s Halloween week on Wake Up Classy 97, Chantel kick off Monday by learning the Gen Z slang “mogging”, a Michigan teacher donates her $5,000 Amazing Teacher Award to her school, Unsolved Mysteries returns to YouTube, we look back on the 23rd anniversary of the first “I love you” at Lagoon, a 90-minute Verizon store adventure that ended with a new Google Pixel 11 Pro XL, a high protein microwave breakfast, the undefeated 6-0 Minnesota Vikings, truck ditch lights, Tacoma vs. Tundra, classic Triumph and MG cars, a possible boat purchase, why everyt...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, October 23rd, 2026 / It’s new headphone day on Wake Up Classy 97! Josh unpacked his brand new cans, is a bare house or an over decorated one more suspicious at Halloween, where do people store those giant skeletons, Olly the hedgehog lost all 7,000 of his spines due to an infection, Life360 and the joys and worries of parenting a teenager who never texts, are birth month personality traits actually true, the origins of the 10,000 step goal, Josh’s successful flyfishing afternoon, our daughter says Chantel never gives any context to her conversations, the...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, October 22nd, 2026 / A trash talking raccoon animatronic, describe your job in a spooky way, Jalen Hurts’ season ending deep vein thrombosis diagnosis and rumors that Saquon Barkley could be traded to the Vikings, the Human Library where you can check out a person, harvesting backyard pumpkins, decorating corn stalks with fall ribbon, why roasting pumpkin seeds is never worth it, setting up a PC for our daughter’s Sims obsession, a husband picks the outfit challenge, new headphones and a new fishing rod, an emotional moment of nostalgia for the cranky todd...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, October 21st, 2026 / Our most hated songs ever, a Florida student team turned a nine year old girl’s wheelchair into an angel throne for Halloween, a broken steering wheel button, dark mode versus light mode, a Black Friday ad that arrived in mid October, Elon Musk’s idea to jump the Snake River Canyon in a Tesla Roadster, a thunder spooked dog, Chantel’s Halloween countdown chain, the pants around the neck sizing trick, our son is moving out and our daughter’s last Christmas as a child, the great snack versus t...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, October 20th, 2026 / We're deciding which '80s cartoon villain they could beat in a fight, a double lottery winner who scored a second jackpot eight years after the first, HOA overreach, a ban on full-size Halloween candy bars, the case for becoming the two liter of soda house, bubble wrap as wallpaper, a solo parent-teacher conference, Lay’s new holiday chip flavors, gross office microwaves, NFL talk with the undefeated Vikings and Chiefs, a debate over Kyler Murray’s height, a last minute DIY giant spider for a haunted house, would you...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, October 19th, 2026 / Who would survive a horror movie, a paralyzed kitten who got a homemade Hot Wheels wheelchair, a safety alert about multiple I-15 accidents between Idaho Falls and Pocatello, plus a reminder to check 511 Idaho for road conditions as winter driving and holiday travel approach, our kids picked the worst moment to eat cereal and discover chunky chocolate milk, a parking showdown in a big truck, a fly fishing demo at a family party, a heated drift boat debate, the popcorn diving controversy, Go to sleep, Daniel, a Raising Cane’s...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, October 16th, 2026 / A study on boredom and aggression and why Chantel gets shovy, a five year old Michigan boy saved his dehydrated grandmother, a surprise new wrinkle, why you can’t tickle yourself, a taco cup dinner that could have just been a regular taco, a math lesson on converting fractions to decimals, the TikTok floor time wellness trend, whimsymaxxing, a Raspberry Pi and 3D-printed Lego sorting machine, a life tracker spreadsheet and the quest for 10,000 steps, the best gas station foods, we're hitting the road for a family weekend in Bu...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, October 15th, 2026 / The necropsy on Jackie the eagle found she was already battling avian flu when she was attacked by other eagles, frosty windshields and why a cassette tape makes the best ice scraper, a Lowman, Idaho couple who made it to their wedding on time by riding around a 16-mile highway backup on an e-bike and a side-by-side, a mountain lion sighting in Pocatello, the new Xbox Nano controller for smaller hands, small fish versus big fish, why Hot Wheels cars lost their detailed undersides, boo baskets, hair banking and...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 / A Ghostbusters projection mapping display is way better than our spooky bones décor, the newest Purdue backed expedition to Nikumaroro where researchers are investigating a mysterious object that may be linked to Amelia Earhart’s disappearance, Sam and Colby’s Dracula’s Castle investigation, a Pringles contest that offers can shaped urn, why Halloween should always land on the last Saturday of October, an Ohio handyman restores donated Power Wheels for local families, a Kentucky teacher carried a fourth grader with spina bifida across a fossil bed, weekend plans o...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 / We're ranking boomer candy, having a very British ol' chap moment, a former firefighter in England has helped install more than 10,000 AEDs across the UK, a sleep showdown over CPAP masks & snoring at 3 am, early Christmas shopping and white elephant strategies, Josh explains streamer fishing and his new fly rod, we celebrate the undefeated Vikings and break down NFL Week 5, Chantel’s chair wheels are full of hair, Skittles vs. Reese’s, a nostalgic look at 90s fashion and hairstyles, and more!

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Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, October 12th, 2026 / It’s a soggy Monday morning, Chantel might actually run a race for Tiramisu, South Dakota State University students donating over 2,700 pounds of fresh produce to local families, a Pokemon card sold for $1.38 million, a fridge full of homegrown pickles, a garden season winding down, awkward eye contact at red lights, a last minute homecoming boutonniere, wire cutters vs needle nose pliers, hardware store antics, our daughter forgot her wallet, what to call yourself as a grandparent, a Halloween craft project, fangs or fur?, the great push pin versus na...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, October 9th, 2026 / Pocatello’s new remote-controlled lawn mower, big news from Idaho State University, Baltimore’s Tails on the Rails dog festival, a heartbroken traveler got an entire airplane to write a story together, the squeaky-chair saga in the studio, review the Sons of Serendip show at the Colonial Theater, a Dodgers fan caught a foul ball and should keep it, Chantel gushes about Kirk Cousins being the nicest boy in football, the value of human connection over self checkout, permanent standard time over daylight saving time, a Halloween Would You Rath...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, October 8th, 2026 / Fall and Halloween decorating, a house full of storage bins, and a Jack Russell who insists on supervising every step, two sisters, adopted by different families, found each other after facing off in a Montana high school softball tournament, the garden is still producing zucchini, pumpkins, and a mystery white squash, Josh is preparing to try water bath canning, Almond Joy versus Mounds and which candies count as old people candy, a rant about restaurants charging extra for toppings and sauces, the etiquette of shopping right before closing time...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, October 7th, 2026 / We name the one thing we'd happily get a lifetime supply of, talk Halloween costume ideas, the most popular costumes from the years we were born, a haunted house versus sleeping in a cemetery, tips for surviving a horror movie, a Rhode Island woman donated a kidney to her husband, what is the Barbenheimer of video games, Josh's slow conversion to sushi, which family dishes the kids say they'll crave after moving out, the leftover dip debate, social battery and why Josh needs quiet time after work, keeping a...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, October 5th, 2026 / The latest Sister Wives drama as Kody and Robin Brown exit the show, a feel good story about a 12 year old who delivered more than 30,000 diapers to a Phoenix food bank, the latest in the Cinnamon Roll Club, Coyote Peterson's most painful stings, a full day at Lagoon, Chantel likes In-N-Out animal style, HOV lane etiquette and left lane campers, wild NFL officiating and Week 4 football talk, a stolen hoodie, wearing wigs while shopping at Walmart, Break for the Cure is happening tomorrow morning at Teton Cancer Institute, and...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, October 2nd, 2026 / Josh and Chantel are asking if you can really eat kiwi skin, and should you? Heartwarming good news about a Virginia couple whose Outer Banks beach wedding was washed out by a storm and more than 400 strangers turned it into an unforgettable celebration, Josh shares the behind-the-scenes story of launching a brand new sports talk radio station, we learn the surprising origins of scuzz bucket, debate the merits of their Christmas gift towel warmer, Chantel's disappointing $11 creativity prompt purchase, our son is moving out and the feelings that come...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, September 30th, 2026 / It's the last day of September! We take a behind the scenes look at life at a radio station, Josh's dreaded day of soldering audio cables, a middle of the night leg cramp, morning grumpiness, the eternal challenge of finding something to talk about every single day, Jake Laser turned a robot dog into an off-road wheelchair so his dad can get back on the trails, the Fat Bear Week champion, pay tribute to Dennis Haskins, beloved Mr. Belding from Saved by the Bell, a night out seeing Gravity...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, September 29th, 2026 / A parenting lesson after our daughter overdrafts her account and has to cancel her Spotify, the first chilly fall morning, the garden harvest is nearly complete, an English couple who have fostered 59 rescue dogs, midlife style changeup, is Chantel cool enough for a bandana, leather pants spark a Slash from Guns N' Roses tangent, the Great Pumpkin Drop is a chance to win a $500 Visa gift card at Stone's Kia in Idaho Falls on October 24, a punching bag might do Chantel some good, the shed cleanout is 85% done, Chantel's...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, September 28th, 2026 / The weekend box office has Avengers Endgame: Encore at the number one spot, a Staten Island couple who gave away more than $800,000 and are sending hundreds of kids to see Hamilton on Broadway, the Minnesota Vikings' 3-0 start, a football cheat sheet from our son, the pants around the neck sizing trick, Chantel recaps her Shop Hop quilt trip with her sister and daughter, a wheelchair accessible hotel room mix-up & a Spanish radio station, Big Gulps, huh? with the neighbor, the window air conditioners are out so now we...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, September 25th, 2026 / Mattel's new Lenny Kravitz Ken doll and how it stacks up against the LeBron James version, the internet's theory that Taylor Swift's new track "Patient Zero" borrows its opening notes from Hadestown, celebrate Dolly Parton Day with ways to honor her legacy, good news stories about a fox cub's hydrotherapy recovery and a Mississippi raccoon boot camp for orphaned kits, whether or not washer and dryer sets need to match, quilting shop hop traditions, pickling mishaps, fly fishing trivia, and more!

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Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, September 24th, 2026 / Where we'd move if they had to leave the country tomorrow, good news about Colorado's giant I-25 wildlife bridge, Chantel apologizes for a week of grouchiness, Cine Roll Club is ready to taste test the best cinnamon rolls in town, a Gremlins 3 teaser trailer has dropped, a Family Stone sequel with Jean Smart has Chantel wishing it had been left alone in Diane Keaton's memory, crispy vs. crunchy, Chantel's arm-day gains, the garbage on the floor job interview test, a quiz to see if they could survive colonial America...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026 / Who has the best cinnamon rolls in town and should we launch the Cinnamon Roll Club, a 54-year-old chimpanzee named Pierre who can see again after cataract surgery, a business owner whose take the lunch you need policy went viral, Hamilton casting dreams, which bands we'd fill in for, fake injury day at school, how to stop living by your supposed to-s, a New York woman fell into a backyard sinkhole, local ties to the NFL, a rant about spatial awareness in public, a round of Would You Rather...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026 / It's the first day of fall! A wild new business idea... charging $41/hour for professional back scratches, a 13-year-old prodigy is headed to NYU for grad school, Chantel's home workout was done entirely in jeans, a family dinner rating dispute over tostadas, the real origin of getting down to brass tacks, a viral couples wrestling trend, small everyday joys, awkward handshake etiquette, our own viral dinosaur roar video, Fat Bear Week hibernation meal planning, a toilet paper vs tiny towel Would You Rather, the 2032 Brisbane Olympic rowers might have...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, September 21st, 2026 / Josh and Chantel kick off the first week of fall with a rundown of their weekend, recap NFL Week 2, including the Vikings' hot dog celebration and Caleb Williams' injury in the Bears game, Pete Gall ran 450 miles across Kentucky in 19 days for charity, '90s street party was filled with pog slammers, ear gauges, a fake nose ring, the viral T-Rex noise Chantel is really good at making, don't invent worst case scenarios, over the top dorm room reveals, Josh's drive thru ordering struggles, the Parallel Parking Championship, how...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, September 18th, 2026 / This year's National Toy Hall of Fame finalists list has some strong entries including Pokemon, BopIt!, and the slide, East Idaho's wild overnight storm, flash flooding, and a surprise Saturn sighting between lightning strikes, New England Patriots QB Drake May's foundation surprised a Rhode Island elementary school, dental cleaning confessions, a viral story of two strangers who traded truck tailgates, Chantel gets called out for being too vocal about her dislikes, an update on her drum lessons, successfully hand feeding a squirrel and the risks that come with it...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, September 17th, 2026 / NFL Week 2 excitement, Josh Allen's spider mishap, our daughter's team switching, our dog's thunderstorm meltdown at 4am, a Nicaragua community built glass elevators to get kids safely to school, a birthday recap featuring homemade golden tickets for Lagoon, forgotten mozzarella sticks, stereotypical guy things, tape measure etiquette, a serious PSA about the dangers of putting your feet on the dashboard while driving, old school manners, which game show would you be on, a viral couple's challenge that will definitely fail, living with a CPAP user is hard, exciting news...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, September 16th, 2026 / The family's new secret handshakes, Chantel's shirt just won't die, pant length terminology, an uplifting story about a once homeless musician whose viral piano performance turned into $54,000 raised for homelessness causes, our daughter's 17th birthday, the perfect movie posters for our home theater, an awkward door to door salesman encounter, Jos's new gaslighter nickname, how we want to be remembered after we're gone, this Saturday is Idaho Falls Arts Day, and more.

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(0:00) - Bonus: Secret handshakes
(4:31) - Chantel's shirt survived
(9:02) - Good News<...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, September 15th, 2026 / Chantel is trying to teach our dog circus tricks, is Chantel's striped shirt is fashion forward, an ultra runner completed a 50K in all 50 states in 50 days for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Josh had a 3:30am birthday panic, mouth breathing, eyebrow plucking techniques, extra arm vs extra leg, trust fall training, Chantel's drum practice excuses, over the top football trash talk, the World Fly Fishing Championship is happening right now in Idaho Falls, and more!

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(0:00) - Bonus: Circus act in training
(3:20) - Chantel's shirt
(8:12...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, September 14th, 2026 / Chantel will can be bribed to show up with snacks, we're revisiting the infamous Red Hill hike from 21 years ago as our daughter's birthday is coming up this week, a Subaru dealership donated $15,000 to a junior high school, all the NFL Week 1 action across the league, the kids are teasing Chantel with a goat comparison, TV watching nervous habits, Josh's epic meat weekend, we review the live action Moana movie, discuss handsome cartoons, Chantel nearly had a zucchini bread baking fail, Josh's full on dad crash out, a gross...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, September 11th, 2026 / Today we break down the Rams' rough season-opening loss to the 49ers in Australia, celebrate Vikings running back Aaron Jones Sr.'s sneaker giveaway for military kids, geek out over our daughter's high-tech graphing calculator, movie quote tattoo ideas, unspoken social contracts between strangers, elevator etiquette, Josh's excitement for meat weekend, a new butter roller gadget, naming Chantel's sewing machine, a surprise pencil sharpener gift, the upcoming Oh, Mary! release at HBO Max, a sincere moment honoring the 25th anniversary of September 11th, encouraging listeners to remember and reach...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, September 10th, 2026 / The first ever T-Rex trackway has been found in North Dakota's Hell Creek Formation, studio tech meltdowns, can you do it without instructions, proper dinner table departure etiquette, our underwhelming ice cream club summer, Hallmark's new NFL-themed Christmas movie, Chantel's raccoon tendencies are back, Josh previews Meat Weekend, the new Josh Hartnett Netflix thriller Below, Apple's pricey new folding iPhone Duo, Enneagram personality types, and more!

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(0:00) - Bonus: Dino tracks
(5:08) - Tecuhnologia
(9:21) - Can you do it?
(13:39) - May I be dismissed<...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, September 9th, 2026 / An early season mountain snowstorm will hit Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming this weekend, a volunteer EMT sprinted a mile and a half to save an injured rock climber, the resurgence of 90s fashion brands, a garden update on Josh's thriving squash arch, mammograms and breast cancer awareness, could we swap lives for a day, Luna the Wonder Jack Russel is afraid of thunderstorms, Chantel's sister needs to be teased more, a preview of NFL kickoff night, Super Bowl favorites and fantasy football chaos, E.T. or The Goonies face...