Wake Up Classy 97 The Podcast

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, June 12th, 2026 / Unspoken social rules, an uplifting story about a dog reunited with her owner after a car crash, a happy garden update on their backyard "little farm", details on the upcoming Idaho Falls Community Hospital River Fest and Melaleuca Freedom Celebration fireworks, backpacking trip prep, a nostalgic dive into MySpace and Farmville, concert outfit shopping for a gothic bluegrass show, a summer ice cream taste-test ranking, thoughts on Spielberg's new alien film "Disclosure Day," reactions to the Little House on the Prairie reboot trailer, a debate over what "man smells"...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, June 11th, 2026 / On today's show: a hilarious late-night fly-tying dispute, the summer solstice falling on Father's Day, a viral soccer-playing dog named Ronaldo just in time for the FIFA World Cup, and a jaw-dropping scientific discovery of a deep-sea whale graveyard off the coast of Australia, the NBA Finals with the New York Knicks pulling off the largest comeback in Finals history against the San Antonio Spurs, Tim Allen's struggles to reunite the Home Improvement cast, the ongoing LEGO consignment controversy taking over the internet, some office sardine pranks from down...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, June 10th, 2026 / Alice Cooper left his credit card at a gas pump and a good Samaritan tracked him down to return it, a nostalgic detour into 80s toys like My Buddy, Kid Sister, and Cabbage Patch Kids, a freeze warning tonight has Josh on a mission to protect his garden, Idaho's Free Fishing Day on June 13th, the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicking off with Ronaldo and Messi both making history in their sixth tournament, Taylor Swift's rumored July 3rd wedding at Madison Square Garden, Amazon Prime's new BookTok adaptation Every Summer...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, June 9th, 2026 / A walk down concert memory lane from first shows and worst experiences and all-time favorites, Ruger the retired K9 who went missing and survived an entire winter living with a pack of coyotes, the NASA Artemis 3 crew announcement & Prada-designed spacesuits, the chaos of summer parenting, chore charts for teenagers, a broken garbage disposal, instant rice that's anything but instant, a nacho cheese fountain that Josh hates, the monster truck moment when Ashton Jeanty returned to Boise State Stadium, Kirk Cousins' new Raiders promo photos, a rec league softball story...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, June 8th, 2026 / The big recap of the epic 27th Annual Classy 97 Second Chance Prom with costumes, thrones, a 360 photo booth, and one very large dress in a very small hallway. Plus, Josh's weekend of backyard projects, the first stop of their Salt & Cream Club ice cream tour, a new indie co-op game called Bombanana! that sounds very interesting, NBA Finals news with the Knicks leading the Spurs 2-0 heading into Game 3, wasp behavior, a discovery of Golden Age of Piracy ships, wildlife crossing bridges in Northern California, sleep apnea and snoring...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, June 5th, 2026 / Deadliest Catch Captain Sig Hansen's health scares and stubborn refusal to retire, a nostalgic deep dive into Garfield's 1984 camping adventure, hobbies ruined by popularity, the ultimate "plop vacation," a viral AI-generated inflatable lazy river that isn't real, our son's style makeover, campfire survival skills, clocking running speeds, a big reminder for listeners: free prom tickets and pet food donations for Snake River Animal Shelter Saturday at the Idaho Falls Farmers Market, and join us for the 27th Annual Classy 97 Second Chance Prom at the Waterfront at Snake River Landing, 8–11pm...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, June 4th, 2026 / Josh and Chantel kick off the episode with a quirky word game, it's a full celebration of National Cheese Day, firefighter good news, the podcast's two-year anniversary milestone, the unsettling rise of AI-powered stuffed animals, a very grandma-chic 1972 Silver Eagle bus they found on Facebook Marketplace, a family squirt gun ambush story, Josh challenges Chantel to start a fire with flint and steel, safari vs. Amazon rainforest adventures, scientists bake sourdough bread from 5,300-year-old mummy yeast, a heated height debate, driver's license confessions, survival instincts put to the test...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026 / Josh and Chantel cover all the bases on today's episode! Father's Day wish lists, a good news story about a college student who jumped on stage to save a live concert, garden updates, teen summer vacation snack drama, motorcycle commuting, a debate over ketchup, chicken nuggets, nut rankings, kissing science, tiny toenail genetics, a viral manhole cover accident in Brazil, preparations for the 27th Annual Second Chance Prom, and a whole lot more!

Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Father's Day gift ideas
(4:22) - Sneezing in a helmet<...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 / Josh and Chantel kick off the show with a prank idea involving a hidden chicken and an unsuspecting daughter, celebrate National Leave the Office Early Day, a second-grade teacher is retiring and handmade personalized quilts for every student in her class, a study on the most attractive male dance moves, Taylor Swift's Toy Story song arrives Friday, why anyone thought "Devil's Shake" was a good name for a chocolate drink, a 90s summer challenge, NASA calling for artists and poets to submit space-inspired work, a spirited hypothetical about strong...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, June 1st, 2026 / American climber Tyler Andrews shattered a 23-year-old Mount Everest speed record, Griff II has retired, the best summer foods, Josh's "complicated" drink order, the Salt and Cream Club, Josh spent the weekend building a backyard greenhouse and garden fence, while Chantel raced to finish a quilt for an art show, a YouTuber has been banned from Six Flags for eating chicken nuggets on a roller coaster, a dentist visit that crowned their daughter the "best teeth in the family," a nostalgic dive into childhood TV shows, a disgusting Would...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, May 29th, 2026 / Josh and Chantel kick off the Friday morning show with laughs, life updates, and a whole lot of random fun! A group of Girl Scouts 3D printed and assembled a fully functional pediatric wheelchair for a child in need, modern status symbols like outdoor kitchens, hot tubs, luxury handbags, designer shoes & high-end watches, Chantel also opens up about the surprisingly emotional process of finding a new primary care physician after her longtime doctor left the practice, Josh makes the case for Halo as the greatest video game ever invented...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, May 28th, 2026 / Is cowboy caviar a suitable lunch, it's National Hamburger Day, Josh recaps a fishing trip with their son, it's the last day of school for many kids, summer vacations, the tradition of the end-of-school motorcycle ice cream ride, why summer bucket lists might be setting you up for disappointment, Q-tip preferences, fluffy cotton swabs, whether you should look at the Q-tip after using it, Chantel got complimented in an online gaming chat, sibling rivalries and the classic parenting phrase "stick like glue", the Pokemon card craze, the Mount Rushmore...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, May 27th, 2026 / It's a Wednesday, and Josh and Chantel are back in the studio after a well-deserved five-day weekend and they have a lot to catch up on! The surprisingly lucrative legacy of Big Mouth Billy Bass, a young girl named Anne Marie donated her entire jar of savings to help save a zoo, the camping and RV resort getaway update, pickleball adventures, a backyard stargazing session with a thrifted telescope, a campfire "three strikes" moment, the great free popcorn standoff, a surprising number of adults who don't know their own...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, May 21st, 2026 / Josh & Chantel are ready to kick off Memorial Day weekend! Today's episode covers everything from the hilarious realities of getting older to some genuinely exciting news: Giant pandas are coming to Zoo Atlanta, joining a very small and exclusive group of pandas living in the US. Samsung's brand new $1,600 6K gaming monitor, the merits of Luigi vs. Yoshi in Mario Kart, all the chaotic pre-camping prep stories, including a glass baking dish falling off a shelf and shattering, a whiteboard list, Chantel confesses to holding a library book hostage...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, May 20th, 2026 / Apparently you can fly with as many rotisserie chickens as you can stuff into your carry-on, we celebrate World Bee Day and National Rescue Dog Day, Casper the owl is a wildlife rehab legend, the newly announced cast for Netflix's Quarterback Season 3, Google's sweeping icon redesign has been released, Josh shares his ongoing war with late-spring frost that has been devastating his garden, we're looking ahead to a beautiful Memorial Day weekend, theater etiquette and what to do when a neighbor's enthusiasm ruins your experience, the growing trend of...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, May 19th, 2026 / Who's really doing the math in the relationship, a rescue story about a dog who fell 21 feet into a sinkhole, what would YOU do if time froze and you were the only one unfrozen, Chantel shares her terrifying near-split moment on a freshly mopped floor, do phone keypad codes still work, tribute bands, the viral mix-up between Weird Al Yankovic and "Weird AI," AI-powered virtual clothing try-ons, the struggle of women's pants sizing, Josh's refreshing hike up Manan Butte, a weekend Boise trip featuring scooter safety lectures to strangers...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, May 18th, 2026 / Josh and Chantel kick off the short week tired, wind-battered, and still somehow in a great mood! Do you actually need to refrigerate ketchup, bread, or coffee, a heartwarming good news story about a 14-year-old whose handmade pillow donation project for foster children led to an unforgettable full-circle moment, recap of the weekend road trip to Boise for "Taurus Fest", a surprisingly pricey farm-to-table dinner, a college dorms reunion, a near-miss trust fall moment, our daughter made herself very comfortable in our absence, curly fries vs. waffle fries vs...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, May 15th, 2026 / Would Josh even know where to start describing Chantel to a therapist, it's National Pizza Party Day and Bike to Work Day, a man is dribbling a soccer ball 2,000 miles to raise money for a hospice charity, our teenage daughter has "empty tank anxiety", modern dating red flags, an important local traffic update for Idaho drivers, we rates their favorite childhood recess games, Facebook Marketplace is wildly off-target with Josh, a guy who secretly 3D prints a miniature ski resort in his garage, dog nicknames, a foot drop diagnosis...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, May 14th, 2026 / Josh is deep in backyard project mode trying to figure out exactly how much mulch he can haul in his Tundra, Chantel mourns a plant that didn't make it four days, the surprising comeback of hacky sack among Gen Z, are Josh and Chantel elder millennials, Xennials, or proudly Oregon Trail generation, a review of the Billie Eilish 3D concert film directed by James Cameron, the viral men in flip flops debate, a mystery coworker's open-air Culver's leftovers that have been sitting in the work fridge since Tuesday, an...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, May 13th, 2026 / Can someone steal your fingerprints from a peace sign selfie, an ice cream truck owner gave a tearful little boy a free scoop and now she's offering free ice cream to every child for the rest of the summer, eating gelato and Butterbeer popcorn in bed and calling it a perfectly balanced evening, the infamous sauce packet bag, household chores and the challenges of keeping up with it all, the joy of backyard evenings with hummingbird moths, Chantel relates hard to a viral video about dreading summer fashion when...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 / A food dare nobody asked for: tomato soup cake and yes, we're going to make it, Google search trends are good news, Josh finally meets the farmer for a civilized fence-line diplomacy moment, Chantel nearly sets her own nose on fire with a poblano pepper, long arms vs short legs, we're mourning discontinued fast food favorites, confessing the adult things that still make us feel like scared little kids, a new game for couples that have been together forever, Josh is funny because he can make Chantel laugh, we're...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, May 11th, 2026 / It's a Monday kind of Monday and Josh & Chantel are back with life updates you didn't know you needed. Cauliflower ears and the wild world of UFC, backyard beautification bonanza updates, a plumbing saga at 11pm, Chantel can't stop thinking about mismatched pillowcases, Josh is in a full-on tussle with a chemical-spraying farm truck, we ended up at a Sunday night screening of the Michael Jackson biopic, a teen conservationist who changed state law to save birds, Idaho State Parks going free on the 4th of July, Nintendo raising...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, May 8th, 2026 / Today's episode is a Mother's Day spectacular! The best Mother's Day restaurant deals, socks & bare ankles, a teenager who took his Icelandic grandma to prom, drip irrigation systems and why okra deserved a spot in the garden, the NFL season schedule is dropping, Kirk Cousins getting a personal shoutout for Raiders tickets, the 27th Annual Second Chance Prom announcement, a toast hack that might change your breakfast game, jam hierarchy, a brand new driver had a rude road encounter, it's garden planting season, Chantel wants a picnic, don't forget...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, May 7th, 2026 / Army jackets are officially back, but not skinny jeans, an English farmer turned 13 tons of unwanted potatoes into the most heartwarming "free taters" story you'll hear all week, societal norms worth ditching, doctor appointment confirmations, can you really listen to one artist for a full seven-hour road trip, car headlights that double as movie projectors, the science of bad sleep, earliest childhood memories, gardening vs. weeding, a surprisingly touching stroll down memory lane involving midwives, a drill-sergeant nurse, and a whistling anesthesiologist, Chantel's not old enough to have a 21...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 / Butter wars, mayonnaise controversies, and mac & cheese crimes - Josh and Chantel are trying to settle a Kraft mac & cheese debate, drop some wild Tootsie Roll science on you, take a moment to honor National Nurses Day with a truly heroic story of an ICU nurse, eagle cam updates, slang words that have been cool since the 1940s, a Pinterest rabbit hole, bold bathroom wallpaper drama, luxury events neither of them want to attend, cereal box toys making a comeback, Delta Airlines cutting free snacks on short flights, Lunchables...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, May 5th, 2026 / It's Cinco de Mayo AND Taco Tuesday on the same glorious day and Josh and Chantel are here for every single bite of it! In today's episode, Star Wars Day shenanigans, debates whether Josh looks more like Matt Damon or Jesse Plemons, why Cinco de Mayo is actually NOT Mexican Independence Day, the Met Gala is the wildest runway of the year, Josh has plumbing problems, strong opinions about faucet prices, Chantel unleashes the many versions of herself as a sports mom, Good News from Twin Falls, a heartfelt...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, May 4th, 2026 / It's a Monday morning and Josh and Chantel are running on sore muscles & sunburned skin. Gen Z being dubbed "the Christopher Columbus generation" for rediscovering things like going outside, a dramatic weekend recap featuring broken RC car axles (not once, but twice), a surprise geeky hobby birthday present, a bee rescue mission that kept a dinner party waiting, Emery's first prom, updates on the big backyard beautification bonanza, New Jersey's adorable Jersey Dogs lottery scratch-off, it's May the 4th so we dive deep into a Star Wars trivia showdown...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, May 1st, 2026 / Josh and Chantel kick off May in the most chaotic, delightful way possible and honestly, we wouldn't have it any other way. From orphaned words you didn't know existed to a furnace that won't quit, a birthday on the horizon, prom season, a tractor arriving on Sunday, what lies deep into the ocean, hot dogs become a safari, dandelions become a cause, and somehow milking a cow becomes the most divisive topic of the episode. Plus, May holidays galore, No Mow May, No Meat May, fun facts about Canada's...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, April 30th, 2026 / Josh and Chantel kick things off with a very scientific update on their global listener map, then baby names are getting weird, the Book It program is BACK and Chantel wants a free personal pan pizza for finishing her book, we take a walk down memory lane on the playground, our 21-year-old son has very politely told Chantel to please, for the love of softball, be a normal mom at his rec league game, Josh mourns a broken RC rock crawler axle, Microsoft Teams comes up and everyone hates...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, April 29th, 2026 / Josh forgot to check on the cats Monday night, Koopa the escape artist is still under house arrest, and bird seed forensics are officially underway. Our daughter just passed her driving test, prom season has gone full professional photo shoot, nobody in the house wants to go rock crawling - except Josh. Somewhere between debating the proper way to feed squirrels, deciding whether a charity fundraiser is appropriate for a 6-year-old's birthday, and learning that a quart is a quarter of a gallon, Josh and Chantel also cover the...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 / Icy cars and heated seats this morning, a heartwarming story about a man in Sheffield, England, who's giving senior citizens joyrides in Ferraris and Lamborghinis, the unspoken etiquette of taking a bath at someone else's house, the surprisingly brilliant hack of using seed packet descriptions to write your dating profile, should you pay for the stranger behind you in the drive-thru, Emery's taking her driving skills test, a London Marathon runner's foot literally exploded (and she still finished 7th!), Where's Waldo raised money for homeless youth, prom dress culture...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, April 27th, 2026 / Buckle up for a Monday morning ride with Josh and Chantel! This episode kicks off with the blockbuster opening of the Michael Jackson biopic Michael, Babe Ruth Day, NFL Draft generosity from first-round pick Fernando Mendoza, a beautifully profound quote courtesy of Nick Offerman via Heraclitus, Chantel recaps her Boise girls' trip, complete with a fancy dinner, a towering cotton candy birthday surprise, and a very questionable decision involving the HOA president's driveway, Josh gives an update on the epic Big Beautiful Backyard Beautification Bonanza, Chantel shares tears, stripes...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, April 24th, 2026 / It's Friday, and Wake Up Classy 97 is celebrating a 450 episodes and listeners in over 50 countries! A therapy cat named Isambard Kitten Brunel at Oxford University, the science of eating garlic to smell more attractive, does a Clueless sequel deserves to exist, Idaho Falls' own Kenyon Sadiq was drafted by the New York Jets, red light runners and big truck energy, a million ways to prepare pigs in a blanket, prom dress shopping, permission to not be interested in everything our son does, barnacles are the worst, new gardening knowledge...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, April 23rd, 2026 / It's a jam packed Thursday show! Buckle up! Chantel's chugging green juice like a pro, we're getting swept into Top Gun nostalgia, an incredible story of friendship and kidney donation from Chicago firefighters, Josh & Chantel finally started watching The Madison, we somehow ends up doing pre-calculus math, a secret prom proposal is allegedly in motion, Josh is hiding birthday gifts in the bank account, a four-year-old is throwing the most exclusive stuffed animal gala of the year, mud & bugs, and more!

Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Licking a...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 / It's Wednesday, and Josh and Chantel have a serious case of the midweek blues, we're diving into which bands actually got better after losing a member, it's Earth Day, good news about 10,027 beds built in 24 hours for kids in need, Chantel's very relatable anxiety dream about not having enough sandwiches at a party, Josh's fishing photo smile versus his wife smile, a genuinely disgusting communal microwave story, a mafia documentary that became the world's best sleep aid, a dad trapped in his own pantry during hide-and-seek, does Luna need...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, April 21st, 2026 / Josh and Chantel are back with another delightfully chaotic morning show with some exciting news about unreleased Prince music, it's Big Word Day (magnanimous, gregarious, onomatopoeia, and more), a salute to your local library, a heartwarming story about a man who found $44,000 worth of Pokémon cards in his parents' attic, liquid salads vs. actual salads, the toilet seat upgrade, Chantel absolutely fumes after catching neighborhood kids on camera stealing her beloved tulips right out of the flower bed, backyard beautification projects, the Prego "Conversation Keeper" gadget no one a...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, April 20th, 2026 / It's Monday, and Josh and Chantel are back with a jam-packed episode that proves weekends are never actually restful, just a different kind of busy. Midnight gelato runs, a very suspicious daughter, did you know the beloved 90s PBS show Wishbone is getting a documentary, a 9-year-old named Noah is a hero with a new haircut, Josh accidentally put on the wrong pants, a new old man saying was born, we hit the postcard art show, brought home two new trees, discovered spawn points in our house, Madonna and...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, April 17th, 2026 / Let's get Friday started with  a wild fun fact about CBS secretly adding fake bird sounds to golf coverage. then dive into the heartwarming story about a taco shop in Detroit, are washcloths for the shower, the science of looking at food to kill your cravings, is it okay to wear concert merch you didn't earn, a co-worker's teenage bucket list, a frozen yogurt outing with high hopes and low expectations, a postcard art show benefiting Happyville Community Farm in Idaho Falls, weekend movie picks, WrestleMania 42, the bold claim t...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, April 16th, 2026 / Josh and Chantel are back today with a freshly cleaned studio, Chicago gave 316,000 students instant library access with just their school ID, a Japanese fire sergeant got suspended for making his employees beta-test his homemade board games, Starbucks' new AI powered ordering app, teens aren't bagging groceries anymore, the history of "segmented sleep", baby animal science, the world's oldest competitive croquet player, Rick Moranis coming out of retirement for Spaceballs: The New One, our daughter is on crutches, fishing dreams deferred by spring snowstorms, flowers in your hair vs...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, April 15th, 2026 / Today's show is filled with questions like, what instantly makes you sound over 40?, what song you’d want to hear before you die, what's your neighborhood peeves, and more! We also dive into the TikTok trend “you the birthday”, a bizarre but true airline rule, Josh discovers he can fall asleep in seconds thanks to sheep videos, Chantel dreams up the ultimate backyard escape, things take a dramatic turn when singing at someone’s deathbed becomes controversial, it’s Tax Day, so there’s a little real talk mixed in with the...