Wake Up Classy 97 The Podcast

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, July 10th, 2026 / Josh and Chantel debate recreating a TikTok music video trend, break down an incoming extreme heat wave hitting Idaho with cooling shelter locations and safety tips, geek out over a real study ranking the world's fastest spiders, review Toy Story 5, debate whether their dog would protect them from a bear, preview an upcoming...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, July 9th, 2026 / Josh and Chantel kick things off debating whether you should be allowed to skip your lunch break and leave work early, then we remember singer Bonnie Tyler following her passing, Josh diagnoses his own mystery ankle injury via internet research, more mismatched socks, frozen yogurt gets a new nickname, personal space & h...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, July 8th, 2026 / Today's show is stuffed with how to fix a falling apart headphone bag, an 8-year-old became Disneyland's one-billionth visitor, the wild world of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding "memorabilia", our most used phone apps, a debate on shopping cart organization versus never waiting in checkout lines, a dinner table deep d...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, July 7th, 2026 / Josh and Chantel celebrate a huge milestone: their 500th podcast episode of Wake Up Classy 97! We look back on years of tangents, laughs, and inside jokes while trying (and hilariously failing) to get AI to compile a "best of" highlight reel from their archives, an uplifting good news story about a Phoenix police officer who...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, July 6th, 2026 / Surprise Northern Lights sightings while lighting fireworks on the 3rd of July, 17 pregnant nurses at an Ohio hospital's labor and delivery unit, the leaked details from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey's star-studded wedding, how unsold fireworks are stored, the massive Melaleuca Freedom Celebration fireworks show, the behind-t...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, July 3rd, 2026 / Josh & Chantel kick off the Friday show with a fun story of two new friends chatting through tent walls, then it's finally actually Friday and there's a lot to celebrate! Good News about an app that supports the soccer loving community, Chantel's had it with country music and she doesn't want to own a farm after all, our k...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, July 2nd, 2026 / Josh and Chantel kick off the show recapping USMNT's historic World Cup win over Bosnia-Herzegovina and look ahead to the Belgium match, firefighters reattaching a young girl's severed fingers, the "Club Rest Stop" relaxation trend, daredevil climbers who scaled the Empire State Building for a marriage proposal, the internet...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, July 1st, 2026 / Josh and Chantel kick off July with hot dogs and ice cream, celebrate a brave 3-year-old who saved his great-grandmother's life, debate booking a stay at the "world's most dangerous hotel", the bizarre world of celebrity super fans paying big money to be buried near the stars, reminisce about lost childhood treasures, hash...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, June 30th, 2026 / Is the fridge really "empty" after a grocery trip that somehow yielded gelato, Takis, and ramen but apparently "nothing to eat", blue and green color clashes only matter for one of us, a senior living community built a giant slip-and-slide for residents, an emotional update from the Big Bear Eagle Nest Cam, a shopping cart b...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, June 29th, 2026 / Josh and Chantel share the hilarious story of how their home thermostat became a tiny art gallery featuring General Grant and Napoleon Bonaparte, a heartwarming story of 94-year-old who took up the art of quilling after losing her husband to Alzheimer's, an exciting update on the Big Bear Valley eagle nest, an awesome AJR con...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, June 26th, 2026 / Josh and Chantel kick off the show with weekend plans; fishing, an AJR concert, stargazing at Craters of the Moon, and some much-needed yard work. A 40-year-old children's book called is going viral thanks to TikTok, rumors surrounding a possible Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding and still no invite, debating dream weddin...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, June 25th, 2026 / A classic office grievance; 25 men sharing one bathroom while renovations drag on, a good news story about a community rallying around a 79-year-old retired nurse facing legal trouble over her yard, Dutch Bros merch mania, near-disaster in the kitchen, the wildest foods you can buy at World Cup 2026 stadiums, five brand-new...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, June 24th, 2026 / Josh and Chantel share heartwarming good news about Cape Verde's goalkeeper and his mother's incredible journey to the 2026 World Cup, dive into midnight Charlie horse suffering, the unwritten rules of four-way stops, why toenails flying across the bathroom is a parenting failure, the surprisingly wild history of HR Puffin...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026 / Josh and Chantel kick off the show with Father's Day recap and backyard project overwhelm before diving into a feel-good story about a $100K donation to Albuquerque Public Schools in honor of a late educator's love of reading. They cover the Mormon cricket invasion spreading across Eastern Idaho, World Cup updates including...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, June 22nd, 2026 / Josh and Chantel are back in the studio after a packed weekend and they've got plenty to talk about! They kick things off with buzz about a possible How the Grinch Stole Christmas sequel with Jim Carrey and Ron Howard potentially returning, then react to a concerning Rod Stewart concert moment at 81 years old. In good news, t...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, June 18th, 2026 / Josh and Chantel celebrate the Knicks' championship parade and gear up for Father's Day weekend with a fun "Wise Dad vs. Fun Dad" debate and a deep dive into what skills actually make a good dad. They cover the viral "goblintimacy" dating trend and the TJ Maxx sister shopping challenge, share a heartwarming story of two Iow...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, June 17th, 2026 / Josh and Chantel kick off with a viral TikTok "lift your family to safety" monkey bars challenge before diving into a Dad's Day edition of Would You Rather, covering dad jokes, parenting advice, and passing hobbies like fly fishing and astronomy on to their kids. Plus: World Cup fever hits as Ronaldo and Messi dominate the...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, June 16th, 2026 / Are secondhand mattresses and used books secret bed bug magnets, Josh defends his beloved (and apparently obsessive) backyard garden tours, the internet's wild pickle-flavored food craze, what is Substack, it's World Sea Turtle Day, a "Cop Camp" update, what Idaho should have contributed to the America250 time capsule, a new...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, June 15th, 2026 / The first official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizzeria is opening in Santa Monica, California, which happens to be very close to an idea Josh had years ago, the New York Knicks won the NBA Championship for the first time since 1973, a remarkable medical breakthrough where a wearable resistance robot helped children with spi...

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 Farmvil...

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 pulli...

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...

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 br...

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 inter...

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 ru...