Wake Up Classy 97 The Podcast

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, January 7th, 2026 / From lost teddy bears at airports to AI hair clippers we absolutely do not trust, today's show is all over the map... in the best way. Josh and Chantel dive into weird news, wild CES gadgets, questionable plastic surgery trends, the pain scale debate, why breakfast for dinner is still a dealbreaker for Josh, pregnancy cr...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, January 6th, 2026 / What do Kenny G stopping traffic, a lawsuit over the McRib, a 50-year-old Twinkie, and being officially approved by your kid’s boyfriend all have in common? Absolutely nothing, but they're all part of today's episode! Let's get nostalgic with movies that predict your future, Shaquille O’Neal doing what Shaq does best, the...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, January 5th, 2026 / Josh & Chantel are back with peak New Year energy and kicking things off in with surprising data that shows people actually think they could survive a fight with a grizzly bear, they bid farewell to the Idaho Falls water tower, get disgusted by mushroom jerky that absolutely did not pass the vibe check, share a heartwar...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, December 31st, 2025 / It’s the final Wake Up Classy 97 podcast episode of 2025! Josh and Chantel reflect on a big milestone, ring in New Year’s Eve vibes, spiral into everything from Times Square chaos and local “drops,” to mystery Christmas trees, confused winter plants, heroic kids saving a bus driver, why everything bagels might be an of...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, December 30th, 2025 / As 2025 winds down, Josh & Chantel do what they do best... laugh their way through real life. From tulips trying to bloom way too early and the eternal question of why bacon never tastes as good at home, to a heartwarming drone rescue of a lost puppy and some passionate thoughts on the Stranger Things series finale,...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, December 29th, 2025 / What happens when you take five glorious days off and then try to remember how real life works again? Josh & Chantel are back in the studio talking Christmas naps that hit different, post-holiday brain fog, why sharing food (especially cereal and soup) is absolutely not okay, they break down a surprisingly entertainin...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025 / Josh & Chantel are dreaming about a $1.7 BILLION Powerball jackpot & side-eyeing the taxes, sharing surprisingly heartwarming polar bear adoption news, a wild debate about people who watch movies at double speed, the difference between real gifts and house gifts, one of the most diabolical white elephant gift ide...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, December 22nd, 2025 / Josh & Chantel dive headfirst into holiday cards from across the country, why that viral AI glitter jumpsuit trend is a hard no, the strange magic of the “dead week” before Christmas, very real adult problems like deductible deadlines, password fatigue, and why logging into everything should be illegal, debate whether...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, December 19th, 2025 / The origin story behind NORAD's Santa Tracker, last-minute Christmas shopping chaos, festive foods, a very strong disagreement over gelato vs. ice cream on Christmas Day, a hilarious true crime story involving a runaway suspect, a nativity scene, and an unexpectedly observant mayor, plus a heart-warming feel-good moment a...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, December 18th, 2025 / Josh and Chantel kick things off with Lars the reindeer who thinks he’s a dog, dive into a Guinness World Record Christmas carol marathon, debate the unspoken rules of regifting, a $1.5 BILLION Powerball jackpot, Christmas shopping struggles, mystery mail-order catalogs, extreme East Idaho wind, the eternal question: Ch...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, December 17th, 2025 / From Keith Richards pumping the brakes on touring to maple syrup, Christmas song fun facts, and why Barbara Streisand goes way too hard on “Jingle Bells”! Today's episode is packed with holiday chaos! Josh and Chantel dive into Christmas music overload, Hallmark movie clichés, Stranger Things trailer obsession, Everest...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, December 16th, 2025 / Josh and Chantel tackle staying “fit” during the holidays, the viral “trashed panda” raccoon raising money for animals, the very serious debate over whether a $27 gag gift is worth it, blanket stealing, the surprisingly emotional story behind adopting a whale in the ’90s, Christmas cookies, mistletoe world records, flip...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, December 15th, 2025 / Josh and Chantel kick off the morning with a Hanukkah refresher, a countdown to Christmas, the very real realization that time doesn’t matter anymore until 2026, a heartwarming “Grandma Stand” good news story, Christmas card etiquette, an update on the mysterious sock that was found in the front yard, our dog has become o...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, December 12th, 2025 / The 2026 NFL Draft will be shorter and is it… scripted?, the American traditions experts say might disappear, which Christmas songs should be banned forever, which movies deserve Christmas-movie status, whether Santa’s sleigh ride is worth the frostbite, robot wolves in Japan, a school in Ireland replacing homework with k...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, December 11th, 2025 / E-bikes, safety laws, and why New Jersey is suddenly the strict parent, Christmas cards, coworker gift pressure, Lego-induced meltdowns, margarine vs. butter, Australia just kicked kids off social media, Facebook Marketplace auctions are apparently a thing now, December 11 turns out to be the unofficial national breakup...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, December 10th, 2025 / NFL grandpas making heroic comebacks, a spider-robot planting trees faster than humans, a brand-new personality type, elf ears vs. Santa beards, the chaos of holiday schedules, Christmas cards, frustrating tiny Lego dogs, nostalgic 80s slang, the great GameStop “trade anything” experiment, Dick Van Dyke turns 100, In-N...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 / Josh nerds out over a robot that’s literally swimming under Antarctica, Josh & Chantel celebrate Christmas Card Day with real physical mail, they dive into the wholesome story of a farmer who’s donated one million pounds of food to families in need, a breakdown of how many Home Alone injuries should have actually kill...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, December 8th, 2025 / Josh and Chantel kick things off with a viral candle-sniffing prank, celebrate Christmas Tree Day, discover Roland the Christmas Elf in a highly questionable position in the studio tree, dive into the hilarious phrases people say at work every day, a heartwarming first-grader hero story, the truly cursed topic of hangnails...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Friday, December 5th, 2025 / Josh and Chantel dive into the upcoming interactive slasher film “Slay Day”, get stressed about Christmas shopping, share the white Christmas odds, rally the community for their annual Classy Christmas Card Exchange, Chantel gets called out by her daughter for an unfinished crafting project, Josh gets called out for his fa...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, December 4th, 2025 / On today's show Josh & Chantel dig into the hottest (and fluffiest) new holiday gift, reveal their cookie consumption confessions for National Cookie Day, test the science of bubble baths, weigh in on whether the build-up to Christmas is actually better than Christmas Day itself, spotlight a heart-melting good-news s...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025 / Today's episode will give you at least 3 ways to feel "Christmasy", December’s rare Cold Supermoon, the Rockefeller Center Tree lighting, the cranberry sauce cans of water scandal, the world’s cutest odd couple, Chantel gets personally attacked by a “Watching Stranger Things With Your Mom” meme, they unpack a psychologi...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025 / On today’s episode of Wake Up Classy 97 the Podcast, Josh & Chantel dive headfirst into the holiday season chaos! Wicked American Girl Dolls selling for over $1,000, Giving Tuesday inspiration, unpack the thermostat settings at home, Josh shares his true emotional trauma of white elephant gift exchanges, quirky family...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Monday, December 1st, 2025 / In today’s episode of Wake Up Classy 97, Josh & Chantel come in hot after a four-day weekend with holiday chaos, cold-weather crankiness, they deep-dive into the shocking royalty money behind All I Want for Christmas Is You, let you know how long Thanksgiving leftovers can actually survive in the fridge, relive the dra...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Wednesday, November 26th, 2025 / It’s the final episode of November AND the official pre-Thanksgiving party on Wake Up Classy 97! Josh & Chantel kick things off by debating the all-important question: Which movie villains are actually cooler than the heroes, everything Thanksgiving... last-minute grocery essentials, the science of thawing a turkey...

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 / Josh & Chantel share a heart-melting story about a family tasting their mother’s cooking five years later, decide whether it’s against Thanksgiving etiquette to put the Christmas tree up early, rate pies, share tips for dangerous deep-fried turkeys, discover a couple of Wizard of Oz horror movies that nobody asked fo...