Wake Up Classy 97 The Podcast

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...