Wake Up Classy 97 The Podcast

In this episode of Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel, the conversation is packed with feel-good stories, food experiments, quirky trends, and plenty of laughs. From a 70-year-old cancer warrior rocking out to Nine Inch Nails and getting a tattoo, to Fat Bear Week voting in Alaska, to the rise of “heavy soda” and kitchen sink sandwiches, the duo dives into the weird and wonderful. They debate grandma showers, share the secret behind sneaky zucchini brownies, and even tackle fantasy football wins (with a little Patrick Mahomes side-eye). Add in AI frustrations, car nap confessions, and fall-themed “Would You Rather,” and you’ve got an episode that feels just like catching up with friends over coffee.

Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: 70 year old rocker
(2:12) - Fat bear week
(6:43) - Heavy soda
(11:34) - Good News
(13:29) - Zucchini brownies
(17:13) - Kitchen sink sandwich
(20:43) - Grandma shower
(26:10) - Stinky laundry
(31:15) - Car napping
(36:51) - Ai chat bots
(44:43) - That's football
(51:14) - A clean home
(55:41) - Would You Rather
(57:07) - Show recap

What is Wake Up Classy 97 The Podcast?

Wake up with Josh & Chantel every weekday from 6a-10a on Classy 97! Missed the show or want to revisit your favorite moments from the show, enjoy Wake Up Classy 97 - The Podcast!

Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025

Episode summary introduction:

Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: 70 year old rocker
(2:12) - Fat bear week
(6:43) - Heavy soda
(11:34) - Good News
(13:29) - Zucchini brownies
(17:13) - Kitchen sink sandwich
(20:43) - Grandma shower
(26:10) - Stinky laundry
(31:15) - Car napping
(36:51) - Ai chat bots
(44:43) - That's football
(51:14) - A clean home
(55:41) - Would You Rather
(57:07) - Show recap

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Full show transcript:

How do you want to start today?

Oh, I got a feel good story. Okay. This is a 70 year old woman in Arizona named Carla and she is battling an aggressive form of breast cancer. I'm sorry, Carla. Thanks to an AARP program called Wish of a Lifetime. They helped her get a dream of a lifetime and she got to see her all time favorite band.

Okay, hold on. She's 70 years old. She's 70 years old. She got to see, is it a band or an artist?

It's a band. Okay. A band that you know, but not that you would anticipate a 70 year old. So is it a younger band? It's a, not a younger band, but an our generation band.

Okay. So is she, is it a punk rock band? No. Is it a hip hop band group? Is it a boy band? No. Is it a, is it a band?

It's a hard rock band. A hard rock band. They play over there across the hall at K-Band. Okay. Nine inch nails. No way. She says, I have wanted to see them forever. She got floor seats to see them.

Nice. She even loved it so much. She was like, well, I really want to go get a tattoo of their logo.

Wow. So she went and got a tattoo of their logo and then she said, well now I can't stop here. Now I got to go see my second favorite band. Second favorite band?

Is it a boy band? No. Is it another hard rock band? Dave Matthews band. I'm naming bands. I'm trying to put the band, word band in there. Corn. Corn. So did she get their logo? I don't know. She's going to look like a 15 year old bedroom in 1998. I know.

I like it. Good job. Keep rocking out, Carla. Yeah. Good for her. Also, can we talk about Trent Russo?

No, we cannot. All right. Let's start the show.

Oh, what are we doing? Hey.

That was a lot for me. I know. And it wasn't that much for you, but you put your arms up and that alone made me go, what?

Because I could feel that you're a little draggy this morning.

So that was an attempt to rouse my spirits?

I'm also a little draggy this morning. So I'm trying to jazz myself up.

I get it. I get it.

Because, hey, listen, we got to bring it. We got to bring our A games.

Well, hey, it's Fat Bear Week. And listen.

What was that? Here it is. Fat Bear Week. Yeah. What are you doing?

It's Fat Bear Week. In Alaska, this is when the Grizzlies are hanging out on the waterfall because they're swimming up and I don't know if you've seen video of the amount of salmon that are there.

It's bonkers. I've never seen so many fish and I've been to a hatchery. Have you been to a fish hatchery? Yes. You say that like I've asked you 60 times if you've been to a hatchery.

Why would I need to go to a fish hatchery?

I just didn't know if you've ever been. Yeah, I have. Have you been to the one in Stanley? No. We should go to the one in Stanley.

I like to go to Stanley, so let's go.

Do you know why? No. Because it's on the Salmon River and they have salmon and they have salmon traps and stuff. It's very cool. Very cool. Very neat. Very cutesy. Yeah.

Very cool. Anyway, so in Alaska, the Brooks Falls, the big bears are there catching them during Fat Bear Week. Oh, here's something. You can cast a vote for the fattest bear and the winner will be crowned at the end of the week. No.

Yeah. Last year's big winner was an 800 pound bear named Grazer. This year's contenders were announced yesterday and entered into a tournament style bracket. You can cast your vote during Fat Bear Week 2025.

Nobody ever crowns me for being the fattest bear. Oh, man.

I'm going to tell you right now, 901 has got my vote. Really? Wow.

What does he look like? She-ee.

Like the definition of what you'd expect Fat Bear Week mascot to look like.

Oh, man. Oh, man. I showed you that video of that big bear swimming. Uh-huh. I laughed and laughed and laughed at that. Why? They don't use their back feet. They just float along and use their front ones like, and first of all, they float. They do float. I did see that video. I did not know that.

They're his back feet. We're hanging out the back of it.

Just sticking out. Like a dog laying on the floor. Yeah. Oh, it was great. I like Fat Bear Week. That's fun. That is fun. Anyway, if you want to participate or anything in Fat Bear Week, you can. It's been going on for the past 11 years. Oh, I've been participating.

In Fat Bear Week? Mm-hmm. For the past 40 years. Come on. You've been participating in Fat Bear Week since you were four. Somebody needs to inflate your self-esteem balloon. Hmm.

I wonder whose job that is.

No, it shouldn't be a job. It isn't. You got a leaky balloon. You got to upgrade your balloon. You got to hold on to more of that air for longer. What? Normally, when someone fills up your self-esteem balloon, it's as slow as the air leaves. I feel like yours is kind of going.

Oh, Josh, I'm just making some jokes. It's okay. My self-esteem is fine. I was just making some jokes. It's okay. It's fine. It's fine. Happy Fat Bear Week. There's a new trend. You love new trends. You love what I talk about new trends.

Is it fashion? No. Is this a viral video thing? People are challenged? No. Is it a food? Yes. All right. Food trend. It's called heavy soda. Okay. Want to take a guess what it is? On the rocks. Nope. That's iced soda. But it's also a heavy joke. Go ahead.

Heavy soda. It's soda. So you go to a soda machine, a soda fountain machine. Okay. At a gas station. All right. Or a gas station. Okay. I'm at a gas station. And then you adjust the settings to change the ratio of syrup. I don't think you can do that. So you maximize the sweetness. Basically, it's like heavy on the syrup.

Yeah. But I don't think you as a consumer can control that.

But you can push that soda button or that syrup button a couple of different times.

I see. The one where you add in like a vanilla or a cherry flavor. Yeah. Okay.

Or a lime. I think they have lime ones. Okay. Or a coconut one. You just heavy, heavy, heavy a syrup. Uh-huh. Push, push, push, push, push, push.

I love my heavy soda. No, that sounds gross. Sounds like a lot of syrup. Sounds like it's going to make my teeth hurt. Yeah.

It sounds like it's going to make my guts hurt. Yep.

I don't want any of that. So I'm not into that. All right. That's all it is though.

Okay. So well, a lot of people are saying that it's for people who buy a big soda in the morning. And as the ice melts throughout the day. It'll dilute that out. Heavy ends up tasting normal instead of watery. No. No, I don't agree.

Hey, I'm not, I'm not judging anybody here. Sounds a little judging. No, I haven't said a word yet. You said a little bit. I'm telling you, I'm not judging anybody here. But I don't like the idea of going and grabbing a giant soda first thing in the morning.

I don't like that idea either. Like, I know they sell a big mug and they have for decades a big old one with a handle and a little corky looking straw hanging out the top with a little cap on the straw so dust doesn't get in there. I've seen them. I use growing up, I used to have to go fill a mug. I used to have to run or ride my bike up to the gas station to fill a mug and pick up licorice.

Pick up licorice? Yes. Why'd you have to pick up licorice?

Because that was the deal. Hey, here's some money. Go fill up my mug and bring back chocolate twizzlers. For you? Not for me. No. But I did get to get a treat when I went. So that's what, you know, oh, in here get something for yourself. Oh.

Mm-hmm. How did you carry it all back home? On my bicycle. You just held the very talented mug in your hand while you bicycled home?

You know it. Wow. Do you know how far I had to go? Not even a hundred yards. It wasn't like, I did have to go down a hill back to the, which just helped with not having to pedal.

So that was a big deal. You just cruisin' a lot with your big mug soda for your mom. That's right. Good job.

Yeah. Well, so it was her and other ladies that she worked with.

And they would come and have a chit chat? No. And they'd say, send your kid

down to the store for some snack. They'd come and have a chit chat. This was during the summer. I'd be right across the street from where everybody worked. Oh, I see. And they'd be like, mug run. They're like, oh, I gotta go fill mugs. There's a little sum for yourself.

Did you only carry one mug or did you carry multiple mugs?

I probably only had to fill two or three tops. At the same time? Dude, I was very talented.

I'm gonna say that's pretty balance-y.

It was usually like two. Probably most often like two mugs. Not a big deal.

But if it was only 100 yards away, you could go back for more.

Yeah. It was like a football field away. Pretty easy. I could do multiple runs, but I would prefer not to. Now, you didn't ask what candy I got for myself. I was just going to. Oh, you were? Uh-huh. It was always those little sour-zot things.

Ew. Those were great. I really enjoyed those. Why'd you pick those? Because they were great.

I really enjoyed those. Okay. I don't know if you heard. I do. How about some good news for you?

Let's hear it. A tiny fishing village in St. Paul's River, Quebec. 14 neighbors there just struck it rich with a life-changing $50 million lottery win. The group have been playing the lottery together for 18 years, and they finally hit the jackpot. They get $3.5 million each. Look at them.

Isn't that fun? 14 of them splitting the $50 million, $3.5 million each. It was hard to believe this, said one of the winners.

And I've been giggling ever since. The lottery win has many friends thinking about early retirements, making home improvements, which will give a boost to other businesses in their town. The local carpenters, they're getting bombarded with calls from people who actually won because those people are doing upgrades. One winner said some things that they've wanted done for years and years. They now have the opportunity to have done. So they're all very excited about it.

Yeah, it's a little fishing village where 14 neighbors are at one and split $50 million. Congrats, guys. Isn't that fun?

Good job. They've been playing the lottery together for 18 years. How much do you think they've spent? I don't know the answer to that, but they've been playing for a long time. I know, right?

I'm happy they stuck it through 18 years. Do they keep playing? I'm sure there was a year that they were like, I don't know, guys. Like, maybe we should stop doing this. And you know, somebody rallied and was like, no, this is going to be the year. Yeah. We got to keep playing.

That's a nice story. 18 years of doing that. Good friends. Yeah. St. Paul's River, Quebec. My friends never helped me win the lottery.

But do you think they keep playing? Are they now like, let's do it again? We've done lightning. We'll strike twice. We know it. So anyway, good news. Big day last night. Oh, is it? I think so. I think last night was a moment. I think last night's moment won't come to full fruition until later.

And then when it does, in fact, become like a thing, this is what the reaction is going to be. I knew it. I told you, I'm not having any more of it.

And then we're not ever going to be trusted again ever.

So the question is, do you unveil the real thing or no?

No, I don't think so. I can't because she'll never trust us again. We have a lot of zucchini. This is true. And I made zucchini bread. That's right. And our daughter wouldn't eat it.

You made two loaves and it's delicious.

It is delicious. And for some reason, our kids are like deathly afraid of trying it because what? I don't know. Because the only time they've ever had zucchini is when you've grilled it. And they don't eat it then either.

They don't eat it then either. And it's delicious. It is delicious. Bec didn't realize that it was zucchini bread. He thought it was just banana bread. So he ate a lot of it.

But he also didn't seem to mind. He was like, it's good. So I don't care.

I don't think if he knew it had zucchini in it though, he wouldn't have eaten it.

I agree. If he knew initially because he thought, oh, banana bread. I like banana bread. And he had it and he went, this is really good. It's not banana bread, but it's really good. Right.

So last night I'm like, I'm going to make some zucchini brownies. So I whipped up some zucchini brownies.

And you put frosting. You made homemade frosting.

Here's why I made frosting because you could see bits of zucchini in the top of the batter. Because I didn't, what I learned later after I made them was that you should grate it a little bit more fine. I see. So that you don't have chunks of it. But even inside the brownie batter, like I didn't notice.

I had zero issues with that.

You could just see a couple of them on the top and I went, no one's going to

ever eat this. It is so good. I got to cover this up. It's delicious. It is delicious. So Emery, the whole time we tell her to come out and try some. No, what's the catch? What's the catch? She goes, it has zucchini in it. And I said, look at all this zucchini on the counter, which just one or two missing. You'd never know. There's so many. So she did try it and she liked it and came back for more.

Did she? Yeah. I didn't know she came back for more. Oh yeah. She just kept looking at it suspiciously.

I know. Because she knows that. That we're up to no good. Well, probably like you tricked me into eating a vegetable.

And we did. Right. No, I can't ever tell her. I know. Because she won't eat it again.

And tell the whole thing's gone maybe?

No, because then she won't trust us again. All right.

Eventually the truth will come out about zucchini and the brownies. She didn't go, I knew it the whole time.

I knew that was a catch. I knew that's why it tasted so weird. Yeah.

I knew they weren't normal brownies. Just half of zucchini brownie. They're delicious.

They're very good. And it's kind of like a cake more than a brownie, isn't it? Yeah. It's good.

It was good. Thank you for saying that. It was good.

From scratch.

You came home last night. I know. I made dinner. Yeah. And I had brownies.

I almost destroyed dinner.

Who even am I making dinner and brownies? I know. What? New person.

Don't get used to it. It won't stick. I won't. Hey. Hey. Want to try a new thing? Sure. Got something for you? What is it? It's called a kitchen sink sandwich.

Okay. You've heard of the kitchen sink pizza? Yes. It's delicious. It is delicious. And it kind of just has everything on it and you can add onto it like little shrimp even. It just has all kinds of stuff.

So the idea here is that people in their homes have enough supplies in their pantries and their fridges to usually be able to make a sandwich. Okay. And you might be saying to yourself, well, not really, but if you get creative, you might. So if you got some bread.

Okay. Then you've got the beginnings of a sandwich. So you might add some sort of condiment, maybe a mustard or a mayo.

Yeah. If you have a meat, cool. Maybe you have a bacon.

Maybe you have an egg, maybe, you know, some kind of protein in there. Maybe you want to use a jam or a jelly and do a butter instead. But you could just make different kinds of fruit. Maybe you have some pomegranate. Maybe you could hit it with a little slivered onion. Maybe you could throw some pear on there, whatever you have. You just look around and you go, I'm just going to add it to my sandwich. It's a kitchen sink sandwich.

I kind of did that for dinner last night.

Well, kind of. We had a kitchen sink dinner. Yeah. It was veggies and sausage. It was very good. It was good. And then I said, let's cover it with cheese.

But I went, what else do I have that I can throw in here? Anyway, can you?

So no, this lady, and then she just toasted it up in her little toaster oven. And she had kind of a nice little melty sandwich with all kinds of different things on it. And then she threw on some fresh greens and a little bit of honey and went, see what it's like. Sandwich. All of these things. Butter, jam, some meat, pear slices, pomegranates, some lettuce.

I mean, there's a whole bunch of flavor explosion that's going to happen with the sandwich, but it's a kitchen sink sandwich. And did you try it? Yeah. And did you like it? She thought it was good. Yeah. Oh yeah.

Stop saying yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah.

I'm watching her try it right now and she's like, it's so good. This is the lot. And the top comment says you have a very mature palate. Or does be. I mean, but kitchen sink sandwiches are a big thing.

I think you should give it a go if you want. I mean, it's an easy, it's an easy just, you know, figure out what you got laying around kind of lunch.

I like that. I like that idea. I think my idea, my thinking last night for dinner was I'm tired of throwing away food. Right. And so I said, I'm going to use this, this red pepper. It's seen better days. It's probably on its last leg. Chop it up, throw it in there. Yeah. I didn't really fit the vision of what I had planned for dinner, but I went, I don't care.

I'm tired of throwing food away. I'm going to have roasted garlics. We had veggies. We had a little like andouille sausage bites in there. It was nice. It was nice. I was very pleased. Good. So thanks for that.

Glad to hear that. Thanks for making dinner. Yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. It's good.

It's causing a little bit of controversy online, but I want to get your take on this. People are having what they're calling grandma showers. So this is a baby shower for a grandmother. So instead of celebrating. Well, the mom has like a baby shower thing, but this is where you prep up grandma.

No, no, no. We talked about this. I don't remember talking about this. Well, we did. This is the first time I've seen this. No, we talked about this.

Did we talk about this in person or on the show?

I believe on the show.

I don't know. Weeks and weeks and weeks ago. This doesn't even sound familiar. It does. I've, I got nothing in my brain about talking about this. Well, okay. Maybe you talked about it with somebody else on a different show. No. You sure about that? Positive. Oh, I got to go look at the archives.

All right. Go look at the archives. I don't know how to find it. I'll figure it out.

But what do you think about it? I mean, now that I've brought it up again.

I think, here's what we talked about beforehand. Okay. I think if the grandmother's friends want to take her out as a, oh, you're going to be a first time grandma. That's so amazing. Okay. Go have a nice little lunch. That's great. Or have the mom to be and the grandma go out for lunch. Okay. Have a quick. Cause the idea here.

Okay. The idea here isn't like, you're going to be a grandma. Let's, let's like have a grandma celebration. It's more about, um, if the grandma is going to be in a situation where she's helping with childcare or the grandparents, I would, you know, let's say, then they're going to need to have some baby stuff at their house as well.

So you don't have to transport stuff all the time. So maybe there's an extra pack and play and there's some diapers on hand and there's, you know, a few of the things not as grandiose as the new parent, but something that says, here's what you're going to need to be able to help take care of your new grandchild, grandma shower. So it would be something like that. Less about let's go celebrate. You're going to be a grandma, which is exciting and should be celebrated, but I agree maybe in its own way.

This is more about like, let's get a few things, uh, you know, on hand. Now, other people are saying it's kind of tacky or that it's peak boomer entitlement, which I think is an interesting statement. Someone said, uh, that it shifts attention and gifts away from the actual parents. I think so too.

Um, and, and others are suggesting the alternatives. Uh, you know, like you said, things like a brunch or something, it doesn't require a gift where you could celebrate the person becoming your grandma. Look, I think that's great.

I think grandparents should be celebrated. I think that's a cool thing. Especially, especially it's your first time. Like that's a big thing that you're now going to be called grandma, grandpa or whatever fun name you want. Um, so I think that's definitely something to celebrate. I agree. Maybe something with the family, maybe a couple of your friends take you out and go, you're a grandma. You're so old. Yeah.

You're a crack. That's fun. But also here's like a gift card. Go get yourself some diapers to keep at your house.

Maybe you need something like that. Yeah. I think that's fine. Um, but you know, do we need another party?

And I like parties, but do you ever feel partied out sometimes? Sometimes. Sometimes I feel partied out. Yeah.

Anyway, sorry to have brought up something

that you think we've already talked about. I know we have.

I absolutely know. I mean, it's definitely something that we probably would have talked about, but why would it come up today and be like, you should talk about this. I don't know. Maybe, and then I was looking for like, did something happen? Was there like an incident where somebody was talking about it on like a large scale? I can't find anything like that. It just came up. So I said, well, that's something to talk about.

I don't remember when I don't remember how, but I know this is a familiar conversation and that's okay. I'm sure we've repeated ourselves a lot.

I would like to think of this show as a familiar conversation. Oh. You think?

That's nice.

Yeah. Like a warm hug. Yeah. Like I tune in because it's a familiar conversation. Yeah, I like that. Yeah. That's nice. Or I'm just trying to excuse my lack of knowing what we had talked about before. Well,

you did a good job at it. All right. Josh and Chantel, a familiar conversation. You know, I like that.

I like it too. That might be a fun thing we could do as a side thing. Like that could be where we, we expand on a conversation we had that maybe we want to talk about a little bit more. And we could do like a video YouTube conversation and call it that familiar conversation with Josh and Chantel. It's very, it's very comforting.

Yeah, it is. Grab a cup of tea.

Sit down down. We got a fireplace.

And you could tap the couch beside you.

Yeah. Come on. Sit down down. Have a sit. Get your tea. It's a familiar conversation.

I had a moment of panic this morning. Today? Well, yeah, I'm still kind of panicking a little bit because I don't know if I left laundry in the washer.

I know you were doing some laundry last night.

No, Sunday. No, yes. There was stuff running last night. I didn't do any laundry yesterday. That was not me.

Oh, I think somebody was running laundry last night. Okay.

That's actually hopeful because I think I

can't confirm it might have been Sunday. That was just the other night

because all day Sunday, we were helping your mom. Yeah, that's right. And then I came home and I said, I gotta hurry and do some laundry. And I was furiously trying to throw as much as I could in there as quick as I can. And I don't know.

I'll tell you, I was not doing laundry last night.

It wasn't me. I wasn't either. And I have not done laundry since Sunday. So if I've left a load of laundry in the washer.

Then it has to be washed again.

I know. And then it's gonna smell and it's gross. And you can never get that weird smell out. I mean, you can if you just have to wash it again. And then you'll throw some vinegar in there and everybody's got tips, but it doesn't really work.

And now I'm depressed. You just wash it again. Yeah, but it always has that weird smell. I think that's in your brain. If it's towels, yeah. Yeah, see, it is towels. Yes, it was. Yes, it was. Oh, cripes.

You're having a hard time with this.

Yeah, because I hate.

Is it your favorite towel?

Do I have a favorite towel?

Yeah, that big nice one I gave you as a gift.

That big nice one. How come? Hold on, let's go back. You did give me that towel as a gift. So here's my question, Josh. Yeah. When I asked for a bath pillow, you said that was a dumb gift, but you gave me a towel as a gift.

And that's not dumb. Yes, a nice big soft towel. Correct. Explain. Have you seen a bath pillow?

Yeah. Terrible gift. It's not a terrible gift. A bath towel? Yeah.

It's a terrible gift. No, a nice luxurious, big, beautiful towel. Soft, fluffy. The only thing it's missing is a towel warmer. Yeah. See. Give me one of those. And then you would be in Hog Heaven.

Yeah, I would. Give me one of those. Where is that? I don't know. And a hot tub to go with it would be great too.

I want a hot tub. Man, I want a hot tub. I hate a bath, but I love a hot tub. I like both. I don't like a bath. I do. I don't like the cold porcelain white thing. You got to sit in. It's awkward. I really don't like it. It's just awful. But I like a hot tub.

Explain. I still need some definition on why you wouldn't buy me a bath pillow, but you would buy me a bath towel as a gift.

Well, the towel came with other things, didn't it? I don't remember. Oh, nice.

Why did you give me a bath towel? When was that? For my birthday, for Christmas? What kind of gift was that?

Solid question. I don't remember. I don't remember it came with other stuff either, to be honest. I just wanted to give you grief about it. It's not been a year.

Chantel. Chantel. Chantel. Chantel. It's like a back scratcher on a stick, but it's like a little like weird massager roller thing, but it's extendable. Yes. And you were just rubbing it on your forehead in frustration. Like what is happening? I am so confused.

Because it's a terrible, no good, very bad day. I guess. It's not. I just am frazzled by some things.

The laundry, the existence of a towel, and a lack of remembering where and when the towel appeared.

No, that's not what I'm frustrated by. My chair is broken. Oh yeah, that too. Life is hard. Yeah, I know. I know.

I just had my elbow on the counter and it slipped off the edge and it hurt. Careful. I didn't realize I was so close to the edge with it. I put a lot of weight on it. It hurt my elbow.

Emery takes voice lessons. Yeah. They're about a half an hour long. Yeah. And it's not long enough for me to drop her off and then go do something and then come back. Right. Because that's, what's the point? So you just hang out in the parking lot.

So I just park it. And it used to be my tick-tock time. Oh, okay. And now I go, I don't, I don't, like I'd rather do something more productive. And so I've been taking a book and reading a book, which is great. That's my reading time now. Except last night I was reading and I was sitting there going, oh, I'm sleepy. And I went, and they reclined my chair back. I'm like, yeah, I could take a little power nap here. I had the windows rolled down.

There was a nice little breeze coming in. And I was like, this is actually okay. I could absolutely fall asleep here. Okay. And then I laid my head back, shut my eyes, and then I spooked myself out. Why? I don't know.

What spooked you out? I was spooked out. Cause I'm going to blow your mind with some sleep and go ahead.

I was spooked out that somebody was just going to come randomly walk by and do what? Who knows? Go, boo-ga-boo-ga-boo-ga-boo-ga-boo-ga. Just see me sleeping and be like, oh, she's sleeping.

Like, I don't know. And so then I went, well, obviously I'm not going to get any sleep here. But I really wanted to take a nap. It was kind of the perfect little area to take a nap. Why did I spook myself out so much? I don't know. Say what you were going to say.

Two times I can think of that I have slept in places where I went. Is this the best idea? The most recent time I was dealing with some real severe dental pain. And it turned out I had like a crazy infection and stuff. But I was not feeling great. I felt really tired and whatever.

So I had to run Emory to a rehearsal thing. And I just stayed in the parking lot and parked in the shade. And I slept in my truck the whole time she was in there. And I was like, it was good sleep because I needed it.

Yeah. But man, was I beat up and it was fine. But I did sleep in a parking lot for, you know, she was in there for probably an hour, hour and a half.

And that rehearsal, it was a long time. I don't remember you doing that. That was that was pretty good one. And then when I first started in radio, the radio building used to be in Blackfoot. And I was doing the late night shift.

So I was on on air from 7pm until midnight. And there were times when I was driving and I was like, man, I am tired. And you'd pull over at the rest area and you try to catch a little bit of Z's or whatever. Well, I had to drive to Pocatello one time and I was living in Idaho Falls. And I was on my way back and I stopped in Fort Hall. And I was like, I just have to stop.

Like I it's I'm sleepy. I shouldn't be driving. I'm just going to pull over.

So I just pulled into the parking lot and parked right there. And it was it was probably two in the morning. It was late, late, late, late. And so I just pulled over and I just had the heat running in the car. And I pulled over and I fell asleep for a little while. And I woke up and that car was so hot and the sun was coming up.

I had turned the car into a little oven, just just having a little snoozer. And but I felt great. I felt refreshed. I drove home and I probably went straight to bed or did whatever I needed to do for the rest of the day. I don't even remember. But those were two times where I was like, yeah, am I going to sleep in the car? Yep, I am.

When we when I was in college, we took a trip to it was a group of us. And we drove to Vegas and then we drove to San Diego and then we drove to Tijuana.

And we were poor and we were dumb and we were tired and we just pulled over in between San Diego and Vegas and slept in a gas station parking lot.

Yeah, as you do, you know, as you do.

There was a group of us, so it was fine. But sure, that was the sketch time. This place last night, wherever it has a voice, listen, not sketch. No, totally fine. Right. It was six thirty. It was it was totally fine. I wasn't afraid for my life. I just was afraid that somebody was going to walk by and see me sleeping. That was the thing that was spooking me out, which is dumb.

I mean, that's the least of your concerns. Was your heat on?

No, I just told you my windows were down.

Oh, yeah, you had the little breeze. It was perfect. Were they down all the way or just a little bit? Just a little bit. You would never fall asleep with the windows all the way down. No, I wouldn't. Why?

Because what if somebody walks by and sticks their finger in my mouth?

What is that? It's never going to happen. Never is that going to happen. Nope, not once. Strange irrational fear.

Yeah, well, it is what it is, I suppose. You know how you go to any website? I mean, name a website and there's a little person in the bottom right corner. And it's like, hi, I'm Alyssa.

I know what you're talking about. Yeah, the little AI chat bot.

I'm Tom. Yeah. What can I help with? At first, I thought, oh, this is actually pretty helpful. And so then I've tried to like use them on different websites. They're good for nothing. I don't like those AI people. And then most of the time you can't get rid of them. And then I'm always like, where's the X button? And where's the close button?

I want you, if you're trying to look at something on your phone, for instance, yeah, like I went to my doctor's website earlier and because the screen is smaller, the person was like right there, big, hi, I'm Jody.

You know, Jody, go away. And I go, no. Yeah. And I couldn't find the button to click her away.

Called a tech support the other day. Yeah. I'm on the phone and it answers and goes, hi. I'm Abigail, your AI blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, thanks, Abigail. I tell me more. Hey, just say what I can help you with.

And I said, human person. Okay. But before I can connect you with someone, can you tell me exactly what I can help you with today? And I said, tech support. She goes, all right, I'll connect you now. And I would just do that.

Thanks, Abigail. And then it rang to a human. And I could talk to somebody.

I hate talking to AI. I don't mind like there are places where it's fine. And I imagine for people in tech support, it probably eliminates a great majority of phone calls. I would so much rather talk to a person, go, here's my issue. Help me resolve this. And then they go, oh yeah, cool. That's a five minute fix. Here you go. Yeah.

Well, it's different for you too, because you know what you're talking about in tech support. Okay, that's fair. When you call tech support, you actually need tech support help.

But I think they have AI people there that are like for people like me that are like, I don't know what's happening. I don't, I don't know what's going on. And they're like, have you turned it off and back on? Right. You're, you're not wrong.

So they use the AI to eliminate all of the nonsense.

I get that. All of the frequently asked questions run through an AI buffer. I get it. But man, when I call in to tech support, you're right. I call in because I've tried all of the stuff I know how to do. I'm now at the point where I need advanced level help. Yeah. And I go, I've reached a stopping point. I can't get past right here. Can you assist me?

Hi, I'm advocating.

Hi. This is Abigail. I'm your AI answering blah, blah, blah.

I have, we have our insurance provides us with a, it's called hinge health. Okay.

Yeah. And it's just, that's your AI fitness thing.

Yeah. And it's just an app and it'll, it'll help you through some stretching and some different exercises to move your body.

Yeah. Feel healthy. How's it going?

Oh, my AI, there's an AI coach. Yeah.

You said they're too slow. Well, that's the most common complaint I hear. Oh, just move on. I'm already on the next exercise. I'm like, bro, maybe you need the rest.

Maybe the rest is on purpose. That's not, she goes too slow because she'll be like, okay, let's switch sides. And it's like 20 seconds to switch sides. I don't need to, I don't need 20 seconds to switch sides.

Just move on. But the coach, you have a coach, like there's that lady, the AI lady that's like, great job. And I always go, thank you. I guess I am doing a great job. Thanks for noticing. Thank you. But then there's a coach who will email me a different from the exercise coach. Yeah. And then she's like, hi, Shad.

Hey, I saw you did a workout. How's it going?

No, it's more like, hey, we're trying to get five days in a row of workout. I see that you've missed three. How can I help motivate you? Can I go, how about you leave me alone, Allison? You're too pushy. AI, Allison. It's not a real person. I know. Hey, Chantel, what can we do to motivate you today? Leave me alone.

You should say, can you give me a recipe for a cupcake?

Not a recipe. Then I have to make it. Just put one in my hand that's already cooked.

Can you deliver me a cookie? That's it. I would like a white chocolate raspberry cookie right now.

Please. That does sound nice. I know. I know. It's the only white chocolate I like is that cookie. That's a good cookie, Josh. I agree. The AI is bugging me to go do my stretches.

Ask Allison if she can send you a cookie.

Ask her right now. See what she says. I'm curious. I want to know if you ask your AI health person how they can motivate you and you say sweets, I love sweets. Can you deliver me a cookie stat?

I want to see what she says. I bet she's like, I don't know if that's the best idea.

No, today she sent me even just one session can help you feel a sense of achievement, Chantel. Nice.

One session with this cookie.

I actually have two. Oh, cool. There's one named Allison and one named Cody. All right. Cody, I'm sorry, is my physical therapist. Okay, cool. Is he real? No.

Cody, can you deliver a cookie? Can you make Allison and Cody have a fight? Can you say Cody Allison won't give me a cookie? You need to tell her what to do. I want that cookie.

Make the AI bonds fight.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Can we get one? We're going to get you a cookie from AI. Like what if they're like absolutely it's on the way and then a cookie shows up? What are you going to do? Whoa. Are you going to freak out?

Yeah, I will totally freak out.

Have you told them about the cookie yet?

No, I haven't. I'm waiting for you to type. No, because I'm nervous. Your nervous. One of it actually is a real person.

Just say, Allison, can I have a cookie, please? No, I can't.

I'm too afraid. Why?

Because what if I'm not afraid? What if it's a real person? It's like, you know, you can't have a cookie right now. Then you go like, you got me. It's no big deal. You're just telling the computers.

You don't know this person. You got me. Come on.

And like, you're right. I don't need a cookie, but dang it, I want one. Just try it. See what happens. Don't be scared. You're never going to meet Allison or Hank or whatever his name is in real life.

I can't. Come on, type in the cookie. No, you. No, I don't have that. Here, I really think it's a real person.

Just say, Allison, are you real? If she replies like in two seconds, you know it's not real. Like she's sitting around her whole day, send her the cookie thing at two in the morning. Then you'll know for sure. Oh, really? You're up at two in the morning. Talking about cookies. Then you'll know for sure. You're not going to do it, are you?

No, I can. Oh, come on.

Congratulations to you. Thank you. And I will go ahead and say congratulations to me times two. We're big winners this week in our fantasy football.

And my team, my actual team.

Well, there's that too.

My fantasy team one and also my Vikings team one. That's right. So congrats to me.

I'm just excited to not be 0 and 3. Like that was not where I wanted to spend my fantasy football season. So I'm now one and two. What are you?

I'm two and one. Look at you. I know.

Yeah. So you're outperforming me. But this was a big week. And not only did I win, but I actually won by quite a bit in both of my leagues, which I'm super excited about.

I feel like I want to say that I won because my team was good.

I won because the Vikings were good.

The Vikings were very good. Thank you for saying that. The Ravens, my second favorite team, did not do so hot yesterday. I'm not sure how many times did what's his name? Lamar Jackson gets at least seven. Where was his offensive line? Not at the game. Guys, they were having a bad night. Guys, guys, guys. But I really think that I won my fantasy team just because my matchup didn't set her roster.

Yeah. So your opponent forgot to put in some players.

Her quarterback was out. She didn't move him. Oh, shoot.

I'm sad. So I talked to her yesterday and I said, Hey, how come you didn't set your roster? And she was like, I don't even know what that means. And I said, you have to make sure that the players you put in are going to be playing. And she said, I'm kind of a set it and forget it kind of lady. And I went, that's not going to work here if you plan on winning. And then through a bunch of different conversations, I found out she only cares about beating one person, our boss.

That's the only one I know.

So you guys have some kinship there.

I got to find out when I play him because he stole my quarterback. I don't know if you know

that he stole your quarterback, by the way, they got sacked seven times last night.

That's not his fault. Is it?

I mean, that's his own line. His scrambling wasn't solid. Excuse me. He could have tried to get out of the pocket.

Uh, well, let's talk it. Let's scrambling. If we're talking football, let's talk about some scrambling. Sure. From the master of scrambling. Mr.

Number 15. Mr. Patrick Mahomes. That guy. Mr. Throw a backwards pass fumble and then recover it himself. And that's the most amazing play.

And you've never seen anything like it ever in the history of football. What a brain this guy has on him. Thank you, Chris Collinsworth for letting us know how much you just love Patrick Mahomes.

Chris Collins. I'm telling you, he's the announcer for those who don't know.

He's the announcer who can't stop saying Patrick Mahomes.

I think he loves Patrick Mahomes more than Brittany Mahomes does. I think you're right. I think he loves Patrick Mahomes more than Travis Kelsey loves. I think he loves Patrick Mahomes more than Patrick Mahomes. That's what I'm saying.

Chris Collinsworth loves Patrick Mahomes. He hearts him. Big time. Double heart. Big, big glittery hearts. That guy. I don't know. I, and I know I'm not alone in saying that I've heard enough about it. Like every single time he's on screen, I go, oh, here we go.

There's no other quarterback who's done such amazing things.

I mean, he's watching a kicker and he's like, that reminds me of Patrick Mahomes. What are you talking about? Oh, oh.

Does he make that laugh?

Oh, it's terrible. It's just terrible.

Well, congrats on your win.

Yeah, you too. That's a big deal. Big, big good week. Now tomorrow you get to pick new players. I know it. If you want.

I got to get a new defense because my Ravens defense isn't it.

No, it wasn't last night.

Nope. And I really like the Ravens and their defense was pretty good. You know who has a good defense is those Denver Broncos.

Yeah. You know, you know what's always a good defense? A good offense. That's the other way around. But you know, a good offense is a strong defense. What? I don't know. Some saying someone said once. Who said it? I was going to look it up. Okay. A good defense quote. That's what I'm looking up. No, these are these aren't it.

Can you know it's not this. It doesn't matter.

Okay, it doesn't matter. But can I drop my defense and fantasy or do I have to get like special permission to do that in fantasy football?

I grant you permission.

You can just do it. You don't have to ask the commissioner anything. No, the only thing you have to ask anybody about is trades. But if you put up a trade offer and it gets accepted, it's between you and that other person. I'm not trading, but I got to get rid of this defense. Okay. Sorry, Ravens.

Who are they playing next week? I don't know. Do it by math. I'm going to match up because they might be playing a weaker opponent.

Who's a weaker opponent? I don't know. Look at the Browns.

No, the Browns beat Green Bay.

Yeah, that's true. They did.

So I don't know what's going on. And the Browns have, I don't know what position he plays. Miles Garrett.

He's a defensive player. He's nuts.

That dude's awesome. I like that guy. He belongs on a better team.

Alrighty. And this has been football.

I was scrolling on my phone.

As you do. I was trying to find something to talk about. And I was looking at something and it's like, here's a popular show you like, here's some information about it.

Oh, here's that band. You're like, here's some information about it because, you know, my phone listens to me and here's some football stats. And I'm scrolling. I'm like, I don't care about that. I don't care about that. I don't care about that. And then I see, where'd it go?

Now I was scrolling too far. How to keep a clean home. And I went, no, keep scrolling. I'm not going to stop and look at that. Are you crazy? Yeah, no, it's not that. Do you want to know how to keep a home clean? Oh, sure. Oh, OK. Let me go back to it. On Monday.

You know what? I changed my mind. OK. I don't want to know. I want you to know.

Oh, really?

Yeah, I thought of that right as you were going to start reading it. And then I went, no, this is way more fun. I don't need to know. I just need people around me to know. You know what I want people to learn? Say. How to put the ice scoop away, right?

Oh, no, we're still on that.

I showed one of our children the proper way. Yeah. I think I need to show the other one.

Agreed. It's the other. OK, time out, though, because it was my fault today. I'll admit to it. And I'll tell you why, because it was put back the way that you like it to be put back this morning. And I went to go.

Because I put it that way last night.

I know. And then this morning, I went to get ice and I put it. And I was like, oh, the scoop isn't its place. And then I didn't have time to put it back in its place. And so I just threw it on top of the ice.

You're rolling that thing on your head again.

It's not that hard. I know. I know. It was just habit. And I didn't have time to fix it. I know where the scoop is supposed to go.

Do you have time to do it right now? No. Then do it right the first time. Good advice, dad. Yeah. You don't have time to do it twice than do it right the first time. Because now you have to go back and fix it. Now somebody else will fix it. You. I can't believe you.

Let me tell you how to keep a clean home.

I told you I don't need to know.

I don't need to know either. Because you know why? You get home before I do. I would like to come home to a clean house. And you know what else I would like? When I get home, I would like you to take off my shoes. I rub my feet a little bit. I work two jobs. So I would like it if you took care of me when I got home.

Listen. I want that floor to be mopped. I want my shoes to be removed. And I want you. And this is from an old book that we saw in 1940s. Separate the kids so they don't bother me when I first enter the room. No.

You're reading it from the wrong viewpoint.

Oh. Not as far as I can tell. Remember that? We read that book, that old book that said, your husband has worked a very long day. That's what I'm saying.

When he gets home, remove the children so that they won't be a distraction. Right. Okay. That's what I want from you. Remove the dog. Oh, that dog loves you. The kids can stay, but. Most of all. That's what I expect today, sir.

Well, I won't be home when you get home.

Oh, that's even better.

And I will have left laundry in the washer and the garbage can will not be taken out. Typical. And the lawn won't be mowed and all the plants will be unwatered. So it'll be a Tuesday. Can't believe you.

A regular old.

I just can't even believe you. Would you rather this or that?

It's a fall edition. Oh, we're doing this. Well, it's kind of a fall sick edition because as the weather gets worse, there's some germs in the air. So would you rather yourself? I'm trying. Wash your hands. I do. Would you rather have the constant sniffles or a constant sore throat? Oh, sniffles. Niffles for sure.

Oh, yeah. No, sore throat is awful.

I already have constant sniffles. I feel like I'm sniffling all the time. Why? I don't know.

Are you or do you just feel that way?

I don't know. I feel like I have Kleenex's everywhere. I'm like the little old lady that always has a Kleenex in her pocket.

You are the little Kleenex lady. That's true.

Because I always have the sniffles, but why? I don't know. Why? I don't know either. I don't know.

Let's get this under control, huh? A little bit.

Maybe. You and me. Sniffles forever.

I guess so.

Well, that was an easy one. Yeah, I think so. Alrighty. Would you rather this or that?

So now's the part where we get to wrap up the show for today. I want to just recap real quick. We tomorrow will be at the Mountain America Center with Spud King's game.

Woo-hoo. Who are they playing? The Casper Warbirds. Who? Never heard of them.

Never heard of them. Never. We did get a caller who was calling in to try to win the haunted passport. Right. We will give that away again tomorrow. I did find out in our big meeting yesterday.

When you win one of those, you actually win a pair of those. Oh. Yeah, so it's for you and a guest, which is super fun. So anyway, it's going to be awesome and we'll have that to give away tomorrow. So be listening for the Screamtones for your chance to win that.

If you want more details, we have all of that on our website and in the Classy 97 app. It's weird to be talking about Halloween. It's over a month away. I know. But a lot of people want to get out and do the scary spooky stuff. I do. You want to get it down the Halloween decorations. Yeah, I almost did it yesterday. I didn't even have a note on the dry erase board. I saw it on my to-do list. Is that what that is?

I had fully intended to do it yesterday and then I got wrapped up in grocery shopping and dinner and zucchini brownies and then it was time for bed and I went, there's not enough time.

Brownie brownies.

Yeah, don't tell our daughter there's zucchini in there.

Secret vegetable brownies. So, you know, we could, we could probably get those bins down if you want. I'd love that. I'm going to be doing some running around today and tomorrow and Thursday and then Friday is going to be a good day. Friday is fishing Friday. I know. So, there's a lot happening.

Not fishing Friday for me, but.

Fashion Friday for you.

Not fashion. Fashion. Shopping. Shopping Friday. Yeah. Shop hopping Friday.

I see. All right. Anyway, have a great rest of the day. We'll have more stuff to give away tomorrow. We'll play Kids Smart. We'll do all the fun stuff.

We'll have some laughs. I'll probably get annoyed at Josh for something. Guaranteed. He'll probably make me upset. We'll be fine.

It'll be unintentional. I'll say something and then you'll take it personal and it won't be. It'll be fine. That's tomorrow.

Just another day in paradise. That is tomorrow.

What are you getting on about? Anyway, we'll be back tomorrow. Check out the podcast. Everywhere our podcasts are available and we'll see you then. Bye. Thanks for listening to Wake Up Classy 97, the podcast. If you enjoy the show, please share, subscribe and rate the podcast. Wake Up Classy 97 is hosted by Josh and Chantel Tielor and is a production of Riverbend Media Group. For more information or to contact the show, visit riverbendmediagroup.com.

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