Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, August 20th, 2026 / It's National Radio Day and we're digging into the history of Marconi and the first-ever radio broadcast, Josh wants to get the brand new Pixel 11 phone and Pixel Watch, a 90-year-old Parkinson's warrior's fundraising walk, Chantel tried Josh's home pickled beets, the Pistol nickname is sort if catching on, we love the rise of Broadway musicals hitting the big screen, more new slang trends we need t search up, an aura farming update, yellow squash and zucchini recipes, Josh's fantasy football grounding will stand, a massive lawsuit Meta is...
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So today is a big day for Google because today is the day the Pixel 11 series phone is now on sale. Oh! Which is a big deal. Like you could pre-order it and you would get it in the mail today and you'd have the new phone, but it's in stores.
You can go get the new Pixel today. Now I'm on the 8th. The rest of the family got to upgrade to the 10th and I was looking at the account the other day and I'm still not eligible to upgrade. I'm really bummed out about it because I want a new phone.
I know you do. This phone is fine. I really enjoy it, but I've outgrown it. The storage I've maxed out, and so on this next one,
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