October 22, 2026 | Wake Up Classy 97
Wake Up Classy 97 The Podcast

October 22, 2026 | Wake Up Classy 97

B1IntermediateOctober 22, 202654 min
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Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Thursday, October 22nd, 2026 / A trash talking raccoon animatronic, describe your job in a spooky way, Jalen Hurts’ season ending deep vein thrombosis diagnosis and rumors that Saquon Barkley could be traded to the Vikings, the Human Library where you can check out a person, harvesting backyard pumpkins, decorating corn stalks with fall ribbon, why roasting pumpkin seeds is never worth it, setting up a PC for our daughter’s Sims obsession, a husband picks the outfit challenge, new headphones and a new fishing rod, an emotional moment of nostalgia for the cranky todd...

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Yesterday we were running around, I'm trying to find a Halloween costume that I can wear for Saturday for the great pumpkin drop. And we went to a couple of different spots. One of the Halloween shops has all the animatronics, and one of those animatronics is a garbage

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can. And I thought, what could be in here? I thought, is Oscar the Grouch going to pop up? What kind of monster is in here?

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Some kind of clown or something? So I step on the little foot pad and I wait just a couple of seconds and then the lid goes pop up and it's you! It was you in there!

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