September 16, 2026 | Wake Up Classy 97
Wake Up Classy 97 The Podcast

September 16, 2026 | Wake Up Classy 97

B1IntermediateSeptember 16, 202657 min

Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, September 15th, 2026 / The family's new secret handshakes, Chantel's shirt just won't die, pant length terminology, an uplifting story about a once homeless musician whose viral piano performance turned into $54,000 raised for homelessness causes, our daughter's 17th birthday, the perfect movie posters for our home theater, an awkward door to door salesman encounter, Jos's new gaslighter nickname, how we want to be remembered after we're gone, this Saturday is Idaho Falls Arts Day, and more. Timestamps: (0:00) - Bonus: Secret handshakes (4:31) - Chantel's shirt survived (9:02) - Good News<...

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I've created a secret handshake with, well, you and I have a secret handshake. It's not so secret because people know about it. People have seen us do it. So it's not necessarily a secret handshake, but it is a private handshake between you

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and I. And then I've created a secret handshake with each of the kids. So I was doing one with an Emory and it ends with a hip bump. And then I went back, do you want to do a secret handshake with me?

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And he was like, yeah, okay. And I was surprised, because he doesn't usually want to do things with me. And then he and I have one,

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