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

September 22, 2026 | Wake Up Classy 97

B1IntermediateSeptember 22, 20261 hr
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Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh & Chantel from Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026 / It's the first day of fall! A wild new business idea... charging $41/hour for professional back scratches, a 13-year-old prodigy is headed to NYU for grad school, Chantel's home workout was done entirely in jeans, a family dinner rating dispute over tostadas, the real origin of getting down to brass tacks, a viral couples wrestling trend, small everyday joys, awkward handshake etiquette, our own viral dinosaur roar video, Fat Bear Week hibernation meal planning, a toilet paper vs tiny towel Would You Rather, the 2032 Brisbane Olympic rowers might have...

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You and I have long talked about this and somebody's making it real. He's a 32 year old guy. His name is Zang and he came up with the idea of turning scratching into a commercial service. Oh, dude.

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So you can actually pay to get a backscratch. Uh, backscratch? Backscratch. Uh, there was an online video of a wife scratching her husband's back and in the comments people

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were like, dude, I would pay for somebody to scratch my back like that. And so he went, you know what? I'm going to figure this out.

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