#319 Mike Rowe - What Happened to the American Dream?
7/6/20263 hr 44 min
Mike Rowe is an Emmy Award-winning television host, producer, narrator, bestselling author, and podcast host best known for creating and hosting the long-running TV series Dirty Jobs. Through his work, he has highlighted the importance of skilled trades and vocational careers across America. As founder of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, he has helped award millions of dollars in scholarships and championed efforts to bring shop classes back to schools. He also hosts the popular podcast The Way I Heard It, where he shares stories and interviews with entrepreneurs, tradespeople, and other remarkable individuals. Over a career spanning more than three decades, Rowe has become one of America's most recognizable advocates for hard work, opportunity, and the skilled trades.
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First 90 secondsShawn Ryan· Host0:00
[gentle music] Mike Rowe.
Mike Rowe· Guest0:06
Guilty.
Shawn Ryan· Host0:07
Welcome.
Mike Rowe· Guest0:08
Thank you for having me.
Shawn Ryan· Host0:09
Thank you for coming. Like I was saying earlier, this, this is pretty surreal for me. I don't know how many episodes of Dirty Jobs I've watched, but it's, it's been a lot of them. And, uh, in, outside of, outside of TV- Mm ... when you chime in on certain topics, you always just bring a, a, a very well-articulated sensibility, uh, to the topic that I think that, that everybody seems to rally around, and it's, it's c- it's good to see.
Mike Rowe· Guest0:40
Well, as Steve Martin said, you know, when it comes to communication, some people have a way with words and other people not have way.
Shawn Ryan· Host0:50
[laughs] Nice.
Mike Rowe· Guest0:55
Well, look, we're in the communication business. You can call it whatever else you want, the entertainment business, the whatever it is, TV show, podcast, influencers, you know, journalism. Whatever it is, w- we're in the business of trying to articulate an idea in a way that is credible enough to be taken seriously, but not so credible that it's douchey. And it's impossible to articulate and, and really know when you get it