393: The War on Warriors with Pete Hegseth
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
Release Date: 07/02/2024
403: From First Blood to Last Bite with Josh Smith
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
When it comes to work ethic, Master Bladesmith Josh Smith self-identifies as “the guy Mike is always talking about.” At age 11, Josh was taught how to build knives by his little-league baseball coach. By age 19, he was the youngest bladesmith to ever pass the Master Smith test of the American Bladesmith Society. Today, he owns and operates the . Josh talks about giving up the security of a six-figure journeyman lineman job to start his own knife company, how he changed the way contestants are treated on Forged in Fire, and what it was like to build a sword for a sheik in Abu Dhabi. ...
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402: BONUS COFFEE--The Bad Grammar Scammer
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
Three-time NY Times bestselling author Peggy Rowe describes her recent encounters with a scammer and blackmailer as Mike and Chuck debate the proper punishment for such scoundrels. Today’s episode sponsored by Knobel Tennessee Whiskey at Oh No, Not the Home! by Peggy Rowe Preorder at
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401: A Farmer is Fixing it with Brent Haken
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
The former farmer and lifelong educator works as director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (CTE) where he brings his get-it-done farming mindset to education. Brent discusses how Oklahoma’s Central Tech is using competition to help prepare students for real-world opportunities and focusing on a mastery of skill rather than a time-based curriculum. Big thanks to our awesome sponsors Lands’ End Use code MIKE for 20% off your order. Use code: Mike to get $35 off their best-selling frame. to find a tuition-free K12-powered school near you.
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400: Born Cancelled with Sabin Howard
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Master Sculptor is known as America’s Michelangelo for his work in, and deep knowledge of, Modern Classicism. On September 13, 2024, he will unveil his newest work, the National WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C., called . Sabin discusses why he believes that great art can be recognized by everyone and should be for “we the people,” why art is inextricably connected to history, and why art tells us what it means to be human. Tip o’ the hat to our excellent sponsors Save 50% off your first month. Use code MIKE to get 20% off your order. Buy one get one 50% off.
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399: I Thought There’d be More Plumes with Jason Alexander
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
The Tony Award-winning actor, director, and podcaster goes deep with TWIHI about everything from his traumatic childhood and dashed dreams of becoming a magician to the Broadway show that made him want to act and his recollections of Stephen Sondheim and Hal Prince. Many thanks to our excellent sponsors to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. Find a tuition-free K12-powered school near you. Buy one get one 50% off
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398: So Goes Glory with Victor Davis Hanson
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VDH is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale College, a professor of public policy at Pepperdine University, a nationally syndicated columnist, a bestselling author, AND a fifth-generation California farmer. In his July 29, 2024 article, America’s Lab Rats? (read here: ), Victor argues that American society appears to be treating many of its citizens like insignificant lab rats in some kind of social experiment, leading to unintended and harmful consequences. His . His . Big thanks to our awesome sponsors to schedule a FREE...
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397: Hope in Possum Trot with Bishop W.C. Martin
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Bishop Martin and his wife Donna were the inspiration for the film , which details their miraculous journey navigating the foster care system in a small Texas town and how they inspired the parishioners of Bennet Chapel Church to adopt 77 children. Bishop Martin speaks to how this unlikely story became a book and a movie and how it all was accurately prophesized in advance. Tip o’ the hat to our excellent sponsors to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. American Battlefield Trust—Visit to get your FREE copy of their award-winning history magazine, Hallowed Ground. Land’s End—Visit Use...
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396: Selected Garbage from Families of Distinction with Frank H. McCourt, Jr.
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
The American businessman and philanthropist talks about growing up in Boston as a fifth-generation builder, starting his first business collecting garbage at the age of 13, and the mission he’s on to create a new internet by arguing in his new book, , that we the people’s data should belong to we the people. Big thanks to our terrific sponsors Use promo code MIKE to get 20% off your order. Save 50% off your first month! American Battlefield Trust—Visit to get your FREE copy of their award-winning history magazine, Hallowed Ground.
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395: Getting All the Stuff Right with Dennis Quaid
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
The veteran actor and gospel singer recounts his early career, what made him give up his dream of becoming a veterinarian, how he realized he had a problem with cocaine and what he did to fix it, how Jerry Lee Lewis taught him to play the piano, and what it was like playing Ronald Reagan for his upcoming movie. And at the end of the episode—he sings a song! The movie REAGAN is in theaters August 30. View the trailer . Get advanced tickets . Shout out to our terrific sponsors to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. Code Rowe gets $20 off & FREE chicken thighs, top sirloin, or salmon for a year. ...
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394: Don't Call Her a Philanthropist with Kris Engelstad
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
As trustee of the Engelstad Foundation, Kris has overseen the endowment of over $300 million in scholarships and grants. Kris talks about working as a maid in her father’s hotel on the Las Vegas strip, what she learned from watching him build several Nevada landmarks, and what it’s like to manage a billion-dollar foundation. Big thanks to our awesome sponsors Save 50% off your first month! Use code: MIKE for 15% off and FREE shipping U.S. Money Reserve—Visit to access a FREE video Series on precious metals.
info_outlineIn honor of Independence Day, TWIHI welcomes Army veteran and NYT bestselling author Pete Hegseth, who talks about why civic rituals like parades are so important to convey what we value as a society, how to acknowledge America’s faults while still appreciating her greatness, and how our armed forces are destroying themselves from the inside. Pete’s new book is The War on Warriors.
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