A Prick in Congress
As some of you know, mikeroweWORKS was launched on Labor Day back in 2008. Every so often somebody asks me how that came to be, and whether or not Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe had anything to do with it. Read More …
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SkillsUSA Champions Fall 2013 Magazine: Mike Rowe ‘Work Smart and Hard’
Mike talks about “flipping a negative image of skilled jobs” in the 2013 Fall issue of SkillsUSA Champions magazine. View the original article here.
Guideposts – Mike Rowe, Using the Tools
TV’s Mike Rowe idolized his grandfather. There was one problem—he could never be like him. Or could he? By Mike Rowe, San Francisco, California Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d make a living hosting and narrating TV Read More …
Good News (for Me)
According to the latest Gallup Poll, less than 9% of Americans find me to be “Irritating.”
Micro Mike Rowe
Scroll through the whole deal. It’s worth it.
Bigfoot Bites
I’m gratified that my lemur encounter has provided an unanticipated public service.
Your Headline, My Face
From: Mike Rowe Re: Your Headline, My Face. Hi Steve, Mike Rowe here, Dirty Jobs. Thanks to the necromancers over at Google, I’ve been alerted to your most recent Question of the Day: “Are Bad Jobs Good for the Economy Read More …
A Talk About Ted
Back in 2008, I got an invite to speak at something called EG, or “The Entertainment Gathering.” The Entertainment Gathering is a conference that evolved from TED, another well-known speaker series that I had never heard of. Against my natural Read More …
Why “Work Smart, Not Hard” is the Worst Advice in the World – Popular Mechanics Article
Work smarter, not harder? Don’t tell Mike Rowe, who has met some of the hardest-working people in America. In fact, he argues that mantra is the opposite of the attitude we need to beat this lousy economy. Here is what Read More …
Mike Posts on Facebook about Bill Maher Appearance
[Bob Reidel: “Mike – Saw you hangin with Bill Maher. I had no idea you were a liberal. Really blew me away. Love everything you do but now that I know who you really are, I won’t be tuning in Read More …
Fatherhood Issue of Popular Mechanics: Mike Rowe, the Things My Dad Taught Me
“People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.” —Albert Einstein When I was 14, I woke up one Saturday morning to see my father standing at the foot of my bed, sharpening a double-sided ax. “It’s time,” Read More …
MTI and Mike Rowe Putting Faces to the mikeroweWORKS Scholarship Project
So I was in Springfield (Illinois) yesterday, and took a tour of a trade school called MTI. These guys have something like an 85% job placement rate for graduates, and I wanted to see what they were all about. I’m Read More …
Australia’s NOVA FM Live Radio: Mike Rowe Talks Dirty
Mike joined Nathan, Nat and Shaun to chat about the new series Dirty Jobs Down Under in Australia. After the guys got over how sexy his voice is, he went in to detail about the dirtiest job he’s ever done, Read More …
The Real Poop from Down Under
So I’m hanging out on the discount rack of this trendy boutique in Sydney, chatting with the hosiery and feeling sorry for myself. Sure, I might look like fine silk, but really, I’m just another swatch of polyester, transformed by Read More …
mrWF Scholarship Recipients from 2013
Here’s a video that will never go viral. It features no cats, no talking babies, and no grown-ups falling down the stairs. It’s just footage of a few regular guys making a case for welding, and personally thanking me for Read More …