Social Media Is Swell October 27, 2013Here’s an article that suggests I “hate” using social media. This is simply not true. I think social media is swell, and can’t for the life of me understand how anyone could conclude otherwise.
read more...
Reading the Phonebook Helps Close the Skills Gap October 22, 2013Behold, another dubious episode of C.R.A.P.
For reasons not entirely clear to me, over a hundred of you have said that you would listen to The Real Mike Rowe read the phonebook. Equally baffling, is my own irresistible urge to see if you really mean it. But even more incredible than that, is my request that you contribute a dollar to ...read more...
My Softer Side October 13, 2013A few months ago, a nice lady called and asked me if I’d like to be on the cover of Guideposts magazine. “Sure,” I said. “I love football.”
read more...
Attention, Cat People October 13, 2013To prove my fondness for felines, I’ve agreed to narrate a show called “Man, Cheetah, Wild.”
read more...
A Cat Called Waldorf October 11, 2013Here’s a cat called Waldorf. Waldorf is watching an episode of Planet Earth, which I narrated once upon a time.
read more...
Today in Beaverton … September 23, 2013When Mike Rowe the policeman appears in my email inbox it reminds me that a more responsible version of myself is out there.
read more...
The Voice in Your Head September 18, 2013Many of you say you hear my voice when you read things I’ve written. What do I hear when I read YOUR posts? This.
read more...
A Night to Remember September 15, 2013Writing about my own experience at the Emmys is difficult. But nonetheless, here I go.
read more...
Making of the Poster September 12, 2013
Mike Explains Further
In the long history of bad advice, you’d have look pretty hard to find something dumber than Work Smart Not Hard. It first appeared years ago as part of a recruitment campaign for college. It was bad advice then, but today, it’s just plain dangerous. Google Work Smart Not Hard and you’ll see just how far this idiotic ...read more...
On the Cover September 12, 2013It appears I’m on the cover of a magazine called Challenge, available now in a truck stop near you.
read more...
So Damn Funny September 4, 2013This is quite possibly the funniest 34 seconds in the history of YouTube.
read more...
Challenge Magazine: Mike Rowe Profoundly Disconnected September 3, 2013In the September 2013 edition of Challenge magazine Mike talks about how he continues to get the message out about the skilled trades with his new initiative Profoundly Disconnected.
Read the online edition – HERE
read more...
A Prick in Congress September 2, 2013As 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. Here’s my original reply to that question.
A couple years ago I went to Congress, to see if anyone there was ...read more...
Here’s an article that suggests I “hate” using social media. This is simply not true. I think social media is swell, and can’t for the life of me understand how anyone could conclude otherwise.
read more...
Behold, another dubious episode of C.R.A.P.
For reasons not entirely clear to me, over a hundred of you have said that you would listen to The Real Mike Rowe read the phonebook. Equally baffling, is my own irresistible urge to see if you really mean it. But even more incredible than that, is my request that you contribute a dollar to ... read more...
Here’s a cat called Waldorf. Waldorf is watching an episode of Planet Earth, which I narrated once upon a time.
read more...
When Mike Rowe the policeman appears in my email inbox it reminds me that a more responsible version of myself is out there.
read more...
Many of you say you hear my voice when you read things I’ve written. What do I hear when I read YOUR posts? This.
read more...
Writing about my own experience at the Emmys is difficult. But nonetheless, here I go.
read more...
Mike Explains Further
In the long history of bad advice, you’d have look pretty hard to find something dumber than Work Smart Not Hard. It first appeared years ago as part of a recruitment campaign for college. It was bad advice then, but today, it’s just plain dangerous. Google Work Smart Not Hard and you’ll see just how far this idiotic ... read more...
It appears I’m on the cover of a magazine called Challenge, available now in a truck stop near you.
read more...
So I’m at this party in San Francisco …
read more...
This is quite possibly the funniest 34 seconds in the history of YouTube.
read more...
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. Here’s my original reply to that question.
A couple years ago I went to Congress, to see if anyone there was ... read more...