Blogs / Articles

  • M.I.S.F.I.T.S. May 13, 2015 Say hello to two delightful lunatics. That’s Fran on the left, and Fred on the right. read more...
  • Happy Mother’s Day May 10, 2015 To all the mothers out there, (especially mine,) who strive to understand the creatures they brought forth. read more...
  • Fridays With Freddy: Entirely Consensual May 9, 2015 It’s not as bad as it looks, Your Honor. read more...
  • Baltimore Native Talks About Helping The City’s Image May 8, 2015 Mike wants to help let know people know there is a lot more to Baltimore than crime, drama and unrest. read more...
  • Maryland Science Center with the Parents May 8, 2015 Tonights show, happily, will not be preempted. read more...
  • KFI AM 640: Mike Offers Calvin Some Advice May 7, 2015 Gary Hoffmann interviewed Mike and asked if he would give his son Calvin some career advice. read more...
  • Entrepreneur: Curiosity Is Key to Success May 7, 2015 If you ask TV star Mike Rowe, he’d say one more key to success is curiosity. read more...
  • My Plan to Tell Some Good Baltimore Stories May 7, 2015 Twenty-seven years ago, back when I was impersonating an actor in downtown Baltimore, a guy named Allan Charles cast me in my first national commercial. read more...
  • Baltimore Sun: Swimsuit-Clad Mike Revisits Baltimore for Somebody’s Gotta Do It May 5, 2015 By Mary Carole McCauley Baltimore’s image — badly tarnished in the past few weeks by the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray after his arrest by Baltimore police and the subsequent outbreak of violence — is about to get a much-needed boost of charm. The Baltimore-born television host Mike Rowe is setting this week’s episode of his show, “Somebody’s Gotta Do It,”  in his ... read more...
  • WGN Radio: CNN’s ‘Somebody’s Gotta Do It May 4, 2015 Mike talks about his past, present happenings in Baltimore, and the future with the new season of Somebody’s Gotta Do It. Dave chats with tv host, narrator and actor Mike Rowe about eight seasons of Discovery Channel’s ‘Dirty Jobs’, eleven seasons of ‘Deadliest Catch’ and his new CNN series ‘Somebody’s Gotta Do It’, as well as life as an opera singer, ... read more...
  • The Kentucky Derby & mrWF’s Big Win! May 3, 2015 Close One. As you may have heard, American Pharoah just won the 141st Kentucky Derby in front of a record setting crowd at Churchill Downs. In other news, I did not. read more...
  • Fridays With Freddy: Am I Aging? May 2, 2015 Half of these pictures were taken one year ago today. The other half were taken a few moments ago. Question – is it just me, or am I aging and growing at the speed of sound? The biped looks more or less the same, but I’m damn near unrecognizable. How is that possible? How large will I become? At this ... read more...
  • Bobblehead News & 3-Day Auction! April 30, 2015 As you may have heard, my odyssey to mass-produce a high-quality, competitively-priced Bobblehead entirely in the USA is now complete, and the results are coming to a future episode of Somebody’s Gotta Do It. Without giving too much away, I can tell you that much of what I suspected was confirmed. We succeeded on the “high-quality part,” but fell short ... read more...
  • Off The Wall: Baltimore Riots April 28, 2015 Catherine Beck Shoup Today at 9:22am We could use your perspective right now as a hometown hero, Mike. I have shared some pictures with a more positive perspective on my page, and hoping you can comment on this situation for the millions who listening to you. I know you don’t get into politics, but Baltimore could use a little wisdom, Mike Rowe ... read more...
  • A Sign of the Times April 27, 2015 Those of you who caught SGDI two weeks ago will recall Craig and Rory May – the father and son blacksmiths who forge hot iron into amazing works of art up in the Colorado Rockies. I spent a day at The Dragon Forge last Fall, where I was reintroduced to the joys of blisters and second degree burns, as well ... read more...