Mike Rowe

  Mike joined Dr. Sanjay Gupta to talk about workplace safety on a recently on CNN’s Sanjay Gupta, MD.

Glenn interviewed Mike Rowe on radio about the upcoming special tomorrow night at 8pm only on TheBlaze called Building America, presented by Caterpillar. Mike chronicles the major engineering and infrastructure feats that began rapidly rising in the 1800’s that eventually formed the foundation America currently operates on. As with many of the Mike Rowe conversations, the use of his Facebook page to respond to people’s criticism was a topic of conversation. Watch his interesting, truthful responses and hear his opinion on the America who built the Empire State Building versus the America of today below. Also, don’t miss the preview Read More

Mike chats with Queen Latifah on her show, December 2, 2014 about the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, offers some career suggestions and talks about his new show Somebody’s Gotta Do It. Mike’s dog Freddy even got a mention. GREAT RESULT!!! $4975 Mike Rowe & Queen Latifah autographed drum auction to benefit and the mikeroweWORKS Foundation! Queen Latifah graciously donated and signed her personal DTS snare drum that was made by professional drum maker Steve Morrison.  Thanks to all who bid! Post by Mike Rowe.  

Mike talks about the new blue-collar jobs and how labeling top skill and bottom skill doesn’t make sense – WXIA-TV, Atlanta, for USA TODAY USA Today – Manufacturing in America [youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSc0es2NViE” width=”400″ height=”200″]

Mike Rowe is one of Glenn’s favorite guests to have on radio, for a variety of reasons. First, Mike is one of the seemingly few leaders left on the planet who values hard work. He also isn’t afraid to speak his mind and doesn’t fold like a cheap tent when he gets some public pushback over a particular opinion. Special bonus: Mike sings some decent opera. On radio this morning, Mike opened up about how he got started on TV and the origins of his new show Somebody’s Gotta Do It. Why did Mike Rowe pick up opera? “Well, I Read More

CNN just released this video and article on Mike and the mikeroweWORKS Foundation. CNN’s Rebecca Baer got to sit down and interview Mike at the 2014 USA Science and Engineering Festival, where they talked about how and why Mike decided to start the mikeroweWORKS Foundation’s PR campaign for hard work. Click here to watch the video and read the article on CNN.com          

Mike discusses with reporter Justin Andrews of KWWL in Cedar Rapids, Iowa about how students should consider all their options when planning their future and that going into the skilled trades should be a viable option and can lead to a rewarding and profitable career. CEDAR RAPIDS (KWWL) –When thinking of dirty jobs might you think of doing difficult, disgusting and sometimes messy duties, with little pay. Mike Rowe, creator and host of the TV show Dirty Jobs knows all about skilled labor and is an expert and advocate of many skilled labor jobs. He says going to a 2-year trade Read More

In this interview with Engineering.com at the 2014 USA Science and Engineering Festival Mike talks about what he learned from Dirty Jobs, and shares his ideas for how we can close the skills gap. You can watch the interview, or read a transcript on their site. Click here to see the interview on Engineering.com. Click here to learn more about what Mike did at the 2014 USA Science and Engineering festival in Washington D.C.          

In preparation for their interview with Mike, Chicks on the Right published this article about Mike’s involvement in the Ottawa shop class crisis, and his “I am a Woodshop” video. Click here to read their take.  You can listen to or download their full interview with Mike here on Chicks on the Right’s podcast page. 

  While at the 2014 USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington D.C., Mike had the chance to sit down with Planetary Radio and a stellar panel of guests, including Festival co-founder and Lockheed Martin Chief Technology Officer Ray Johnson, Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye the Science Guy and Planetary Evangelist Emily Lakdawalla. They talked about dirty jobs in space among other topics related to STEM, Skills and Space. Click here to read more, listen and download the podcast at the Planetary Radio website.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently published their coverage of Mike’s testimony before the House Committee on Natural Resources meeting to discuss “American Energy Jobs: Opportunities for Skilled Trade Workers.” The article opens with Mike’s interview with the Blaze, and goes on to discuss Mike’s testimony before the committee. Click here to read more on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s website.

Mike sat down with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “The Lead” to discuss the problems posed by America’s Skills Gap, and the need for a robust PR campaign for the skilled trades. Click here to watch the clip on CNN’s site.