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Mike Visits Queen Latifah – NEW C.R.A.P AUCTION!

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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 Value of Learning a Skilled Trade

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Mike opens up on pay, public office and the ‘skills gap’ “I’d love to see every hard worker paid handsomely, including teachers.” ~ Mike Rowe (CNN) — Between Mike Rowe’s television work and his philanthropic efforts with the Mike Rowe Works Foundation, Rowe holds true to one central passion: tipping his hat to those who work hard without much fanfare. In Rowe’s new CNN series, he takes us to meet all of these folks who are the “somebodys” that “gotta do it!” He also wants to re-introduce himself to you. With the help of this Q&A, Rowe lets us in Read More

USA TODAY

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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″]

GLENN BECK: Radio Interview

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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

Mike Rowe is on Cloud 9

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…Cloud 9 magazine that is. Cloud 9 is a quarterly in-flight magazine for SeaPort Airlines. Recently Laura Allen talked to Mike about the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, the virtues of work ethic and his determination to promote the skilled trades and their importance in our economic recovery.   View the original article – HERE. DOWNLOAD PDF

CNN Covers the mikeroweWORKS Foundation

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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          

NBC Iowa interviews Mike on how a trade could be better than college

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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

Mike Suggests Solution for the Skills Gap

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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.