The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Matt Malone is the CEO of Groundworks, one of the largest foundation repair and waterproofing companies in the United States. He’s also a self-described capitalist, but he practices a new version of the economic system, one that recently had him turn 5,500 Groundworks employees into part owners of the company. Many thanks to our excellent sponsors FieldOfGreens.com Use code: MIKE for 15% off and FREE shipping PureTalk.com/Rowe Save 50% off your first month! MikeRowe.com/MomsBook to reserve your copy of Oh No, Not the Home! by Peggy Rowe

Co-host of the late-night hit GUTFELD! and New York Times bestselling author Kat Timpf has the distinction of being the most pregnant person ever to appear on TWIHI. She chats about the pitfalls of the “us or them” mentality that has hijacked the nation and shares personal stories of what led her to write her newest book, I Used to Like You Until… How Binary Thinking is Dividing Us Big thanks to our awesome sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. 3DayBlinds.com/ROWE Buy one get one 50% off Business.LandsEnd.com/Mike Use code MIKE for 20% off your order. MikeRowe.com/MomsBook to reserve your copy of Oh No, Not the Home! by Peggy Rowe

Director/Producer Justin Folk is best known for helming the 2022 hit documentary What is a Woman, starring Matt Walsh. Justin and Matt teamed up again for the follow-up, companion piece, Am I Racist? (now in theaters,) in which Matt goes on a diversity, equity, and inclusion journey and becomes a card-carrying DEI expert. Justin shares some behind-the-scenes moments from the film and discusses the state of anti-racism in America. Tip o’ the hat to our excellent sponsors American-Giant.com/MIKE Use code MIKE to get 20% off your order. PureTalk.com/Rowe Save 50% off your first month! ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe Try ZipRecruiter for FREE. BetterDebtNow.com/Mike for a FREE consultation.

New York Times Bestselling author and broadcaster Ken Coleman is in the personal growth business. His books and show are designed to help people identify and embrace their true calling. Ken shares his personal story and gets Chuck to take his career assessment quiz to figure out what he’ll do once Mike fires him. Ken’s newest book is The Get Clear Career Assessment: Find the Work You’re Wired to Do. Promo code ROWE gets you $5 off. Today’s episode is sponsored by ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. BetterDebtNow.com/Mike for your FREE consultation. Oh No, Not the Home! by Peggy Rowe. Reserve your copy at MikeRowe.com/MomsBook KnobelSpirits.com/Mike to see if Knobel ships to your state.

The celebrity fitness trainer, author, and filmmaker drops by to put Mike and Chuck on his trademarked no sugar, no grains lifestyle. Along the way, he discusses the positive effects of eliminating processed foods on fertility, the fallacies of the food pyramid, and the million plus pounds of weight lost by the "Rowebies" following Vinnie's program. If you want to learn more about NSNG and what exactly a Rowebie is, visit VinnieTortorich.com/Rowe Many thanks to our excellent sponsors PureTalk.com/Rowe Save 50% off your first month! FieldOfGreens.com Use code: MIKE for 15% off and FREE shipping 3DayBlinds.com/ROWE Buy one get one 50% off

When it comes to work ethic, Master Bladesmith Josh Smith self-identifies as “the guy Mike is always talking about.” At age 11, Josh was taught how to build knives by his little-league baseball coach. By age 19, he was the youngest bladesmith to ever pass the Master Smith test of the American Bladesmith Society. Today, he owns and operates the Montana Knife Company. Josh talks about giving up the security of a six-figure journeyman lineman job to start his own knife company, how he changed the way contestants are treated on Forged in Fire, and what it was like to build a sword for a sheik in Abu Dhabi. Big thanks to our terrific sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. American-Giant.com/MIKE Use code MIKE to get 20% off your order. Groundworks.com to schedule a FREE inspection. Oh No, Not the Home! by Peggy Rowe Preorder at MikeRowe.com/MomsBook

Three-time NY Times bestselling author Peggy Rowe describes her recent encounters with a scammer and blackmailer as Mike and Chuck debate the proper punishment for such scoundrels. Today’s episode sponsored by Knobel Tennessee Whiskey at KnobelSpirits.com Oh No, Not the Home! by Peggy Rowe Preorder at MikeRowe.com/MomsBook

The former farmer and lifelong educator works as director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (CTE) where he brings his get-it-done farming mindset to education. Brent discusses how Oklahoma’s Central Tech is using competition to help prepare students for real-world opportunities and focusing on a mastery of skill rather than a time-based curriculum. Big thanks to our awesome sponsors Lands’ End Business.LandsEnd.com/Mike Use code MIKE for 20% off your order. AuraFrames.com/Mike Use code: Mike to get $35 off their best-selling frame. K12.com/ROWE to find a tuition-free K12-powered school near you.

Master Sculptor Sabin Howard is known as America’s Michelangelo for his work in, and deep knowledge of, Modern Classicism. On September 13, 2024, he will unveil his newest work, the National WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C., called A Soldier’s Journey. Sabin discusses why he believes that great art can be recognized by everyone and should be for “we the people,” why art is inextricably connected to history, and why art tells us what it means to be human. Tip o’ the hat to our excellent sponsors PureTalk.com/Rowe Save 50% off your first month. American-Giant.com/MIKE Use code MIKE to get 20% off your order. 3DayBlinds.com/ROWE Buy one get one 50% off.

The Tony Award-winning actor, director, and podcaster goes deep with TWIHI about everything from his traumatic childhood and dashed dreams of becoming a magician to the Broadway show that made him want to act and his recollections of Stephen Sondheim and Hal Prince. Many thanks to our excellent sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. K12.com/Rowe Find a tuition-free K12-powered school near you. 3DayBlinds.com/ROWE Buy one get one 50% off

VDH is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale College, a professor of public policy at Pepperdine University, a nationally syndicated columnist, a bestselling author, AND a fifth-generation California farmer. In his July 29, 2024 article, America’s Lab Rats? (read here: https://victorhanson.com/americas-lab-rats/ ), Victor argues that American society appears to be treating many of its citizens like insignificant lab rats in some kind of social experiment, leading to unintended and harmful consequences. His website. His book. Big thanks to our awesome sponsors Groundworks.com to schedule a FREE inspection. PureTalk.com/Rowe Save 50% off your first month! FieldOfGreens.com Use code: MIKE for 15% off and FREE shipping

Bishop Martin and his wife Donna were the inspiration for the film Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, which details their miraculous journey navigating the foster care system in a small Texas town and how they inspired the parishioners of Bennet Chapel Church to adopt 77 children. Bishop Martin speaks to how this unlikely story became a book and a movie and how it all was accurately prophesized in advance. Tip o’ the hat to our excellent sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. American Battlefield Trust—Visit Battlefields.org/Mike to get your FREE copy of their award-winning history magazine, Hallowed Ground. Land’s End—Visit Business.LandsEnd.com/Mike Use code MIKE for 20% off your order.

The American businessman and philanthropist talks about growing up in Boston as a fifth-generation builder, starting his first business collecting garbage at the age of 13, and the mission he’s on to create a new internet by arguing in his new book, Our Biggest Fight, that we the people’s data should belong to we the people. Big thanks to our terrific sponsors American-Giant.com/mike Use promo code MIKE to get 20% off your order. PureTalk.com/Rowe Save 50% off your first month! American Battlefield Trust—Visit Battlefields.org/Mike to get your FREE copy of their award-winning history magazine, Hallowed Ground.

The veteran actor and gospel singer recounts his early career, what made him give up his dream of becoming a veterinarian, how he realized he had a problem with cocaine and what he did to fix it, how Jerry Lee Lewis taught him to play the piano, and what it was like playing Ronald Reagan for his upcoming movie. And at the end of the episode—he sings a song! The movie REAGAN is in theaters August 30. View the trailer HERE. Get advanced tickets HERE. Shout out to our terrific sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. ButcherBox.com/Rowe Code Rowe gets $20 off & FREE chicken thighs, top sirloin, or salmon for a year. K12.com/Rowe to find a tuition-free K12-powered school near you.

As trustee of the Engelstad Foundation, Kris has overseen the endowment of over $300 million in scholarships and grants. Kris talks about working as a maid in her father’s hotel on the Las Vegas strip, what she learned from watching him build several Nevada landmarks, and what it’s like to manage a billion-dollar foundation. Big thanks to our awesome sponsors PureTalk.com/Rowe Save 50% off your first month! FieldOfGreens.com Use code: MIKE for 15% off and FREE shipping U.S. Money Reserve—Visit WorkHardSaveSmart.com to access a FREE video Series on precious metals.

In honor of Independence Day, TWIHI welcomes Army veteran and NYT bestselling author Pete Hegseth, who talks about why civic rituals like parades are so important to convey what we value as a society, how to acknowledge America’s faults while still appreciating her greatness, and how our armed forces are destroying themselves from the inside. Pete’s new book is The War on Warriors. Tip o’ the hat to our excellent sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. Groundworks.com to schedule a FREE inspection. American Battlefield Trust—Visit Battlefields.org/Mike to get your FREE copy of their award-winning history magazine, Hallowed Ground.

Peggy Rowe is a three-time New York Times bestselling author, the matriarch of the Rowe family, and, of course, Mike’s mom. The coffee klatch conversation deals with handling disappointment, the difference between encouragement and enabling, and how bowls and bowls of mashed potatoes can help you find your Tiddlywinks pieces. Peggy’s new book is available for presale at MikeRowe.com/MomsBook Big thanks to our terrific sponsors American Battlefield Trust—Visit Battlefields.org/Mike to get your FREE copy of their award-winning history magazine, Hallowed Ground. Something To Stand For—Visit SomethingToStandFor.Movie/Mike for showtimes and tickets

Here's a brand new story about the performance of a lifetime followed by another edition of Two Dudes Talking, a.k.a. Mike and Chuck break it down with some laughs. Shout out to our terrific sponsors BuildSubmarines.com Explore available careers! American-Giant.com/MIKE Use code MIKE to get 20% off your order. PureTalk.com/Rowe Save 50% off your first month!

Steven Pressfield, the two-time New York Times Bestselling author of The War of Art, Gates of Fire, and The Legend of Bagger Vance, discusses how to listen to your muse while ignoring your Resistance, why he carries a Smith Corona typewriter but doesn’t actually use it, and what he learned from driving a truck, picking fruit, and writing advertising copy. His newest book is a memoir titled Govt Cheese. Big thanks to our awesome sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. Groundworks.com to schedule a FREE inspection. U.S. Money Reserve—Visit WorkHardSaveSmart.com to view a FREE video series on precious metals.

The nation’s leading expert on de-escalation and public figure protection unpacks the importance of intuition, the difference between true fear and unwarranted fear, and the epidemic of sudden, unexpected deaths among seemingly healthy people beginning in 2021. Tip o’ the hat to our excellent sponsors AuraFrames.com/Mike Until June 18 use code Mike to get $30 off their best-selling frame. BuildSubmarines.com Explore available careers! U.S. Money Reserve—Visit WorkHardSaveSmart.com to view a FREE video series on precious metals. The Jordan Harbinger Show—Visit JordanHarbinger.com/start to start listening.