The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Washington Examiner columnist and reporter discusses why Lincoln’s Gettysburg address holds up 160 years later, why she’s building a room to hold miniature trains, the “dust up” in the Middle East, our current age of disruption, and why people are searching for something bigger than themselves. Then, by request, Mike serenade’s Salena. Many thanks to our terrific sponsors Chime.com/Rowe to start building your credit AuraFrames.com/Mike Use promo code MIKE to get $30 off their best-selling frames

Tongue twisters, laundry mishaps, Betty the book-club-lady, the Klausmeyer I-told-you-so protocol, steel drums, bad videography, hot cross buns, cannibal hamsters, camping in July, rogue waves, and just a touch of Thanksgiving—It’s coffee with mom. Big thanks to our great sponsors Digs.com/MikeRowe Try Digs for FREE! LifeVac.net Use code MIKE to get 20% off your full purchase

The six-time New York Times best-selling author and prolific FNC host drops by to discuss what made President Theodore Roosevelt and civil rights pioneer Booker T. Washington so great and the role Mike played in Brian writing his newest book Teddy and Booker T. Discussed in this episode: Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington Arthur Lih of LifeVac.net The River of Doubt by Candice Millard Big thanks to our great sponsors AuraFrames.com/Mike Use promo code MIKE to get $30 off their best-selling frames ButcherBox.com/Rowe Use Code Rowe for FREE steak for life and $20 off.

60 years after that horrible day in November when our 35th president was gunned down in Dallas, one of only two secret service agents from that detail still alive today gives his reflections and first-hand account and explains the difference between facts and theories. Clint Hill is joined by his wife and co-author Lisa McCubbin Hill to discuss the day America lost its innocence, a secret service reunion 60 years in the making, and the 60th anniversary commemorative edition of their book Five Days in November. Big thanks to our great sponsors 3DayBlinds.com/ROWE Buy one get one 50% off ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. NetSuite.com/Mike to get your own KPI checklist.

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The former 82nd Airborne Staff Sergeant and quadruple amputee drops by to chat about the first time he met Mike, how he pissed off Bill Nye science guy, why he’s a proud member of the everything-is-great club, and his new book Bounce Back: 12 Warrior Principles to Reclaim & Recalibrate Your Life. Big thanks to our great sponsors Manscaped.com Use code MIKE to get 20% off with free shipping FieldOfGreens.com Get started with 15% off using promo code MIKE

The Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, podcaster, and Presidential Fellow at Chapman University talks about why we believe weird things, how our brains seek patterns to stay safe, the state of science and journalism, intellectual humility vs. certainty, the surprising rise of antisemitism, and his book Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational. Big thanks to our sponsor PrizePicks.com/Mike Use code MIKE for a first deposit match up to $100.

Peggy chides her eldest for spending too much time in the sun, then they discuss book clubs and pool sharks, Peggy’s latest borderline inappropriate post, Mike eating dates, geoducks and horses, Picasso vs Cezanne, a briss gone wrong, used condoms in an elevator shaft, a little paregoric on the gums, how Peggy discovered Mike was circumcised, and a tease about her espionage court case. In other words, another Coffee with Mom! Big thanks to our fantastic sponsors Digs.com/MikeRowe Try Digs for FREE! LifeVac.net Use code MIKE to get 20% off your full purchase.

The Olympic gold medalist and four-time national and world ice skating champion is the most upbeat and cheerful human ever, and he shares his amazing journey from a sickly, smaller-than-average kid to an Olympic champion, what it’s like to survive two forms of cancer, and why he claims the brain tumor he was born with was the greatest thing that ever happened to him. Big thanks to our fabulous sponsors Hillsdale.edu/mike Register for FREE online courses. ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE.

While answering listener questions, Mike and Chuck sip Knobel and discuss the future of TWIHI, Mike’s trip to Italy, the Rowe family reunion, an inappropriate rendezvous high above the opera house, piano-playing kitties, embarrassing teenage moments, and the day Chuck almost died on a photoshoot. Big thanks to our loyal sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. NetSuite.com/Mike to get your own KPI checklist.

For the baby’s sake, it’s a good thing Bobby was there. For Bobby, it changed everything. Big thanks to our terrific sponsor American-Giant.com/mike Use promo code MIKE to get 20% off your order

The writer and executive producer of Cheers discusses how American culture is being held hostage to squeaky wheels, how quickly-acquired generational wealth is changing American business, and how every great showbusiness success wouldn’t be without a great blunder. DirectPTT.com/Mike Connect for less with Direct Push To Talk FieldOfGreens.com Get started with 15% off using promo code: MIKE K12.com/Rowe Find a tuition-free K12-powered school near you.

349: How to Get Cal Ripken Jr. with Teresa Strasser The Emmy-winning writer, TV host, and author swaps stories of near-miss television gigs with Mike, shares tales of growing up blue-collar with her auto mechanic dad, and reveals how she got the Iron Man of baseball to read and blurb her book, Making It Home: Life Lessons From a Season of Little League. Big thanks to our terrific sponsors! BlueChew.com Use code ROWE to receive your first month FREE. ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter forFREE.

Three-time bestselling author Peggy Rowe reveals her favorite show that Mike’s ever made, talks about her favorite British murder mysteries, tells the story of how her friend once arrested Mickey Mantle in Baltimore the day before a ballgame, and recounts time spent with a seeing-eye dog named Larry. Oh, and Mike talks about a secret upcoming project he has no business talking about. Big thanks to our amazing sponsors! LifeVac.net Use code MIKE to get 20% off your full purchase Wolverine.com Use code MIKE25 to get 25% off your order

The former Department of Homeland Security special agent talks about the hit film based on his career fighting pedophiles, Sound of Freedom, the ubiquity of modern-day slavery, and how our leaky border is aiding human traffickers. NetSuite.com/Mike to get your own KPI checklist. PrizePicks.com/Mike Use code MIKE for a first deposit match up to $100. BlueChew.com Use code ROWE to receive your first month FREE.

The businessman and football coach talks about his experience growing up fatherless, how it felt to star in the Academy Award-winning documentary Undefeated, in which he used his tough-love style of coaching to help an underprivileged Memphis high school’s football team make it to the playoffs, and his mission to recruit an Army of Normal Folks to make this world a better place. Shout out to our terrific sponsors! Hillsdale.edu/mike Register for FREE online courses. ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. NetSuite.com/Mike Download NetSuite’s KPI checklist for FREE.

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Former U.S. Army Green Beret, Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mann Ret., is a NYT bestselling author, warrior, and storyteller. Scott discusses his efforts to help save the lives of Afghan special forces and nationals left behind in the wake of the United States’ botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, his book Operation Pineapple Express that he wrote about those efforts, and the play he wrote to honor those who fought and died. The man: https://scottmann.com The book: https://operationpineappleexpress.com The play: https://lastoutplay.com The film: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Out-Scott-Mann/dp/B09X94Q5CS Shout out to our terrific sponsors! FieldOfGreens.com Get started with 15% off using promo code: MIKE www.butcherbox.com/rowe Use code ROWE to get $20 off your first order mikeroweWORKS.org Apply for a work ethic scholarship

343: A Beer, Some Nachos, and a Barstool with Dr. John Delony The bestselling author, mental health expert, and host of the Dr. John Delony Show chats about the crisis of confidence that comes from living in a post-expert world, the dangers of certainty, the choices we can make to live a non-anxious life, and how sharing nachos and beer with good friends can help. John’s upcoming book, Building a Non-Anxious Life is available for pre-order. Big thanks to our sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. K12.com/Rowe Find a tuition-free K12-powered school near you. PrizePicks.com/Mike Use code MIKE for a first deposit match up to $100.

This Old House’s Kevin O’Connor talks about the serendipitous non-audition audition that landed him a job on the longest-running how-to show on TV, what it was like to embed with Team Rubicon to film his new Roku show, what masculinity really looks like, and how to treat a razor wound. Big thanks to our sponsors Chime.com/ROWE mikeroweWORKS.org