The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

By Mike Rowe

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All good stories have a twist, and all great storytellers are just a little twisted. Join Mike Rowe for a different take on the people and events that you thought you knew -- from pop-culture to politics from Hollywood to History... The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe -- short mysteries for the curious mind with a short attention span.

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Episode 182: Mother Knows Best

01.12.2021

After reading chapter 5 of his bestselling book, Mike surprises his two-time bestselling mother with a phone call, on which they discuss the perils of prevarication, the joys of growing up Rowe, (on a budget,) and Peggy Rowe’s unsolicited review ...

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe episodes:

01.12.2021 Episode 182: Mother Knows Best After reading chapter 5 of his bestselling book, Mike surprises his two-time bestselling mother with a phone call, on which they discuss the perils of prevarication, the joys of growing up Rowe, (on a budget,) and Peggy Rowe’s unsolicited review ...
01.05.2021 Episode 181: Off by Roughly Two Trillion After reading chapter four of his book, Mike and Chuck discuss the real reason that so many Americans no longer believe people who sound certain - including journalists, politicians, scientists, doctors, professors, and yes… even narrators.
12.15.2020 Episode 180: Mike Rowe is Nothing but a Sellout After Mike shares chapter three of his book he gives a spirited defense of the critical art of salesmanship, during which Chuck accuses him of being a sellout, and the two navigate the precarious world of commercial television vs commercials.
12.08.2020 Episode 179: A Shot in the Dark After listening to chapter two of the best-selling book, The Way I Heard It, Mike and Chuck discuss three catastrophes and the role booze played in each of them, the joys of sharing shots with famous people, why Mike is ...
12.01.2020 Episode 178: Be Wary of All Earnestness After reading the first chapter of his best-selling book, Mike has a candid, conversation with his producer, Chuck, about the origins of this podcast, the impact of singing old songs with old veterans, and his personal aversion to all things ...
11.26.2020 Episode 177: It's Thanksgiving! What the Chuck?! Mike sits down with his producer Chuck for a candid conversation about the future of The Way I Heard it. Whiskey is sipped, decisions are made, life goes on.
11.10.2020 Episode 176: The Trouble With 159 Mike takes a deep dive into episode 159 and the controversy surrounding a quote that was challenged by Billy Martin Jr., son of the late great baseball manager, Billy Martin. SPOILER ALERT: If you have not yet heard episode 159 ...
10.27.2020 Episode 175: His Brother's Keeper A spooky tale of an ordained minister and a demonic possession.
10.20.2020 Episode 174: Once Upon a Time in the Wild Wild West Bill waited until the crowd had gathered on his property... and then he shot them all.
10.06.2020 Episode 173: Visiting Hours When you have a family this big, you’re guaranteed an occasional visit…
10.01.2020 Episode 172: An Unforgivable Overreaction With the war in full bloom all eyes were on the president — would he or wouldn’t he launch?
09.22.2020 Episode 171: He Really Stuck With It And that was good news for the naked burglar.
09.15.2020 Episode 170: They Were All at Risk Especially those with a pre-existing condition…
09.08.2020 Episode 169: A Mouse in the House That was particularly hard to find.
08.18.2020 Episode 168: A Hooker You Can Trust Call her what you will--the lady had vision.
08.12.2020 Episode 167: They Knew It When They Saw It And Jerry knew that he desperately needed to get to a meeting.
08.04.2020 Episode 166: A Disaster in the Kitchen Seriously, her cakes were downright repulsive!
07.28.2020 Episode 165: The Feel Good Hit of the Summer A real toe-tapper that no one could escape.
07.21.2020 Episode 164: A Line in the Sand Sometimes, you simply have to draw one.
07.07.2020 Episode 163: He Was Not Inclined To Judge But did he really have to eat bull testicles to prove it?
07.04.2020 Episode 162: OCCASIONALLY--Independence Day In honor of Independence Day, Mike chews up the scenery with a recitation of what may be the most important speech ever delivered, by the man historians call "The Forgotten Founder."
06.23.2020 Episode 161: Excess Baggage A helicopter filled with evacuees tries to get off the ground as the shooting intensifies. What could possibly go wrong?
06.16.2020 Episode 160: A Groundbreaking Structure of Staggering Possibility This architect enjoyed a good challenge. But this one nearly broke him...
06.09.2020 Episode 159: He Was Just Trying To Get Home So too, was the man who got in his way.
05.12.2020 Episode 158: On the Pursuit of Satisfaction The kid had a head for numbers.
05.05.2020 Episode 157: A Novel Hero What he did was unspeakably brave. So why then, did no one speak of it?
04.14.2020 Episode 156: A Bridge Too Far They built a lot of bridges. Perhaps, one too many...
04.07.2020 Episode 155: Lullaby for a Crackhead He only had the one hit...but boy, was it a wonder!
03.31.2020 Episode 154: OCCASIONALLY--Quarantined Edition Mike was the keynote speaker at the last large gathering in the United States before the country officially closed for business. His job? Shaking hands--with over a hundred thousand people. Now, after three weeks of self-isolation, he'd like to tell ...
03.17.2020 Episode 153: An Offer They Couldn't Refuse The player loved to play... but on this particular occasion--he chose the wrong playmate.
03.10.2020 Episode 152: They Had Their Way With Her Or did they...
03.03.2020 Episode 151: He Was Ready For His Close Up It was the gig of a lifetime... it just wasn't Gig's.
02.25.2020 Episode 150: Dude Looks Like a Lady She broke the glass ceiling with ease. But her secret was taken to the grave.
02.18.2020 Episode 149: Broadswords in a Pit James and Rebecca simply could not settle their differences... that's where the broadswords came in.
02.11.2020 Episode 148: A Book to Pass the Time Because you need something to break the boredom of marching 300 miles in 10 degree weather to bring three boat thieves to justice... or so I'm told.
01.21.2020 Episode 147: Her Biggest Fan The doctor told her not to sing... but she did anyway.
12.24.2019 Episode 146: OCCASIONALLY--Christmastime Christmastime is upon us, and with it comes the season of giving. Mike recites perhaps the greatest story ever written about the spirit of giving.
11.19.2019 Episode 145: Does This Look Infected Yes, as a matter of fact, it does. But penicillin won't help...
11.12.2019 Episode 144: A Legend In His Own Mind He was destined for greatness. No one knew it but him.
11.05.2019 Episode 143: Rude Awakenings Some said he was cursed, others said he was blessed, but everyone agreed--he was the luckiest kraut in the navy.
10.31.2019 Episode 142: OCCASIONALLY--Halloween It's All Hallow's Eve! So what better way to mark the occasion than with an episode of OCCASIONALLY. Mike pays homage to the macabre musings of the great Edgar Allan Poe by reciting perhaps his most famous story. Light a ...
10.15.2019 Episode 141: On Average 15 Times a Day But for this woman... maybe a bit more.
10.08.2019 Episode 140: Another Band of Brothers This group gave us the most iconic sound of all time.
10.01.2019 Episode 139: A Penniless Singer Who earned a funeral fit for a king.
09.17.2019 Episode 138: An Extraordinary Swap A love story. Sort of...
09.10.2019 Episode 137: A Bona Fide Sex Symbol She simply had no choice.
09.03.2019 Episode 136: A Boy And His Dog The skinny kid was so desperate that he was about to sell his best friend.
05.28.2019 Episode 135: The Illegitimate Son-of-a-Smith Denied his father's true last name for most of his life, James reclaimed it--in a monumental way.
05.07.2019 Episode 134: Not Your Typical Homemaker Julia was flattered by the proposal—but it came with certain… preconditions.
05.01.2019 Episode 133: Call It What You Will It's difficult to describe the chaos of an unpredictable world--but Peter sure tried.

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