216: Off the Wall – A Message to Garcia, and Tim Johnson
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
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🗓️ 6 September 2021
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Mike responds to criticism from some guy named Tim Johnson, and celebrates the anniversary of mikeroweWORKS by reading the most popular essay of all time. Then, a spirited conversation with Chuck, the nervous producer.
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| 0:00.0 | So, will it be skiing? |
| 0:03.0 | Or Christmas markets on a city break? |
| 0:06.0 | Skiing? Or a city break? |
| 0:09.0 | Some problems are good problems to have. |
| 0:12.0 | Especially with flights this winter from 29.99 one-way |
| 0:17.0 | and package holidays from £159 per person. |
| 0:21.0 | Get viking at EasyJet.com. |
| 0:24.0 | Selected dates, holidays at all protected based on two adults for three nights, |
| 0:28.0 | restrictions and season C's apply. |
| 0:30.0 | 4 out of 5 people who post a job on zippercruder.com slash row, |
| 0:35.0 | find a quality candidate within 24 hours. |
| 0:38.0 | It's a fact and one more reason why zippercruder really is the smartest way to hire. |
| 0:42.0 | This is the way I heard it. |
| 0:48.0 | This is episode number 216 of the way I heard it. |
| 0:52.0 | It's called Off the Wall, a message to Garcia and Tim Johnson. |
| 0:56.0 | Think of this one as a Labor Day special. |
| 0:59.0 | I started the Microworks Foundation 13 years ago on this day |
| 1:03.0 | and I thought I would mark the occasion with a dramatic reading |
| 1:07.0 | of a legendary essay called A Message to Garcia and dedicated to Tim Johnson. |
| 1:13.0 | As some of you may know, |
| 1:15.0 | Calixto Garcia was a rebel general who fought the Spaniards in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. |
| 1:21.0 | As none of you may know, Tim Johnson is a guy who posed a question to me on my Facebook page |
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