429: Gary Sinise—The Importance of Showing Up

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 39.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The multi-award-winning actor, chronic philanthropist, and all-around outstanding human drops by to talk about his son, Mac Sinise, who sadly passed away January 5, 2024. Gary shares Mac’s story and the musical compositions he left behind, all of which can be found on Resurrection & Revival parts 1 and 2, which are available on vinyl here. The three music videos mentioned during the episode are Arctic Circles by Mac Sinise, Shenandoah (author unknown), and The Rise by Mac Sinise.

Many thanks to our excellent sponsors

ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to post a job for FREE.

Tax Network USA—Call 800-958-1000 or visit TNUSA.com/ROWE for a FREE consultation.

BuildSubmarines.com Explore available careers!

MCSF.org/apply Check your availability and apply today!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Well, Chuck, that one's going to stick with me for a while.
0:06.9	Yeah, me too. Me too. It was emotional. Yeah, powerful. You know, it's funny, Gary
0:14.0	Seneese, I consider him a friend, and I realize I always have. Like even before he was a friend?
0:22.2	Like long before I met him.
0:23.7	And even after I met him, it's not like we hang out.
0:26.8	Right.
0:27.4	It's not like I've been to his home.
0:29.0	It's not like we play softball or poker together.
0:32.3	I've only met him in person two or three times.
0:35.3	I've interviewed him before.
0:37.4	But we've stayed in touch, a lot of texting
0:39.8	and just a lot of triangulating over the years. Our foundations occupy a certain amount of Venn
0:47.2	diagram space, I suppose. Mostly, I just admire the guy so much. Like, he's one of those people
0:53.8	who is better than you.
0:55.0	Better than me, better than you, better than anybody.
0:57.1	He's just a really good guy.
0:58.2	Who introduced you to Gary Sinise, by the way?
1:01.8	Was it you?
1:03.5	Yeah, it might have been.
1:04.5	Well, thanks.
1:05.3	Thanks for that.
1:06.1	Because he's so much more interesting than you, and he's so much more important.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -14 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.