#577 - Mike Rowe

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

Theo Von

Comedy

4.8 • 24.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Mike Rowe is a best-selling author, narrator, podcaster, and TV host known for his hit show “Dirty Jobs”. He also started the mikeroweWORKS Foundation which gives out millions in scholarships every year. His new show “People You Should Know” premieres on his YouTube channel May 2nd. Mike Rowe returns to talk about some of the big issues facing America’s workforce today, if Trump’s tariffs will bring manufacturing back, and why he thinks there’s a war going on against the idea of work itself. Mike Rowe: https://www.instagram.com/mikerowe/ Mike’s Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@therealmikerowe Mike’s foundation: https://mikeroweworks.org/ ------------------------------------------------ Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tour New Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com ------------------------------------------------- Sponsored By: Celsius: Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. #CELSIUSBrandPartner #CELSIUSLiveFit https://amzn.to/3HbAtPJ BetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp — go to http://betterhelp.com/theo to get 10% off your first month. ARMRA: Go to http://tryarmra.com/THEO or enter THEO to get 15% off your first order. Valor Recovery: To learn more about Valor Recovery please visit them at https://valorrecoverycoaching.com or email them at [email protected] ------------------------------------------------- Music: “Shine” by Bishop Gunn Bishop Gunn - Shine ------------------------------------------------ Submit your funny videos, TikToks, questions and topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to: [email protected] Hit the Hotline: 985-664-9503 Video Hotline for Theo Upload here: https://www.theovon.com/fan-upload Send mail to: This Past Weekend 1906 Glen Echo Rd PO Box #159359 Nashville, TN 37215 ------------------------------------------------ Find Theo: Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoVonClips Shorts Channel: https://bit.ly/3ClUj8z ------------------------------------------------ Producer: Zach https://www.instagram.com/zachdpowers Producer: Trevyn https://www.instagram.com/trevyn.s/ Producer: Nick https://www.instagram.com/realnickdavis/ Producer: Colin https://instagram.com/colin_reiner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.2	Today's guest is a host. You know him from Dirty Jobs. He's also an author and a podcaster. He has a new
1:15.1	show coming out in May called People You Should Know, where he travels the country interviewing
1:20.8	regular people who are making a difference in the world around them. It's always a good time
1:26.6	chatting with the one and only Mr. Mike Rose. Oh, he's bringing a coffee.
1:50.0	Oh, good.
1:50.6	He got me a cup of coffee.
1:52.0	That's how they used to do it.
1:53.5	Like, you really got to work for it.
1:55.0	You want to be in the labor force.
1:56.5	You got to heat it up.
1:57.3	Yeah, it's awesome.
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