Attention, Cat People October 13, 2013To prove my fondness for felines, I’ve agreed to narrate a show called “Man, Cheetah, Wild.”
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A Cat Called Waldorf October 11, 2013Here’s a cat called Waldorf. Waldorf is watching an episode of Planet Earth, which I narrated once upon a time.
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Today in Beaverton … September 23, 2013When Mike Rowe the policeman appears in my email inbox it reminds me that a more responsible version of myself is out there.
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The Voice in Your Head September 18, 2013Many of you say you hear my voice when you read things I’ve written. What do I hear when I read YOUR posts? This.
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A Night to Remember September 15, 2013Writing about my own experience at the Emmys is difficult. But nonetheless, here I go.
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Making of the Poster September 12, 2013
Mike Explains Further
In the long history of bad advice, you’d have look pretty hard to find something dumber than Work Smart Not Hard. It first appeared years ago as part of a recruitment campaign for college. It was bad advice then, but today, it’s just plain dangerous. Google Work Smart Not Hard and you’ll see just how far this idiotic ...read more...
On the Cover September 12, 2013It appears I’m on the cover of a magazine called Challenge, available now in a truck stop near you.
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So Damn Funny September 4, 2013This is quite possibly the funniest 34 seconds in the history of YouTube.
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Challenge Magazine: Mike Rowe Profoundly Disconnected September 3, 2013In the September 2013 edition of Challenge magazine Mike talks about how he continues to get the message out about the skilled trades with his new initiative Profoundly Disconnected.
Read the online edition – HERE
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A Prick in Congress September 2, 2013As some of you know, mikeroweWORKS was launched on Labor Day back in 2008. Every so often somebody asks me how that came to be, and whether or not Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe had anything to do with it. Here’s my original reply to that question.
A couple years ago I went to Congress, to see if anyone there was ...read more...
Guideposts – Mike Rowe, Using the Tools August 31, 2013TV’s Mike Rowe idolized his grandfather. There was one problem—he could never be like him. Or could he?
By Mike Rowe, San Francisco, California
Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d make a living hosting and narrating TV shows. My plan was to follow in the footsteps of my grandfather, a man who worked with his hands, not his voice. ...read more...
Good News (for Me) August 30, 2013According to the latest Gallup Poll, less than 9% of Americans find me to be “Irritating.”
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