Mike’s mom discusses Christmases past and present, her decided lack of cooking skills, complaining vs. observing, vertigo-inducing carpet, the perils of drinking dehumidifier water, pratfalls, a Christmas mugging, and Mike singing The Grinch. Big thanks to our fantastic sponsors Digs.com/MikeRowe Get 50% off Core and Professional plans LifeVac.net Use code MIKE to get 20% off your full purchase

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

365: A Coffee Klatch Christmas with Peggy Rowe

The appellate lawyer and President General of the Sons of the American Revolution drops by to discuss our nation's founding and celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party by inducting Mike, Chuck, and Mike’s dad, John, into the SAR. Big thanks to our great sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter forFREE. NetSuite.com/Mike to get your own KPI checklist. Manscaped.com Use code: MIKE to get 20% off with free shipping.

364: Son of a Revolutionary with John Dodd

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363: BONUS STORY: Something to Chew On

The New York Times bestselling author and podcaster discusses great writing, the power of storytelling, his newest book, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel, and how he solved a 110-year-old whodunnit.   Big thanks to our great sponsors FieldOfGreens.com Get started with 15% off using promo code: MIKE PrizePicks.com/Mike Use code MIKE for a first deposit match up to $100 AuraFrames.com/Mike Use promo code MIKE to get $30 off their best-selling frames

362: Don't Forget the Footnotes with Douglas Brunt

The Washington Examiner columnist and reporter discusses why Lincoln’s Gettysburg address holds up 160 years later, why she’s building a room to hold miniature trains, the “dust up” in the Middle East, our current age of disruption, and why people are searching for something bigger than themselves. Then, by request, Mike serenade’s Salena. Many thanks to our terrific sponsors Chime.com/Rowe to start building your credit AuraFrames.com/Mike Use promo code MIKE to get $30 off their best-selling frames

361: A Place and a Purpose in a World Gone Mad with Salena Zito

Tongue twisters, laundry mishaps, Betty the book-club-lady, the Klausmeyer I-told-you-so protocol, steel drums, bad videography, hot cross buns, cannibal hamsters, camping in July, rogue waves, and just a touch of Thanksgiving—It’s coffee with mom. Big thanks to our great sponsors Digs.com/MikeRowe  Try Digs for FREE! LifeVac.net Use code MIKE to get 20% off your full purchase

360: BONUS COFFEE: Let's Not Talk About Thanksgiving with Peggy Rowe

The six-time New York Times best-selling author and prolific FNC host drops by to discuss what made President Theodore Roosevelt and civil rights pioneer Booker T. Washington so great and the role Mike played in Brian writing his newest book Teddy and Booker T. Discussed in this episode:  Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington Arthur Lih of LifeVac.net The River of Doubt by Candice Millard Big thanks to our great sponsors AuraFrames.com/Mike Use promo code MIKE to get $30 off their best-selling frames ButcherBox.com/Rowe Use Code Rowe for FREE steak for life and $20 off.

359: Teddy and Booker T. with Brian Kilmeade

60 years after that horrible day in November when our 35th president was gunned down in Dallas, one of only two secret service agents from that detail still alive today gives his reflections and first-hand account and explains the difference between facts and theories. Clint Hill is joined by his wife and co-author Lisa McCubbin Hill to discuss the day America lost its innocence, a secret service reunion 60 years in the making, and the 60th anniversary commemorative edition of their book Five Days in November. Big thanks to our great sponsors 3DayBlinds.com/ROWE Buy one get one 50% off ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. NetSuite.com/Mike to get your own KPI checklist.

358: Five Days in November with Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin Hill

It was late at night and she was pregnant, but Merry still had to go to work. And we're all glad she did. Big thanks to our loyal sponsor American-Giant.com/mike Use promo code MIKE to get 20% off your order.

357: BONUS STORY: She Blew the Doors Off

The former 82nd Airborne Staff Sergeant and quadruple amputee drops by to chat about the first time he met Mike, how he pissed off Bill Nye science guy, why he’s a proud member of the everything-is-great club, and his new book Bounce Back: 12 Warrior Principles to Reclaim & Recalibrate Your Life. Big thanks to our great sponsors Manscaped.com Use code MIKE to get 20% off with free shipping FieldOfGreens.com Get started with 15% off using promo code MIKE

356: The World's Biggest Therapist with Travis Mills

The Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, podcaster, and Presidential Fellow at Chapman University talks about why we believe weird things, how our brains seek patterns to stay safe, the state of science and journalism, intellectual humility vs. certainty, the surprising rise of antisemitism, and his book Conspiracy: Why the Rational Believe the Irrational.  Big thanks to our sponsor PrizePicks.com/Mike Use code MIKE for a first deposit match up to $100.

355: Hunting for Anomalies with Michael Shermer

Peggy chides her eldest for spending too much time in the sun, then they discuss book clubs and pool sharks, Peggy’s latest borderline inappropriate post, Mike eating dates, geoducks and horses, Picasso vs Cezanne, a briss gone wrong, used condoms in an elevator shaft, a little paregoric on the gums, how Peggy discovered Mike was circumcised, and a tease about her espionage court case. In other words, another Coffee with Mom! Big thanks to our fantastic sponsors Digs.com/MikeRowe Try Digs for FREE! LifeVac.net Use code MIKE to get 20% off your full purchase.

354: BONUS COFFEE: They Like a Little Bit of Naughty with America's Grandmother

The Olympic gold medalist and four-time national and world ice skating champion is the most upbeat and cheerful human ever, and he shares his amazing journey from a sickly, smaller-than-average kid to an Olympic champion, what it’s like to survive two forms of cancer, and why he claims the brain tumor he was born with was the greatest thing that ever happened to him. Big thanks to our fabulous sponsors Hillsdale.edu/mike Register for FREE online courses. ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE.

353: I Never Got to Drive the Zamboni with Scott Hamilton

While answering listener questions, Mike and Chuck sip Knobel and discuss the future of TWIHI, Mike’s trip to Italy, the Rowe family reunion, an inappropriate rendezvous high above the opera house, piano-playing kitties, embarrassing teenage moments, and the day Chuck almost died on a photoshoot. Big thanks to our loyal sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. NetSuite.com/Mike to get your own KPI checklist.

352: Mailbag!

For the baby’s sake, it’s a good thing Bobby was there. For Bobby, it changed everything. Big thanks to our terrific sponsor American-Giant.com/mike Use promo code MIKE to get 20% off your order

351: BONUS STORY: Rough Delivery

In The Way I Heard It, Mike Rowe gives a different take on a variety of topics - from pop culture to politics, history to Hollywood, each mystery is a trueish tale about someone you know, filled with facts that you don’t. Delivered with Mike’s signature blend of charm, wit, and ingenuity, these stories are part of a larger mosaic - full of surprising revelations, sharp observations, and intimate, behind-the-scenes moments drawn from Mike’s own life and career.

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