206: Who's Your Granddaddy
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
4.9 • 40.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2021
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
After sharing the true story of a hard-charging master sergeant with a voice like a jackhammer who went on to become a famous artist, Mike recalls the lessons learned from his soft-spoken grandfather – an artist of a different kind - whose unique talents inspired a show called Dirty Jobs, and a foundation called mikeroweWORKS. It's a rumination on men who scream, and men who whisper, complete with a song about a nose that wouldn't stop bleeding.
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| 0:00.0 | In New York you can gaze up at the towering skyscrapers or... |
| 0:05.0 | You can sunbathe on top of one. |
| 0:08.0 | In LA you can catch a neon lit rollercoaster ride on Santa Monica Pier. |
| 0:14.0 | Before catching a California catfish off Santa Monica Pier. |
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| 0:30.0 | Hey guys, it's Mike Grove. This is the way I heard it episode number 206. |
| 0:37.0 | It's called Who's Your Grand Daddy? |
| 0:39.0 | Not Who's Your Daddy? Who's Your Grand Daddy? |
| 0:43.0 | For the record, this is a rhetorical question. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm not asking for an actual answer. |
| 0:48.0 | It would be the name of your grandfather, either a maternal or paternal. |
| 0:53.0 | I am instead posing a broad-based query designed to make you consider the impact of grandfathers on polite society in general. |
| 1:02.0 | And more specifically share with you the impact of mine on me. |
| 1:06.0 | Apologies, incidentally, for the sound quality. |
| 1:10.0 | My trusty microphone has officially crafted bed and it is no longer interfacing the way it's supposed to with garage band. |
| 1:18.0 | So you're hearing me on the microphone from my computer. |
| 1:23.0 | I hope you don't mind. |
| 1:25.0 | Point being this rumination on grandfathers regardless of what it sounds like is preceded by the true story of a master sergeant in the Air Force who spent the first part of his career yelling at his recruits and the second part becoming a famous artist. |
| 1:42.0 | This man, this master sergeant with a voice like a jackhammer, reminds me a lot of my own grandfather, a man named Carl Noble. |
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