251: You Wear 40 Pounds of Gear Because, You Know, You're on Fire Quite a Bit

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 39.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Three-time NHRA Funny Car Champ and farmer/rancher, Matt Hagan discusses artificial insemination, human waste as fertilizer, and what it’s like to be inside of an 11,000 horsepower funny car when it explodes.

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0:00.0	So, will it be skiing?
0:03.0	Or Christmas markets on a city break?
0:06.5	Skiing? Or a city break?
0:09.0	Some problems are good problems to have.
0:12.0	Especially with flights this winter from 29.99 one-way
0:17.0	and package holidays from £159 per person.
0:21.0	Get the king at EasyJet.com.
0:24.0	Selected dates, holidays at all protected based on two adults for three nights,
0:28.0	restrictions and season C supply.
0:34.0	Episode 251 of the way I heard it is called and I'm quoting,
0:39.0	you wear £40 a gear because you're on fire quite a bit.
0:46.0	That's a direct quote. That's exactly what he said.
0:49.0	And it's not a direct quote from a fire bill.
0:52.0	It's a direct quote from a race car driver,
0:56.0	specifically Matt Hagen who drives funny cars for a living.
1:00.0	When he's not running his ranch or his farm or growing strawberries
1:06.0	or bringing in human fertilizer or growing DVD.
1:11.0	Don't wreck everything.
1:14.0	This is a super weird, completely unscriptable,
1:17.0	but ultimately I think one of the more valuable conversations we've ever had.
1:21.0	Matt Hagen got on our radar because he works with Chloe Hudson.
1:28.0	And if you're a regular listener, you've heard us sing Chloe's praises for a while now.
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