434: Sarah Yourgrau—People You Should Know

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 39.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 91 minutes

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You may know Sarah as the on-camera producer from Facebook’s Returning the Favor with Mike Rowe. She is also a two-time Emmy-winning storyteller, social anthropologist, founder and CEO of Common Ground Studios, and the absolute cheeriest person you’ll ever meet! Sarah talks with Mike about their new show, People You Should Know, which will premiere May 2 on Mike’s YouTube channel @therealmikerowe.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Mike Row and this is the way I heard it, but it could also be people you should know.
0:08.1	Because Chuck, as you'll recall, there was a time when I was pretty sure this podcast should be called people you should know.
0:13.9	Yes, and the reason for that, I believe, was because these were people that you found interesting that you wanted to share with other people.
0:19.8	That's exactly right. That's exactly right. And the more I thought about that title,
0:23.2	the more I thought, wow, you know, it really does encompass most of my misspent career, dirty jobs.
0:28.4	Somebody's got to do it. Right.
0:29.4	These are all people you should know. But then we had already started the podcast and it was called
0:35.0	the way I heard it. Yeah, you can't go backwards. It felt like even though we changed the format to change the name at that same time.
0:41.5	I didn't like it.
0:42.6	I know you didn't.
0:43.3	And I didn't like it either.
0:44.2	Yep, there you go.
0:45.3	And so, friends, what I was stuck with was this terrific title for a podcast that didn't exist.
0:51.7	And some shows that I never produced. Well, that's all about to change. On May 2nd,
0:56.6	we're launching a, well, I was going to say a TV show, but technically, if it's not on TV.
1:01.7	I mean, you know, it's a fine distinction, really. It's some content. It's a program. Well,
1:07.5	it's a program on YouTube. But if you have YouTube TV or if you watch YouTube on your TV, then it becomes a TV show.
1:15.6	It could very likely be a TV show.
1:16.6	This is probably confusing for you guys, but here's the headline.
1:20.6	People you should know is a new show.
1:22.6	I'm going to call it a TV show because I think a lot of people will watch it on their TVs.
1:26.6	And it will
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