441: Jillian Michaels—Keeping It (Very) Real

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 39.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Jillian Michaels is a renowned fitness expert, television personality, podcaster, and bestselling author known most for her role on The Biggest Loser. She has built a global brand around health, wellness, and personal empowerment through fitness.

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0:00.0	Well, if you want it real, you're in the right place.
0:05.6	This is the way I heard it.
0:06.9	My guest is Jillian Michaels.
0:08.7	You know her from, well, God knows.
0:10.8	I mean, she's been around everywhere.
0:11.7	The biggest loser.
0:12.8	Yeah.
0:13.4	You know, her podcast, keeping it real.
0:15.9	So many things.
0:17.0	Yeah.
0:17.5	She is a bundle of energy, intelligence, charm, and wit. In fact, this episode is called
0:22.8	keeping it very real because we kind of go all over the place and we say some things that,
0:28.1	well, you know, they're real. In her words, she's going to destroy your algorithm on YouTube.
0:34.0	Yeah, yeah. Apparently you say some certain things on YouTube and you get penalized.
0:37.6	I don't know about all that.
0:38.6	But she warned me and we talked about them anyway.
0:40.7	So, hey, that's going to happen.
0:43.9	You're going to love her.
0:44.8	If you think you know her, maybe you already do.
0:47.2	I was so surprised that I hadn't come across her before.
0:50.7	You know, she's just, you know, she and I both sort of occupy a lot of the same space,
0:55.4	and it's just, it was really great to meet her and get the chat. Super nice person, too.
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