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The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

445: Coffee with Mom—They Had Their Way with My Right Hip

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

History, Society & Culture

4.940.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

America's Grandmother stops by to discuss the haunting melody of Adagio for Strings, dropping one's phone in the toilet, and Peggy's handsy masseuse.

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0:00.0

A cup of coffee with my mom.

0:07.0

Ah, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

0:11.0

It's like you've never done this before, right?

0:14.0

That was a maniacal laugh.

0:16.0

I thought so.

0:17.0

Is there any other kind really?

0:19.0

Yeah, I think there are a lot of different kinds.

0:22.0

If you were an alien here on the planet trying to make sense of the species and you heard a laugh, any laugh, any kind of laugh from any person in any circumstance, you would conclude they were having some kind of failure, right? I mean,

0:38.5

I mean, you don't think aliens have a sense of humor. You don't think they have that same

0:42.6

sort of thing? Legal ones, sure. You can't leave that. You've just got an eye roll. You cannot leave that.

0:55.1

I'm sure illegal aliens have a sense of humor as well.

0:58.9

I've just never seen them laughing at anything.

1:01.6

And I'm surrounded by him.

1:03.1

Well, I guess they don't have much to laugh at these days.

1:06.3

I think it depends on the state.

1:08.4

Out here in California, you know, I don't like the way this is starting at all.

1:14.9

So here we all are ready to start the podcast.

1:21.7

You would be hard-pressed to find a greater proponent of the old adage.

1:25.2

If it ain't broke, don't fix it than yours. Truly.

1:28.9

I'm all for hanging on to your appliances to the bitter end, but maybe not your cell phone.

1:35.7

The thing is, your battery life fades, right, a little more and more with every passing week, day,

1:40.9

month, whatever. The processors can't keep up. You know, you drop it into the toilet

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