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Ask Me Another

AMA Bonus: Extended Mike Rowe Interview

Ask Me Another

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Comedy, Leisure, Society & Culture

4.55K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2016

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this extended interview from Ask Me Another's show in Orlando, Florida, Mike Rowe talks about everything — from his new podcast, The Way I Heard It, to what he learned from Dirty Jobs about job creation and the skills gap.

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, it's Sophia here. So we were in Orlando and had a great time with Mike

0:10.3

Roe. So great, actually, that we couldn't fit all of his amazing interview into our show. So here

0:16.6

for you is the full uncensored interview where Mike talks about everything from his new podcast,

0:22.2

the way I heard it, to what he learned when he was on dirty jobs about job creation and the

0:28.1

skills gap. And to find out more about Mike Roe's foundation, Microw Works, which provides financial

0:33.7

assistance to people who want to learn in-demand job skills, check out his website,

0:38.2

micro.com. And here's the bonus.

0:46.0

So you hosted a show called Dirty Jobs, but I want to talk about your many jobs. You have had

0:52.7

many jobs in your career. For example, I did not know that you

0:57.2

sang for the Baltimore Opera. I did. Yeah, I mean, it wasn't a, it's very polite applause,

1:06.1

tentative, but polite. Back in the 80s, in Baltimore, it was very hard to get into the Screen Actors Guild

1:13.1

and AfterA. But Agma, the union that oversaw the opera, if you could basically fake your

1:20.0

way into that, you could pay your membership in the other unions.

1:22.9

Okay, you can't fake your way into opera.

1:25.3

Sure you can. Sure you can. You can fake your way into opera. Sure you can. Sure you can.

1:28.4

You can fake your way in anything.

1:33.1

I mean, look at us.

1:34.4

That's true.

1:35.1

That is true.

1:39.6

So you're not a trained opera singer, but you audition for the opera because you want this a sag card.

1:48.4

I wanted my sag card.

1:49.7

The only way to get it for me anyway.

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