On this episode of Neutz World, you know him from his hit Discovery Channel show, Dirty

Jobs, and his podcast, The Way I Hurt It.

As a TV host, writer, narrator, producer, actor, and spokesman, his performance career

began in 1984, when he faked his way into the Baltimore Opera to get his Union card.

I'm pleased to welcome, as my guest today, Mike Rowe, a great entertainer and great American.

Mike has made a career out of shining a light on the lives and experiences of American

laborers.

Mike became known as the dirtiest man on TV.

He traveled to all 50 states and completed 300 different jobs, transforming cable television

into a landscape of swamps, sewers, ice roads, coal mines, oil dericks, crab boats, hillbillies,

and lumberjack camps.

For this, he has received both the credit and the blame.

For Labor Day, we're sharing stories about the skilled workers who've crossed Mike's

path, the importance of work, and Rowe's fascinating life.

I am particularly excited to have somebody who I think has come from many Americans to

personify the work ethic, the legitimacy of work, the requirement that we understand

how many different jobs have to be done for a civilization to succeed, and somebody who

has also become, and in his own right, a household name.

Mike Rowe, I'm just thrilled that you're with us.

Newton, hello, and thanks.

I'm flattered.

It's great to talk to you again.

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