Since rising to national fame as the host of Dirty Jobs, Mike Rowe has become a prominent voice in highlighting the efforts and achievements of working-class Americans, those who are often overlooked by elite institutions.

In his newest project, Rowe is turning the camera on what he calls the real heroes of the country. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

In this episode, we sit down with Mike to discuss his new series,

People You Should Know, as well as the cultural and economic shifts that are putting

blue-collar Americans back in the spotlight.

I'm Daily Wire, executive editor John Bickley, with Georgia Halm.

It's Sunday, May 11th, and this is a weekend

edition of Morning Wire. Joining us now is Mike Rowe, who has just launched a new show that we want

to talk to him about, as well as some other issues that he holds near and dear to his heart,

including plumbers. So we'll get to that later. It's good to talk to you again. Likewise,

thanks for having me back. We're virtually back or whatever we call this these days.

We'll take virtual mic. We'll take in-person mic, whatever mic we can get. So your new series,

you call it a feel-good series, and it focuses on real heroes of the country. Its own phraseology

describes it as focusing on the ordinary, which I find

very interesting. Tell us what was the idea behind this series, what sparked it, and what are you

trying to accomplish with this series? It's really the making of a feel-good show.

There's certainly a feel-good component at the heart of it, But what I've always tried to do, whether it's

dirty jobs or somebody's got to do it or any of the projects I work on, is bring the viewer

along for the ride and really try and make them a fly on the wall. We spent a lot of time admitting

our mistakes and sharing the frustrations with the viewer that come along with making content.

I've always done that, and so I'm certainly doing that again here.

The project itself will be familiar to anybody who saw my last project, which was called Returning the Favor.

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