We've got a real giant problem staring us in the face and fundamentally it's

rooted in arithmetic. Every year five for every five tradesmen who retire from

our workforce to replace them and it's been that way for over a decade.

Hey, thank you for being here for another episode of the Chris Cuomo project. Subscribe,

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know, branding helps us to kind of develop an identity and have confidence in

it. That's why I'm doing it. So also why I have a very special guest for you today.

Mike Rowe, you know him. The voice of the deadliest catch that beautiful

baritone, you know, he's an opera singer, classically trained. Mike Rowe works

his foundation phenomenal, rewarding the trades. That's what I talked to him

about today. Sure, we wind up talking about a lot of things because he's really,

really smart and garalous and loves to spread out conversation. But dirty jobs,

somebody's got to do it. What he does on Facebook, what he does with his podcast,

how I heard it, which is a great podcast. It's all united by this respect for

work that makes the society around us. And let's be honest, the trades, think

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