Episodes

Jan. 24, 2023

295: We're Still We the People with Todd Rose

Todd Rose, CEO of Populace, recounts his journey from 0.9 GPA high school dropout to Harvard professor and provides empirical evidence that Americans suffer from collective illusions about what we believe, why we believe it,…
Jan. 17, 2023

294: The Ballad of Tom Odom

Will Swaim, journalist and president of the California Policy Center , educates us on CA Assembly Bill 5 (AB5,) which seeks to turn independent contractors into employees, and how it’s negatively affecting 70,000+ independen…
Jan. 10, 2023

293: Matt Walsh Made a Great Movie

Matt shares his thoughts on sex vs gender, objective truth, and why it’s so hard for so many people to answer the simple question, “what is a woman?”
Jan. 3, 2023

292: When Animal Lovers Eat Their Own

Dirty Jobber Stacey Schumacher, co-owner of Schumacher Cattle (a ranch with a "pasture to plate program") and founder and executive director of the Texas Coalition for Animal Protection, a non-profit organization that spayed…
Dec. 20, 2022

291: America's Grandmother is Done with Christmas Cards

It’s another Christmas extravaganza featuring three-time New York Times bestselling author Peggy Rowe, a.k.a. Mike’s mom. Now with less potty mouth! Peggy explains why she and Chuck conspired to keep a secret from Mike.
Dec. 13, 2022

290: Give Me a Sink Plunger and I'll Save the World

Inventor and bloody do-gooder, Arthur Lih is on a mission to save a million people from choking with his LifeVac device. It’s a quixotic quest that began at age 20 when he watched his best friend die in his arms.
Dec. 6, 2022

289: There's No Place Like Nome

Shawn Pomrenke of Bering Sea Gold shares the circumstances that led him to drop out of high school, how he used his work ethic and MacGyver skills to become a multi-million-dollar gold prospector, and why he describes being …
Dec. 2, 2022

288: BONUS: Vacuuming in the Nude Chapters 15 & 16

New York Times bestselling author Peggy Rowe is at it again—this time giving a hilarious inside look at her writing career. She has been writing all her adult life. In fact, she doesn’t know how not to write—even through tho…
Nov. 29, 2022

287: Sooner or Later, You've Gotta Squeeze the Beaver

On the two-year anniversary of The Way I Heard It ’s format change from short to long form, Mike and Chuck make another announcement about the future of the podcast, and there is a lot of talk about an upcoming episode of Di…
Nov. 25, 2022

286: BONUS: Vacuuming in the Nude Chapters 13 & 14

New York Times bestselling author Peggy Rowe is at it again—this time giving a hilarious inside look at her writing career. She has been writing all her adult life. In fact, she doesn’t know how not to write—even through tho…
Nov. 22, 2022

285: Scream Inside Your Heart

In his new book, Gone Viral: How Covid Drove the World Insane , Justin Hart, the founder and chief data analyst of RationalGround.com , puts out the case for what our government did well and what our government did not-so-we…
Nov. 18, 2022

284: BONUS: Vacuuming in the Nude Chapters 11 & 12

New York Times bestselling author Peggy Rowe is at it again—this time giving a hilarious inside look at her writing career. She has been writing all her adult life. In fact, she doesn’t know how not to write—even through tho…
Nov. 15, 2022

283: You Can't Lead from a Pickup Truck

Jack Nix, chief operating officer of Shelby Erectors and reinforcing ironworker (a.k.a. rodbuster), talks about his appearance on Dirty Jobs, what it takes to tote steel and bust rod, and how it feels to have all your hard w…
Nov. 11, 2022

282: BONUS: Vacuuming in the Nude Chapters 9 & 10

New York Times bestselling author Peggy Rowe is at it again—this time giving a hilarious inside look at her writing career. She has been writing all her adult life. In fact, she doesn’t know how not to write—even through tho…
Nov. 8, 2022

281: I'd Like to Buy a Vow

Bestselling author Mike Rinder drops by to discuss his new memoir, A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientoloty, his time in “the hole,” and how he went from saving the world with scientology to…
Nov. 4, 2022

280: BONUS: Vacuuming in the Nude Chapters 7 & 8

New York Times bestselling author Peggy Rowe is at it again—this time giving a hilarious inside look at her writing career. She has been writing all her adult life. In fact, she doesn’t know how not to write—even through tho…
Nov. 1, 2022

279: From Hollybush to Hollywood

Dirty Jobs field producer, Zack Hall checks in from his Kentucky holler to discuss how he snuck his way into reality TV, his encounter with Bigfoot, and the new season of Dirty Jobs (filled with spoiler alerts!)
Oct. 31, 2022

278: OCCASIONALLY -- Halloween 2022

In a tip o’ the hat to the occasion, Mike delivers a dramatic recitation of one of his very favorite poems, The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service. Happy Halloween!
Oct. 28, 2022

277: BONUS: Vacuuming in the Nude Chapters 5 & 6

New York Times bestselling author Peggy Rowe is at it again—this time giving a hilarious inside look at her writing career. She has been writing all her adult life. In fact, she doesn’t know how not to write—even through tho…
Oct. 25, 2022

276: Best Road Trip Ever

Clint Hill, a former member of the Secret Service, and his wife Lisa McCubbin Hill talk about their new book, My Travels with Mrs. Kennedy, which includes tales of bringing a Pakistani horse into the US without quarantine, w…
Oct. 21, 2022

275: BONUS: Vacuuming in the Nude Chapters 3 & 4

New York Times bestselling author Peggy Rowe is at it again—this time giving a hilarious inside look at her writing career. She has been writing all her adult life. In fact, she doesn’t know how not to write—even through tho…
Oct. 18, 2022

274: It's Worse Than You Think

The workforce participation rate that is. The number of able-bodied men choosing not to work is a crisis, and Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute, can prove it.
Oct. 14, 2022

273: BONUS: Vacuuming in the Nude Chapters 1 & 2

New York Times bestselling author Peggy Rowe is at it again—this time giving a hilarious inside look at her writing career. She has been writing all her adult life. In fact, she doesn’t know how not to write—even through tho…
Oct. 11, 2022

272: "You Must be that Dirty Mother" with Peggy Rowe

It's a classic catch-up with mom that starts with a dramatic reading of her viral short story Old Blue, becomes an announcement that her third New York Times bestseller Vacuuming in the Nude will be available as an audiobook…