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The Story Behind the Story With Mike Rowe0

The Story Behind the Story With Mike Rowe

2022 - 2022

The 25 Million Dollar Kiss

7th May 2022
Episode 1
Hedy Lamar, known to the public only for her sensational beauty, creates the technology that makes our modern lives possible.

The Man Behind The Microphone

14th May 2022
Episode 2
In the middle of a baseball game, the newswire giving radio broadcasters the play-by-play goes down. So, the radio broadcaster, Ronald Reagan, makes up foul ball after foul ball while he waits on the signal to be resorted.

Fred's Final Wish

21st May 2022
Episode 3
Fred was tasked to create a potato chip that wouldn’t turn to crumbles in the bottom of a bag after shipping. Instead, he created a completely new package design and molded the iconic chip to fit it.

The Biggest Name In Town

28th May 2022
Episode 4
Small town girl, Peg Entwhistle, failed on Broadway and went to Hollywood to pursue her dreams. Her one movie bombed so she goes to the biggest name in town to have it out once and for all.

They Shook on It

4th June 2022
Episode 5
During the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Bank of America founder, Amadeo Giannini, made a deal on a handshake with a garbage man to hire his son in the future that changes the course of history.

Can You Be There By Nine?

11th June 2022
Episode 6
Allen Hale Jr's odyssey to an audition that would change his life forever and give him a role in one of the most syndicated shows of all time.

A Very High Bar

18th June 2022
Episode 7
Jim Thorpe is one of history’s greatest athletes. He didn’t let his education, his heritage, or even someone stealing his shoes stop him from competing at his best.

30 Minutes of Disappointing Television

25th June 2022
Episode 8
Charles Schultz was given creative control to create a half-hour Christmas program for CBS, however, upon screening the film, the executives thought it was a bomb. Boy, were they wrong.

The Code Breaker

2nd July 2022
Episode 9
A young code breaker in the air force, intercepts a coded message that Stalin is dead. He turns the actual Morse code “dashes and dots” into the rhythm for one of the most well-known songs in history.

Keep Your Voice Down

9th July 2022
Episode 10
Former drill sergeant becomes a celebrity and icon as one of the most calming voices on television.

The Missiles of December

16th July 2022
Episode 11
A silent Christmas Eve in in 1955 at a strategic defense center is interrupted by a call on the single line red phone which started a Christmas tradition around the world.

He Really Stuck with It

23rd July 2022
Episode 12
Experiment, after experiment, after experiment, a lonely inventor finally creates the fix-all compound.

Francisco's Flakes

30th July 2022
Episode 13
The creation, flop, and success of an iconic film and how it all hinged on fake snow.
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Based on his podcast 'The Way I Heard It', Mike Rowe tells true tales and unique back-stories about people, places and events with a unique twist. From code breakers to Hollywood bombshells, and unlikely inventors to naked bank robbers.

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