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.
Episodes
S01E01 The 25 Million Dollar Kiss 2022-05-07 22m
Hedy Lamar, known to the public only for her sensational beauty, creates the technology that makes our modern lives possible. more
S01E02 The Man Behind The Microphone 2022-05-14 22m
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. more
S01E03 Fred's Final Wish 2022-05-21 22m
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. more
S01E04 The Biggest Name In Town 2022-05-28 22m
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. more
S01E05 They Shook on It 2022-06-04 22m
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. more
S01E06 Can You Be There By Nine? 2022-06-11 22m
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. more
S01E07 A Very High Bar 2022-06-18 22m
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. more
S01E08 30 Minutes of Disappointing Television 2022-06-25 22m
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. more
S01E09 The Code Breaker 2022-07-02 22m
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. more
S01E10 Keep Your Voice Down 2022-07-09 22m
Former drill sergeant becomes a celebrity and icon as one of the most calming voices on television. more
S01E11 The Missiles of December 2022-07-16 22m
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. more
S01E12 He Really Stuck with It 2022-07-23 22m
Experiment, after experiment, after experiment, a lonely inventor finally creates the fix-all compound. more
S01E13 Francisco's Flakes 2022-07-30 22m
The creation, flop, and success of an iconic film and how it all hinged on fake snow. more 
