John Bickley

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 Howell. 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.

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.

We'll take virtual Mike. We'll take in-person Mike, whatever Mike 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?

We'll take virtual Mike. We'll take in-person Mike, whatever Mike 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?

Maybe too inside baseball. Maybe you can't reveal this, but are you getting any blowback legally?

Maybe too inside baseball. Maybe you can't reveal this, but are you getting any blowback legally?

In the promotions for the show, you do emphasize the fact that you are revealing behind the scenes about making a show. I find this very fascinating. It's actually part of the vision for our video show here is a lot of the behind the scenes for the making of the show. Why do you feel that that approach is effective in this circumstance?

In the promotions for the show, you do emphasize the fact that you are revealing behind the scenes about making a show. I find this very fascinating. It's actually part of the vision for our video show here is a lot of the behind the scenes for the making of the show. Why do you feel that that approach is effective in this circumstance?

Indeed. I think the artifice... is a turn off now, slickness, polish. Yep. We want authenticity, like you said. And this idea of manipulation, you have a camera, you have a mic, on some level there's artifice and manipulation there because of where you choose to point the camera.

Indeed. I think the artifice... is a turn off now, slickness, polish. Yep. We want authenticity, like you said. And this idea of manipulation, you have a camera, you have a mic, on some level there's artifice and manipulation there because of where you choose to point the camera.

But if you can have another camera showing the other camera being pointed, showing the decision-making going on about why we're choosing to highlight this, There is a sense of more openness about the transparency about the process.

But if you can have another camera showing the other camera being pointed, showing the decision-making going on about why we're choosing to highlight this, There is a sense of more openness about the transparency about the process.

So you you noted that there's no scripts there. And you're choosing to highlight, you say, you know, ordinary people in some ways, but they're not just ordinary people in the sense that they do some extraordinary things. Can you talk about some of the people you've chosen to highlight in the show?

So you you noted that there's no scripts there. And you're choosing to highlight, you say, you know, ordinary people in some ways, but they're not just ordinary people in the sense that they do some extraordinary things. Can you talk about some of the people you've chosen to highlight in the show?

What strikes me about that, the knives, a lot of people, ordinary people, have small ideas that they think, ah, what good will this do? This seems like a very small idea on some level, right? And it's turned into something massive. 22,000 people is astounding. 22,000 people have gone through this and have not committed suicide yet. Like you said, the suicide rates are shocking.

What strikes me about that, the knives, a lot of people, ordinary people, have small ideas that they think, ah, what good will this do? This seems like a very small idea on some level, right? And it's turned into something massive. 22,000 people is astounding. 22,000 people have gone through this and have not committed suicide yet. Like you said, the suicide rates are shocking.

We've done some deep dives on that. And I actually couldn't believe the stats when I first did look into it.

We've done some deep dives on that. And I actually couldn't believe the stats when I first did look into it.

Yeah.