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‘Dirty Jobs’ host Mike Rowe is giving away $10 million to get Gen Z into trades—and says the skills gap has never been worse

The TV host’s foundation is doubling the amount of scholarship money it awards to people entering the trades, as he receives 10 times the average number of applications.

Fortune

Mike Rowe Was Not Happy About Jimmy Kimmel Saying Plumbers Couldn't Evolve,' But Says: 'Being Offended Is Always A Choice’

Kimmel's comments caused a bit of a stir.

Cinemablend

TV host Mike Rowe slams schools for portraying skilled trades as a ‘consolation prize’—when he’s met data center electricians making $280K a year

America pushed a generation toward college—now it’s short hundreds of thousands of skilled workers, and “Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe is joining CEOs of top companies like Nvidia, Ford, and BlackRock in sounding the alarm.

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Dave Ramsey Tells Gen Z To Push Back Against The Establishment By Picking Up A Trade Instead Of An 'Overpriced And Leveraged' Degree

Personal finance expert Dave Ramsey and TV host and advocate for skilled labor Mike Rowe are calling out the way traditional education has been propped up at the expense of skilled trades. In a wide-ranging conversation last year, the two urged Gen Z to rethink what success really looks like.

Benzinga

Ford CEO reveals that he made sure his Gen Z son ‘had a summer job where he learned how to weld, to fabricate, to really work with his hands’

Jim Farley said his grandfather, a Ford factory worker, didn’t go to college, and if his son goes on to work in the trades, he’d be “so thrilled as a parent.”

Fortune

‘I don’t know why I need to go to college’: Ford CEO says his Gen Z son worked as a mechanic and wondered if the 4-year degree was still worth it

Jim Farley hosted a panel with Mike Rowe, who said, “Nothing in the history of Western civilization has gotten more expensive, more quickly” than college.

Fortune

The real problem gripping rural America and the jobs of the future

America isn’t short on jobs—it’s short on workers. As AI reshapes the economy, the Great American Worker must become an AI-enabled superworker.

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Joe Rogan worries podcast guest following demands to ‘calm down’

Rogan was speaking to television host and narrator Mike Rowe on the episode

The Independent UK

Mike Rowe on Patriotism, Paul Harvey, and American Progress

"We're never going to be finished. Our country is a work in progress," says the producer of the new Something to Stand For documentary.

Reason

Mike Rowe: Make America Stand for Something Again

The Dirty Jobs host talks about patriotism, history, and his new movie for Independence Day 2024.

Reason

Mike Rowe Partners With Digs To Revolutionize Home Building Industry

Digs, an AI platform for home builders, expands with advanced capabilities and a partnership with Mike Rowe, revolutionizing home building processes and en...

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Mike Rowe Reveals The Full Story Behind Dirty Jobs Only Becoming A Hit Years After It Hit The Airwaves

Mike Rowe's story is fascinating and goes way back to the '70s before Dirty Jobs became a hit.

Cinemablend

Mike Rowe Wants More Philosopher-Welders

The Dirty Jobs host on “essential” work, college, and the skills gap

Reason

Mike Rowe: The Missing 7.2 Million Male Workers

The Dirty Jobs host is freaked out by the number of men who have dropped out of the workplace.

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Mike Rowe on Well-Paying Dirty Jobs, Nonprofit Whiskey, and Male Decline

The country's favorite blue-collar champion calls attention to the 'skills gap' and asks why young men spend so much time online.

The Independent UK

Mike Rowe gets filthy on 'Dirty Jobs' to reconnect Americans

TV host Mike Rowe has been immersing himself in some of the toughest professions for years as host of “Dirty Jobs” every Sunday on Discovery and streaming on discovery+

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Is computer programming a ‘dirty job’?

In his TV show "Dirty Jobs," host Mike Rowe is famous for promoting work that most people don’t want to do, such as septic tank cleaner or snake wrangler. He has exposed audiences to roles that are essential to our society but often avoided, especially by Americans who pursue a…

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