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.
The Story Behind the Story With Mike Rowe (Mùa 1)
The 25 Million Dollar Kiss 0.0
Ngày phát sóng: 2022-05-07
Thời lượng: 22 min
Tổng quan: 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 0.0
Ngày phát sóng: 2022-05-14
Thời lượng: 22 min
Tổng quan: 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 0.0
Ngày phát sóng: 2022-05-21
Thời lượng: 22 min
Tổng quan: 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 0.0
Ngày phát sóng: 2022-05-28
Thời lượng: 22 min
Tổng quan: 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 0.0
Ngày phát sóng: 2022-06-04
Thời lượng: 22 min
Tổng quan: 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? 0.0
Ngày phát sóng: 2022-06-11
Thời lượng: 22 min
Tổng quan: 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 0.0
Ngày phát sóng: 2022-06-18
Thời lượng: 22 min
Tổng quan: 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 0.0
Ngày phát sóng: 2022-06-25
Thời lượng: 22 min
Tổng quan: 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 0.0
Ngày phát sóng: 2022-07-02
Thời lượng: 22 min
Tổng quan: 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 0.0
Ngày phát sóng: 2022-07-09
Thời lượng: 22 min
Tổng quan: Former drill sergeant becomes a celebrity and icon as one of the most calming voices on television.
The Missiles of December 0.0
Ngày phát sóng: 2022-07-16
Thời lượng: 22 min
Tổng quan: 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 0.0
Ngày phát sóng: 2022-07-23
Thời lượng: 22 min
Tổng quan: Experiment, after experiment, after experiment, a lonely inventor finally creates the fix-all compound.
Francisco's Flakes 0.0
Ngày phát sóng: 2022-07-30
Thời lượng: 22 min
Tổng quan: The creation, flop, and success of an iconic film and how it all hinged on fake snow.
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