Mike Rowe Stands For Something | The Adam Carolla Show

Mike Rowe stops by to talk about his new film ‘Something to Stand For’, the state of universities in America and, of course, dirty & dangerous jobs. They then discuss the recent outbreak of dumb rules worldwide in the name of ‘safety.’ They wrap the show talking about the lack of skepticism within today’s media and how everyone desperately needs a hobby.
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[@49andholding]

My shop teacher was a Marine, Mr. Greenwood, and he was an awesome human being. He was everyone's favorite... He was in The Gulf War, and he didn't come back. 😢 Thank you for your service and sacrifice, Mr. Greenwood ❤🇺🇸

[@aurorauplinks]

thats very sad, may he find happiness and joy in the great beyond. He sounds like he was very excellent as a teacher and being a hero.

[@badgerfishinski6857]

The Adam Carolla Show has saved my life by getting me out of depression. I thought I was the only one who thought this way until I discovered this podcast. I listen daily. Thank you Adam for keeping it real and for making me realize that I am not going crazy in this demented world we now live in. I am 60 years old. Luv Orny Adams too.... and you got Mike Rowe on this episode. Made my week! Thanks Adam! GOOD-DAY

[@free322001]

@@SaintPontiff Lamo! Do you take meds? Did you take your meds?

[@CKYSK82K]

Agreed, 35 feeling the same way

[@Red_Twizzler]

@@SaintPontiffCatholics 🙄

[@James-r7n1n]

Lol as if they would bury us😂

[@BenB-yk7kd]

​@SaintPontiff I luv being 60 lol you liar

[@JEREMY99218]

Mike Rowe is a national treasure

[@jaysmith179]

When is Mike going to say he is voting for Trump?

[@xslonk]

Mike should be on Mt Rushmore

[@bossHogOG]

National grifter

[@Coffinhunter77]

Two interesting men having a great conversation, this is why I listen

[@patrickdavidge]

Mike Rowe should be a guest every six months at a minimum.

[@JumpCutThis]

Six months? I was thinking biweekly.

[@mikemarfell6943]

Could not agree more, go check out Mike's show. It is damn good

[@bradkarlzahn-bp6jx]

Haha...right, guys? Super down to earth dudes.... great to hear them bring the common sense!! It's been a privilege watching Adam get to this...I remember looking forward to listening to "Loveline" every night. Adam is as close to understanding women as a man can get lmao 🤣 😂😂 🇺🇲🗽🇺🇲🎗️🇺🇲

[@Dankness9]

Mainly to keep Adam behaving.

[@chadturner7653]

He needs to guest star on every podcast out there.

[@martinkenealy2306]

Adam and Mike Rowe? How can you not watch? No brainer.

[@justinwatkins438]

I just realized that people like Mike Rowe should be president. Timing of a comedian and wisdom of a sage.

[@jaysmith179]

Trump/Mike 2024.

[@bossHogOG]

Yes, he could easily play a phony politician like he pretended to be a blue collar guy on tv.

[@spencerbrown6214]

YES, brilliant idea!!!!!! 🙌👍👍👍

[@ALT_RIGHT]

Mikes voice is just timeless.

[@melissaonthego415]

My brother learned how to build decks and gazebos because his high school shop teacher let the class come help him build them for extra credit. 20 plus years later, he’s still building them.

[@Rambletambleforever]

If I was loaded with money I would personally pay Mike to do audio books. Give him a list of books I always wanted to read. I could listen to Mike reading to me all day. What a voice!

[@MapleBar777]

Oddly enough, my dad looked and sounded just like him and was an incredible storyteller. As a kid I always ask him to tell us stories before bed, on road trips, and around the campfire. He was born in 1942, was an Eagle Scout, Marine, and had worked in many different states doing many different jobs, so he had an endless supply of stories. It was the best.

[@MegaGuapo97]

WHEN you’re loaded with money…😊

[@JiveTurkey1618]

I went to trade school 4 years ago. Just a one year HVAC program, cost $9K including tuition, tools, etc. After just a few years on the job, I’m already making 90K. Should hit six figures in the next couple of years. Many of my coworkers who are good sales make $150-250K. It’s a decent life. 😆 Thanks Mike and Adam for the good advice!

[@justinhunt4767]

You hiring I went for HVAC could never get a job

[@smw4628]

That's great but I sometimes think that Mike acts like getting a higher education so that you don't have to do manual labor your whole life is wrong. Right wing media is constantly preaching this narrative. I worked in factories my whole life and my body is shot. HVAC can have the same effect on your body but that's perfectly fine if that's what you want. It should be perfectly fine to try to get higher education as well. That also benefits our country.

[@stephaniebowman3135]

This is the best conversation! Two of the most famous logical minds connect. Chef’s kiss.

[@JDR1971]

As a carpenter for 35 years the safety first segment had me laughing my ass off! 😂

[@timbjork2098]

hes dead on, i work in a factory every year we do more and more to idiot proof things yet the place never gets more safe how is that possible are you saying all the safety messures we have taken the past 5 years and we got more issues than ever we are accually less safe. well technically its the people are to confortable thinking they cant get hurt but yet they do.

[@azsheri8]

The illusion of safety…the illusion of reward… the illusion of “educated”! Boy, are we messed up! Love you two…grateful for the dialogue/conversation!

[@johnviera3884]

Mike Rowe is the man

[@pibgorn]

Always good to see Mike Rowe

[@macaw2000]

Two of the brightest and most practical minds

[@kevinsmith7-7-7]

Mike Rowe Gets It

[@jaysmith179]

When is Mike going to say he is voting for Trump?

[@kevinsmith7-7-7]

@@jaysmith179 Right after you

[@hilltop1972]

Most sensible conversation all year

[@button-puncher]

We had a whole tech wing at my HS. CAD, Electronics, Wood Shop, Metal Shop, and Automotive. They closed it in '97 and kept band, orchestra, and all of the sports. How many successful musician and athlete did it produce? I've never heard of any. America needs to get its priorities straight.

[@drbabar77]

same with the TSA, not actual safety, but the illusion of safety.

[@adriennem3168]

Amazing guest. ❤ I love the Adam Carolla show!

[@totald1010]

Mike and Adam need to be in politics. They both would be so good for the country. Mr. Birchum is great for this time in society. Thank you for everything!!!

[@sino8r499]

Adam is too spineless to do anything political. His boytoy Jimmy would spank him into obscurity

[@Bawk85]

I've missed Mike Rowe! So happy to see this today

[@MissWeezeyUSA]

🏆 Finally a high quality guest!

[@Scientist_Salarian]

Interview of the year- not just on ACS, but on any podcast, period. This was so, so good.

[@dangell4401]

Could have been twice as long and I still would have been all in.

[@incognitoguitars9999]

Mike was tremendous. Great show

[@FSUBrando]

I know they went on a whole spiel about “Safety” but we MUST protect Mike Rowe and guys like him at all costs!

[@DeanKurth]

What a fantastic episode. Love the podcast, but today was sensational. The intellect and wit expressed by both Adam and Mike was incredible to watch. Was great being a fly on the wall for this one.

[@JumpCutThis]

Ace needs more guests like this more often; intelligent, thoughtful and truly cares about where we’re going and where we’ve been. History has this way of being cyclically relevant until we observe its patterns and correct course.

[@compnettechie]

An episode with Mike Rowe!! Love it

[@Chris-of6xm]

Mike Rowe helps me into the man I am, High School Dropout the now owns his own construction business. Words to live by. Thank you Mike

[@JC-di4uz]

Should atleast learn proper English my dude, I mean if a great American like Mike rowe "helps u I to the man u are today" atleast learn proper English

[@Chris-of6xm]

You sound like a Biden voting Democrat focusing on things that just distract and are meaningless.

[@danielhuff1397]

Congratulations! Keep grinding, my friend!

[@spencerbrown6214]

Right on, to work Construction is so much more rewarding than being stuck in a cubicle all day 👊😎👍

[@jladdyost]

The Tootsie Pop owl was great because it was voiced by Paul Winchell, aka Tigger.

[@tatehogan5685]

The two most recognizable voices in the business together for a great conversation. What a good show. I enjoyed this Mr. Corolla

[@debrabernard610]

Two giants of our times❤️

[@theodorefolsome-wg9lm]

Great show Adam! You guys are brilliant!

[@tracieschneider1633]

Yay! Can't ever go wrong with these two guys. They always say the things i am thinking.

[@rocket5106]

One of the best conversations ever to be heard, I hope many people can relate to these two very wise people 😎

[@travp959]

Mike's the best, love you guys. God bless everyone 💖 great interview.

[@thomascostello5780]

Thoroughly enjoyed this podcast. Two smart men who've been there, done that just choppin it up. Thanks Adam and Mike

[@jaymeswheeler]

Great episode. Thank you both for being the standard bearers, consistently in maintaining basic sense. Thank you for trying to make that common again and also showing it's necessity through your deep philosophical understanding of its implications and consequences Mind blown So simple and basic and easy to understand, yet truly nothing common about your conversation. Two true Renaissance men

[@elliotg.5383]

Sadly everything has become more and more complicated. Its made lawyers the gatekeepers of freeking everything.

[@DocNo27]

Thank you Adam and Mike! An amazing show - thanks for being not only thouroughly entertaining, but extremely informative as well. Seriously, good stuff!

[@jim-gb7sj]

They don't make two more reasonable common sense guys like this anymore.

[@joehenderson3659]

Excellent Podcast, Adam can have the Comedy and then a great “serious” interview like this one. Very good mix.

[@dsuch81]

I love these deep conversations!

[@marions.120]

Funny how this podcast made me think of my father who’s been gone 18 years now. He was quite a big farmer here in California and most of the time did everything with a handshake and his word.

[@pattinorton1085]

Love both of you guys! So straightforward and honest!

[@shamanosarcasm9800]

You two should run for President and VP and switch every week who runs the country because y'all have your heads on straight and the best ideas on how to fix the problems!!!

[@MissWeezeyUSA]

Kennedy asked Mike to consider being his running mate! 😮

[@ALT_RIGHT]

Wow. 2 of my favorite guys in 1 place.

[@erichcline387]

Mike wields an impressive vocabulary. Great discussion.

[@danthecarpenterman9463]

Mike Rowe is the man , he gave an epic speech at the national builders convention in Las Vegas 2 years ago . His message is my life . I had a learning disability and school was not my path . I dropped out of high school ,I was told I would go nowhere in life . I started working as a framer . Fast forward 20 years and I own a successful general contracting business, multiple homes and travel the world with my wife 2 months a year . I have zero debt and live with purpose and freedom. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. My idea of hell is being stuck in a cubicle , staring at a screen for 8 hours a day !

[@300yrdWink]

I got the Strap twice from a teacher in grade 1 & 3. The vice principal tried again in grade 6, until my buddy in the room with me decided to knock him out when he went for me.

[@rickyd128]

Rowe and Carolla, two of the most no nonsense guys on the plant!

[@boomstickman71]

This is such a great interview. One of the best of the year for sure.

[@johnwalsh7256]

Adam is light years ahead of Jimmy Kimmel in comedy and intelligence. Shows how pathetic the Hollywood crowd is.

[@TillerG7]

Comedy and intelligence aren’t in Jimmy Kimmel’s vocabulary.

[@gwydion75]

These two guys have seen so many hundreds of experiences that they can't get through referring to one without referring to another one. It's amazing. It's hyperlinked.

[@joshuaduitsman9553]

I just wanna thank you Ace for carrying out your fiduciary duties!

[@JoeCrow5542]

Talking old commercials: “Ancient Chinese secret huh!”

[@ryanfiorilli70]

Rare guest Adam allows to finish a thought before he interjects

[@hubrisnaut]

I went on a HS field trip to an electronic capacitor manufacturing business one time. Interacting with the fluidized solids coating processes stands out in my mind..

[@jamesg.hromnak2333]

🍀👍🍀🤔great segment, great guest. “June 27”

[@kathrynbaker8215]

What a fabulous podcast! I was interested throughout.

[@jklein0079]

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is the theory that we cannot tell the both the place and speed of a particle, usually electron at a given point in time. Mike meant the Hawthorne effect is where people will modify their behaviors when they know they're being watched

[@rorydaddy]

Love You Mike and Adam, Real Man’s Men, Being A Blue Collar guy my whole Life, I can relate to them, Awesome

[@SC-yr5jf]

Dalton from Roadhouse (circa 1989) had a degree in philosophy and was an ass kicker by trade. 💯

[@D-Fens_1632]

I love Mike, but I'm also sad that other chair is empty. They say it takes two weeks to make anything a habit, and the show will go on, but we'll always miss Chris.

[@miramirez3574]

Mom making under 30k a yr here.

[@justinhunt4767]

It's not what you make it's what you save

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

Put the smartphone or iPad up on a shelf and just with your ears and your mind listen to this podcast.

[@Youareme42o]

Great interview gentlemen thank you both very much for putting common sense out there.... P.S Common sense ISNT common 😮...... ...

[@anthonypate8657]

Mike Rowe for PRESIDENT.

[@jaysmith179]

+ Trump!

[@corycarlson3846]

In the early '90s as a kid I was in the painters union and if you're .6 ft off the ground you had to have a lanyard with a harness and yeah you would hit the ground before it would stop you so I never thought it made any sense either

[@DJTheoSF]

Dirty Jobs!

[@cwells5137]

The perfect world’s president and vice president

[@adriennem3168]

Seriously ❤

[@Trainy2]

Who's president?

[@MissWeezeyUSA]

❤ Kennedy asked Mike to consider becoming his VP candidate!

[@frankreichl679]

The problem is people that never work these dangerous jobs are making decisions on what is the safe way to do the job and that usually handicaps and slows the progress of the work itself. Then these ignorant people have you competing with others that don't have to follow the same rules and get things done faster.

[@Sigmund1924]

I’ve worked in a few distribution centers and the problem is that the companies have or are required to have a safety supervisor to show that they care about safety. If this employee wants to keep his/her job they must continue to find ways for the workers to improve safety no matter how silly the suggestions are. We even have very expensive equipment designed to move product in a safer way but is not used because it takes too long to use. The safety supervisor just sits in his air conditioned office and has a meeting with the employees every few weeks. It’s the easiest way to make 70k a year.

[@frankreichl679]

@@Sigmund1924 and if there's an accident they'll find a rule that was broken no matter what. It's not fair but when it comes to a company's CYA protocols you did something wrong and those around you are just as blameful.

[@murlobe]

38:12 the delivery is impeccable

[@lowbaritonewwj]

Mike mentioned U.T.I. for a second. I was hired at a U.T.I. Campus last January. I had heard that he used to endorse the school. It goes without saying that he was paid for it. Nice to see him speak positively of my employer. :)

[@jjlpinct]

Adam must have a pickup truck I'm curious about that

[@marcleahy6021]

I find it hilarious that you talked about weighing out safety vs efficiency. I’m famous at the college machine shop that I work at for saying “safety third”, my colleague who teaches engineering responded “safety first…if you have time”.

[@technodance_me]

WHFS was one of my favorite radio stations I grew up in Baltimore but luckily we could get radio station out of Annapolis MD

[@SadisticPicker]

Hot dam i really enjoy listening to Mike Rowe! Excellent guest!🔥👏👏🤘😎‼️

[@holleyday5730]

2 absolute Legends !🤟🤟🤟

[@waltermckinney606]

Mike and Adam are MY HERO's , from a college Auto Instructor (retired)

[@TBrizzle]

Mike is one of my favorite people in the country. Such a great guy

[@coastuncle1965]

24:30 ish made me think of bicycle helmets. Of course they are a great mandate. But we are well into the helmet generation. It is interesting to think about. That and participation trophies.

[@fluxPak]

I love this conversation.

[@steves1588]

Eggs filled with funfetti and the home of the taquito is why you went to Olvera St.

[@Sigmund1924]

My mom used to take us there in the seventies. They had one cool shop and the taquitos were the best. Aside from that, I couldn’t wait to get home.

[@classicalliberalcents3871]

Mike Rowe for Job Secretary 2024!

[@smokeymoss4494]

Mike, one time I let my GPA slip to around 2.9. My father was scolding me fairly harshly and made the statement that all the way through college and medical school at Baylor University he maintained a perfect 3.0 grade point average. I laughed at him and said that's not a lot better than mine. Then he informed me that back in the 50s they were on a three-point grading system. That's when I discovered that he graduated magna cum laude. Universities didn't change to a 4 point grading system till late 60's.

[@sully_n_dubs]

At 57:28, on a related note, my grandmother used to say 40 yrs ago, that if we wanted to stop bullying (and now years later, the resultant school shootings) teachers and parents should occasionally allow kids to fight and bullies to get their asses kicked.

[@michaelawe3681]

I have enjoyed this show. I support Rowe with "vocational training" and elliquent speaking. I also have a newer respect for Carolla in his thinking and presentation. I did not know he had a background in construction until today. I retired from "the otther" education system, technical training . I started teaching in a middle school shop (TSA). Then, I moved to a high school lab that transformed from VICA to SkillsUSA, still the same thing. In my final position, I taught Architecture, Residential Construction, and Robotics. The program has grown to include a separate instructor for each of these trades.

[@randyspung9024]

For years WBNS channel 10 in Columbus Ohio wanted to keep their viewers safe. After a while I thought WTF!

[@robertbakewell5429]

There was a car safety official from the 70-80's in the USA that said something like.." If you want to make driving safe, put a spike in the steering wheel so that if you do get in an accident, you will be impaled on it. No more accidents."

[@kas9904]

Good on Adam for listening to the Bible. I wonder if he’s listening to Fr Mike.

[@gentjim5007]

What a great conversation between 2 rational adults. The fact that this is an anomaly in todays culture is astonishing. Mike and Adam talking about real honest issues is awesome! Adam, you should move to Wisconsin, get the hell out of California. We have normal people here that dont put up with this nonsense, and we have Road America, the premier road course in the United States. Mike and Adam, keep up the good work!

[@speedracersan]

Tie off compliance also includes a lanyard or system that does not allow you to hit the ground

[@dr.dawnasper7197]

Whenever someone says, "Stay safe," I have started responding, "And courageous!"

[@illkabongg]

Lol all episodes are a special one on one now. You fired everyone

[@larrylarry4242]

Really who did Adam fire recently? Chris moved on to further his Career.

[@youske]

love this, 2 of the most common sense guys just talking. Awesome