The Way I Heard It

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Yall remember Paul Harvey? Yeah, yall know yall liked "The Rest of the Story."
Well I'll tell you who else liked Paul Harvey - Mike Rowe.
Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs fame.
So he decided to continue the legacy left behind and wrote a book (apparently has a podcast too), The Way I Heard It.

He's a great writer, really good stuff. And funny.

Id wager there's about 20 stories in there, short, about 2 pages or so each about people youve heard of, but maybe stories you've not.
And then, following each of those, is a personal story from Mike. He's hilarious. You hear about the people he knows/met, how he got started, why he does what he does.
Now, this isnt an ordinary biography, each of HIS stories sort of lines up with a story he just told.

As I said earlier, about 20 stories, give or take, and two of them I could figure out before the end. And a bunch will give a hint or two near the end to help you get it, but many I was totally twisted by the ending.

Im one of those that gets legit bummed out when I finish a good book - and i was bummed out yesterday when I wrapped up this one. I wanted more, he did well.
I hope he does another, if so it'll still be years away, but I'll buy it as soon a it drops. And you should to.

Good guy who works for a good reason, and some dang good stories along the way that'll make you smile.
 
I loved hearing, "And now, the rest of the story" on the radio when I was a kid...

Your review sounds fantastic. Maybe I'll check it out some day.
You should, I loved it
Again, SUPER easy read as you could knock out a story in a few minutes, so it wasnt like you were needing a lot of time per item
 
I just read that in his voice...even with the inflection on day lol
I paused, trying to imagine what punctuation I could use to simulate that. ;)
 
Paul... Harvey... was a master of....





the pause.



You can listen to Mike's, The Way I Heard It podcast here...
Warning: As of the 16th there are 160 of them. And he starts with some advertising.
https://mikerowe.com/podcast/
 
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I've been listening to Mike's podcast, I've enjoyed it.
 
I'm a big Mike Rowe fan. One of my favorite things I heard him say was during an interview with Kevin O'Leary of shark tank. He said, kids shouldn't be asked what they want to be when they grow up, they should be asked what kind of lifestyle do they want to live.
 
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