The Story Behind the Story With Mike Rowe
2022·2 seasons · 18 episodes·Series
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Synopsis
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.
Episodes
1E1The 25 Million Dollar KissHedy Lamar, known to the public only for her sensational beauty, creates the technology that makes our modern lives possible.22m2E2The Man Behind The MicrophoneIn 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.22m3E3Fred's Final WishFred 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.22m4E4The Biggest Name In TownSmall 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.22m5E5They Shook on ItDuring 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.22m6E6Can You Be There By Nine?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.22m7E7A Very High BarJim 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.22m8E830 Minutes of Disappointing TelevisionCharles 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.22m9E9The Code BreakerA 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.22m10E10Keep Your Voice DownFormer drill sergeant becomes a celebrity and icon as one of the most calming voices on television.22m11E11The Missiles of DecemberA 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.22m12E12He Really Stuck with ItExperiment, after experiment, after experiment, a lonely inventor finally creates the fix-all compound.22m13E13Francisco's FlakesThe creation, flop, and success of an iconic film and how it all hinged on fake snow.22m
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