The Story Behind the Story With Mike Rowe
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.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The 25 Million Dollar Kiss
07-05-202222mHedy Lamar, known to the public only for her sensational beauty, creates the technology that makes our modern lives possible.
- Ep 2
2.The Man Behind The Microphone
14-05-202222mIn 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 wh...
- Ep 3
3.Fred's Final Wish
21-05-202222mFred 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 ico...
- Ep 4
4.The Biggest Name In Town
28-05-202222mSmall 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...
- Ep 5
5.They Shook on It
04-06-202222mDuring 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...
- Ep 6
6.Can You Be There By Nine?
11-06-202222mAllen 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.
- Ep 7
7.A Very High Bar
18-06-202222mJim 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.
- Ep 8
8.30 Minutes of Disappointing Television
25-06-202222mCharles 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 w...
- Ep 9
9.The Code Breaker
02-07-202222mA 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-kno...
- Ep 10
10.Keep Your Voice Down
09-07-202222mFormer drill sergeant becomes a celebrity and icon as one of the most calming voices on television.
- Ep 11
11.The Missiles of December
16-07-202222mA 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.
- Ep 12
12.He Really Stuck with It
23-07-202222mExperiment, after experiment, after experiment, a lonely inventor finally creates the fix-all compound.
- Ep 13
13.Francisco's Flakes
30-07-202222mThe creation, flop, and success of an iconic film and how it all hinged on fake snow.
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