Mike Rowe’s new program, “Somebody’s
Gotta Do It,” premiered on CNN this week. “In each episode,”
according to the CNN website, “Rowe visits unique individuals
and joins them in their respective undertakings, paying tribute to
innovators, do-gooders, entrepreneurs, collectors, fanatics–people
who simply have to do it. This show is about passion, purpose, and
occasionally, hobbies that get a little out of hand.”
Providing a window into the lives of interesting, hard-working
Americans is nothing new for Rowe, the long-time host of “Dirty
Jobs” (the original title for which was “Somebody’s Gotta Do It”).
Reason TV’s Nick Gillespie talked to Rowe about blue-collar jobs,
the importance of having a strong work ethic, and the high price of
college last December.
The original release date was December 13, 2013. The original
writeup is below.
“If we are lending money that ostensibly we don’t have to kids
who have no hope of making it back in order to train them for jobs
that clearly don’t exist, I might suggest that we’ve gone around
the bend a little bit,” says TV personality Mike Rowe, best known
as the longtime host of Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs.“There is a real disconnect in the way that we educate vis-a-vis
the opportunities that are available. You have – right now – about
3 million jobs that can’t be filled,” he says, talking about
openings in traditional trades ranging from construction to welding
to plumbing. “Jobs that typically parents’ don’t sit down with
their kids and say, ‘Look, if all goes well, this is what you are
going to do.'”Rowe, who once sang for the Baltimore Opera and worked as an
on-air pitchman for QVC, worries that traditional K-12 education
demonizes blue-collar fields that pay well and are begging for
workers while insisting that everyone get a college degree. He
stresses that he’s “got nothing against college” but believes it’s
a huge mistake to push everyone in the same direction regardless of
interest or ability. Between Mike Rowe Foundation and Profoundly
Disconnected, a venture between Rowe and the heavy equipment
manufacturer Caterpillar, Rowe is hoping both to help people find
new careers and publicize what he calls “the diploma dilemma.”Rowe recently sat down with Reason’s Nick Gillespie to discuss
his bad experience with a high school guidance counselor (3:20),
why he provides scholarships based on work ethic (6:57), the
problem with taxpayer-supported college loans (8:40), why America
demonizes dirty jobs (11:32), the happiest day of his life (13:14),
why following your passion is terrible advice (17:05), why it’s so
hard to hire good people (21:04), the hidden cost of regulatory
compliance (23:16), the problem with Obama’s promise to create
shovel ready jobs (33:05), efficiency versus effectiveness (34:17),
and life after Dirty Jobs (38:24).About 41 minutes. Cameras by Meredith Bragg and Joshua Swain.
Edited by Bragg.
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