The Story Behind the Story With Mike Rowe
- 2022
- Returning Series
- Documentary · Talk
- 2 seasons
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.
Latest: Season 1 · 2022
View all seasonsE1. The 25 Million Dollar Kiss
May 7, 2022 · 22m
Hedy Lamar, known to the public only for her sensational beauty, creates the technology that makes our modern lives possible.
E2. The Man Behind The Microphone
May 14, 2022 · 22m
In 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.
E3. Fred's Final Wish
May 21, 2022 · 22m
Fred 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.
E4. The Biggest Name In Town
May 28, 2022 · 22m
Small 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.
E5. They Shook on It
Jun 4, 2022 · 22m
During 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.
E6. Can You Be There By Nine?
Jun 11, 2022 · 22m
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.
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