Mike tells how an unheralded character actor went to great lengths for a steady role that changed his life—and American pop culture. Then another actor joins Mike to unpack how rare breaks can reshape a career and a life.

Can You Be There By Nine

People You Should Know

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Variation 1

Mike Rowe meets the creator of Storybook Maze, a radical street librarian bringing free books and a love of reading to children in underserved neighborhoods.

Episode 5

Storybook Maze

Rusty's Bicycle Recycle

Mike Rowe's The Story Behind the Story

Playing for Eternity

Charlie Kirk: American Martyr

The Riot and the Dance: Water

Jungle Kids: with the Wild Brothers

Journey of Jesus Christ

The Riot and the Dance

The Good Things

The Mercy Ships

Trail Hacks: With the Wild Brothers

community

generosity

service

Mike Rowe and his crew go back on the road searching America for ordinary people doing extraordinary things—determined people doing whatever they can to make their community a better place. They find them, meet them, and then...they surprise them by doing something extraordinary for them. These are people you should know.

Mike Rowe and his crew go back on the road searching America for determined people doing whatever they can to make their community a better place. They find them, meet them, and then...they surprise them. These are people you should know.

Mike Rowe finds ordinary people doing extraordinary things in their community and rewards them.

Angel

People You Should Know

Can You Be There By Nine

Storybook Maze

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