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xecutive producer and host ( page 40) gets his hands dirty again in the latest season of his hit television show Each episode follows Mike as he tackles jobs across America’s Badlands and bayous. Over the course of the season, he apprentices with water tower cleaners, escalator maintainers and rod busters—the workers who shape steel rods for concrete projects. Mike’s goal? To highlight these hardworking, unsung heroes whose jobs make our communities function. In 2019, Mike released which features stories from his short-form podcast of the same, or follow him on Facebook at “Dirty Jobs With Mike Rowe.”

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