All Episodes of The Story Behind the Story With Mike Rowe
Browse all episodes of 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
Season 1
N/A/100 votesThe 25 Million Dollar Kiss
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/7/2022
Hedy Lamar, known to the public only for her sensational beauty, creates the technology that makes our modern lives possible.
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- N/A/100 votes
The Man Behind The Microphone
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/14/2022
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.
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Fred's Final Wish
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/21/2022
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.
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The Biggest Name In Town
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/28/2022
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.
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They Shook on It
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/4/2022
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.
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Can You Be There By Nine?
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/11/2022
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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A Very High Bar
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/18/2022
Jim 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.
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30 Minutes of Disappointing Television
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/25/2022
Charles 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 wrong.
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The Code Breaker
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/2/2022
A 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-known songs in history.
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- N/A/100 votes
Keep Your Voice Down
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/9/2022
Former drill sergeant becomes a celebrity and icon as one of the most calming voices on television.
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The Missiles of December
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/16/2022
A 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.
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He Really Stuck with It
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/23/2022
Experiment, after experiment, after experiment, a lonely inventor finally creates the fix-all compound.
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Francisco's Flakes
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/30/2022
The creation, flop, and success of an iconic film and how it all hinged on fake snow.
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