Mike Rowe is best known for his stint hosting the Discovery Channel's longrunning Dirty Jobs, where he performed the sort of work we all rely on but don't want to think about too much, from cleaning septic tanks to putting hot tar on roofs to disposing of medical waste. Rowe frequently talks about the value of the hard work that's too often dismissed by a society fixated on sending everyone to college.
In July, Reason's Nick Gillespie caught up with Rowe at FreedomFest, held this year in Memphis, Tennessee. They talked about why men have fallen behind women in school and work, whether young people have been misled about the value of college, and how Rowe's foundation—mikeroweWORKS—matches young people interested in learning trades with employers who need applicants.
