@@keithcrampton1438 When I first read your post, I read it like this - “Mike Row and Vivek Ramaswamy EPIC COUPLE of my favorite people” I skimmed over the exclamation point after the word epic. Kinda funny. 😄
Vivek has the most important job of his career beginning 1/20/2025. He and Elon will face resistance like no one has seen before. But he is brilliant, so he will get the job done. Mike is the man.
Two of america's biggest champion fuckboy grifters. Its a conservative issue to call out stupidity where ever it exists, and falling for their con is right up that alley.
My wife and I worked 35 years without a college degree. Built a company up. Paid for our daughter and her son, to go to college.The young man spent 7 years getting a masters degree. He couldn't find a job for which he qualified for. And the reason he was always given was a DEI hire had to be made. He finally found a job that nothing to do with the 7 year program we paid for. It's a good job. But the college thing is over priced and mostly useless for the majority.
I love listening to conversations (not interviews) between two smart people. Well read, experienced, open, honest individuals who, when they speak, help to broaden my own thoughts. We're all better for having listened. Thanks!
The brutal responses to the weak woke left.Mike would give.on a regular basis. Would be epic. civil, reasoned and balanced. Which would just add extra entertainment watching the meltdowns.
I was going thru a McDonald's drive thru n saw an older lady working it. She looked upset so I asked if she was ok. She told me she just got her doctorate and this was the only job she could get. That was when I knew college was overrated and dropped out. I am now a housewife to an HVAC tech. My sons are plumbers.
I certainly hope you keep educated, though. The degree isn't much these days, but nothing stopping you from reading real books, tinkering with real experiments, watching educational videos, etc. (I don't mean consuming persuasive content.)
Thats the wrong take. College isnt overrated, but it also isnt the path that *everyone* should take. It all really depends on what career you are looking to get. Once you have a few careers in mind, you have to look at the job market For those careers and see how likely will it actually be that you will GET a job in one of those fields once you finish training (be that tech school, college, or whatever). In that respect (as @catsspat eluded to), If you are going for a Doctorate, be DAMN sure that what you are getting it in, will have opportunities that will allow you to put that doctorate to use. I know someone who didnt do this, got a doctorate in a field of education that was *extremely* limited, just because she enjoyed the work that career *would* have brought. "Following your dreams" sounds like good advice in theory, but you have to be realistic about obtaining them. Remember that Nobody else gives a damn about YOUR dreams, so they are under no obligation to help you make them a reality (ie they dont have to give you a job just because you want it).
With out guys like this, talking about how to get it done, we are indeed lost. Good to hear the vernacular that describes the culture that built the country. Thanks to you both.
That was a brilliant statement, The fringe will never be the core. I can handle a lot, I even embrace parts of it. But when it destroys the base of my intellect and makes me feel like I am less than because of it, I eliminated it
@@kevinsullivan3448 Self-terminated when the job is done, unlike all those stupid positions that exist in D.C. that are constantly 'repurposed' into more and more unqualified jobs, just so they can keep their grift going.
My jaw dropped when you talked about being lost in the desert! I have said over and over that this reminds me of Moses and Aaron. Moses was not a great communicator but a leader. Aaron was the spokesman. Vivek, you are a communicator. JD is a great speaker. Trump has surrounded himself with many Aarons!
I have a BS and an MBA. I’m convinced that most of what I know and use on a daily basis was learned in my parents small retail shop and by working for my aunts and uncles in their small businesses/professional offices before my high school graduation. I’m very grateful for that early real-life training and participation in family business. The businesses were not passed down as well as they could have been due to various factors, but I’d say my hardworking husband and I have still made generational progress.
I have technical degree from a two year school. I attempted to further my education at a four year university, but could not pass all my courses, yet at the time a job came open for a technician. I applied for it and got it and have been at it for over thirty years.
People are so scared of being "bullied" today. The trouble is that they have not been taught to realize that someone "not liking you" is NOT bullying. It's simply a fact of life that not everyone will like you. I have friends that hate spicy foods while others love spicy foods. IT'S ALL FOOD!
People are scared to make a stand for right over wrong because they do not wish to be branded Karens,or ostracised because their beliefs in right over wrong doesn't align with the woke gens...
They are talking about the solar system, while TV scientist Neil DeGrasse Tyson refuses to admit that biological men have an advantage in sports over women.
In all fairness, he did verify that men are generally stronger than women by analyzing historical Olympic data. I heard it in his interview with Piers Morgan. The issue arises when he attempts to reconcile that with patronizing gender fluidity, which is how he came up with the "example" of sorting athletes based on "hormone ratios," which you could imagine would mandate an absurd amount of testing to ensure fairness. 🤦🏽♂️
@@smoresrock You can't say in fairness, and then say "HE wasn't a TOTAL wacko on one instance," while also showing he IS a total wacko on a related one. IT is still a HUGE advantage to a biological male to go through puberty, build all that muscle mass, and then decide he wants to take Shania Twain's Man, I Feel Like a Woman song a little too seriously. Even if eventually they get their hormone level down below some level. It is much easier to maintain muscle mass than it is to build it. So anyone who went through puberty as a male should not play against women. And since common sense tells common sensical people that prepubescent kids should not transition, then every biological male should go through puberty as a male. So they are out of luck. Again, this is something that even a TV scientist should know. Every one of these men who have played against women and have dominated after being awful against men would qualify under TV Scientist's criteria. They all have low enough testosterone. And yet clearly they still have a HUGE advantage.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ~Albert Einstein. I strongly believe there needs to be a fundamental shift in education in our country. Instead of holding a few careers or roles in society to be superior and trying to train everyone to get as close to that as possible, I think our educational systems should focus instead on allowing young people to find out where their strengths lie, and TEACH THEM that there is dignity and satisfaction to be found in being the best version of YOURSELF that you can be.
That’s what vocations classes in Jr high and high school used to do. I took wood-shop twice, metal shop class, small engine repair class and drafting which all lead me to very useful skills later in life. It shows how much fun you can have creating your ideas and building the with your hands.
@@rhetorical1488 very simple, I think you meant to say 'Mike's posts, I watch.' but maga has shown that neither grammer, intelligence, humanitarianism nor critical thinking is relevant.
@@omegamale5392 That's quite a stretch for a missed keystroke, especially considering your idiotic assumption that Maga is only what you imagine to be as a boogey man. And stands for more than you can even possibly understand. The people on the side of MAGA are in the Above average IQ range(120+). The democrats are in the 'under 100''. This is a FACT, not a speculation.
Bravo! My middle daughter got accepted to Bucknell for chemical engineering/management last year after receiving a free ride to so many other colleges. She accepted Bucknell. Her father didn't think I should have let her apply bc he thought she wouldn't be accepted (due to DEI and$). I said she is better than anyone I ever knew. She's accomplished so much within limitations. She's brilliant with a strong work ethic - the foundation of growing into a beneficial scientist. She found a job at 15, then offered to manage it at 16- all the while maintaining honors through h.s. Im glad to hear two men understand the greatness that is possible through work ethic and strive to be better.
I could listen to these 2 guys all day. Two great minds from 2 different walks of life that seem to have put just about anything and everything into perspective.
Mike, I could listen to you all day!! Your common sense plus use of big words is absolutely refreshing! Vivek is smart enough to understand the nuance of your words which makes this one of the great conversations on the internet!
This is a great discussion that should be included as we move forward, leaving behind the 'stuff' that does not matter, like work and woke ethic. If it is not productive and part of a solution, it's part or all of a problem.
Both brilliant minds … an apropos and clear analogy…the necessity of the sun for a Pluto to be known. A scholarly repository of these kinds of conversations should be cataloged and preserved especially if it ever becomes downgraded in search engines. A vault for “clear” thinking, per se.
I’m a licensed engineer who’s been in the workforce almost 4 decades. I make right at half of what my high school-educated airline captain friend makes. I make a smaller fraction of what my high school-educated civil/dirt work contractor friend makes. While out of town fairly often, my airline friend sleeps quite well at night knowing he has a union to protect him and he’s not on call 24-7 like the engineer. My dirt work contractor friend is his own boss and can make as much or as little as the pursues. No, the four year degree is not answer in many - maybe most cases.
Merit was the solution to racism, sexism and every form of bigotry. It still is. When someone confidently makes the case merit shouldn't matter you can be certain they want to use racism, sexism and every form of bigotry to their advantage.
Vivek is such an asset for our country right now. I'm so glad he is involved with this incoming administration. Just watching him and Elon walk into meet with Congress made me feel better about things. PS} yes, the song at the end made me subscribe. sigh.
I'm in my 50s and I just love how fixing stuff, maintaining stuff, making stuff and looking at others doing it too makes me feel. Feels good man. Gday from Australia 👋 love Mr Rowe and what he's done.
Excellent interview. I have to agree that we have to get back to the norm and reestablish what is actually true, as in the example of "the fringe." The country has polarized itself on both opposite sides of the political spectrum. We need to meet back in the middle, recognizing that compromise, between both parties, is when America is at it's best.
Ayup. When they attempt to force people to accept or include something 'Or go to jail' when it's literally less than 1% of the population that is impacted by said thing, it's straight up totalitarianism.
I am so heartened to hear this sentiment. The fact we have vilified working with your hands AND brain in this country over the last 40 years in favor of a purely thought based skills has been criminal. Well meaning as intended as it was the outcome left swaths of youth struggling at the alter of the SAT. In the rush to catch up with European education (starting in the 80’s) we eschewed physical skills, something that used to be referred to as the “manual arts”, in favor of a degree for every student. The thought being every kid needed a white collar, when a blue one was just as valuable and for some even more so. Thank you to both of these men for there much needed light.
I spent 20+ years as a programmer, with no degree, self-taught. It helped me raise my sons as a single parent. Now I see the same paths open for AI & ML that i can use to get into this field. I left programming years ago due to having a brain aneurysm. I've recently had a second aneurysm burst and can take a path to getting certified in AI & ML for as cheap as $79 a month. Wish me luck, hopefully I can make lightening strike twice.
100% agree. I am on the board of a K thru 8 and am pushing us to add trades to our college track. BTW, please provide a reference for the certification in AI and ML. I wish you all the best.
I was a senior Director in a very large company, retired early. My son wanted to go to a Tech school to get his certifications for IT work rather than a 4 year university. I was livid. So I went to my company’s CTO for help. He told me to “leave him alone, he would much rather hire a kid like my son whose been doing the work for 2 years than a College kid who’s gonna have to be trained for a year to get to my son’s level.” 25 years later, my son’s done well, raised 3 kids (2 with degrees). It’s all about work ethic, learned proficiency and determined grit to be the best at whatever you choose to do. I’ve developed 100’s of leaders and honestly, non-degreed lead degreed by at least a 2-1 margin in effectiveness. They just seem to want it more.
@ I started out with an AA in Computer Aided Drafting and Design in 1983. CAD was hot back then. It was a good school and we hit the ground running when we got hired. Ten years later, you had to have an engineering degree. I just retired after 40 years in the industry.
The marjority of young people have been raised with out faith and are therefore lost because they have no direction !!! I learned a lot from dad/mom and a GOOD BOOK!!!
@~2:00.... I love that he(Vivek) covers the spectrum of classes and workers! It takes ALL OF US to do MANY jobs to keep this country running! EVERYONE is ESSENTIAL!
I already follow you on FB, but for some reason your videos have never been offered to me here on YT until today, so this is my first time here. Also, EVERYONE requests people subscribe to their channel, but your request was the most unique, and funny, yet heartwarming request I've ever heard, so YES, I will subscribe. Cheers, and Merry Christmas... I hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
I wrote a paper in my first year at University regarding what was then emerging as political correctness. I hated it then in 1994 and hate it more so now. I speculated the, that by neutering our language we would cripple our social interactions. I don’t think I understood just how awful it would actually get. I am glad to see the pendulum seems to be moving back towards honest and real language that may offend but has no subversive intend like wokeness has brought about. Thank you gentlemen for speaking in a way that is truthful and impactful.
Great discussion guys! I’ve been a follower of Mike Rowe for years, but never subscribed to his TH-cam channel. However, at the end of this video when I heard the singing plea to subscribe to his channel, I couldn’t resist. Best subscribe request I’ve ever heard by far!
Great conversation Gents, thank you! That solar system analogy really meant something to me, I had not thought about that as an argument before but it is a classic and can be used in so many different ways.
Through the seventies, eighties and nineties I worked for several companies and every company that I worked for I was told by bosses or supervisors that I had a work ethic that was "second to none". At the time my work ethic never helped me achieve or grow in any of these companies. It always seemed that there was something that I was not privy too. Now I am beginning to understand. "Woke" in various forms and iterations goes back decades.
You should have used that you were first as leverage. Lets see how much they value second to none. I told my mom to do the same when her work was dicking her around and she nabbed a 5 dollar/hr raise out of it.
"Now I am beginning to understand. "Woke" in various forms and iterations goes back decades." Looking back over the years, I can agree with your observation. People seem to want you to know things, without anyone ever having specifically, taught or informed you of those things. After several years of being disabled, I've come to view a commonly used phrase as being the most glaring tell of hate speech. That phrase is; "That's common sense". I see it as hate speech because that individual is claiming to know something, that he or she is unwilling to disseminate knowledge they have, with those that do not have that knowledge, and is choosing to leave them ignorant and repeating mistakes. There is no love in not advising a person when the actions they take out of ignorance, is what is preventing them from moving forward.
Without common sense, you will never rise. I say this pending what your doing... It's different for everything, but running heavy equipment it's really easy to cripple or kill someone even though the task is simple.
@@scotttovey You make a great point about the importance of sharing knowledge to inform and enlighten others, it is important, especially when asked, and critical if training is your job. I have a difficulty, though with classifying the phrase above as "hate speech". To me that is implying an intentional, nefarious disregard for another that may just be a passing comment between two people. If you have been asked, or left in the dark intentionally that is bad, and yes, I could understand your view.
Somehow our Timeline SKEWED into this alternate timeline However it seems to have recently been fixed by Doc and Marty and possibly back on the right track. Time will of course tell us if it remained skewed to that alternate timeline or if it indeed has been corrected.
I was a recruiter for a law firm. I was interviewing these kids (graduates from law school that had just passed the bar exam) that had gone to college, then on to law school, graduated, passed the bar, and only THEN did they learn that there are more lawyers than there is a need for lawyers. We have a 10X surplus of lawyers. I had these kids that had a quarter of a million dollars in law school debt, and they are delivering pizzas for Domino's. They didn't realize that every day that passed since they graduated lowered the probability that they would get a job in law. These kids were totally divorced from reality. They thought that, soon, very soon, they would get a job at a great law firm...and they would be the hero of their own story. When my boss gave them the option of working with his firm, and do the majority of their own marketing, they were shocked and offended that he would even ASK them to be responsible for their own marketing.
Hi! Mike I wish someone would redo the “Ernest movies” and one can only dream for you to fill Jim Varney spot. Please get something rolling with this. Thanks you’re a awesome person.
I am college educated, I achieved an Engineering degree and used it to advance our technical knowledge in DOD weapons technology. I paid for my education by serving the nation in the military and received the GI Bill benefits. Point, I served and in return received govt help. I took this risk during the Vietnamese war at great personal risk. Point 2, I chose to get a degree that resulted in full employment that benefited the country, not a liberal arts degree. Not all college degrees are equal. Fortunately for me, I was not exposed social manipulation, I was exposed to engineering and associated real science. Guess what, I’m highly successful. College ain’t bad, but certain college degrees are. Time to clean up our colleges to curtail useless degrees
Hey hi hello beautiful people! The fringe exists to pull people from the core. Always has always will. It will only affect you if you're not anchored in the core. MSM has only existed to feed off that fringe. Their whole existence has always been to divert you from the truth. Thank you Mike for another great interview. Big love and hugs to everyone.
The guests you have are so interesting. Especially the unknowns. It makes me wonder if you would interview Jason breshears, that is a fascinating story and his research will be legendary.
Wishing I could land a job soon. I've worked since I was 8 y/o I'm almost 45 now, got my GED early 30's. I have lots of real world experience. Everywhere has now hiring signs, with positions listed and no luck. Someone told me companies HAVE TO post Now Hiring. Or it's bc I'm a straight white male don't know. It's never been this hard for me to get a job.
No college. Some factory training and sucking up as much as possible form the " old dudes" and now I'm the Chief ET for the 2ed largest Aerospace and Defense Co in the world. You can do it. USA1 GM1 GE1.
Great Episode, Mike. You coined a word at the end of the video that struck a chord and prompted a question. "Saftey-ism" - regulation to protect everyone from "perceived" consequences, or to make things right. The Question: how can a government, or a society, regulate or legislate what is safe or right when the pervasive societal norms refuse to accept, or completely deny, absolute truth? In philosophy, the "both/and" argument must always yield to an ultimate "either/or" argument. "Saftey-ism" is a desperate attempt to force the "both/and" argument while subverting - or completely ignoring - the "either/or" argument that will certainly emerge.
2 extremely intelligent men having a conversation that so many folks don't want to end and will reflect on later in their own thoughts and strive to do a better job in their marriages, and raising their family, and their job, and conversing with their neighbor, and Society to thrive
Wise words. Good ideas can always stand up to scrutiny, which is why the US constitution stands as the oldest governing document on the planet. But they’ve been chipping away at the words therein for a loooong time.
Vivek is correct. A four-year degree is not the best path for most people. We need to go back to when we had liberal arts high schools, as well as trade high schools. Many young people would prefer to start learning computer skills, welding skills, chef skills, etc., at a trade high school, rather than learning Latin, French, etc., in preparation for a four-year liberal arts college. Only 25% of high school students are interested in spending four years in college, after high school. Most prefer to learn on the job.
I think merit in critical jobs is important, and we need to hire the brightest in those jobs to save America. That disqualifies me from almost all jobs but it's about what's best for America and all Americans not me. I also think you can be the smartest and have the most merit, but if your if you can't seem to no the difference between right, and wrong, enjoy doing evil, or if gaining power, fame, and wealth, for yourself at the expense of others suffering is your top priority, than maybe CEO, politician, or leader is not a good thing for that person. Even if their the most merited of all time, or the media says they are. Perhaps honesty, charity as in the scriptures verson of charity, a desire to do the right thing, might factor into one's merit.
Mike Rowe and Vivek Ramaswamy EPIC! COUPLE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE
I HAVE A LOT OF VERY GOOD IDEAS CARL BUT NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR THEM BECAUSE I AM A SUPERSTAR GENIUS!
AMERICA IS SO STUPID THEY DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO A GENIUS!
Mike Rowe and Vivek Ramaswamy have no clue what they are talking about. Neither do you.
@@keithcrampton1438 When I first read your post, I read it like this - “Mike Row and Vivek Ramaswamy EPIC COUPLE of my favorite people” I skimmed over the exclamation point after the word epic. Kinda funny. 😄
@@edp128128 lmao. And you think you do? Get out there and make a difference, put your money where your mouth is.
TH-cam needs to add a LOVE button! Thank you Mr Rowe for having this conversation.
❤ there you go
I surprised TH-cam hasn t deleted this video for telling the truth
@@deansapp4635lol! YT is spending too much time reading and deleting my comments to worry about that!!!
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They need to quit stopping peoples post from going through 🤬🤬🤬
"I think this is the fundamental problem with merit: it takes patience." Perfectly stated. Tremendous conversation.
It also takes effort. Which is the whole point. And the 'I want an easy life, cause I deserve it' people aren't willing to accept that.
Vivek has the most important job of his career beginning 1/20/2025. He and Elon will face resistance like no one has seen before. But he is brilliant, so he will get the job done. Mike is the man.
“Resistance like no one has seen before.” What a stooge
Wish they had more authority instead of an advisory role...
@@nobodyspecial9035 Yes.......Larry. How did you guess?
Budget cutting and deregulation have been resisted forever. Nothing new there. 😂
@@EllenGreidinger Of course but the scope that Elon and Vivek will be involved in is much much larger with more $$$ involved and more jobs.
Mr. Rowe, your vocabulary makes my soul carol. Thank you for speaking to the intelligence of your audience.
I just know your IQ level is that of a squirrel
Two of Americas' Finest. God, please keep your arms around these two, and their families.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Two of america's biggest champion fuckboy grifters. Its a conservative issue to call out stupidity where ever it exists, and falling for their con is right up that alley.
_America's_ finest. When you put the apostrophe at the end of a word that ends with an "s", that makes it plural possessive.
@@Yuuzas_EiStay mad bro. 😂😂😂
@@Yuuzas_Ei
Grow up.
My wife and I worked 35 years without a college degree. Built a company up. Paid for our daughter and her son, to go to college.The young man spent 7 years getting a masters degree. He couldn't find a job for which he qualified for. And the reason he was always given was a DEI hire had to be made. He finally found a job that nothing to do with the 7 year program we paid for. It's a good job. But the college thing is over priced and mostly useless for the majority.
I hate to say it…… in my life I have generally found that a degree does not equal a qualification.
Spot On. 100%
Years of gender studies. Millions of dollars spent. Just to find out there are boys & girls.
I have a measily GED, but fell into the RF/communications field. I make damn near doctor money after 16 years 😊
@JefF-rv7gp Good for you dude. Same story here. We don't need no stinking college. LoL🤠
I love listening to conversations (not interviews) between two smart people. Well read, experienced, open, honest individuals who, when they speak, help to broaden my own thoughts. We're all better for having listened. Thanks!
You mean like the Kamala interviews running up to election?
@@matthewstrauts5427 lmao. He said 'SMART PEOPLE'.
We love ya Mike, keep speaking truths.
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Mike Rowe for Labor Secretary!
That would be amazing
The brutal responses to the weak woke left.Mike would give.on a regular basis. Would be epic. civil, reasoned and balanced. Which would just add extra entertainment watching the meltdowns.
I doubt that he would take the job😮
Wow! Amazing idea. But I like Mike right where he is.
I was going thru a McDonald's drive thru n saw an older lady working it. She looked upset so I asked if she was ok. She told me she just got her doctorate and this was the only job she could get. That was when I knew college was overrated and dropped out. I am now a housewife to an HVAC tech. My sons are plumbers.
The purpose of a doctorate degree is to get a job, but primarily to obtain a position in academia. And there aren't many of them available.
Good on your for raising Plumbers! With the shortage of skilled craftsmen in the US they have their ticket to success punched.
I certainly hope you keep educated, though. The degree isn't much these days, but nothing stopping you from reading real books, tinkering with real experiments, watching educational videos, etc. (I don't mean consuming persuasive content.)
You should've asked, "in what field?" Underwater LGHDTV Basket Weaving certainly won't help you get a job.
Thats the wrong take. College isnt overrated, but it also isnt the path that *everyone* should take. It all really depends on what career you are looking to get. Once you have a few careers in mind, you have to look at the job market For those careers and see how likely will it actually be that you will GET a job in one of those fields once you finish training (be that tech school, college, or whatever).
In that respect (as @catsspat eluded to), If you are going for a Doctorate, be DAMN sure that what you are getting it in, will have opportunities that will allow you to put that doctorate to use. I know someone who didnt do this, got a doctorate in a field of education that was *extremely* limited, just because she enjoyed the work that career *would* have brought.
"Following your dreams" sounds like good advice in theory, but you have to be realistic about obtaining them. Remember that Nobody else gives a damn about YOUR dreams, so they are under no obligation to help you make them a reality (ie they dont have to give you a job just because you want it).
With out guys like this, talking about how to get it done, we are indeed lost. Good to hear the vernacular that describes the culture that built the country. Thanks to you both.
That was a brilliant statement, The fringe will never be the core. I can handle a lot, I even embrace parts of it. But when it destroys the base of my intellect and makes me feel like I am less than because of it, I eliminated it
These two, Vivek and Mike are the very best. They can articulate and get their great points across. thanks.
I am so glad men like Vivek have accepted the call to service in the Federal Government. Long Live DOGE, until it is eventually terminated...
@@kevinsullivan3448 Self-terminated when the job is done, unlike all those stupid positions that exist in D.C. that are constantly 'repurposed' into more and more unqualified jobs, just so they can keep their grift going.
Mike Rowe is no joke he knows his shit and it’s all solid information he talks.
two jokerz talkin crap
@@lexpcock3521And here we have a comment that proves their point
Wonder how many times he has been audited...😮
He is a clown
He's worked harder in a single EPISODE than most Democrats have worked in their lives!
Is it just me or do most people feel free again and breathe 😊
Goddamn right
My jaw dropped when you talked about being lost in the desert! I have said over and over that this reminds me of Moses and Aaron. Moses was not a great communicator but a leader. Aaron was the spokesman. Vivek, you are a communicator. JD is a great speaker. Trump has surrounded himself with many Aarons!
And Jesus had 12 apostles. Yes, God has patterns to how He reveals Himself.
Great conversation between two great men.
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2 jokerz talkin stupidity
The most intelligent conversation I have heard in at least a week(maybe more)! Thanks Mike and Vivek!
You have been starved 🤣...
@@angelhunterwolf3384
Care to elaborate? I don’t want to assume you’re being an arrogant jerk.
jokers smokin goog crap..lol
@@angelhunterwolf3384 Anyone who is forced to listen to people like Kamala and Joe, and the MSM is indeed starved for intelligent conversation.
@pbsixgun6 🤣
I have a BS and an MBA. I’m convinced that most of what I know and use on a daily basis was learned in my parents small retail shop and by working for my aunts and uncles in their small businesses/professional offices before my high school graduation. I’m very grateful for that early real-life training and participation in family business. The businesses were not passed down as well as they could have been due to various factors, but I’d say my hardworking husband and I have still made generational progress.
SAFETYISM - exactly! Thank you for this discussion!
I have technical degree from a two year school. I attempted to further my education at a four year university, but could not pass all my courses, yet at the time a job came open for a technician. I applied for it and got it and have been at it for over thirty years.
well done! thanks for posting
A Moses needs an Aaron. An Arthur needs a Lancelot. A Lincoln needs a Grant. A Trump needs a Ramaswamy.
Excellent!!
People are so scared of being "bullied" today. The trouble is that they have not been taught to realize that someone "not liking you" is NOT bullying. It's simply a fact of life that not everyone will like you.
I have friends that hate spicy foods while others love spicy foods. IT'S ALL FOOD!
People are scared to make a stand for right over wrong because they do not wish to be branded Karens,or ostracised because their beliefs in right over wrong doesn't align with the woke gens...
Swamy!! Love you, brother. Theres a vote here for you.
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They are talking about the solar system, while TV scientist Neil DeGrasse Tyson refuses to admit that biological men have an advantage in sports over women.
His latest stroke of brilliance is that athletes should be divided into hormonal groups based on blood tests, I kid you not.
In all fairness, he did verify that men are generally stronger than women by analyzing historical Olympic data. I heard it in his interview with Piers Morgan.
The issue arises when he attempts to reconcile that with patronizing gender fluidity, which is how he came up with the "example" of sorting athletes based on "hormone ratios," which you could imagine would mandate an absurd amount of testing to ensure fairness. 🤦🏽♂️
@@smoresrock You can't say in fairness, and then say "HE wasn't a TOTAL wacko on one instance," while also showing he IS a total wacko on a related one.
IT is still a HUGE advantage to a biological male to go through puberty, build all that muscle mass, and then decide he wants to take Shania Twain's Man, I Feel Like a Woman song a little too seriously. Even if eventually they get their hormone level down below some level. It is much easier to maintain muscle mass than it is to build it. So anyone who went through puberty as a male should not play against women. And since common sense tells common sensical people that prepubescent kids should not transition, then every biological male should go through puberty as a male. So they are out of luck.
Again, this is something that even a TV scientist should know. Every one of these men who have played against women and have dominated after being awful against men would qualify under TV Scientist's criteria. They all have low enough testosterone. And yet clearly they still have a HUGE advantage.
NDT is an absolute joke
I'm glad that you qualified his title as "television" scientist. 🤣
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ~Albert Einstein. I strongly believe there needs to be a fundamental shift in education in our country. Instead of holding a few careers or roles in society to be superior and trying to train everyone to get as close to that as possible, I think our educational systems should focus instead on allowing young people to find out where their strengths lie, and TEACH THEM that there is dignity and satisfaction to be found in being the best version of YOURSELF that you can be.
That’s what vocations classes in Jr high and high school used to do. I took wood-shop twice, metal shop class, small engine repair class and drafting which all lead me to very useful skills later in life. It shows how much fun you can have creating your ideas and building the with your hands.
I'm a simple kind of man. Mike posts i watch
+1. Not sure I coulda said it better.
Simple kind of men are the reason there are so many stupid people.
Well said 😂
@@rhetorical1488 very simple, I think you meant to say 'Mike's posts, I watch.' but maga has shown that neither grammer, intelligence, humanitarianism nor critical thinking is relevant.
@@omegamale5392 That's quite a stretch for a missed keystroke, especially considering your idiotic assumption that Maga is only what you imagine to be as a boogey man. And stands for more than you can even possibly understand. The people on the side of MAGA are in the Above average IQ range(120+). The democrats are in the 'under 100''. This is a FACT, not a speculation.
Bravo! My middle daughter got accepted to Bucknell for chemical engineering/management last year after receiving a free ride to so many other colleges. She accepted Bucknell. Her father didn't think I should have let her apply bc he thought she wouldn't be accepted (due to DEI and$). I said she is better than anyone I ever knew. She's accomplished so much within limitations. She's brilliant with a strong work ethic - the foundation of growing into a beneficial scientist. She found a job at 15, then offered to manage it at 16- all the while maintaining honors through h.s. Im glad to hear two men understand the greatness that is possible through work ethic and strive to be better.
I love this show! I've forgotten how much I have longed for an intelligent conversation! God Bless you both and Merry Christmas!
💯🙌🤣🙏
Nice to hear some sanity
God Bless America. Mike Rowe is amazing a Vivek is well on the road to becoming a house hold name. Go for it guys!!!!
I could listen to these 2 guys all day. Two great minds from 2 different walks of life that seem to have put just about anything and everything into perspective.
Mike, I could listen to you all day!! Your common sense plus use of big words is absolutely refreshing! Vivek is smart enough to understand the nuance of your words which makes this one of the great conversations on the internet!
This is a great discussion that should be included as we move forward, leaving behind the 'stuff' that does not matter, like work and woke ethic. If it is not productive and part of a solution, it's part or all of a problem.
Both brilliant minds … an apropos and clear analogy…the necessity of the sun for a Pluto to be known. A scholarly repository of these kinds of conversations should be cataloged and preserved especially if it ever becomes downgraded in search engines. A vault for “clear” thinking, per se.
I’m a licensed engineer who’s been in the workforce almost 4 decades. I make right at half of what my high school-educated airline captain friend makes. I make a smaller fraction of what my high school-educated civil/dirt work contractor friend makes. While out of town fairly often, my airline friend sleeps quite well at night knowing he has a union to protect him and he’s not on call 24-7 like the engineer. My dirt work contractor friend is his own boss and can make as much or as little as the pursues. No, the four year degree is not answer in many - maybe most cases.
Merit was the solution to racism, sexism and every form of bigotry. It still is. When someone confidently makes the case merit shouldn't matter you can be certain they want to use racism, sexism and every form of bigotry to their advantage.
I think it’s much more important to master a trade rather than a subject 🤷♀️
Why not both?
@ that too if it’s an option for them
In the world that awaits us, yes.
You seek balance ⚖️🤔😏
Yes, even if you aspire to a white-collar occupation, it's good to have a trade to fall back on. AI will not replace tradespersons.
Not only was the content spot on but closing this podcast with that short segment of excellent 4-part harmony put the 'cherry on top'. Well done...!
Vivek is such an asset for our country right now. I'm so glad he is involved with this incoming administration. Just watching him and Elon walk into meet with Congress made me feel better about things. PS} yes, the song at the end made me subscribe. sigh.
Fantastic analogy !!!! without the sun our little solar system flies into cosmic chaos !!!
Mike your vocabulary should be spoken everywhere! I love looking up words in the dictionary when watching. Honestly, I love it!😊
Mike Rowe has an awesome voice. ☺️ Would be awesome in commercials are recorded audio books and things! So unique.
Fantastic shows Mike, 🇺🇲❤️💯🙏
I'm in my 50s and I just love how fixing stuff, maintaining stuff, making stuff and looking at others doing it too makes me feel. Feels good man. Gday from Australia 👋 love Mr Rowe and what he's done.
Love theses two men ❤️
I love Vivek!…And I love you, too, Mike! 🫶🏻 Keep speaking the truth 👍🏻🇺🇸
Been working my whole life work ethic keeps me going even now as I am in my 60's
Me too I’m 73 and have worked as a self employed landscape gardener for 50 years and have no desire to stop.
Excellent interview. I have to agree that we have to get back to the norm and reestablish what is actually true, as in the example of "the fringe." The country has polarized itself on both opposite sides of the political spectrum. We need to meet back in the middle, recognizing that compromise, between both parties, is when America is at it's best.
We're not even being told to "accept" the fringe anymore. We are being told or rather demanded upon us that we must fully endorse the fringe.
Ayup. When they attempt to force people to accept or include something 'Or go to jail' when it's literally less than 1% of the population that is impacted by said thing, it's straight up totalitarianism.
I love you Mike! Vivek is absolutely Awesome ❤!
This was absolutely fantastic to watch, just brilliant. Outstanding!!! Our Republic Shall Stand!!!
I am so heartened to hear this sentiment. The fact we have vilified working with your hands AND brain in this country over the last 40 years in favor of a purely thought based skills has been criminal. Well meaning as intended as it was the outcome left swaths of youth struggling at the alter of the SAT.
In the rush to catch up with European education (starting in the 80’s) we eschewed physical skills, something that used to be referred to as the “manual arts”, in favor of a degree for every student. The thought being every kid needed a white collar, when a blue one was just as valuable and for some even more so.
Thank you to both of these men for there much needed light.
I spent 20+ years as a programmer, with no degree, self-taught. It helped me raise my sons as a single parent. Now I see the same paths open for AI & ML that i can use to get into this field. I left programming years ago due to having a brain aneurysm. I've recently had a second aneurysm burst and can take a path to getting certified in AI & ML for as cheap as $79 a month. Wish me luck, hopefully I can make lightening strike twice.
100% agree. I am on the board of a K thru 8 and am pushing us to add trades to our college track. BTW, please provide a reference for the certification in AI and ML. I wish you all the best.
@jamesdellaneve9005 Coursera Plus $59 a month, ChatGPT Plus $20 a month. Lots of AI certificates and ML certificates.
I was a senior Director in a very large company, retired early. My son wanted to go to a Tech school to get his certifications for IT work rather than a 4 year university. I was livid. So I went to my company’s CTO for help. He told me to “leave him alone, he would much rather hire a kid like my son whose been doing the work for 2 years than a College kid who’s gonna have to be trained for a year to get to my son’s level.” 25 years later, my son’s done well, raised 3 kids (2 with degrees).
It’s all about work ethic, learned proficiency and determined grit to be the best at whatever you choose to do. I’ve developed 100’s of leaders and honestly, non-degreed lead degreed by at least a 2-1 margin in effectiveness. They just seem to want it more.
@ I started out with an AA in Computer Aided Drafting and Design in 1983. CAD was hot back then. It was a good school and we hit the ground running when we got hired. Ten years later, you had to have an engineering degree. I just retired after 40 years in the industry.
I love Mike Rowe and what he stands for! I love how he wants to put more care in trade jobs!
Merit doesn't look at gender, color, race, or religion. It means anyone can succeed if they have a bof talent and work hard to do the best they can.
Merit. It seems so simple to me as well.
And you truly believe this bullshit? Juuuust fantastic
@@dcktater7847 what’s bullshit?
The marjority of young people have been raised with out faith and are therefore lost because
they have no direction !!!
I learned a lot from dad/mom and a GOOD BOOK!!!
Excellent show. 2 great men!
@~2:00.... I love that he(Vivek) covers the spectrum of classes and workers! It takes ALL OF US to do MANY jobs to keep this country running! EVERYONE is ESSENTIAL!
Vivek rocks and maybe someday will run as president!
I already follow you on FB, but for some reason your videos have never been offered to me here on YT until today, so this is my first time here. Also, EVERYONE requests people subscribe to their channel, but your request was the most unique, and funny, yet heartwarming request I've ever heard, so YES, I will subscribe.
Cheers, and Merry Christmas... I hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
Mr Vivek is 100 percent CORRECT
Vivek great mind , fantastic 🇺🇲❤️
Thank you. I was beginning to think I had to learn a new language !
I wrote a paper in my first year at University regarding what was then emerging as political correctness. I hated it then in 1994 and hate it more so now. I speculated the, that by neutering our language we would cripple our social interactions. I don’t think I understood just how awful it would actually get. I am glad to see the pendulum seems to be moving back towards honest and real language that may offend but has no subversive intend like wokeness has brought about. Thank you gentlemen for speaking in a way that is truthful and impactful.
What an amazing and beautiful conversation of sure sense.
Great discussion guys! I’ve been a follower of Mike Rowe for years, but never subscribed to his TH-cam channel. However, at the end of this video when I heard the singing plea to subscribe to his channel, I couldn’t resist. Best subscribe request I’ve ever heard by far!
The little cogs are what makes the pretty clock hands work. Without the cogs the clock is worthless.
Great conversation Gents, thank you! That solar system analogy really meant something to me, I had not thought about that as an argument before but it is a classic and can be used in so many different ways.
Through the seventies, eighties and nineties I worked for several companies and every company that I worked for I was told by bosses or supervisors that I had a work ethic that was "second to none". At the time my work ethic never helped me achieve or grow in any of these companies. It always seemed that there was something that I was not privy too. Now I am beginning to understand. "Woke" in various forms and iterations goes back decades.
You should have used that you were first as leverage. Lets see how much they value second to none. I told my mom to do the same when her work was dicking her around and she nabbed a 5 dollar/hr raise out of it.
"Now I am beginning to understand. "Woke" in various forms and iterations goes back decades."
Looking back over the years, I can agree with your observation.
People seem to want you to know things, without anyone ever having specifically, taught or informed you of those things.
After several years of being disabled, I've come to view a commonly used phrase as being the most glaring tell of hate speech.
That phrase is; "That's common sense".
I see it as hate speech because that individual is claiming to know something, that he or she is unwilling to disseminate knowledge they have, with those that do not have that knowledge, and is choosing to leave them ignorant and repeating mistakes.
There is no love in not advising a person when the actions they take out of ignorance, is what is preventing them from moving forward.
@scotttovey could not agree more
Without common sense, you will never rise. I say this pending what your doing... It's different for everything, but running heavy equipment it's really easy to cripple or kill someone even though the task is simple.
@@scotttovey You make a great point about the importance of sharing knowledge to inform and enlighten others, it is important, especially when asked, and critical if training is your job. I have a difficulty, though with classifying the phrase above as "hate speech". To me that is implying an intentional, nefarious disregard for another that may just be a passing comment between two people. If you have been asked, or left in the dark intentionally that is bad, and yes, I could understand your view.
Vivek is so darn intelligent and beyond his years that it is crazy. I’ve rarely if ever said that about anyone younger than me.
Somehow our Timeline SKEWED into this alternate timeline However it seems to have recently been fixed by Doc and Marty and possibly back on the right track. Time will of course tell us if it remained skewed to that alternate timeline or if it indeed has been corrected.
Doc and Marty had to make several trips so there is still more work to be done lol
I am full and satiated with this philosophical cuisine. Thank you. Well done. I learned a lot.
I was a recruiter for a law firm. I was interviewing these kids (graduates from law school that had just passed the bar exam) that had gone to college, then on to law school, graduated, passed the bar, and only THEN did they learn that there are more lawyers than there is a need for lawyers. We have a 10X surplus of lawyers. I had these kids that had a quarter of a million dollars in law school debt, and they are delivering pizzas for Domino's. They didn't realize that every day that passed since they graduated lowered the probability that they would get a job in law. These kids were totally divorced from reality. They thought that, soon, very soon, they would get a job at a great law firm...and they would be the hero of their own story. When my boss gave them the option of working with his firm, and do the majority of their own marketing, they were shocked and offended that he would even ASK them to be responsible for their own marketing.
No question, the US needs the right leadership. Hope you get it one day.
Hi! Mike
I wish someone would redo the “Ernest movies” and one can only dream for you to fill Jim Varney spot. Please get something rolling with this. Thanks you’re a awesome person.
Awesome interview. We as a nation need to bring respect and unity back.🇺🇸
I am college educated, I achieved an Engineering degree and used it to advance our technical knowledge in DOD weapons technology. I paid for my education by serving the nation in the military and received the GI Bill benefits. Point, I served and in return received govt help. I took this risk during the Vietnamese war at great personal risk. Point 2, I chose to get a degree that resulted in full employment that benefited the country, not a liberal arts degree. Not all college degrees are equal. Fortunately for me, I was not exposed social manipulation, I was exposed to engineering and associated real science. Guess what, I’m highly successful. College ain’t bad, but certain college degrees are. Time to clean up our colleges to curtail useless degrees
Mike you are a shining example of what is still great in this country! 🫡 🇺🇲
Hey hi hello beautiful people!
The fringe exists to pull people from the core. Always has always will. It will only affect you if you're not anchored in the core. MSM has only existed to feed off that fringe. Their whole existence has always been to divert you from the truth. Thank you Mike for another great interview. Big love and hugs to everyone.
Yup
Thanks guys appreciate it.
Its time fix these things and creating hope again! Thanks for this interveiw
Woooo! Vivek '28
I agree, so far he seems to have more right than Vance
The guests you have are so interesting. Especially the unknowns. It makes me wonder if you would interview Jason breshears, that is a fascinating story and his research will be legendary.
Wishing I could land a job soon. I've worked since I was 8 y/o I'm almost 45 now, got my GED early 30's. I have lots of real world experience. Everywhere has now hiring signs, with positions listed and no luck. Someone told me companies HAVE TO post Now Hiring.
Or it's bc I'm a straight white male don't know. It's never been this hard for me to get a job.
😂😂😂
"To thine own self be true"
Mike it good to here someone else who believes in, faith family and hard work,there has to be as good solid foundation.
No college. Some factory training and sucking up as much as possible form the " old dudes" and now I'm the Chief ET for the 2ed largest Aerospace and Defense Co in the world. You can do it. USA1 GM1 GE1.
Great.. You feed the traitors 🤣
I’m subscribing just to hear that barbershop quartet plea at the end of every episode! Cool!
Why don't you upload the full versions of these we would all watch them
Great Episode, Mike.
You coined a word at the end of the video that struck a chord and prompted a question. "Saftey-ism" - regulation to protect everyone from "perceived" consequences, or to make things right. The Question: how can a government, or a society, regulate or legislate what is safe or right when the pervasive societal norms refuse to accept, or completely deny, absolute truth? In philosophy, the "both/and" argument must always yield to an ultimate "either/or" argument. "Saftey-ism" is a desperate attempt to force the "both/and" argument while subverting - or completely ignoring - the "either/or" argument that will certainly emerge.
This is a great episode!
2 extremely intelligent men having a conversation that so many folks don't want to end and will reflect on later in their own thoughts and strive to do a better job in their marriages, and raising their family, and their job, and conversing with their neighbor, and Society to thrive
Be Liberal enough to question and test something, and be Conservative enough to keep and preserve it if it works. And do it continuously.
Wise words. Good ideas can always stand up to scrutiny, which is why the US constitution stands as the oldest governing document on the planet. But they’ve been chipping away at the words therein for a loooong time.
Vivek is correct. A four-year degree is not the best path for most people. We need to go back to when we had liberal arts high schools, as well as trade high schools. Many young people would prefer to start learning computer skills, welding skills, chef skills, etc., at a trade high school, rather than learning Latin, French, etc., in preparation for a four-year liberal arts college. Only 25% of high school students are interested in spending four years in college, after high school. Most prefer to learn on the job.
One of my supervisors told me that they would not pick the best person but one that was minimally qualified and wasn’t like the rest of the staff.
A humble thank you Sir !..nicely done great discussion.
I think merit in critical jobs is important, and we need to hire the brightest in those jobs to save America. That disqualifies me from almost all jobs but it's about what's best for America and all Americans not me. I also think you can be the smartest and have the most merit, but if your if you can't seem to no the difference between right, and wrong, enjoy doing evil, or if gaining power, fame, and wealth, for yourself at the expense of others suffering is your top priority, than maybe CEO, politician, or leader is not a good thing for that person. Even if their the most merited of all time, or the media says they are. Perhaps honesty, charity as in the scriptures verson of charity, a desire to do the right thing, might factor into one's merit.
Respect to both of these gentlemen!!
You shouldn't need to ask gender or race. A person should be judged on their merits and selfless acts to help their neighbor.
“They will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
So amazing to see these two taking. ❤❤.