The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

396: Selected Garbage from Families of Distinction with Frank H. McCourt, Jr.

The American businessman and philanthropist talks about growing up in Boston as a fifth-generation builder, starting his first business collecting garbage at the age of 13, and the mission he’s on to create a new internet by arguing in his new book,  <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593728513?k=our%20biggest%20fight%20by%20frank%20mccourt&amp;ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_l_k0_1_11&amp;crid=269T6S79TX73M&amp;sprefix=our%20biggest"> Our Biggest Fight</a>, that we the people’s data should belong to we the people. Big thanks to our terrific sponsors <a href="http://american-giant.com/mike" rel="noopener" target="_blank">American-Giant.com/mike</a> Use promo code MIKE to get 20% off your order. <a href="https://www.puretalk.com/rowe">PureTalk.com/Rowe</a> Save 50% off your first month! American Battlefield Trust—Visit <a href="https://www.battlefields.org/Mike">Battlefields.org/Mike</a> to get your FREE copy of their award-winning history magazine, Hallowed Ground.

What started as a series of short mysteries for the curious mind with a short attention span has evolved into enlightening conversations for the not-so-short attention span. Whether it’s a short mystery, a long conversation, or an audio book, The Way I Heard It is a veritable box of chocolates for the ears, because you never know what you’re going to get.