What Mike Rowe has said about Vocational education
2 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 6, 2026
Mike Rowe, American television host, narrator, author, creator of Dirty Jobs and founder of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, has been quoted on Vocational education 2 times in 1 episode of The Shawn Ryan Show, most recently on July 6, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Rowe contends that removing shop class from high schools was a historic educational mistake.
“we took shop class out of high school. It had to be the dumbest thing in the history of modern education”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #319 Mike Rowe - What Happened to the American Dream? (Jul 6, 2026) · Listen from 56:13
Rowe predicts vocational education and work will become highly politicized this year.
“vocational education and work itself is going to become highly political this year and that's a shame”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #319 Mike Rowe - What Happened to the American Dream? (Jul 6, 2026) · Listen from 2:23:27
Episodes
#319 Mike Rowe - What Happened to the American Dream?The Shawn Ryan Show · Jul 6, 2026 · 3 h 44 min
Mike Rowe talks with Shawn Ryan about the American dream, the skilled-trades labor shortage, his mikeroweWORKS Foundation, losing his savings to fraud, and dangerous Dirty Jobs stories.
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