Six Degrees with Mike Rowe

  • Premiered: Jan 2021
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 5
  • Ended
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  • Comedy Documentary History Reality

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Season 1
1x1
Hungry Soldiers Produce TV!
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Jan 04, 2021
Engineer Charles Bachman III created the first database management system with infrastructure that is now used to power the internet. Mike Rowe shows how this incredible technology began with hungry Civil War troops and a wartime cookbook.
1x2
Mousetrap Cures Hangover!
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Jan 11, 2021
When Chuck finds himself with a hangover, Mike Rowe has a cure that has roots in a geophysical contracting company and a 19th-Century carriage maker.
1x3
Horseshoe Finds Soulmate!
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Jan 18, 2021
In 1797, a blacksmith invented the innovative cast-iron plow. Now, Mike Rowe traces the connection between the blacksmith's handy work and modern-day technology that makes online dating -- and falling in love -- possible.
1x4
Volcano Redeems Rapper!
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Jan 25, 2021
When Eminem accepted his Record of the Year Grammy in 2001, he didn't consider thanking a volcano for his win but maybe he should have! Mike Rowe connects the dots between Eminem's success and a massive 1815 volcanic explosion.
1x5
Sheep Does Taxes!
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Air date
Feb 01, 2021
Solar technology became all the rage after the grandson of a famous physicist flew around the world in a solar plane. Mike Rowe dives deeper into the story, revealing how mechanized .. show full overview
1x6 Season finale
Garbage Man Finds Big Bang!
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Feb 08, 2021
Images from space are awe-inspiring but how are we able to capture them? Mike Rowe shows how an earthquake, a handshake and a ride on a garbage truck made these amazing, high-resolution photos from space possible.

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