Name: Learning from dirty jobs
Uploaded: 2009-03-05T01:00:00Z
Duration: 19 min 41 s
Description: Mike Rowe, the host of "Dirty Jobs," tells some compelling (and horrifying) real-life job stories. Listen for his insights and observations about the nature of hard work, and how it's been unjustifiably degraded in society today.

Mike Rowe, the host of "Dirty Jobs," tells some compelling (and horrifying) real-life job stories. Listen for his insights and observations about the nature of hard work, and how it's been unjustifiably degraded in society today.

Learning from dirty jobs

Society often overlooks and even devalues the people who keep our world running with their hands. A vivid story about sheep castration reveals how assumptions about 'humane' methods and work itself can be completely wrong. Many who do physically demanding and dirty jobs are actually happier and more balanced than their clean-collar counterparts. The decline of skilled trades threatens essential infrastructure, while cultural messages increasingly romanticize escaping real work.