S01E01 Chinatown Garbage Collector
Garbage collector/recycling separator, shark catcher/tagger, car recycling
Dirty Jobs
S01E09: Cheese Maker
Mike visits the San Francisco Zoo and learns what it's like to be a zookeeper, essentially feeding the animals and collecting their poo.Mike then goes to Vermont to a haunted cheese making factory and learns not only how to make cheese, but the art of patience.Finally, Mike learns how to be a volcano ash mud bath mixer (spa technician) in Calistoga, CA and takes a mud bath after a very dirty day. That's not all - Mike also journeys to a live volcano in Hawaii and gets up close and personal with some very hot lava.
Overview
Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.
Episodes
S01E02 Sewer Inspector
Sewer inspector, disaster cleanup crew member (basement sewer), demolition worker (office building interior)
S01E03 Pig Farmer
Pig farmer, removing chewing gum from sidewalks (New York City), pigeon droppings removal (New York City)
S01E06 Sludge Cleaner
Mike Rowe gets dirty as he works with surfboard shaper Matt Barker. Mike masters the art of shaping a surfboard from Styrofoam. And Mike goes underground into a greasy pit of sludge as he joins...
S01E07 Hot Tar Roofer
Mike first heads off to Pasadena, California and discovers the difficult step by step process in patching up a roof. Then Mike goes to New Jersey and helps move a 60 ton, 225 year old...
S01E08 Ostrich Farmer
Mike visits a coffee plantation in Hawaii and learns about the long process in how to make coffee, from picking the beans to roasting them. Mike then goes to Sausalito, CA to be a marine...
S01E09 Cheese Maker
Mike visits the San Francisco Zoo and learns what it's like to be a zookeeper, essentially feeding the animals and collecting their poo.Mike then goes to Vermont to a haunted cheese making factory and learns...
S01E10 Shrimper
Mike goes to South Carolina and learns about shrimping. He also helps study the shrimp population in order to find out when it's time to open the shrimping season. Mike then goes to the swamps...
S01E11 Bio-Diesel Man
Mike goes to Washington and helps build a house out of cob, which is basically a combination of sand, clay, and straw.Mike then heads to California and works alongside Dave the bee man to get...
S01E12 Micro-Algae Man
Mike begins by traveling to Palo Alto, CA to learn how to be a pet groomer, from cutting hair to giving baths. Mike then goes to Hawaii to turn happy green algae into unhappy red...
S01E13 Chimney Sweeper
Mike first goes to the Chimney Safety Institute of America in Plainfield, IN and learns how to be a certified chimney sweeper. Mike then goes to Ontario, Canada to salvage underwater logs, which are then...
Cast
Mike Rowe
Himself - Host
