Dirty Jobs

Mike travels to New Mexico to work as a Fish Squeezer with the Department of Game and Fish. Then he heads to Virginia to practice the ancient art of pet acupuncture on a goat named Lilly.

Mike travels to a remote area near Moab, Utah, to take on the job of being a paleontologist.

The millennium seed project collects and preserves flora seeds for replanting after a catastrophic event.

Mike becomes a water softener technician in Minnesota, and works as a coin washer at a San Francisco hotel.

Mike learns some of the tricks of the haircutting trade; Mike spends the day working as a landfill operator.

Mike spends the day in Mobile, Ala. assembling cow bladders that will be used during a Mardi Gras parade

Mike samples life as a medical waste processor, learning what medical waste is and then doing his bit to treat it; his new colleagues have some surprises in store.

Mike helps to erect a radio communications tower; celebrating the milestone of doing a dirty job in each of the 50 states.

At Gills Onions, Mike Rowe slices, dices and tastes onions before cleaning out the juicing machine and parts of the reactor. Then, its off to the San Francisco Fire Department to help build wooden ladders.