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#319 Mike Rowe - What Happened to the American Dream?

Explore episode Jul 6, 2026
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Data point 400,000

#319 Mike Rowe - What Happened to the American Dream? · Jul 6, 2026

Blueforge Alliance, which oversees the U.S. maritime industrial base, told Mike Rowe they need to hire 400,000 skilled workers — many of them welders — over the next 8 years.

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