Wayne Owen is a retired New York sanitation worker who spent 20 years serving Manhattan and Staten Island, where he was born and raised.
This week Theo is joined by New York City garbage man Wayne Owen to learn all about the world of trash. They chat about how he got started in sanitation, what it’s like on the route, people’s biggest pet peeves with garbage men, the worst fights he’s gotten in, what it was like on 9/11, things he’s learned about people from their garbage, and who’s hiding bodies in the dump…
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A random garbage man interview was more entertaining than any celebrity one I’ve seen recently. We need more of these. Repo man, plumber etc
He has one with a plumber already.
repo man would be great!
I thought he had one with a repo man I need to look for it
Yes!!! These podcasts need to stop bringing on boring celebrities. Bring on regular people!
Yes! A CNA, A court reporter, a restaurant manager. I bet they all have insane stories.
More blue collar workers. Tired of these tech nerds, bitcoin millionaires, rappers, comedians, billionaires, influencers, actors. We need more people like this guy, the ones who keep America running and doesn’t get appreciated.
Theo is literally a comedian. And when does he have tech nerds and bitcoin millionaires on the show?
I don't get that appreciation shit... No one literally no one except for rare exceptions like police or medical personnel when they save your life do they ever get thanked. This dude is an asshole, like too many people nowadays... He gets it rough from people so he gets an attitude and takes it out on others... and the cycle perpetuates.. Like he doesn't seem to think there's a problem with collecting garbage at 6am, among other things... he has zero self awareness. I mean shit we all want praise but what he does just isn't any more important than any other job in the grand scheme so why does he deserve it, when the rest of us don't.
caleb presley and shane gillis are great. everyone else can sug ma balz
Hollywood loves spoonfeeding us our heros. What about conservation heroes? Sea shepherd captains, Animal poacher hunters, Rangers, philanthropists
💯👌
Native NYer here too, I also drive a garbage truck. Every once in a while there are guys like this who reach legendary status. Great episode Theo keep up the good work
To clarify, everyone who has ever worked with this guy or has been around him knows exactly who he is and is aware of his legendary status. The guy it mythic . NYC produced these kinds of guys. The men of tales and stories and odyssey
@@prshr6145 what does this mean. i need to know
@@edd5883 you prolly dont understand cause you dont live in a real community like nyc.
Thankyou for your service!
@@jadd2766 Obviously he doesnt understand hence the question doofus.
Mad respect for sanitation workers.
I’m a Garbage Laborer for city of Chicago. Thank you for uploading this. One of the most unappreciated jobs in the world.
Actually listening while I’m wrestling around with garbage cans in the alley hahaha
Shout out bro. We need ya.
Refuse Technician
Thanks for your hard work brother!
As another trash driver in upstate New York, I saw this episode and immediately clicked on it. I can't wait to see what they say. Be safe out there, least we'll get a little appreciation Even if our customers leave the trash for animals
These are the best type of episodes.
Agreed
1000% agree
Facts
Nope
love ur streams bro
I've been a garbage man for nearly 20 years, this was an awesome podcast to hear it from another real dudes pov
Same here... its awesome to hear all the relatable stuff.
😊😊😅
Hop it up bud
Happy to see you guys get your flowers
You mean a sanitation engineer?
Wayne is a NATURAL from the second you guys started. The chemistry is insane
Wayne is more interesting than 95% of celebrities. Tells his story well and a good conversationalist. It's such a good idea to get people on from these walks of life. This was genuinely educational - we need to know how our society actually works.
Agreed , these are my favorite types of episodes
He’s lived a life of substance and meaning. Most famous people do the same thing day in and day out. There only meaning is to get more money and more fame.
Exactly!
So much better than hearing from Bort Chrysler or Tom Saguaro for the fifteen thousandth time
Well said , I totally agree
Theo is on a different level. Having normal everyday hard working people on his podcast is awesome. My favourite podcast on KZhead. Keep killing it Theo
For real, I love the regular people episodes. Middle class and lower class representation! We get tired of only hearing celebrities talk.
for sure, enough of these famous ego maniacs, we just need to listen stories from regular people, way more inspiring and real
He’s always had regular people on this podcast. He’s a humble dude. The best
a mechanic next would be sick
Agreed 100 percent. Its cool having the comedians, scientists, athletes, politicians on etc. That said its nice to see some blue collar type dudes on here. Alot of the stories are equally as entertaining and certainly more relatable for a good chunk of us working class folks. Cheers✌🏻😎🍻
Theo starts off saying "garbage" and about halfway through he starts calling it "gahbage" like Wayne says it 😂
I often think about the human history that is lost because historians only discuss people “relevant/significant” to current society. Conversations like this help ease my mind as I realize there are still people interested in and documenting the life of the average or unnoticed people in society. Wayne was such a great guest. Thank you.
Regular folk episodes are far and away the best ones. So smart of Theo and his team. No one else is doing this !
Absolutely! I really hope this becomes a more regular part of the show or even a spin off podcast he does because they are so fascinating and real. Theo also is a great person to host them like this because he has great questions that are genuine.
Ryan sickler's honeydew with y'all
Yessir
HoneyDew Ryan Sickler.
Nice comment. Didn't see many like it in the comment section and I agree with you!!!!!!!!
What a cool dude. Thanks for showing the normal side of the country Theo. These are better than celebrities interviews
Nothing "normal" about working for/living in NewYork city but , yeah, cool dude indeed (and yeah, a pretty normal dude too)
@@TheCravenIsReallol damn probably true
@@TheCravenIsReal so not a single one of the 8 million people living in nyc are normal? okay….
Im starting a podcast, it's linked to this account. I'll be like Joe Rogan but for doctors, police officers, HVAC techs, etc. Anyone with a good story!
@@ironadversity2500 Where is it?
My Dad was a garbage man, my 2 uncle's are still in the trucks. They had their own company for a while, then Waste Management bought them out and gave them jobs. They are going on 30 years with WM. They both run front loaders now. But I remember being a kid working with them in the summers as a thrower. Fun job hanging off the back of the truck, sucked some days but that's most jobs! Respect 🙏🏽
Love those garbage people! One of my exes family owned and operated a waste management company.. they were such great people, worked really hard and played even harder. I miss them more than the ex.
Theo is the most genuine, curious, kind, and validating dude on the internet. He is truly interested in unique experiences and attributes of others. I admire the shit out of you Theo! Keep being yourself.
Please keep doing episodes just like this! The toilet attendant at the club. Roadkill Collector. Crime scene cleaner. A Hoarding house cleaner. Archeologist. An adult bookstore owner. You know, the usual stuff.
That part
Soft White Underbelly 😂
Mortician, truck driver
lol yes
Or jobs like the dude who climbs those super tall radio towers to change the bulb at the top, or anything crazy dangerous would be cool
As a trash truck driver in Philly myself I respect this guest. My whole life is listening to the pod while running a garbage truck! I been waitin for this one.
This interview sure makes me appreciate you guys more!
Thank you for what you do
Thank you for your service.
Thank God ur not a Septa driver. RIP.
thank you for your civil service gang gang
Drove garbage trucks for almost 11 years, this was hilarious. So many relatable parts of the stories.. we had “collectors” too, trucks looking like Sanford & Son 😂
username checks out. Thanks for keeping things clean trash panda man! We appreciate ya.
That would be me. Imagine finding a gun and knowing it’s probably a murder weapon and having to question whether you should take it or not lol.
"The deer are swimming over from Jersey" Theo: "why, they hate it over there?" 💀
I did 5 years as an officer in the Army. This guy is way more deserving of being thanked for his service. Crazy how many dudes like this just silently make our world run. Cheers.
That’s because you never have done a campaign as an infantryman. Bet you wouldn’t say that after putting in some work in Afghan or Iraq.
This nigga really compared a soldier to a garbage man 😂😂😂
Thank you too though, theres enough gratefulness to go around
@@USMC0331OIFAnd? He’s obviously self aware enough to know that.
@@USMC0331OIF jesus christ man he's just speaking for himself lol calm down buzzcut
People from New York really know how to tell a story. Great conversationalist.
Spot on my friend from the Bronx always tells me story’s about his past 😂
they love talking
Respect this fella. He sacrificed his body to dispose of all your shit so you didn't have to.
He diddnt do it so we diddnt have to, he did it because he was paid to.
@maxthc3648 logic isnt your friend..
@dokwalk621 make it make sense. If he wasn't paid to pick up garbage, he would never even touch a garbage bag that wasn't his own. So please explain to me oh wise one your logic and reasoning.
@@maxthc3648 Part 1. He picks up trash. Part 2. You don't pick up trash. The end, jackass.
@dokwalk621 Okay, here is my rebuttal. I make yearly payments to a company that puts him in a truck and pays him to come and pick up my trash. If the new year comes around and I stop paying, guess what happens? Go ahead and take a wild guess. That's right, they stop picking up my trash. It's almost like he is being paid to pick up my trash, and he's not just doing it out of the kindness of his heart. I never said his job isn't worthy of respect. I'm simply arguing that he's not "Sacraficing his body to dispose of all of your shit so you don't have to". If you still don't understand, then I'm gonna guess that you're just a kid whose daddy is a garbage man.
Dying right out the gate at “you see a guy raking dirt and usually you yell a slur at him” “exactly”
I died at Theo wanting to talk about band of brothers but being disappointed when he said he hadn’t seen it, I feel your pain
Haha I could talk about band of brothers or sopranos for hours
RIP to you
He had the same look I get when I’m like “you ever see band of brother or the pacific? No? Ah oh well.” Also there’s a new one coming out about pilots. Called like Aces of the Air or something. Cant wait!
Frr lol it looked like he almost got offended by that.
I’ve loved these films since I was a kid .. did it just become popular again ? I keep hearing people mention it ! Such a good depiction of the things that happened .
Theo is in his own genre of podcast with regular blue collar people like this. Working class finally getting some respect, wouldn't expect less from a southern man.
I love that Theo does these. I find them way more interesting than listening to a comedian who's just doing the rounds to promote their new special.
"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." - 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 KJV The Holy Bible says that you are a sinner, and without Jesus Christ, you will die in your sins and spend eternity burning in Hell. There is no sin that can enter Heaven. You must have your sins washed in the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ; he shed his blood for you and died on the cross of Calvary. 3 days later he rose from the dead, proving that he is God. Jesus Christ is the only way to Heaven - you must turn to him, trust him, believe on him and him alone for the salvation of your soul. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law." - Romans 3:23-28 KJV
Better than any pseudo-celebrity interview by a mile
What he said about keeping the truck clean and fresh at the end of the day is so true! You are the space in which you keep. There's a stigna that truck drivers are dirty, and some are tramps, but the majority of us have pride and keep the truck smelling fresh and gleaming
The private guys that do our block have a pretty well maintained truck, thing still looks almost brand new
Dude these are the best interviews. Regular people are so much more fun to listen to than a celeb whos trying too hard to come off a certain way.
I don’t know about most fun but they are more interesting. Some of the comedians are actually good at being funny believe it or not.
This isn't a regular dude. Regular dudes are trying to get his job to this day. Regular dudes are at some random warehouse knowing good and damn well they gonna work till the day they die. This dude has a retirement plan 😅😅😅
And Theo kills 'em! He has this astounding ability to talk with strangers like he's known them for years AND talk with people he's known for years as if he's meeting them for the first time. It does something magical in the atmosphere of the interview.
@@jonboatmorava9115well certainly more regular than the rest of the guests. Someone you can’t find a Wikipedia page on.
@@blazer7731 fair enough. I'm just salty.
This guy is a natural at the pod cast. Seems like he’s been here for 50 episodes. Genuinely a nice pod cast to watch
Such easy listening.
Most regular people don’t struggle to have a genuine conversation, especially regarding their trade. Such easy listening, love it!
Seems like an actor. He needs to hit Hollywood
I guess but his references to child molesting are sus
Dude's reaction when Theo said " her son had breast reduction surgery " @ 27:13 was the most hilarious part of this 😂🤣😂🤣
Yes 😂
LMFAO good catch
LMFAO😂
Pure gold 😂
What 0art does he talk about j¢ws?
I volunteer to pick up garbage around the city and our apartments. This was a real eye-opener. Sadly, bottles are not recycled. I really respect this guy for what he has done. This job is hazardous waste, ( think needles, foil with fentanyl, adult diapers with pooh poop on them, shards of glass, pee in water bottles, used condoms, etc etc). My granddaughter loves the garbage man, she greets him often. One time he even came back with a gift for her. You guys have one of those jobs where no one really notices until it starts backing up. Thank you for all the hard work, good luck with your future.
Great guest. You weren't wrong when you said "thank you for your service". It's guys like this who really ARE the reason for our quality of life. Way to go, Wayne!
this guy was funnier than most comedians, this one of the best episodes Ive seen
Theo Von is the only person I know that can have a 2 hour conversation about garbage with a garbage man. This is legit fascinating 🙏🏼💯
Damn near 3 hours
As a injured garbage man this a good vid to watch while recovering😭
It's been 5 months....how ya feeling now?
@Dime_time333 I'm doing better now I can't bend my thumb all the way or stretch it back anymore but no more pain for the most part might go to a different department 😅
Should be back to work in a month or so
Why was this conversation SO interesting. I couldn't stop listening.
I’m a garbage man myself and I love that you are using your platform to shine a light on our lives! Thank you Theo! ❤
I have a friend that's a garbage man and he works 6 days a week and only gets x-mas and New Year's Day off and works 10 hours a day in Broward County, FL. Sorry but I am not buying his 2-3 hour days.
That's us we work Thanksgiving even 10 12 hrs a day here in Vermont😮
@@1110karinthat’s a small place with less garbage men. New York has so many garbage men
Garbage Men. Unite!
@@eddiecovell7572I was actually going to go work over there but a other job called me before
“And her son I think had breast reduction surgery” the way Theo throws random facts in regular conversation is hilarious 🤣
.......kay.... lol his reaction
Wayne received that information with grace
dude had to pause n think about that one for a second “..okay?”😂😂
Right??!!! And he just says it so casually.
that part made me laugh so hard lmao
this was such an incredible episode. thank you for shining light on the hard workers that keep our country going. shout out to wayne, what a cool ass dude.
This guest is better than all politicians. He may smell like crap while working, but he actually cleans up the streets and works hard every day. Respect!
Nobody else getting a laugh at Theo trying the NYC accent for certain words? 😂
As a native Brooklyn girl .. I caught that he’s the only one that can try to do it and fail yet be fucking hilarious
Literally as i read this, i hear him JUST NOW say "Gawbidge" lol and said "what did he say?" lol
100%%%
Yeah I'm dying over this he try's the gawbidge a few times during this episode 😂
😂😂😂 came here to say the same😂😂😂
Theo you need to be the dirty jobs podcast man. These are the best -- all the other guests go on these podcast tours and repeat themself 10x over. Keep giving a platform to the voiceless men and women out there that keep america movin!
I wonder if he got the motivation from Mike Rowe back when he was on the pod, I'll have to go back and give it another listen.
i’ve listened to comics tell the same joke in two different podcasts on the same week
Oh yeahhhh good point! He's the new Dirty Jobs guy!
@@TheDJOblivionthats gotta be one of my favorite episodes of all time. it definitely had an impact on theo. mike rowe is one of the only people whose fame actually brought him closer in touch with the everyday working person. great guy
@@TheDJOblivionTheo's been doing this for years. Go back and watch the plumber episode.
“I just watched band of brothers, you watch that?” No “Oh alright-“ So anyways you meet other sanitation engineers 😂😂😂😂😂😂
My uncle was a garbage man for 35 years in Boston. He has a garage full of so much crazy antiques. He told me every single thing in there he found in the trash. Ppl had no clue what they were throwing away. Some of it is worth a damn amount of money. He has the clock is 3 feet tall. I forget the name of it but he told me it’s worth $5000.
Theo never fails to have informative guests on that are willing to teach us how to properly dispose of a body.
it is wild how many working class jobs seemingly come with their own niche method for disposing of a body.
So... Let me tell you about the food manufacturing industry 👀
😆😆😆
Haha sanitation guys... morgue guys... a coroner... lol
@@moldyzucchinis3251😅😅😅I work with acid and large cylinders and vats of containers with all types of acid 😅😅
Respect to all the service workers out there. You can see how fast his emotions kicked in when theo brought up 9/11. That was 22 years ago. Never forget.
timestamp?
@@getzkillz66 2:32:37
Never freaking forget. Never again. Never ever again I hope.
@@bumbaclot813Forget about it, that’s what they tell us to do
Never Forget about the $2 Trillion that went missing from the pentagon or Tower 7
Talking about garbage for 3 hrs. More entertaining and informative than network media all week.
I love that this dude is just as quick as Theo. As someone who spent 20 years in an industrial laundry kudos to you brother, hats off. Great show.
I love that I’m an hour 15 into this and Theo is already in full New Yorker accent 😂😂
Gawbaaage looool
I respect this man. Dude has done more to serve my hometown and keep the streets clean in his 20 years of service than most will their entire lives. Mr. Owen has certainly paid his dues and earned his retirement.
Does more than for us in his own single lifespan than any politician ever has.
I give so much props for sanitation workers. Always slow down for them
“Nobody puts baby in a corner basket.” Theo’s wit is absolutely phenomenal!! 😂😂
His wit for feeding boogers to his friend's dogs is gold!
Where is this?
@@ivory8581 right around the 1:30:30 mark.
theo, the interviews you do with regular blue collar workers like most of us here in the comments are the best man. you dont see someone as well known as you giving attention and props to the people that keep the cogs turning in this world. you have a young audience and hearing information like this may incourage them to persue a job like this or the other jobs you've spoke about
I love how theo will gradually talk like his guest as the episode goes on I love it😂 I’m sure he doesn’t even know he’s doing it which makes it even more funny.
Gwarbej
Hes a pisces! They do that they take on other people personalities.
@@ShelbyShinesadhd
@@ShelbyShinesPlenty of people who aren't pisces do that too.
The New Orleans accent is very similar to the NYC accent.
The fact that theo still has normal people guests is what makes me love this podcast
I love some things about being over 70 and single and waking to KZhead auto play is one. Occasionally a hit like this is on. I don’t know who you are but you hit this out of the park…and Wayne deserves much credit to - for both being my kind of people and relating valuable information. Hats off to all service people. ! Respect.
The reaction to Theo mentioning the son who got a breast reduction has me dying of laughter 😂😂😂😂 that had absolutely nothing to do with the story 😂😂
I’m telling everyone about that part. 😂
I had to go back and rewatch that part just to make sure I heard him right 😂. Like wait what?
Timestamp? I think i missed this one... hearing it when i drive so sometimes i dont get stuff :(
@@xQTx 27:00
Garbage guy was shook when he said that 😂
This dude is such a genuine guy. Thanks for doing your job well, love to hear any person who loved their job. Youre a rockstar homie
Theo PLEASE interview more people like this with interesting jobs!!! This is my favorite video by far so much so that I’m watching it for the second time. I’m a custodian at a school and I could really relate to him in a lot of ways. Great video and I love the in depth questions you asked him.
These are the humans we should look up to. Not the kardashian celeb types. Lots of love and gratitude. ❤
Regardless of the fame and money Theo obtains, he still feels like he's a common man and that's why these episodes are the best. Without Garbage men the humanity would collapse
Theo’s the modern day Mike Rowe
@@TheMaskedArtist2011 hmmmmmmm that's not a bad comparison. Just has more ratking in his system
For real, they went on strike in my city last summer and it was horrific, and all they wanted was the pay rise they'd been promised for like 3 years. Folks like these make the world go round
Mad respect for you sanitation engineers, this was a nice eye opening episode.
Sanitation engineers 😂😂😂
Was a dope ep.!!!
I'm shocked that they make six figures. I vividly recall my sixth grade teacher telling us if we didn't shape up and study harder, we'd end up garbagemen. Now I get why, my teacher was probably just bitter because the sanitation workers made thrice as much as them.
Garbage man. They’re not engineering anything 😂
Theo, I was a fan before this. But after hearing this I’m a huge fan. I am also a garbage/recycle man. It was a real treat hearing a real person being spoken to about real things.
This is one of the beat podcasts I have ever listened to. Better than celebrity interviews
Theo’s “New York” accent that keeps sneaking in here and there is hysterical! This has been such a cool episode. So glad you do “average” folks with badass jobs and experiences, Theo. You’re THE GOAT!
I hope the old school NYC accent doesn’t disappear.
@@literallyshaking8019 unfortunately with the internet and so much moving around, my fear is that regional accents will die out. I live in the South and am trying to make sure my young child learns to speak with our local accent.
I doubt it considering people often hang out with family and friends more than other people life long. As someone with a slight irish accent, as soon as I'm around family it comes back to the surface as soon as I'm around the family or friends of the past.@@hootiehootheblowphish4109
@@literallyshaking8019it is I'm a young nyer no one my age I've met speaks with that accent, mostly just nyc slang
@@hootiehootheblowphish4109 yes!! Please keep up the fight! We are also in the South and doing the same and teaching our kiddos as much of the slang and phrases as we can lol. @Emit. Please don’t ever lose your awesome NY accent. I personally LOVE hearing it as much as possible!
I love that Theo does these. I’m a native NY’er and we love our sanitation workers. It’s crazy how technical schools, civil service jobs pay more than 4-6 yr degrees. My husband went to tech school and he started at 6 figures and my 6 yr degree started nowhere near that.
What was your 6 year degree in? Business? 😂😂
NYC garbage men start off at like $40k a year, which for that cost of living is poverty wages
@@blaaaaaaah22unless you have firsthand knowledge, I wouldn’t believe what you read online haha. I’m not a garbage man, but if I ask google what the pay of my job is, it comes up 35k lower than it actually is
@@Cedarswampin I looked up the NYC municipal careers page…
Funny how the system work.. ain’t it?
If everyone fell in love with the "Mortician Support" guy, it's no wonder this guy is getting love, too. We need more of this stuff
Theo has a ease about him. He could talk to anyone and make them comfortable
Love these normal people podcasts. Thanks Theo!!!
As a normal dude with a normal job, it’s pretty cool to see some props given to a normal dude with another normal job.
Most legendary Theo Von segment happened in this episode. Owning the rich by feeding their dog your boogies. 22:28 Brilliant behind the scenes tactics of Theo.
This has to be one of the best interviews on KZhead. Raw uncut educational and entertaining. Hard to ask for more. It's an A plus.
What a cool ass dude and good at story telling. Theo knows the questions to ask as always. I was so locked in to this episode the whole time. Gawbage Gang!
This is one of the best episodes, get an everyday person to interview. This is way more interesting!!!
he’s done a cop before too if you enjoyed this one
@@joseangel-df4vb Yeah I had no idea he did these types of episodes! Now I have a back log to find these!!! Thanks!
Also a mortician.
As a NYC civil servant, I appreciate this interview. i don't work for DSNY but I'm one of the mechanics that repairs and maintains the largest municipal fleet in the country. We certainly have stories too.
@TheoVon - Please don't ever stop doing what you do. I love it when you have guests sometimes that are just regular people to see what their life is like. Not many pods will do this. It's different like you so just keep on killing the game of life sir!
It’s weird that so many talk shows and media organizations only talk to the big names, as if somehow they have a better story to tell than guys who are working in the cruddiest, most interesting, most important industries in this country. Please keep doing more of this!
Im starting a podcast, it's linked to this account. I'll be like Joe Rogan but for doctors, police officers, HVAC techs, etc. Anyone with a good story!
I love Theo's concept for his podcast. Just a regular chat with people and industries he finds interesting & answering all the questions he ponders. Love these episodes.
This dude is awesome. Strange how this is one of the best interviews Theo has done. Dude is super relatable.
This guy talking sitting in front of the American flag is classic. I mean what a story. Awesome
Theo does a great job of keeping the same level of respect and his same style no matter who he’s interviewing. Such an underrated quality.
Love the regular people episodes. Gang Gang.
Real* people 😊
I’m new to Theo’s podcast is the regular thing with real everyday folks ?
@@Willrocsa couple times a year. They e had trucker lady, plumber man, coroner, funeral man, animal control, santa, septic man. A bunch I cant remember right now.
@@Willrocs yeah, even had "a blind person".
Always appreciated what these men do for us. I don’t even get all my friends Christmas presents, but I always give these guys a big tip early in December so they can get themselves, or kids something. Also during Texas summers it’s nice to leave them a cooler with waters in it. The mail man, and delivery drivers too
Just started working at waste connections as a front loader. Watching this video makes me love my job even more
"if you pull a hair out of his beard it would test positive for 9 year olds" is beyond in every sense. Insane response time, delivery and the joke itself is the line of funny vs offense, holy fuck that was brilliant.
Theo's genuine curiosity is what makes these conversations so great to listen to. He is a friend
Genuine is the key word. Theo is just being himself. Most podcasts want the guest to be a big celeb or a scientist… Theo just genuinely wants to chat about garbage disposal with someone who knows how it works
This is why Theo is the greatest. Does not just interview other comedians, actors,musicians he will talk to anyone with an interesting story.
Shoutout to ALL sanitation workers! Truly an underrepresented trade while being an absolute necessity for every aspect of our society.
This dude was naturally funnier and cooler than most comics i see as guests on podcast. Cool guy
YUP there’s so many unfunny “comics” getting by with knowing the right people 🙄 cough Whitney cough Beet 🙄
I really thought the same thing 😅
Absolutely fantastic interview!! Fascinating subject and you guys had great chemistry! Thank you so much for these incredible conversations, Theo!
Ever since seeing those viral clips/pictures of the little boy who loved his garbage man so much he'd wait for him at the window like a dog, then run out and give him a hug and even dressed up as him one time 🥺, I've decided to try and get to know mine and say "thank you"! Give them coffee or something.
This is such a good episode. The dude is so naturally funny and it’s cool to just have normal people on. Great concept
Theo I appreciate that you bring on blue collar workers and I think my father would be likely one of the best guests you’ve ever had. He spent 30 years as bay commercial fisherman catching primarily shrimp and oysters. The information and detail as well as his extremely wild personality would have people geekin. He’s got stories for days that would have people listening
The way he talks about the meathead weeklings, I always said that there's a difference between work strong and gym strong.
Thank you, best interview in a long time coming! Awesome guy!
I love the “ok” when Theo said the truckers son had breast reduction surgery 💀
He didn’t even know how to react😂
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Theo PLEASE don’t ever stop doing these episodes. They are so unique and so cool and it’s such an awesome way to shed light on the working class. Everyone you’ve had on is super cool and superb representatives for their industries. This is like the spiritual successor to Dirty Jobs but the TPW interview version 😂. Gang gang baby praise god.
"Oh dude I just watched Band of Brothers, have you seen that?" "Nope" *Continues with story 😂 Idk why it just cracked me up lol
Hahaha Yeah he quickly shut it down
Love that you make a point to interview “normal people” because you know everyone has a story to tell and plays a part in this world. So wholesome and relatable.
wholesome? wtf?
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This is awesome. I work in campgrounds cleaning garbage and outhouses. It's nice to hear someone else's positive perspective and proud to talk about it publicly. I know the feeling when someone asks you "So what do you do for a living?". NYC Garbage Man articulates it well. Be proud of what you do, it helps your community.
I know this sounds cringy to say but thank you for your service, people like you make the world go round.
Cleanliness is close to godlyness