Mike Learns the history of lowrider culture from the Fuentes brothers of Homies Hydraulics and gets tricked into competing in a crazy car-jumping contest.
Mike learns the ups and downs of bobble head making from the folks at Royal Bobble in Atlanta, where he helps make one of the bouncy knick-knacks in his own likeness and gets schooled in global economics.
Mike does some serious bird watching at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and assists Lead Ornithologist John Gerwin in teaching the next generation of bird lovers how to capture, tag, and release.
Mike visits the Dragon Forge shop where father and son blacksmiths Craig and Rory May teach him how to bend steel using old-time, anvil-banging, heavy metal forging.
Mike and Linda Watson, known as the Praire Dog Lady, find and Capture prairie dogs from areas where they are pests and relocate them to areas where they will thrive and create a healthy prairie.
Mike visits Wolf Stunt Ranch, where he learns everything there is to know about pyrotechnics, explosives, and gun safety to be used in films and TV, and then he blows things up real good.
In his hometown of Baltimore, Mike visits Edgar Allen Poe and meets Poe impersonator David Keltz, who has committed over 50,00 of Poe's words to memory
In Madison, Wisconsin Mike Stumbles into Steve's Curling Supplies where he gets taught the game of curling by an Olympic coach and competitor, then he tests his skills in a grueling match at the Madison Curling Club.
At Baltimore's Fort McHenry, Mike meets a man who absolutely LOVES his job, Park Ranger, Vince Vaise, otherwise known as the Cheif Interpreter. If Vince can't get you interested in learning history, no one can.
Before dawn, Mike arrives in DeLand, Florida, to join the "When Pigs Fly" club. He rides in a pig-shaped hot air balloon, learning its history. Later, at Wallaby Ranch, Mike experiences the literal ups and downs of hang gliding.
Mike learns to rope and ride at a working cattle ranch in Raymer, Colorado that also caters to tourist. Mike gets to know Tom and Darcy Carr who used to vacation but now own the place.
Mike visits the Derby Dolls, a female roller derby club in San Diego, and trains with member "Isabelle Ringer," "Slamuri," and "Bo Toxic," who endow Mike with the skater name "Skid Rowe."
Mike works with Washed Ashore, a nonprofit turning Oregon beach trash into nautical-themed art. Then he meets the brothers behind Matthew 25, aiding those affected by Cedar Rapids' devastating 2008 flood.
Mike joins adrenaline jockeys Fran Honeywell and Fred Schroeder, co-founders of the Gravity Car Race Club and MISFITS (Maryland Independent Soapbox Federation and Incline Trial Society), and competes in dangerous downhill racing.
Mike spends the day with former political reporter turned professional forager, Hank Shaw who gets his food off the grid by hunting, fishing, and foraging.
Equestrian and Olympic hopeful Lauren Billys gives Mike a dressage lesson, dressing him in proper attire. Then Mike learns all about the Kentucky Derby from Corey Lanerie, one of the winningest jockeys.
