Bobby Bones on How People Can Relate to His New Series 'Breaking Bobby Bones'
Honoring everyday heroes while living out his personal mantra highlighted in the New York Times bestseller "Fail Until You Don’t: Fight, Grind. Repeat.," beloved television and radio host, Bobby Bones is traveling to the deepest corners of the country to meet people who hold unique jobs, skills, hobbies and abilities for his new series Breaking Bobby Bones. Premiering May 31 at 10 p.m. ET on National Geographic, each half-hour episode finds Bones undertaking several challenges as he attempts to conquer their tricks of the trade while delving into the tragedies that have facilitated their triumphs today.
In an exclusive with PopCulture.com's host Tania Hussain ahead of the premiere on Monday, #BobbyBones reveals the conception behind #BreakingBobbyBones was all about highlighting average, relatable people who have made a difference in their communities. But to take it up a notch, he chose to add some “levity” to the situation by undertaking numerous adventures and skills that these individuals challenge themselves to every day.
“It’s about the people that I’m with,” Bones told PopCulture, explaining how the first episode of the series finds him meeting Mike, a former gang member out of prison who discovered something called “rope access,” and is now one of the “best” in the U.S. “It’s what you do when you can’t get to a high place, if it’s under a bridge, the top of a fancy landmark, or in my case, it was hanging 4,000 feet on a rope over the Grand Canyon — and I hate heights. I had to go do that, but it’s learning his story and really through every episode, it’s about not if, but when adversity hits us, how do we react?”
