Ep. 177 Defining the American Dream with Roger Bennett
If you’re in America and you love soccer, you know and love today’s guest, Roger “Rog” Bennett, the co-host of The Men in Blazers Show. Rog joins us to discuss his book, a New York Times #1 Bestseller, (Re)Born in the USA: An Englishman’s Love Letter to His Chosen Home. We talk about what it means to consider yourself an American, the dreams of our younger selves, and of course, a little soccer.
The Stacks Book Club selection for August is Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi. We will discuss the book with Juliet Litman on Wednesday August 25th.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon
(Re)born in the USA by Roger Bennett
Men in Blazers (Men in Blazers)
Billy Elliott (Stephen Daldry, 2000)
Chicago Bears 1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes, 1986)
Animal Farm by George Orwell
"The Men in Blazers Show Aaron Rodgers Special" (Men in Blazers, NBC)
"The Men in Blazers Show J.J. Watt Special" (Men in Blazers, NBC)
"The Men in Blazers Show with Deandre Hopkins" (Men in Blazers, NBC)
Miami Vice (NBC)
"Inside the Mind of Pep Guardiola with Roger Bennett" (NBC Sports)
"The Men in Blazers Show with Steve Kerr" (Men in Blazers, NBC)
"It Was All a Dream" (Raheem Sterling, The Player's Tribune)
"Euros and taking the knee: Why some England fans say they are booing players" (BBC)
Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis, 2000)
Home and Hosed (Triple J)
Fargo Rock City by Chuck Klosterman
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde
The Complete Works of Primo Levy
"I Just Called to Say I love You" (Stevie Wonder, 1984)
"Fast Car" (Tracy Chapman, 1988)
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