Where are you, public?

I'm in my wife's closet, Raj.

Aren't we all in a way?

Yeah, yeah, just surrounded by the blouses of my past and possibly my future,

given that there's no better soundproofing that exists in podcasting I have found than just that.

I think we've just created the title at least or maybe even the opening line for your memoir, Pablin.

It is a joy to be with you.

I have to be candid.

I often listen to this podcast and I do marvel at your emotional intelligence as a host.

To me, you're the EEE Cummings of Sports Broadcasting.

Look, we've all been through a lot the past year, and so I don't blame you at all for being cynical.

I really don't.

But if you're at all like me lately, you can kind of feel the sunshine.

I mean, like right now, it's the weekend, it's summer, sports are everywhere, and July 4th is just around the corner.

So today, just unwind with a life-affirming conversation with the incomparable Roger Bennett as we travel from Liverpool to Chicago to the Euros and then back to America, which may not feel the same way to you again.

I'm Pablo Torre. It's Friday, June 25th. This is ESPN. Daily.

So Roger Venet, I just want to be clear about something here.

I've been waiting to talk to you for seven years, and that's no pressure.

That's no pressure at all.

We shared a room at one point, and I very much doubt you even remember this.

But the seven years thing goes back to 2014.

It's the spring.

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