Jeff Benedict has profiled a number of Latter-day Saints during his career as a journalist.

Steve Young, Jabari Parker, Dave Checkitz, and Clayton Christiansen to name a few.

Having grown up a member of the church, Jeff has been able to tell their stories in a way

few could. Having been friends with Jeff for years, he texted me after our conversation

and described it as a trip down memory lane, where all the memories were good.

I hope you'll join us on that trip during this special bonus episode.

Jeff Benedict is the best-selling author of 16 non-fiction books, including the number one New

York Times bestseller Tiger Woods with Arm and Catan. His latest book, The Dynasty,

is the definitive inside story of the New England Patriots Dynasty and was published in September

2020. He has also been a special features writer for Sports Illustrated in the Los Angeles Times,

and his essays have been featured in The New York Times. Benedict's stories have been the basis

of segments on 60 minutes, CBS Sunday Morning, HBO Real Sports Discovery Channel,

Good Morning America, 48 hours, NFL Network, NPR, and ESPN's Outside the Lines.

He is also a television and film producer and resides in Connecticut.

This is All-In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question,

what does it really mean to be All-In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

I'm Morgan Jones and I am so excited to have my friend Jeff Benedict on the line with me today,

Jeff. Welcome. Hey, it's great to be here Morgan. Well, I am going to start. Sometimes when we

have people on the show that I know personally, I like to start by giving a little background on

how I know them because otherwise it might be weird at some point in the conversation. I met Jeff

for the first time when I was a freshman at Southern Virginia University and I had gotten special

permission from the school to take an upper-level writing course and Jeff was the professor and I

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