Ep. 177 Defining the American Dream with Roger Bennett

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0	Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them.
0:11.6	I'm your host Tracey Thomas and our guest today is Roger Bennett from the Men and Blazers
0:15.8	Podcast and TV Show, and the author of the New York Times number one bestseller, Reborn
0:21.6	in the USA and Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home.
0:25.0	Today on the show, we explore what it means to be American if you're not born in the
0:28.4	United States.
0:29.8	The ways, the dreams of our youth change as we get older, and of course, we talk a
0:34.3	little sucker.
0:36.4	The Stacks Book Club Pick for August is Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi.
0:40.6	We'll be discussing the book on the show on Wednesday, August 25th with Juliet Lytman.
0:45.3	If you love the Stacks and want to support the show, please consider joining the Stacks
0:48.3	Pack on Patreon.
0:49.7	You earn perks like our monthly virtual book club and shoutouts on the show, but more
0:53.4	important than that, there is no show without the generosity of the Stacks Pack.
0:56.9	So if you like what you hear, please head to patreon.com slash the Stacks and join this
1:01.5	awesome bookish community.
1:04.1	Thank you to our newest members of the Stacks Pack, Amanda Servantes, Shannon, Christina,
1:09.9	and Alex Henson.
1:11.1	I really, really cannot thank you all enough.
1:13.4	All right, now let's get to my conversation with Raj Bennett.
1:16.4	All right, everybody, I'm so excited.
1:22.5	I'm here with Roger Bennett, author of Reborn in the USA.
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