Men In Blazers’ Roger Bennett loves soccer and America

Channels with Peter Kafka

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4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Roger Bennett is half of Men In Blazers, the entertaining podcast/broadcast duo dedicated to Americans who love soccer. So he’s an excellent person to talk to Recode’s Peter Kafka about the state of the world’s most popular sport, and why an attempt to create a “Super League” failed dramatically. Bennett, born and raised in Liverpool, is also a huge fan of America and Americans, which he describes in his new memoir: "(Re)Born In The USA: An Englishman’s Love Letter to His Chosen Home”. Featuring: Roger Bennett (@rogbennett), podcaster and TV broadcaster Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.6	This is Recode Media with Peter Kafka.
1:08.6	That is me.
1:09.7	And I am talking to Roger Bennett. He is the co-host of the
1:12.8	long-running men in Blazers podcast, TV show, live show, fan club soccer empire. Welcome, Roger.
1:20.9	Oh, Peter Kafka, I've got to say, it is a joy to be here. I listen to your podcast all the time. And your voice is like the
1:29.4	sirens in the Odyssey. And I'm going to have to tie myself to the mass like Odysseus so we can
1:35.1	just get through this. See, this is the advantage of having a classical British education,
1:39.5	which we can discuss because you've written a book about it. It's called Reborn in the USA.
1:43.6	It's an Englishman's love letter to his chosen home.
1:46.0	But now you live in America.
1:47.6	You are an American citizen.
1:49.5	And I wanted to have you on to talk about soccer, as we call it here, and why we should
1:56.0	pay attention to it and capitalism.
1:58.7	That's a big chunk of it right now.
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