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)

• Margaret Tatcher

• Billy Elliott (Stephen Daldry, 2000)

• Chicago Bears 1986

• Ronald Regan

• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes, 1986)

• William "Refrigerator" Perry

• Langston Hughes

• Albert Camus

• 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)

• John Green

• The Smiths

• Phil Collins

• Chuck Klosterman

• Miami Vice (NBC)

• Don Johnson

• Tracy Chapman

• Run DMC

• Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

• Beyonce

• Euro Cup 2020

• Manchester City

• Raheem Sterling

• Phil Foden

• Pep Guardiola

• "Inside the Mind of Pep Guardiola with Roger Bennett" (NBC Sports)

• Steve Kerr

• Liverpool

• "The Men in Blazers Show with Steve Kerr" (Men in Blazers, NBC)

• Lionel Messi

• Cristiano Ronaldo

• "It Was All a Dream" (Raheem Sterling, The Player's Tribune)

• Gareth Southgate

• Marcus Rashford

• Jadon Sancho

• Bukayo Saka

• Kevin De Bruyne

• Oleksandr Zinchenko

• Simone Biles

• Patrick Vieira

• Michael Jordan

• "Euros and taking the knee: Why some England fans say they are booing players" (BBC)

• Monty Williams

• Churchill War Rooms

• Winston Churchill

• Battle of Britain

• Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis, 2000)

• Tom Hanks

• Home and Hosed (Triple J)

• Skyline Chili

• Fargo Rock City by Chuck Klosterman

• The Selected Works of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde

• The Complete Works of Primo Levy

• Tracy Chapman at Nelson Mandela Concert (1988)

• Stevie Wonder

• "I Just Called to Say I love You" (Stevie Wonder, 1984)

• "Fast Car" (Tracy Chapman, 1988)

• Wembley Stadium

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