#1 New York Times Bestselling Author, (Re)Born in the USA; Co-Host of NBC's Men in Blazers
Roger Bennett: Biography at a Glance
- Roger Bennett is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reborn in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home.
- The hilarious memoir is a love letter to his adopted home country of the United States, tracing his journey from young boy in 1980’s Liverpool to become the quintessential Englishman in New York. Bennett's unique storytelling not only serves as a remarkable reminder of what it means to pursue the American dream, but what that dream should—and still can—represent.
- A writer, broadcaster, filmmaker, Bennett is co-host of NBC’s Men In Blazers Show, which has become one of the most listened to football platforms in the world.
- He is also the co-author of Bar Mitzvah Disco, Camp Camp, And You Shall Know Us By the Trail of Our Vinyl, and, most recently, The ESPN World Cup Companion.
- Bennett is a weekly regular on MSNBC's Morning Joe, and host of HBO's Succession Podcast. He has written about sports, music, and culture for the New York Times, ESPN: The Magazine, and Time, among others.
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Roger Bennett is the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Reborn in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home, released by Dey Street. The book tells the story of growing up in Liverpool, England in the 1980s when the city was falling apart at the seams, and surviving by dreaming of the United States, via the stream of movies, music, and raft of television shows, which made the USA appear as a magical land of possibility and courage. A writer, broadcaster, filmmaker, Bennett is co-host of NBC’s Men In Blazers Show, which has become one of the most listened to football platforms in the world. He is a weekly regular on MSNBC's Morning Joe, and host of HBO's Succession Podcast.
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(Re)Born in the USA: Celebrating the American Dream
With the same razor-sharp wit and heartfelt humor that has made him beloved by listeners, Roger Bennett reminds audiences of all the things that we love about America.
As told in his #1 New York Times bestseller, (Re)Born in the USA, Bennett traces his truly unique coming-of-age story – from the dull gray of Liverpool to the neon teal of 1980’s America – offering a fresh perspective on the aspirational joy that comes with being an American.
At a time when the country needs it most, Bennett's hilarious, keenly observed, and universal story will find audiences falling in love all over again with the place we call home.
