Roger Bennett

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657 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 30 Jul

Roger Bennett’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant · Why Sports Matter Even When the Game Doesn’t with Roger Bennett · 30 Jul 2026 podcast

I just reread it over the weekend. matched

It's actually quite dark. matched

Without DoorDash, I would have never seen... matched

I was in a basement for much of the World Cup, just working, taping, filming, communing. matched

I rarely saw the light of day, but it was magnificent because of that sense of global connection, which is at the heart of the thing. matched

And the power of the tournament, the football world. matched

It was central and is central, but it's really a global eclipse, the World Cup, where for 39 days, a global eclipse that strikes the whole planet in its entirety for the whole time. matched

And it emanated gloriously from North America, which made it all the more special, all the more meaningful. matched

I'm sure we'll talk about it. matched

But that narrative... matched

is really beautiful because the game is now marketed in the social media age through individuals. matched

Young TikTokers view highlights. matched

They don't watch full 90 minutes. matched

They commune with the game differently. matched

And so the star players become giants that... matched

Walk amongst us, you know, Lionel Messi, tiny little Ewok of joy. matched

You know, Erling Haaland, the Norwegian Shaquille O'Neal in football boots. matched

Oh, even if he's never played, I'm sure his percentage would pretty quickly be, would be better than Shaq's. matched

But the thing they share is a lethal clinicality and a hyper competitiveness. matched

And then off the field, they both have a deeply goofy persona, which is incredibly endearing and very, very, matched

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