Simon Bennett

Simon Bennett (Sportsnet) starts the podcast off by shocking Clay with the reason his kids can’t watch Star Wars (05:45), before continuing to discuss his decade-long career with the Marlies (15:20) and his journey from Germany to Canada at the ripe ‘ol age of 11 (19:50). Simon discusses how he started as an intern at the Score (29:01) and learning from the consummate professional that is Elliott Freidman (37:15) before taking his anger out on the aristocracy (44:05). Simon and Clay compare notes on their guilty pleasures on TV (45:50), Clay plans to open the world’s most boring museum (51:20) and Simon leaves us with some parting wisdom from his years in the industry (53:50).

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