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Rob Benson

Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist; lead vocalist and guitarist for Seattle indie rock band Planets in the Ocean

Jun 23, 2026

Malcolm Brabant
Malcolm BrabantCORRESPONDENT
2:30
But after Brexit, the enterprise collapsed.
2:33
I actually voted to leave.
2:37
But obviously, we were never told the truth as to what the consequences were going to be.
2:42
Now the consequences are out, it's too late.
2:46
How angry are you? Very.
2:48
Oh yeah, very angry.
2:50
It's totally destroyed the business.
Malcolm Brabant
Malcolm BrabantCORRESPONDENT
7:19
Benson likens Brexit to an iceberg and hopes that growing aspirations to reconcile with Europe will gain traction.
41:58
Yeah.
41:58
And it's, I don't, I don't think I've ever said this on anything public before.
42:03
Um, but it comes at the weirdest times.
42:05
I remember being at a, a bar one time just having a dinner and a me- a meal and a drink, and the guy next to me sits down, and some voice in my head is like, "Please ask him about the rose, or thank him about the roses." I'm likeAnd I'm like, I walk in the bathroom, like the voice just keeps, "Please, please." And it's, I ...
42:24
It was just so like, "Please ask him.
42:26
Tell him thank you for the ..." Just like, and I go, "God, this is awful." I'm gonna sound like such a...
42:31
And I go, "Dude, I don't even know who you are or anything, and I'm gonna sound crazy here, but, um, can you tell me about the rose and, and something about thank you for..." And he's like, he looks at me and just, and he's shaking.

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54:51
Yeah.

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