Overheard with Evan Smith

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  E1Lyle Lovett

  Aug 31, 2017

  Lyle Lovett is a singer, composer and actor that has released 14 albums that fuse elements of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel and blues. He has won four Grammy Awards, including Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best country Album.

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  E2Al Franken

  Oct 2, 2017

  Al Franken is the U.S. Senator of Minnesota. Before running for the Senate, Sen. Franken spent 37 years as a comedy writer, author and radio talk show host. He is best known for his stint on Saturday Night Live during the 1970s and 1980s.

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  E3Katy Tur

  Oct 6, 2017

  Evan talks with Katy Tur, NBC News correspondent and an anchor for MSNBC Live. Tur received a 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. Her book, Unbelievable, reflects on her coverage of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

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  E4Ben Domenech

  Oct 26, 2017

  Evan talks with Benjamin Domenech, the publisher of The Federalist, host of The Federalist Radio Hour, and writer of The Transom, a daily subscription newsletter for political insiders. Domenech co-founded Redstate.

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  E5Jason Kander

  Nov 2, 2017

  Evan talks to Jason Kander, the president of Let America Vote, an organization that fights against voter suppression laws. Kander is a former Army Captain and Missouri's former Secretary of State.

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  E1Joyce Banda

  Oct 3, 2013

  Joyce Banda is Malawi's first female president. She served as Minister of Foreign of Affairs and Vice President. Banda is an advocate for women's and children's rights. Forbes magazine named her one of Africa's most powerful women.

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  E2Richard M. Daley

  Oct 10, 2013

  Richard M. Daley is the longest-serving mayor in the history of Chicago, following his father. Daley served in the Illinois State Senate and as the Cook County State's Attorney. He left office in 2011.

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  E3Aimee Mann

  Oct 31, 2013

  Aimee Mann lead the 80s new-wave group Til Tuesday before embarking on a solo career. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her song "Save Me," from the film Magnolia. Her most recent album Charmer was released in 2012.

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  E4Eugene Robinson

  Nov 7, 2013

  Eugene Robinson is a columnist for The Washington Post. He won the Pulitzer in 2009 for Commentary for his writing about the 2008 campaign and the historical significance of the election of the first African-American president.

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  E5Jonathan Alter

  Nov 14, 2013

  Jonathan Alter is an author and commentator, who was at Newsweek for close to three decades. He has written three New York Times best-sellers about American presidents. Alter's most recent book is The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies.

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  E6Jonathan Lethem

  Nov 21, 2013

  Jonathan Lethem is an award-winning, best-selling novelist, essayist and short story writer. Lethem's most recent novel, released in September, is Dissident Gardens.

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  E7Mark Kelly

  Nov 28, 2013

  Mark Kelly is a retired astronaut and decorated U.S. Naval officer who has become one of the most famous advocates for gun violence prevention in America with his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

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  E1Joe Klein

  Oct 6, 2011

  Joe Klein talks about the primaries and the latest from Washington. Longtime wonks might know him best as the mysterious Anonymous, author of the novel Primary Colors, which took heavy inspiration from the Clinton administration.

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  E2John Heilemann

  Oct 13, 2011

  You know John Heilemann from his New York magazine work, his TV news analysis and his mega-best-selling book Game Change, co-written with Mark Halperin. The HBO movie airs soon and a 2012 follow-up is on the way. Can't wait.

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  E3Margaret Hoover

  Oct 20, 2011

  Margaret Hoover is a FOX News commentator with a magnificent Republican pedigree - but she'not your typical FOX News Republican. Her new book is American Individualism: How a New Generation of Conservatives Can Save the Republican Party.

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  E4Andrew Card

  Oct 27, 2011

  Andrew Card served at the highest levels of government in the last three Republican administrations, most recently as George W. Bush's Chief of Staff. He's currently acting dean of Texas A&M's Bush School of Government and Public Service.

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  E5Juan Williams

  Nov 3, 2011

  Veteran political journalist Juan Williams spent 23 years at the Washington Post and eleven years as a senior news analyst at NPR. He's now a political analyst for Fox News. His new book is Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate.

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  E6Bill Keller

  Nov 10, 2011

  Bill Keller stepped down as executive editor of The New York Times after more than 8 years in that highest-of-all-high-impact journalism jobs, during which time the paper won 18 Pulitzers. His next chapter: columnist and magazine writer.

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  E7Andy Borowitz

  Nov 17, 2011

  Andy Borowitz is a comedian, satirist and New Yorker magazine contributor whose fake news web site, The Borowitz Report, and its accompanying social media extensions should be at the top of everyone's must-read list.

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  E8Jim Lehrer

  Dec 1, 2011

  Jim Lehrer is a veteran journalist and prolific author whose measured, congenial presence on public TV has been a welcome respite from the incivility of the world for more than four decades. His latest book is Tension City.

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  E9Susan Orlean

  Dec 8, 2011

  Susan Orlean is a veteran and much-loved New Yorker writer whose credits include The Orchid Thief, Saturday Night and the anthology The Bullfighter Checks Her Make-up. Her latest book is Rin Tin Tin: The Life and The Legend.

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  E10Len Downie

  Dec 15, 2011

  Len Downie spent 44 years as a reporter and editor at the Washington Post, retiring in 2008 as executive editor. During his 17 years in charge, the Post won 25 Pulitzer Prizes. Today he's a professor at ASU's Cronkite School.

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  E11John Hodgman

  Jan 5, 2011

  John Hodgman is an actor, author and humorist best known for his regular contributions to The Daily Show and his star turn on those Mac vs. PC commercials. His most recent book is That is All.

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  E12Bill Moyers

  Jan 12, 2011

  Bill Moyers is an icon of public media and progressive politics whose first job in journalism - as a cub reporter in Marshall, Texas - was six decades ago. His newest public television show, Moyers and Company, debuts this month.

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  E13Jeff Tweedy

  Jan 19, 2012

  Jeff Tweedy is a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose critically acclaimed, creatively adventurous band Wilco has just released its eighth studio album, The Whole Love - the first on its own record label.

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  E14Molly Shannon

  Jan 26, 2012

  Molly Shannon is an Emmy-nominated actress and comedian whose credits include Never Been Kissed, Kath and Kim and Saturday Night Live, where she spent six years as a cast member. Her first book is Tilly the Trickster.

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  E15Nick Lowe

  Feb 2, 2012

  Nick Lowe is the self-described "headmaster of British rock" - a much-admired songwriter, musician and producer with four-plus decades of music to his name and a recently-released 13th studio album.

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  E16Russell Banks

  Feb 19, 2012

  Russell Banks is an admired and accomplished American novelist whose credits include Affliction and The Sweet Hereafter - which, not insignificantly, were made into pretty terrific movies. His new novel is Lost Memory of Skin.

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  E17Dylan Ratigan

  Feb 16, 2012

  Dylan Ratigan is the feisty host of a daily MSNBC talk show whose first book, Greedy Bastards, rails against what he calls government corruption and corporate communism. He's traveling the country to explore the root causes of unemployment.

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  E18Deepak Chopra

  Mar 1, 2012

  Deepak Chopra is the world's most celebrated practitioner of mind-body medicine - a champion of physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social wellness. He's written more than 60 books, including 19 New York Times best-sellers.

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  E19Meat Loaf

  Mar 22, 2012

  Meat Loaf is an iconic rock and roll singer whose 1977 Bat Out of Hell is one of the best-selling albums of all time, with over 43 million copies sold. He's also an actor whose credits include The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Fight Club.

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  E20Jill Abramson

  Mar 29, 2012

  Jill Abramson is the top editor of The New York Times - the first woman ever to serve in that capacity in the paper's 160-year history.

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  E21Seymour Hersh

  Apr 5, 2012

  Seymour Hersh is a venerated investigative reporter for The New Yorker who published his first piece in the magazine 41 years ago. He's won a Pulitzer Prize, two National Magazine Awards, five George Polk Awards, and countless other honors.

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  E22Howard Fineman

  Apr 12, 2012

  Howard Fineman is the editorial director of the AOL Huffington Post Media Group and an NBC and MSNBC political analyst who previously spent thirty years writing and blogging and columnizing about politics for Newsweek.

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  E23Elie Wiesel

  Apr 19, 2012

  Elie Wiesel is a tireless activist, celebrated humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner. His lectures and writings on his experiences in the concentration camps have enlightened generations about the horrors of the Holocaust.

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  E24Richard Linklater

  May 3, 2012

  Richard Linklater is a director/screenwriter. He founded the Austin Film Society in 1985 together with his frequent collaborator Lee Daniel, and is lauded for launching and solidifying the city of Austin as a hub for independent filmmaking.

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  E25Mark Updegrove

  May 10, 2012

  Mark Updegrove is the director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum and the author of several books on the American presidency - most recently Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency.

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  E26Chris Isaak

  May 17, 2012

  Chris Isaak is a stylishly retro rock musician and sometime actor who covers Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and other Sun Records legends on his most recent release, Beyond the Sun.

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  E27Robert Caro

  Jun 7, 2012

  Robert Caro is a two-time Pulitzer winner whose multiple volumes about Lyndon Johnson have reinvigorated and reset the bar for biography. The magnificent fourth volume, The Passage of Power, has just been published.

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  E28Leonard Pitts, Jr.

  Jul 12, 2012

  Leonard Pitts, Jr. is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Miami Herald whose latest book, Freeman, a novel set in the months following the Confederate surrender, was recently published.

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  E29Michael Morton

  Jul 19, 2012

  Michael Morton spent 25 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit: the murder of his wife. In late 2011, he became the 45th person in the state of Texas to be exonerated based on DNA evidence.

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  E30Gary Johnson

  Nov 6, 2012

  Gary Johnson is a former two-term Republican governor of New Mexico who's running for President of the United States as the nominee of the Libertarian Party.

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