and also by the alice clayburg reynolds foundation and also by the alice clayburg reynolds foundationnfare] (jane joyce) polar bears are specially conditioned for life in the harsh arctic environment. polar bears rely on vast expanses of arctic sea ice to hunt for seals in the fall to build up enough fat reserves to carry them through the meltdown in the spring. but the future of the polar bear is literally "on thin ice." the arctic has warmed by 2 to 4 degrees fahrenheit since the 1960's, about twice the rate of the rest of the world. the frozen habitat the bears depend on for survival has shrunk dramatically. arctic ice melts earlier and forms later, shortening the bears' hunting season. polar bears are forced to come ashore earlier, undernourished, or weakened from longer swims in the more open sea. bears have been spotted swimming as far as 60 miles from shore. some have suffered exhaustion and drowned in search of food or an ice floe. in 2004, polar bears were engaged in cannibalism in areas where there was little ice on which to hunt. by century's end, the summer arctic ice is p

and also by the alice clayburg reynolds foundation and viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith. he's been a staff writer at the new yorker since 1963, and over those many years he's written enough pieces about texas food and politics and life in general the aptly named trillin on texas, published by the university of texas press, is in bookstores now. he's calvin trillin. this is overheard. >> calvin trillin, welcome. >> thank you. >> nice to see you again. >> thank you. you too. >> nice to have you back in texas where apparently you've written a ton of pieces about uss did you even know that there was enough.i, i cculdn't believe there were enough to fill a whole book. >> no, i didn't know, actually. >> yeah. >> when the ut press asked me about it i said, i don't think i've written that much about texas. it turned out there were a number of pieces that aren't in there. >> you had to actually leave stuff out. >> yeah. i left stuff. >> we think that texas is enormously interesting, and we don't necessarily expect everybody else does. and so the quest

and also by the alice clayburg reynolds foundation and viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith. he's an emmy and grammy award-nominated actor and writer and radio host whose credits include spinal tap, saturday night live, a mighty wind, le show and the simpsons where you know him as voice of mr. burns, ned flanders, waylon smithers and many other characters. the big uneasy, his documentary about new -- what really happened to new orleans is out now. he's harry shearer. this is overheard. ♪ >> harry shearer, welcome. >> thank you. >> very nice to have you here. >> pleasure to be here. >> nice to be here. >> now this film is not a film about hurricane katrina, the natural disaster. that over. >> that is correct. >> that overcame new orleans. >> well, hurricane katrina was a natural disaster that overcame the, the mississippi gulf coast. >> right. >> what happened in new orleans was, in the words of dr. bob bea of the center for emergency response in berkeley, uc berkeley, a manmade disaster. manmade. >> right. >> .the greatest manmade engineering cat

and also by the alice clayburg reynolds foundation and viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith. she is the founder and ceo of teach for america, which for two decades has recruited the best and brightest college where they're needed most - in urban and rural public schools - for more urban and rrral public schools. her most recent book is "a chance to make history: what wwrks and what doesn't in providing an excellent education for all." she's wendy kopp. this is overheard. >> wendy kopp, welcome. >> thank you. >> very nice to meet you, finally. >> it's nice to be here. >> let me ask you a broad one first. okay? what's wrong with public education today? ú&'s pretty broad. i admit. >> well, you know, the, the most fundamental problem is that still in our country that aspires so admirably to be a place of equal opportunity, where kids are born determines their educational prospects. >> yeah. >> that was the reality 20 years ago. it's still the reality today. and, you know, we have 15 million kids in our country poverty line.elow the >> right. >> half

and also by he alice clayburg reynolds foundation and viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith. sse's an award winning actress acclaimed for her work on stage, on film and television, whose one woman play about the life of former texas governor ann -ichard wills soon are coming to a theater near you're if you're lucky. she's holland taylor. this is overheard. ♪ >> holland, welcome. >> my pleasure. >> the.nice to have you back in texas. >> it's wonderful to be back and to see you because you are one of the very first people i interviewed aaout ann richards four years ago. >> well, i should have asked you this question then, so i'm going to ask it now, and it's the obvious question i think. why ann richards, if you're gong to spend this time- of course so many people in texas know her and have incredibly rich memories of her- but you came to the table as a relative newcomer to ann. >> not only a relatively newcomer to ann, but a relative newcomer to texas. ú&m a yankee through and through, so t does seemú odd. >> yeah. >> .and i can tell you what, som

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