also, by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation, and viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith, he's an award winning writer of book, stories and screenplays whose four decades of credits include the cement garden, imitation game, enduring love, atonement and sweet tooth. he's ian mcewan, this is overheard. >> actually, there are not two sides to every issue. >> i guess we can't fire him now. >> i guess we can't fire him now. [ laughter ] >> the night that i win the emmy. >> being on the supreme court was an improbable dream. >> it's hard work and it's controversial. >> without information there is no freedom and it's journalists who provide that information. >> window rolls down and this guy says, hey, it goes to 11. [ laughter ] [music]. ian mcewan welcome. >> thank you. >> very nice to meet you, congratulation on the new book, the children act, i'd say i love it, but to say one loves your books would be also mass -- masochist. i enjoyed reading this book very much. >> it's a story of love that's hardly expressed, and, yes,

and by the alice kleberg health. and by the alice kleberg reynolds found and viewers like garrison keillor: kwame dawes was born in ghana and grew up in jamaica. he has published 13 books of poetry, many books of fiction, nonfiction and drama, and he's the author of the first in-depth study of the lyrics of bob marley. he teaches at the university of south carolina. he says of his poetry, "often i am not writing to describe what i have seen, but trying to voice what the work is stirring in me." "tornado child." tornado child, tornado child. i, i'm a tornado child. i come like a swirl of black and darken up your day; i whip it all up into my womb, lift you and your things, carry you where you've never been, and maybe, if i feel good, i might bring you back, all warm and scared, heart humming wild like a bird after early sudden flight. 'cause i'm a tornado child. i tremble at the elements. when thunder rolls my mother womb trembles, remembering the tweak of contractions that tightened to a wail when my mother pushed me

also by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation, and viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith, he's a best selling and much admired cook book author, a columnist for the opinion section of the "new york times", and the lead food writer for the paper sunday magazine. he's mark bittman, this is overheard. >> actually, there are not two sides to every issue. >> so i guess we can't fire him now. >> i guess we can't fire him now. the night that i win the emmy. >> being on the supreme court was an improbable dream. >> it's hard work and it's controversial. >> without information there is no freedom and it's journalists who provide that information. >> window rolls down and this guy says, hey, it goes to 11. [ laughter ] >> mark bittman, welcome. >> thanks, evan. >> great to see you, nice to meet you. what did you eat today? [ laughter ] >> chilly quieles what you call migas. >> i have to say i'm a little disappointed, you make me feel guilty. >> i had grapes for breakfast. >> you make me feel guilty, i think you probably in your ze

also by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith. he's an author, blogger and cultural critic, now in his sixth year as an op-ed columnist for "the new york times," the youngest such columnist in the paper's history. he's ross douthat. this is overheard. [applause]. >> actually, there are two sides to every issue. >> so i guess we can't fire him now. >> i guess we can't fire him now. [laughter]. >> the night they win the emmy. >> being on the supreme court was an improbable dream. it's hard work, and it's controversial. >> so without information, there is no freedom, and it's journalist who provides that information. >> window rolls down and this guy says, "hey, he goes until 11." [laughter]. [music]. >> ross douthat, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> nice to see you. you wrote a book that i loved at the time and have thought back on fondly in 2008 called "grand new party," about the republican party, and you had aspirations for the party to become something else or to expand its

also, by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundationand viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith, he's an award winning writer of book, stories and screenplays whose four decades of credits include the cement garden, imitation game, enduring love, atonement and sweet tooth. he's ian mcewan, this is

also by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundationlike you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith. he's an author, blogger and cultural critic, now in his sixth year as an op-ed columnist for "the new york times," the youngest such columnist in the paper's history. he's ross douthat. this is overheard. [applause]. >> actually, there are two sides to every issue. >> so i guess we can't fire him now. >> i guess we can't fire him now. [laughter].

also by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation, and viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith, he's a best selling and much admired cook book author, a columnist for the opinion section of the "new york times", and the lead food writer for the paper sunday magazine. he's mark bittman, this is overheard. >> actually, there are not two sides to every issue. >> so i guess we can't fire him now. >> i guess we can't fire him now. the night tha