and by claire and carl stuart. - i'm evan smith. he's a much-loved grammy award nominated comedian, writer, and actor whose latest film is the political thriller chappaquiddick. he's jim gaffigan, this is overheard. (applause) let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you could say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it? you saw a problem and over time took it on, and-- (audience laughing) let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you, actually. (audience laughing) (applause) jim gaffigan, welcome. - thank you for having me. - can i confess something when i heard you were in a film called chappaquiddick? i thought, a comedy about chappaquiddick? (audience laughing) - oh, right! - it's not a comedy. - no, it's not a comedy. - it's the actual chappaquiddick. - it's a look at the story that really kin

affairs consultancy, and by claire and carl stuart. - i'm evan smith. she's a veteran magazine journalist whose first two books, just like us and soldier girls, were critical favorites. her third, the newcomers: finding refuge, friendship and hope in an american classroom has just been published. she's helen thorpe, this is overheard. helen thorpe, welcome. - thank you so much. - i'm gonna pretend that we don't know each other. stipulate, we've been friends for - a long time, decades. - 25 years, longer than that. and you know, the thing about this book, which made me cry, and i think is wonderful and is the best of your three books is, i'm overwhelmed with admiration for what you've accomplished here. - thank you so much. - it's a great book and it's a great book right now because of the world we're in and the issues that are before us. and i'm trying to understand, even having read the book and having thought about what you must have been thinking about, how did you know that we would be having this conversation? - i love that you're asking that quest

affairs consultancy, and by claire and carl stuart. - i'm evan smith, he's the president and ceo of the aspen institute, the former editor of time, former ceo of cnn, and the acclaimed biographer of steve jobs, among other consequential figures. his latest book, already a number one bestseller, is leonardo da vinci. he's walter isaacson, this is overheard. let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn, or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you could say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem, and over time, took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you, actually. this is over. (clapping and cheering) walter isaacson, welcome. - thank you so much. - congratulations, another big success. - well, it's great to be back with you, evan, thank you so much. - and it's a wonderful book, i'm moved to ask, although i think i know the answer, why him? you could write abo

i'm evan smith, she's a best-selling, award-winning novelist who's previous books include the history of love and great house, her latest, forest dark, has just been published. she is nicole krauss, this is overheard. (audience clapping) let's be honest, is this about your ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly. how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa and-- you could say that he'd made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you know, you saw a problem and over time, took it on-- let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually. this is over. (audience clapping) nicole krauss, welcome. thank you. congratulations on this book, it's a wonderful read. thank you very much. the thing that i take away from it is really the thing at the end, after you read the story and you're kind of contemplating the meaning of it all, here is this note from you, the author, a couple paragraphs explaining the genesis of the title. and it's the henry l

- [narrator] funding for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation, hillco partners at texas government affairs consultancy, and by claire and carl stuart. - i'm evan smith, he's a four-time grammy winning singer and songwriter, and actor, a photographer, a horse-enthusiast, a style icon, and after all these years, still the most texan texan of the modern era. he's lyle lovett, this is overheard. let's be honest, is this about the ability learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa, you can say he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you know, you saw a problem, and over time, took it on, and let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you, actually. this is overheard. lyle lovett, welcome. - evan, thanks for having me. - nice to be back with you. - congratulations on 16 years of the show! - well, thanks very much. can't believe it, time goes fast. - it was fi