also, by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy. and, by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith, he's a former mayor of charlotte, north carolina, now in year three as the united states secretary of transportation. he's the honorable anthony foxx, this is overheard. let's be honest, so 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 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 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 over. (audience cheering and applause) mister secretary, welcome. - thank you very much evan. - [evan] an honor to have you here. - it's great to be here. - let me ask you to grade the nation's transportation system don't grade on a curve, i want hard grading like you used to get at davidson, a

also by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy. and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith, he's a four time academy award nominee, twice an actor and twice as a screenwriter, who's new film is born to be blue, about the life of the jazz trumpeter chet baker. he's ethan hawke, this is overheard. - [voiceover] 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 overtime took it on... let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak, are you going to run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually. this is overheard. (applause) - ethan hawke, welcome. - thank you. - nice to see you again. - yeah, nice to see you. - i'm inclined to ask you why chet baker, but it turns out this is not the first time you've thought about playing chet baker on film. - no, interestingly...

also, by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith. he's an independent film icon, and five time academy award nominee, whose credits include boyhood, slacker, dazed and confused, bernie, and school of rock. his latest film, everybody wants some, has just opened. he's richard linklater. this is overheard. (exciting music) (applause) (evan talking) (people laughing) (exciting music) (applause) - rick linklater, welcome. - always great to be here. - thank you very much for being here. congratulations. you know i love this movie. i've seen it so many times. i'm the most prepared i've ever been for an interview. - that's amazing. - it's great. but, you know, i think, actually, so generationally, we're not the same age, but we're close enough. this spoke to me as i suspect it spoke to you, and came from you, because this is the story of our lives at that point. - college. you know, i made a high school movie a long time ago, so the idea of making a college movie hit me probably in like 2002. it took a while for that desir

also by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith. he's an iconic emmy award winning and academy award nominated documentary filmmaker whose credits include the civil war, baseball, and jazz. his latest film for pbs is jackie robinson. he's ken burns. this is overheard. let's me honest. this is about the ability to learn about the experience of not having been taught properly. how would you avoid it? what has befallen other nations in africa? and you could say he made his own bed, but you cause 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 a f from you actually. this is over. (applause) ken burns, welcome. - thank you. - honored to meet you, great to have you here. - it's my pleasure. - congratulations on this wonderful project. - thank you very much. i should say that's it's the great good fortune of growing old and public television that i share the authorship of this with sarah burns and d

also, by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy. and, by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith, he's a former mayor of charlotte, north carolina, now in year three as the united states secretary of transportation. he's the honorable anthony foxx, this is overheard. let's be honest, so 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 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 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 over.

also, by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith. he's an independent film icon, and five time academy award nominee, whose credits include boyhood, slacker, dazed and confused, bernie, and school of rock. his latest film, everybody wants some, has just opened. he's richard linklater. this is overheard. (exciting music) (applause) (evan talking) (people laughing) (exciting music)

also by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith. he's an iconic emmy award winning and academy award nominated documentary filmmaker whose credits include the civil war, baseball, and jazz. his latest film for pbs is jackie robinson. he's ken burns. this is overheard. let's me honest. this is about the ability to learn about the experience of not having been taught properly. how would you avoid it? what has befallen other nations in africa? and you could say he made his own bed, but you cause 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.

also by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy.ice kleberg reynolds foundation. - i'm evan smith, he's a four time academy award nominee, twice an actor and twice as a screenwriter, who's new film is born to be blue, about the life of the jazz trumpeter chet baker. he's ethan hawke, this is overheard. - [voiceover] 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 overtime took it on... let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak, are you going to run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually.