for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy and by klru's producer's circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the great austin texas community. - i'm evan smith. he's a rock and roll hall of famer and grammy lifetime achievement award winner, who co-founded the beach boys 55 years ago. his best selling memoir good vibrations, my life as a beach boy has just been published. he's mike love, this is overheard. (overheard opening theme) mike love, welcome. - oh, it's great to be here. - an honor to meet you, sir. congratulations on the book. - thank you very much. - what took you so long? i can't believe this is the first time that you have told your story. it's 55 years with the beach boys. you've been at this as long as you have. everybody knows you, they think they know you. what took you so long? - one problem is, i know what i've done. now there's been a lot of versions of what has been done by the beach boys. - [evan] others have told-- - yeah, oth

and hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy. and by klru's producers circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the greater austin, texas community. - i'm evan smith. she's a grammy award winning singer-songwriter whose latest album, a collaboration with fellow grammy award winner steve earle is called, appropriately enough, colvin and earle. she's shawn colvin. this is overheard. (piano music) shawn colvin, welcome. - [shawn] thank you. - [eric] nice to see you again. - [shawn] you too. - [eric] it's so nice to hear your voice coming out of a record, i have to tell you the great fun i've had over the last couple of weeks listening to this record. it reminds me how much i enjoy hearing your music. - thank you. - and it's a really great, and interesting, and different record. it's very spare, very raw, and casual. not is as if pejorative i say that, but it just doesn't feel like it's been over-produced and over done. feel like you all had fun - that's a great compliment. - [eric] making it. -

for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by klru's producers circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the greater austin, texas, community. - i'm evan smith. he's a familiar face on msnbc, a host and guest host of various shows, a political correspondent, and your one-stop shop for election night data and demographic analysis. he's steve kornacki, this is overheard. (applause) (light keyboard music) 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 and elsewhere? not to 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. (laughter) (applause) steve kornacki, welcome. - sure, thank you. - thank you very much for being here.

for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation, and hillco partners: a texas government affairs consultancy, and by klru's producers circle, ensuring local programming that reflects athe character and interestsle, of the greater austin, texas community. - i'm evan smith, she's a veteran print and broadcast journalist, who co-hosts national public radio's best-in-class afternoon news magazine, all things considered, and hosts npr's deep dive news podcast, embedded. she's kelly mcevers, this is overheard. - [evan 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 had 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 overheard. - kelly mcevers, welcome. - thanks for having me. - nice to have you,

for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and hillco partnerstexas government affairs consultancy, and by klru's producers circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the greater austin, texas, community. - i'm evan smith. he's a familiar face on msnbc, a host and guest host of various shows, a political correspondent, and your one-stop shop for election night data and demographic analysis. he's steve kornacki, this is overheard. (applause) (light keyboard music) 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 and elsewhere? not to 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?

for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation, and hillco partnersa texas government affairs consultancy, and by klru's producers circle, ensuring local programming that reflects athe character and interestsle, of the greater austin, texas community. - i'm evan smith, she's a veteran print and broadcast journalist, who co-hosts national public radio's best-in-class afternoon news magazine, all things considered, and hosts npr's deep dive news podcast, embedded. she's kelly mcevers, this is overheard. - [evan 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 had 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.

and hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy. and by klru's producers circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the greater austin, texas community. - i'm evan smith. she's a grammy award winning singer-songwriter whose latest album, a collaboration with fellow grammy award winner steve earle is called, appropriately enough, colvin and earle. she's shawn colvin. this is overheard. (piano music)

for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by the alice kleberg reynolds foundation and hillco partners government affairs consultancy and by klru's producer's circle, ensuring local programming that reflects the character and interests of the great austin texas community. - i'm evan smith. he's a rock and roll hall of famer and grammy lifetime achievement award winner, who co-founded the beach boys 55 years ago. his best selling memoir good vibrations, my life as a beach boy has just been published. he's mike love, this is overheard. (overheard opening theme)