- [announcer] funding for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy. 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

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 first season that we first spo

- [woman] funding for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy. and by claire and carl stuart. and by claire and carl stuart. - i'm evan smith. he's a hall of fame broadcast journalist with nearly 50 years in the employ of cbs news, including 24 as moderator of face the nation. his fifth book, overload: finding the truth in today's deluge of news, has just been published. he's bob schieffer, this is overheard. let's be honest, it 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 this steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you, actually. this is overheard. (applause) (applause) bob schieffer, welcome. - thank you very much. - so good to be with you again. - well, you and i have been friends for a long time. - long time. it's

- [announcer] funding for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy. and by clair and carl stuart. - i'm evan smith, he's the chief white house correspondent for the new york times and the author of four books. most recently, obama the call of history. he's peter baker, this is overheard. (audience 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 can say he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time you 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. this is over. (audience applause) peter baker, welcome. - thank you for having me. - nice to see you, congratulations on this book. - thank you very much. - this is a big book. - it is a big book. - it's a coffee table book and as advertised i went, "oh okay, i'm going to look at it. "it's going to be all pict

- [announcer] funding for overheard with evan smith is provided in part by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by claire and carl stuart. and by claire and carl stuart. - i'm evan smith. she's a next generation journalism star who left a high profile gig at the new york times to become the new white house correspondent for pbs's newshour. she's yamiche alcindor, this is overheard. she's yamiche alcindor, this is overheard. yamiche alcindor welcome, nice to see you. - thanks for having me here. - i'm trying to think about your new job in this way. is being a white house correspondent at the moment the best job ever or the worst job ever? - in my mind it's not the best job ever because i think that there's a lot of jobs in journalism that are amazing, but this is one of the best gigs in town for sure. in dc i think it's the best job, because you have a front row seat to a history making president. before donald trump was elected, i said if we get him, he'll be the first reality tv president. i think that that's completely still true. i think if you are covering donald tr

- [announcer] funding for overhead with evan smith is provided in part by hillco partners, a texas government affairs consultancy, and by claire and carl stuart. and by claire and carl stuart. - i'm evan smith, he's the mayor of south bend indiana, one of the youngest chief executives of a city with 100,000 residents in the united states, and a much buzzed about democrat who many see as a leader of his party and the country in the years to come. he's pete buttigieg, this is overheard. (bright instrumental music) let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is it about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa and-- and you could say that he'd made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it, 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. (laughing) this is overheard. (applauding) (applauding) mr mayor, welcome. - thanks. - nice to see you, so you've been in your current job for