and by the mattson mchail foundation in support of public television. and also by mfi foundation, improving the quality of life within our community. and also by the alice clayburg reynolds foundation and viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith. he's the hipster historian, as comfortable editing hunter s. thompson's letters as ronald reagan's diaries. a professor at rice university, he is an author as popular and critically acclaimed as he is prolific, with six new york times notable books of the year and several best-sellers to his credit. his latest book is the quiet wilderness kingdom, 1879-1960. he's douglas brinkley. this is overheard. cler >> doug, good to see you. >> nice to see you. thanks for having me. >> thank -- thank you for being here. so the -- it's not a coincidence that this is the second book in a row with the word wilderness in the title? >> well that's right. a few years ago i wrote the book called the wilderness warrior on theodore roosevelt and it was really about the birth of conservation in the united states dealing with g

and by the mattson mchail foundation in support of public television. and also by mfi foundation, improving the quality of life within our community. and also by the alice clayburg reynolds foundation and viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm evan smith. he's a standup median and former writer for king of the hill who now has the best giggin faibs business and news as a writer for the daily show with jon stewart. he's wie wyatt ein that cenac as overheard. >> wyatt cenac, welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> very nice to have you here. so it's been now almost two years since you've been a correspondent on the daily show. >> it will be three years in may. >> well, actually almost.it's actually coming on three years. >> yeah. >> right. so do you think of yourself now as a standup comedian who happens to be doing this or do you think of yourself more as a stewart guy as &->> i think i think of myself as a, as a comedian. >> yeah. >> i think most people who see me on the street tend to say, oh, you're that guy from jon daily or you're that guy from colbert