Overheard with Evan Smith - Season 8

First aired: 8/31/2017 5 episodes

Episodes

1. Lyle Lovett

Aired: 8/31/2017

Lyle Lovett is a singer, composer and actor that has released 14 albums that fuse elements of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel and blues. He has won four Grammy Awards, including Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best country Album.

2. Al Franken

Aired: 10/2/2017

Al Franken is the U.S. Senator of Minnesota. Before running for the Senate, Sen. Franken spent 37 years as a comedy writer, author and radio talk show host. He is best known for his stint on Saturday Night Live during the 1970s and 1980s.

3. Katy Tur

Aired: 10/6/2017

Evan talks with Katy Tur, NBC News correspondent and an anchor for MSNBC Live. Tur received a 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. Her book, Unbelievable, reflects on her coverage of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

4. Ben Domenech

Aired: 10/26/2017

Evan talks with Benjamin Domenech, the publisher of The Federalist, host of The Federalist Radio Hour, and writer of The Transom, a daily subscription newsletter for political insiders. Domenech co-founded Redstate.

5. Jason Kander

Aired: 11/2/2017

Evan talks to Jason Kander, the president of Let America Vote, an organization that fights against voter suppression laws. Kander is a former Army Captain and Missouri's former Secretary of State.