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In the Studio: Lawrence Wright tapes Overheard 1/25

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Please join KLRU’s Overheard with Evan Smith for an interview with Pulitzer Prize winning author Lawrence Wright.

DATE: January 25
TIME: 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
LOCATION: KLRU’s Studio 6A (map)
RSVP: The event is free but an RSVP is required. RSVP now

Lawrence Wright’s book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief, will be available for purchase at the taping courtesy of Book People.

Lawrence Wright is a Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author. He’s written extensively about Al-Qaeda for The New Yorker and in a highly-acclaimed book. Now, Wright is eliciting threats by tackling another controversial topic: Scientology. His 8th book follows the history of the church through its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and its more famous members like John Travolta and Tom Cruise. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief will be published January 17.

We hope you’ll be there as Overheard with Evan Smith continues a third season of great conversation with fascinating people, always on the news and always with a sense of humor. The show features in-depth interviews with a mix of guests from politics, the arts, literature, journalism, business, sports and more, and reaches PBS viewers from California to Florida. We’d love to see you in the studio for the interview, and for a chance to join the audience Q&A after the interview. Watch past episodes and audience Q&A segments of Overheard with Evan Smith at klru.org/overheard.

In the Studio: Newt Gingrich tapes Overheard 11/15

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Please join KLRU’s Overheard with Evan Smith for an interview with Newt Gingrich
DATE: November 15
TIME: 2 p.m. (doors open at 1:30 p.m.)
LOCATION: KLRU’s Studio 6A (map)
RSVP: The event is free but an RSVP is required. RSVP now

Newt Gingrich talks about how the recent election results will shape the country — and how things may have been different if he’d been the Republican Party’s presidential nominee. The former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has been called “the indispensable leader” by The Washington Times and Time magazine named him Man of the Year in 1995, saying, “Leaders make things possible. Exceptional leaders make them inevitable. Newt Gingrich belongs in the category of exceptional.” Gingrich is the author of 23 books, including thirteen New York Times bestsellers. His newest historical fiction novel, Victory at Yorktown, was released earlier this month and is the third novel in his George Washington series.

We hope you’ll be there as Overheard with Evan Smith begins a third season of great conversation with fascinating people, always on the news and always with a sense of humor. The show features in-depth interviews with a mix of guests from politics, the arts, literature, journalism, business, sports and more, and reaches PBS viewers from California to Florida. We’d love to see you in the studio for the interview, and for a chance to join the audience Q&A after the interview. Watch past episodes and audience Q&A segments of Overheard with Evan Smith at klru.org/overheard

In the Studio: Martin O’Malley tapes Overheard 11/15

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Please join KLRU’s Overheard with Evan Smith for an interview with Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley

DATE: November 15
TIME: 9:45 a.m. (doors open at 9:15 a.m.)
LOCATION: KLRU’s Studio 6A (map)
RSVP: The event is free but an RSVP is required. RSVP now

Governor O’Malley was elected to a second term two years ago, with 56% of the vote. He’s a Democrat who served as mayor of Baltimore before running for Governor. And his administration claims a broad mix of successes: job creation, a top-ranked public school system, moves to keep tuition affordable at public colleges and universities, lower crime, environmental protections for the Chesapeake Bay and affordable taxes. It’s a record that has many people asking if O’Malley will run for President in 2016. Join us to learn more about what O’Malley is doing in Maryland, and what the future might bring.

We hope you’ll be there as Overheard with Evan Smith begins a third season of great conversation with fascinating people, always on the news and always with a sense of humor. The show features in-depth interviews with a mix of guests from politics, the arts, literature, journalism, business, sports and more, and reaches PBS viewers from California to Florida. We’d love to see you in the studio for the interview, and for a chance to join the audience Q&A after the interview. Watch past episodes and audience Q&A segments of Overheard with Evan Smith at klru.org/overheard

In the Studio: Fran Lebowitz tapes Overheard 11/14

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Please join KLRU’s Overheard with Evan Smith for an interview with Fran Lebowitz
DATE: November 14
TIME: 2:30 pm. (doors open at 2 pm)
LOCATION: KLRU’s Studio 6A (map).
RSVP: The event is free but an RSVP is required. RSVP now

It’s been written that cultural satirist Fran Lebowitz “disapproves of virtually everything except sleep, cigarette smoking, and good furniture.” And that’s precisely what makes listening to her so much fun. The UT Performing Arts Center is bringing Lebowitz to town, to speak with Frank Rich about the election results. Join us for a post-election conversation with the woman who’s been called the heir to Dorothy Parker.

We hope you’ll be there as Overheard with Evan Smith begins a third season of great conversation with fascinating people, always on the news and always with a sense of humor. The show features in-depth interviews with a mix of guests from politics, the arts, literature, journalism, business, sports and more, and reaches PBS viewers from California to Florida. We’d love to see you in the studio for the interview, and for a chance to join the audience Q&A after the interview.

In the Studio: David Cross tapes Overheard 11/4

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Please join KLRU’s Overheard with Evan Smith for an interview with David Cross
DATE: November 4
TIME: 1 p.m. (Doors open at 12:30 p.m.)
LOCATION: KLRU’s Studio 6A (map).
The event is free but an RSVP is required. RSVP now

Actor, comedian and writer David Cross is known for his work in both movies and on television.  He’s appeared regularly on both Arrested Development and the sketch comedy series Mr. Show, and has also played parts in Strangers with Candy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Modern Family. He also has a recurring spot on The Colbert Report, where he has played the part of a liberal radio host from Madison.  His movie roles include Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Kung Fu Panda.

We hope you’ll be there as Overheard with Evan Smith begins a third season of great conversation with fascinating people, always on the news and always with a sense of humor.  The show features in-depth interviews with a mix of guests from politics, the arts, literature, journalism, business, sports and more, and reaches PBS viewers from California to Florida.  We’d love to see you in the studio for the interview, and for a chance to join the audience Q&A after the interview.

In the Studio: Overheard tapes Wolf, Maraniss, Toobin and Balaban 10/27

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Join KLRU for several Oveheard tapings during the Texas Book Festival.  Doors will open at 9:30 am on Saturday, 10/27, for a series of interviews with authors featured in this year’s Texas Book Festival.

One RSVP will grant you admission to all four tapings on 10/27. RSVP now
10:15 am Naomi Wolf (doors at 9:30 am)
11:15 am David Maraniss (doors as soon as Wolf interview complete)
12:45 pm Jeffrey Toobin (doors as soon as Maraniss interview complete)
5:45 pm Bob Balaban (doors open at 5 pm)

All tapings take place in KLRU’s Studio 6A (map)

10:15 am Naomi Wolf RSVP now
Author and activist Naomi Wolf grabbed attention in the early 1990s with her international bestseller The Beauty Myth. The book explored the widespread marketing of unrealistic standards of beauty by the fashion and cosmetics industries, as well as the impact those messages have on women, and it made Wolf a major voice in feminism. Since then, Wolf has written widely about politics, activism and women’s issues. She’s in Austin to speak at the Texas Book Festival about her new book, Vagina: A Cultural History.

11:15 am David Maraniss RSVP now
David Maraniss is a Pulitzer Prize winner with extensive experience as a reporter, editor, and author. He’s written five bestselling books, including a biography of Bill Clinton, a history of the 1960 Rome Olympics, a biography of Vince Lombardi and a history of the Vietnam era. His latest book is Barack Obama: The Story, which uses hundreds of interviews to chronicle the President’s family history and his life before he entered politics. Here’s your opportunity to hear Maraniss talk about the President just days before the election. We thank the Texas Book Festival for bringing him to Austin.

12:45 pm Jeffrey Toobin RSVP now
Jeffrey Toobin’s newly-published book, The Oath: The Obama White House vs. the Supreme Court, explores the complicated relationship between the Obama administration and the Roberts court. It’s the latest hit from Toobin, a staff writer for The New Yorker and CNN legal analyst. Join us to hear Toobin’s take on the impact of Citizens United, UT’s recent affirmative action arguments before the US Supreme Court, the likely impact of the election on the Court and more. We thank the Texas Book Festival for bringing Toobin to Austin.

5:45 pm Bob Balaban RSVP now
Actor Bob Balaban’s film career stretches from 1969’s Midnight Cowboy to last year’s Moonrise Kingdom. Between those roles, he has played an alien interpreter in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the head of NBC in both Seinfield and The Late Shift, and a part in every Christopher Guest movie. Balaban’s work on Broadway earned him a Tony nomination, and he produced Robert Altman’s Gosford Park, which was nominated for Best Picture. He also has recurring roles in some of the most-respected shows on television. Balaban is in Austin for the Texas Book Festival to discuss his work as the author of a series of children’s novels about a bionic dog named McGrowl.

In the Studio: Rajiv Chandrasekaran tapes Overheard 10/29

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Please join KLRU’s Overheard with Evan Smith for an interview with Rajiv Chandrasekaran

DATE: Monday, October 29
TIME: 5:15 p.m. (Doors open at 4:45 p.m.)
LOCATION: KLRU’s Studio 6A (map).
RSVP: The event is free but an RSVP is required. RSVP now

Author and journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran is the author of the bestselling and widely praised book Imperial Life in the Emerald City, an account of American reconstruction in Iraq. That book makes the most of Chandrasekaran’s time as Washington Post bureau chief in Baghdad in 2003 and 2004. He has a similar understanding of Afghanistan, which is the subject of his new book. Chandrasekaran covered events in that country for The Post from 2009 to 2001 and has just published Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan.

We hope you’ll be there as Overheard with Evan Smith continues a third season of great conversation with fascinating people, always on the news and always with a sense of humor. The show features in-depth interviews with a mix of guests from politics, the arts, literature, journalism, business, sports and more, and reaches PBS viewers from California to Florida. We’d love to see you in the studio for the interview, and for a chance to join the audience Q&A after the interview.

In the Studio: Overheard Diane Ravitch 10/1

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Please join KLRU’s Overheard with Evan Smith for an interview with Diane Ravitch

DATE: October 1
TIME: 10:45 am (Doors open at 10:15)
LOCATION: KLRU’s Studio 6A (map)
RSVP: The event is free but an RSVP is required. RSVP now

Diane Ravitch is one of the country’s leading thinkers about education. She’s a bestselling author and a former Assistant Secretary of Education, and she routinely speaks out when education is in the news. Ravitch has been a major voice on many of the hottest issues in public education: standardized testing, using test scores to measure teachers, charter schools, collective bargaining by teachers and the recent Chicago teachers’ strike.

We hope you’ll be there as Overheard with Evan Smith begins a third season of great conversation with fascinating people, always on the news and always with a sense of humor. The show features in-depth interviews with a mix of guests from politics, the arts, literature, journalism, business, sports and more, and reaches PBS viewers from California to Florida. We’d love to see you in the studio for the interview, and for a chance to join the audience Q&A after the interview.

Be sure to watch past episodes and web-only audience q&a on the Overheard website.

In the Studio: Laurie Anderson 9/21

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Please join KLRU’s Overheard with Evan Smith for an interview with Laurie Anderson
DATE: September 21
TIME: 1:30 p.m. (Doors open at 1 pm)
LOCATION: KLRU’s Studio 6A (map)
RSVP: The event is free but an RSVP is required.
RSVP now

Laurie Anderson is often described as a performance artist. But that captures only a small slice of her life’s work. Anderson has made paintings, created films, recorded a song that became a pop hit, written poetry invented instruments and served as a NASA artist in residence. She has also described herself as an anthropologist, studying the reactions her work generates. Above all, she is unpredictable and uncategorizable. And that means this should be a fascinating conversation.

We hope you’ll be there as Overheard with Evan Smith begins a third season of great conversation with fascinating people, always on the news and always with a sense of humor. The show features in-depth interviews with a mix of guests from politics, the arts, literature, journalism, business, sports and more, and reaches PBS viewers from California to Florida. We’d love to see you in the studio for the interview, and for a chance to join the audience Q&A after the interview.

In the Studio: Joe Nick Patoski 9/19

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Please join KLRU’s Overheard with Evan Smith  for an interview with Joe Nick Patoski
DATE: September 19
TIME: 4:15 pm (Doors open at 3:45 pm)
LOCATION: KLRU’s Studio 6A (map).
RSVP: The event is free but an RSVP is required. 
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Joe Nick Patoski has described himself as “Writer, historian, Texan,” three words that capture much of what he loves, and much of what readers love about his work. He’s also a grand storyteller and a sharp observer with a gift for drawing you into almost any subject he picks. You might think the title of Patoski’s new book says it all: The Dallas Cowboys: The Outrageous History of the Biggest, Loudest, Most Hated, Best Loved Football Team in America. But this is also a history of us and of an era – the 1960s and 1970s, when the Cowboys became America’s Team.

We hope you’ll be there as Overheard with Evan Smith begins a third season of great conversation with fascinating people, always on the news and always with a sense of humor. The show features in-depth interviews with a mix of guests from politics, the arts, literature, journalism, business, sports and more, and reaches PBS viewers from California to Florida. We’d love to see you in the studio for the interview, and for a chance to join the audience Q&A after the interview.