Overheard with Evan Smith brings you in-depth interviews with today’s most fascinating public figures. You’ll meet politicians, authors, artists, actors, journalists, businesspeople, & anyone who’s at the center of things. Join us for smart conversations with the country’s most interesting people, always with an eye toward the news and always with a sense of humor.
Evan Smith is the CEO and Editor in Chief of The Texas Tribune. He spent nearly 18 years at TEXAS MONTHLY, stepping down in August 2009 as the magazine’s president and editor in chief. Previously he served as editor for more than eight years—only the third person to hold that title. On his watch, TEXAS MONTHLY was nominated for sixteen National Magazine Awards, the magazine industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, and twice was awarded the National Magazine Award for General Excellence. A New York native, Smith has a bachelor’s degree in public policy from Hamilton College (Clinton, New York) and a master’s degree in journalism from the Medill School at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois). He previously held editorial positions at a number of national magazines; most recently at The New Republic, where he was deputy editor. He hosted a weekly interview program, TEXAS MONTHLY TALKS, that has aired on PBS stations all across Texas since 2003, and he is an occasional guest on numerous TV and radio shows. Smith sits on the boards of the Austin Film Society, Trinity Episcopal School, the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and the Headliners Club. He is also the founding co-chair of the Texas Film Hall of Fame. In 2005, in recognition of his contributions to Austin and Texas, Smith was named Austinite of the Year Under 40 by the Young Men’s Business League and Young Women’s Business League. In 2006, he was inducted into the Medill School of Journalism Hall of Achievement.
Lynn Boswell brings 20 years of broadcast journalism experience to her role as series producer of Overheard with Evan Smith. She produced the show’s predecessor, Texas Monthly Talks, for seven seasons, creating nearly 200 programs and earning two Lone Star Emmy Awards as well as two nominations. Prior to her time with that series, Boswell spent eight years with NBC News in New York. Her work there included dozens of magazine-length pieces, several long-term investigative stories and in-depth coverage of major news events including the Oklahoma City bombing, the September 11 attacks and the Clinton impeachment proceedings. Boswell’s work has been featured on Dateline NBC, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Today, MSNBC, The Discovery Channel and The National Geographic Channel. She has earned 14 national awards, including a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award, and received a national News & Documentary Emmy nomination for Outstanding Historical Programming. Boswell, a San Antonio native, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from SMU with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Latin American studies. She also holds a J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law, where she was editor in chief of The Texas Journal of Women and the Law. In addition to her work with KLRU, Boswell produces documentaries and researches archival images for museums and other institutions.
