"A woman without a man, is like a fish without a bicycle"

So says Gloria Steinem, the most famous feminist in the world: a pioneering activist and best-selling author who co-founded Ms. magazine 40 years ago and is no less enthusiastic about or energized by the fight for gender equality today. Tonight she finds time to sit down with Evan Smith...I wonder if he'll be up to the challenge? OVERHEARD WITH EVAN SMITH...8pm

Ford's automobile forever changed the way we work, where we live, and our ideas about individuality, freedom, and possibility.

Henry Ford's car transformed the lives of millions, and redrew the grid of the United States and much of the world. His assembly line changed the character of modern industry, and his Five Dollar Day laid the foundation for the creation of the American middle class. A bundle of contradictions, Ford was at once forward and backward-looking, innovative and close-minded, generous and mean-spirited. The same man who helped liberate millions from social isolation with his Model T also trapped thousands in a workplace prison where they were forbidden to sit or talk. The same Ford who welcomed African Americans and disabled people into his factories was a bigot who broadcast to the world his vitriolic hatred of Jews and exhibited devastating cruelty to his own son. This biography draws upon a rich archival record and recent scholarship to provide a revealing portrait of a complex, pivotal and ultimately flawed figure. HENRY FORD: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE...7pm

POV begins it's 26th season on PBS...

Through the eyes of funeral director Isaiah Owens, the beauty and grace of African American funerals are brought to life. Filmed at Owens Funeral Home in New York City's historic Harlem neighborhood, "Homegoings" takes an up-close look at the rarely seen world of undertaking in the black community, where funeral rites draw on a rich palette of tradition, history and celebration. Combining cinema verite with intimate interviews and archival photographs, the film paints a portrait of the dearly departed, their grieving families and a man who sends loved ones "home." POV: HOMEGOINGS...tonight at 9pm

From Angels in America to Lincoln...

Tonight Evan Smith sits down with Tony Kushner, an award-winning American playwright and screenwriter,most recently nominated for an Oscar for his work on the screenplay of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. He and Spielberg have a long history together, having coauthored the screenplay for Spielberg's film Munich.Kushner won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1993 for the play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. He has also won an Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards. OVERHEARD WITH EVAN SMITH...8pm

When you no longer want your baby python...

do not dump it in the Everglades! Florida's Everglades National Park is one of the last great wildlife refuges in the United States, home to numerous unique and endangered mammals, trees, plants, birds and turtles, as well as half a million alligators. Add to the mix tens of thousands of giant pythons... snakes that can grow to 20 feet and weigh nearly 300 pounds, some released into the wild by irresponsible pet owners, some escapees from wildlife facilities destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. This makes for a dangerous situation, examined closely tonight on NATURE: INVASION OF THE GIANT PYTHONS...7pm

FRONTLINE raises troubling questions about how America's financial institutions protect our savings.

Ten trillion dollars in Americans' retirement savings are invested in large and small accounts managed by banks, brokerages, mutual funds, and insurance companies. But whether your IRA or 401K will assure a safe retirement is largely a gamble. Building off reporting from the special "Money, Power and Wall Street," "The Retirement Gamble" reveals how fees, self-dealing, and kickbacks bring great profits to Wall Street while imperiling the prospects of a secure future for individuals. The film questions who has the consumer's best interests in mind and whether there is a better way to manage our retirements. FRONTLINE tonight at 9pm

Children in the slums of Calcutta are starting a revolution...

Filmed over the course of three and a half years, The Revolutionary Optimists follows visionary former attorney Amlan Ganguly and three of the children he works with through adolescence as they  set their sights on bringing clean water to a community that has long been denied it, and enabling the migrant children working in the brick fields on Calcutta’s outskirts to receive an education. You'll have a whole new perspective on optimism. INDEPENDENT LENS: THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS...9pm

This just in...CHARLIE ROSE sits with President Obama in an interview that took place yesterday just before the President and First Family were to depart for Belfast for the G-8 Summit...current issues including the outcome of the Iranian elections, the civil war in Syria, China and cyber attacks, the NSA controversy, Guantanamo, and the drone policy were addressed.  Way to go, Charlie...CHARLIE ROSE tonight...10pm