| January 6 | Dr. Coit Blacker, Director, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University The US and NATO: Looking Into the 21st Century |
| January 20 | Prof. Andrew Fraknoi, astronomer, Foothill College If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be Mars |
| February 3 | The Hon. Judge Burton Katz, former Prosecutor and Superior Court Judge, Los Angeles County Unmasking the Criminal Justice System |
| February 17 | Dr. Diane Middlebrook, professor of English, Stanford University He or She: Who Was Billy Tipton? |
| March 3 | Tony Taccone, artistic director, Berkeley RepertoryTheater The American Theater: Past, Present, Future |
| March 17 | Paul Solman, commentator, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer The Business of Journalism |
| April 7 | On Soltes, Director, B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC Israel after 50 Years: What about it? |
| April 21 | Regis McKenna, Chairman, The McKenna Group,
Real Time: Preparing for the Age of the Never Satisfied Customer |
| May 5 | Dr. Sylvia Earle, Founder, Deep Ocean Exploration & Research Sea Change: A Message from the Ocean |
| May 19 | Rollin Post, political analyst The 1998 Election: Will it Make a Difference? |
| June 2 | Halstead Hohnan, M D, Prof of Medicine, Stanford University Who Should Be Negotiating the Health Care Problem |
