| January 2 | Lois Levine, Co-Author, Elegant But Easy Cookbook; Teacher From Fire to Microwave |
| January 16 | John R. Rothmann, Political and Foreign Policy Consultant, Radio Talk Show Host An End as Well as a Beginning Reflections on the Old and New Presidents |
| February 6 | Barbara Babcock, Author, Judge John Crown Professor of Law, Stanford University The Uses of Biography |
| February 20 | Dean Micszynski, Director of California Research Bureau, California State Library Traffic Congestion the Bay Area: Is There Solution? |
| March 6 | Michael McFaul, Sr. Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Assistant Professor and Hoover Fellow, Stanford University Creeping Dictatorship in Russia Under Putin: Implications for U. S.-Russian Relations |
| March 20 | Karen Warren, Author, Professor of Philosophy, Macalester College Ethics Fruit Bowl: Caring about Other Humans, Animals and the Natural Environment |
| April 3 | Gray Brechlin, Historical Geographer, Professor, UC-Berkeley The Silver Dynasties: San Francisco’s Great Families |
| April 17 | David Goldman aka The Laughing Stockbroker, Financial Writer, ABCNews.com Getting the Last Laugh on The Stock Market |
| May 1 | David Abernethy, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University Why did Europeans Dominate the World for Five Centuries? |
| May 15 | Jack Rakove, Coe Professor of History and American Studies and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University The Tao of Chads and Electoral College Mysteries Examined. |
| June 5 | Evan Thomas, Author and Assistant Managing Editor, Newsweek Magazine Bush’s Hundred Days–and Beyond |
