| September 19 | Daniel C. Sneider, Associate, Asia-Pacific Research Center U. S. policy on northeast Asia, a cold war legacy |
| October 3 | Tom Gjelten, National Security Correspondent, National Public Radio Stories from the front line: from Central America to Bosina, from Iraq to Cuba |
| October 17 | Karen Kasmauski, Photographer, National Geographic Society Impact: from the front line of Global Health |
| November 7 | Paul Rogers, Natural resources and environment writer, San Jose Mercury News Energy and the enviroment: how the press decides what to cover, and major California trends |
| November 21 | Leonard Edwards, Retired Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court Children in the court system |
| December 5 | Bonnie Weiss, Director, Curtain Up! Song and dance men of the silver screen: Gene Kelly |
| January 9 | Nathaniel Fick, USMC Captain and author One Bullet away: the making of a Marine Corps Officer |
| January 16 | Matthew Bogdanos, Colonel, USMC Thieves of Baghdad: the journey to recover the world’s greatest stolen treasures |
Yearly Archives: 2006
Winter/Spring 2006
| February 7 | Chris McKay, Planetary Scientist, Space Service Division of NASA/Ames The search for life on Mars |
| February 21 | Rick Steves, Author, TV host, Travel Expert Europe through the back door |
| March 7 | Nadine Strossen, Professor of Law New York Law School; President, American Civil Liberties Union Current challenges to civil liberties |
| March 21 | Spencer Wells, Geneticist, Explorer-in residence, National Geographic Society Journey of man, a genetic odyssey |
| April 4 | Bettina Gregory, Journalist, former ABC news correspondent The good, the bad, the ugly of network news |
| April 18 | Dr. Andrew Stangel, Art historian Processing the past, who owns our treasures? |
| May 2 | Martin Turner, Knight-Ridder Fellow, BBC Washington Correspondent End of the news as we know it |
| May 16 | Jeanne Kennedy, Health Service & Nonprofit Consultant How to be your own health advocate |
| June 6 | Frans Lanting, Photographer, National Geographic Society Ecological hot spots |