| 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 |
