| February 5 | William J. Perry, Ph.D., 19th US Secretary of Defense, Senior Fellow Hoover Institution, Stanford National Security Challenges for the Next Administration |
| February 19 | Andrew Fire, Ph.D., Stanford School of Medicine; Shared 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Craig Mello of the University of Massachusetts Medical School Some case studies at the intersection of pure and applied biology |
| March 4 | Sally Denton, Investigative Reporter and Author Passion And Principle – Jessie and John Fremont and the Shaping of America |
| March 18 | Jamie Workman, Water and Natural Resources Consultant, Author The Human Right to Water |
| April 1 | Donna Woolfolk Cross, Author Pope Joan: Legend or History? |
| April 15 | Josh Rushing, Correspondent and analyst for Al-Jazerra English Al-Jazerra and America’s image: what’s at stake |
| May 6 | Tom Santopietro, Author Three American Icons: Sinatra, Streisand & Doris Day |
| May 20 | Rob Gifford, NPR Correspondent China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power |
| June 3 | Joel Selvin, Senior Pop Music Critic, San Francisco Chronicle 35 Years On the Aisle: Musings of a Pop Music Critic |
