January 20	Bertrand Patenaude. Lecturer in History and International Relations at Stanford University. He edited numerous books and taught in the Dept. of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. The History and Current Status of the Baltic States
February 3	Abbas Milani.  Stanford professor of Iranian Studies and research fellow at the Hoover Institution.  Milani will address current political, security and cultural issues in this very dynamic area. Iran and The Middle East
February 17	Robert M. Edsel.   Author of The Monuments Men and Remember Us. Edsel will speak about those who fought for our freedom and helped preserve our shared cultural heritage. Living a Life of Greater Meaning
March 3	Katie Anderson.  Speaker, podcaster, consultant, and author of Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn.  Anderson will share insights from her experiences working in Japan and other countries. Finding Purpose in Leadership
March 17	Jose Antonio Vargas.  Journalist, bestselling author, filmmaker, and immigration rights activist. Vargas will  speak about his work and the power of narrative to humanize conversations about immigrants. A Morning with Jose Antonio Vargas
April 7	Ross King.  Best-selling author, expert in Renaissance Art, lecturer, and tour guide. King will recount the history of Leonardo Da Vinci and his painting of The Last Supper. The Accidental Masterpiece
April 21	Dachel Keltner.  Co-Director of the Greater Good Science Center at Berkeley. Kelter will speak about his research into how individuals differ in their response to emotions, conflicts, and negotiations. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder…
May 5	Michael McFaul.  Stanford professor and former U.S. Ambassador to Russia. McFaul will talk about his latest book, Autocrats vs. Democrats, and address the likely future of these three countries. Current Issues between the US, Russia, and China
May 19	Gary Rivlin.  Journalist and author of AI Valley.  Rivlin will explain this moment, what’s at stake, and how businesses, policymakers, and individuals should respond. The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence
June 2	Richard Kogan, MD.  Psychiatrist, concert pianist, and storyteller.  Kogan will play short excerpts of classical music expressing depressed and manic moods as he discusses the  interaction of mental illness and creativity. Musical Genius and Mental Illness:  What’s the Link?

 

February 6	Robert Lustig M.D., M.S.L., Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco The Hacking of the American Mind
February 20	Katherine Jolluck, Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, Stanford University Enslavement in the 21st Century: From Labor and Sex to Organ Harvesting and Petty Crime
March 6	Blye Faust, Academy Award-winning producer of Spotlight Truth in Storytelling: Bringing Real Events to Life Onscreen
March 20	Chuck Underwood, Founder and principal of Ohio-based generational consultancy The Generational Imperative, Inc. Five Generations. One America
April 3	Elizabeth Cobbs, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution; Melbern Glasscock Chair at Texas A&M; author of The Hello Girls “The Hello Girls”: World War One and America’s First Women Soldiers
April 17	Jim McClintock, Endowed University Professor of Polar and Marine Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham From Penguins to Plankton: The Dramatic Impacts of Climate Change on the Antarctic Peninsula
May 1	Larry Gerston, Political Science Professor Emeritus, San Jose State University; political analyst on NBC Bay Area The Trump Election in Perspective: A Turning Point in American Politics
May 22	Robert Hartwell, Professor of Music and Media Studies, Foothill College Mozart and Mythology
June 5	Robin Wright, War correspondent, best-selling author; joint fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Global Hotspots: Where’s the Next War?