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August 3 - James and Naomi Collins
James F. Collins is senior associate and director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He was the U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001, and is an expert in Russia and Eurasia, U.S. foreign policy, U.S. relations with Russia and CIS countries, Europe, arms control and nonproliferation, and Russian politics and economy.
Naomi F. Collins is a consultant to cultural and higher education organizations. She has served as Executive Director of the Maryland Humanities Council and of NAFSA: Association of International Educators. She has most recently developed and produced studies analyzing issues in higher education international programs, specializing in North America and Europe, for the American Council on Education. Owen Johnson is the host.

August 10 - Strobe Talbott
Nelson Strobridge "Strobe" Talbott III is a journalist, political scientist, and diplomat, and president of the Brookings Institution. Talbott entered government after twenty-one years with Time magazine, where he worked as reporter, Washington bureau chief, editor-at-large, and foreign affairs columnist. Talbott has served in the State Department, first as Ambassador-at-large and special advisor to the Secretary of State for the new independent states of the former Soviet Union, then as deputy secretary of state. His books include: The Russia Hand, The Master of the Game, and Reagan and Gorbachev. Talbott spoke with Owen Johnson. (repeat)

August 17 - Gladys DeVane
Gladys F. DeVane, a retired associate clinical professor, taught in the Indiana University Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences and the Kelly School of Business. A storyteller and actress, she is active in community theater, and has participated in several mainstage productions and numerous storytelling and stage-reading projects. She presented a one-woman show at the Bloomington Playwright Project, From the Mouth of My People: A Journey from Slavery. Dr. DeVane is a member of The National Black Storyteller's Association and The Bloomington Storyteller's Guild. Shana Ritter hosts.

August 24 - Rob Stone
Rob Stone, M.D., is the director of Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan and assistant clinical professor of Emergency Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. He has been an emergency department physician at Bloomington Hospital since 1983, and was the Medical Director of the Community Health Access Program Clinic in Bloomington. In 1991, Dr. Stone was awarded The Humanitarian Award from the Bloomington Local Council of Women for outstanding health services by a physician to the community exemplifying the highest in medical ideals, ethics, and objectives. He spoke with Shana Ritter.

August 31 - Laurie McRobbie
IU's First Lady Laurie Burns McRobbie has spent more than a quarter century as a technologist focused on the use of information technology in higher education and advanced networking for research and learning. She has held numerous management and executive positions with responsibilities for customer service and strategic partnerships. As executive director of Member and Partner Relations for Internet2, the nation's foremost networking consortium, she played a leading role in the evolution of its governance and membership structure. Shana Ritter is the host. (repeat)