Jim welcomes poet Beth Ann Fennelly, Lexington (Kentucky) Public Library, March 26, 2005

Jim with James Baker Hall, Kentucky Poet Laureate, 2001-2003, at the Lexington (Ketucky) Public Library, March 26, 2005

Jim with National Public Radio's Nina Totenberg, Hillel, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, March 31, 2005

Jim shares a moment with Jenna Blum, author of Those Who Save Us, at Pierce Hall, Kenyon College, April 10, 2005

Jim meets Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier, Fawcett Center, Ohio State University, April 11, 2005

Jim and Jane Fonda meet at White Flint Mall, Bethesda, Maryland, April 16, 2005

Jim with celebrated author Alexander McCall Smith, Columbus Academy of Design, April 29, 2005

Jim raps with Marc Summers, star of the Food Channel's "Unwrapped," Hillel, Ohio State University, May 18, 2005.

Jim and Charles Baxter, author of "A Feast of Love," discuss writing at St. Charles Preparatory School for Boys, Columbus, Ohio, May 24, 2005

Jim, Roberta, and Lianna with Nepalsese climbers Pemdorjee Sherpa, Moni Mulepati, and Kami Sherpa in Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 24, 2005

Pemdorjee Sherpa has scaled Mount Everest twice. Moni Mulepati is the 5th woman to climb Mount Everest. Kami Sherpa has conquered Everest four times. All three successfully reached the peak of Everest on May 30, 2005. Moni and Pemdorjee made a world record by wedding on the top of the world on that date.

Jim greets Michael Dirda, 1993 Pulitzer Prize winner for Distinguished Criticism, Thurber House, Columbus, Ohio, June 29, 2005

Jim meets John Edwards, 2004 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, at a minimum wage rally, King Arts Complex, Columbus, Ohio, June 30, 2005

Jim and Lianna meet Salman Rushdie at Border's Books, Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 12, 2005

Gish Jen, author of The Love Wife, shares a moment with Jim at St. Charles Preparatory School, Columbus, Ohio, October 5, 2005

Jim discusses the Maine environment with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder, Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio, October 17, 2005

Jim and Father Robert Drinan, S.J., at the Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., October 20, 2005.

Father Drinan was one of only two Roman Catholic priests to ever serve in Congress. He represented Massachusetts from 1971 to 1981 and was a Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate hearings. He stepped down from Congress after the Vatican issued an order prohibiting priests from holding elective office.

Jim with The Notebook author Nicholas Sparks, Books and Company, Dayton, Ohio, October 26, 2005

Jim enjoys a moment with Pulitzer Prize authors Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan, Wexner Center, Ohio State University, October 29, 2005

Jim greets Sarah Weddington, successful attorney in Roe v. Wade, Fawcett Center, Ohio State U., November 9, 2005

Two guys who love to cook (and eat)--Jim and White House food consultant/author John R. Hanny, The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, November 11, 2005

Jim and Lianna share a moment with Freakonomics authors Steven Leviit and Stephen Dubner, OSU Union, Columbus, Ohio, November 14, 2005

Jim with U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Books and Company, Dayton, Ohio, November 19, 2005

Jim learns about Greco-Roman wrestling from Olympic Gold Medalist Rulon Gardner, Borders Books, Columbus, Ohio, December 6, 2005

Jim congratulates Valerie Harper following her one-woman show, "Golda's Balcony," Palace Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, January 18, 2006

Jim talks with liberal author and columnist E. J. Dionne, Jr., Ohio State University Union, Columbus, Ohio, January 25, 2006

Jim and British author Julian Barnes, Columbus (Ohio) Center for the Performing Arts, January 25, 2006

Jim chats with Representative Ted Strickland (D-OH) about his upcoming successful race for Governor, I.B.E.W. Hall, Columbus, Ohio, February 4, 2006

Jim greets Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the civil rights movement, King Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio, February 15, 2006

Jim and Neil Armstrong share a moment at a NASA event honoring John Glenn, Page Hall, Ohio State University, February 20, 2006

Jim and Roberta with astronauts Kathryn Sullivan, Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Steve Robinson and Mark Brown, Page Hall, OSU campus, February 20, 2006

Jim and Jerry "Beaver" Mathers at the Columbus, Ohio Home and Garden Show, February 25, 2006

Jim joins former Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Strand at Kenyon College, April 13, 2006