Roberta with U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio, October 30, 2003

Roberta with Mario Cuomo at Ohio State University, April 14, 2004

Roberta meets with her old boss, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Washington, D.C., June 15, 2004

Roberta and her hero, George McGovern, during his visit to Columbus, Ohio, September 8, 2004

Roberta with Howard Dean, Border's Books, Columbus, Ohio, October 20, 2004

Roberta discusses Robert Havell's etchings of Audubon paintings with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes, Audubon Museum, Audubon State Park,

Henderson, Kentucky, November 13, 2004.

Roberta shares a moment with Kevin Boyle, 2004 National Book Award winner, Ohio State University Faculty Club, Columbus, Ohio, December 7, 2004

Roberta asks Neal Conan, NPR's "Talk of the Nation" Host, a follow-up question after a broadcast from Ohio State University, January 19, 2005

Roberta shares a moment with Karen Holbrook, President of Ohio State University, OSU campus, January 19, 2005

Roberta discusses health care politics with former Congressman Tom Sawyer (D-OH), Ohio State University campus, January 19, 2005

Roberta meets historian Michael Beschloss, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, February 9, 2005

Roberta follows up on a question with National Public Radio's Nina Totenberg, Hillel, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, March 31, 2005

Roberta and Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier discuss The Miner's Canary at the Ohio State University Fawcett Center, April 11, 2004

Roberta greets mystery writer Alexander McCall Smith, Columbus Academy of Design, April 29, 2005

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

Roberta, Jim 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 is 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.

Roberta discusses disarmament with U.S. Pacifist Party Presidential Candidate Bradford Lyttle, Bughouse Square, Chicago, Illinois, July 30, 2005

Roberta chats with Mountains Beyond Mountains author and Pulitzer-Prize winner, Tracy Kidder, Otterbein University, October 17, 2005

Roberta discusses politics with Father Robert Drinan, S.J., at the Georgetown 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.

Roberta with Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan, Pulitzer Prize authors of de Kooning: An American Master, Wexner Center, Ohio State U., October 29, 2005

Roberta enjoys a moment with White House food consultant and author John R. Hanny, The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, November 11, 2005

Roberta and U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer discuss mutual friends, Books and Company, Dayton, Ohio, November 19, 2005

Roberta shares a moment with John Glenn after he's named NASA's "Ambassador of Exploration," Page Hall, Ohio State University, February 20, 2006

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

Roberta shares Medicare Part D information with Annie Glenn, Page Hall, OSU campus, February 20, 2006

Roberta enjoys a chat with Jerry Mathers, star of "Leave It to Beaver," Columbus, Ohio, February 25, 2006

Roberta gets together with football great Archie Griffin, Ohio State University Hillel, May 5, 2006

Roberta discusses Medicare prescription drug benefits with the wonderful actress Ruby Dee, Fairhill Center, Cleveland, Ohio, May 11, 2006

Roberta talks about the Cubs with Pulitzer Prize winning reporter David Maraniss, Printers' Row Book Fair, Chicago, Illinois, June 4, 2006

Roberta shares memories of Wilbur Cohen and Arthur Flemming with former FCC Chairman Newton Minnow, Printers' Row Book Fair, Chicago, Illinois, June 4

Roberta chats with former U.S. Senator (R-OH), Attorney General and Ambassador William B. Saxbe, at the Saxbe home, Mechanicsburg, Ohio, June 29, 2006

Roberta discusses hot sauce recipes with noted restauranteur Sylvia Woods at Sylvia's restaurant in Harlem, July 14, 2006