Path to Follow Podcast

Adam Schutsky '24 is a drummer, kite flyer, and frisbee player at Gilman School. //

On Episode #160 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Adam discuss college plans, playing the drum, jazz band at Gilman, flying kites, throwing the disc, urban planning, and Adam's book recommendation, 'Not in My Neighborhood' by Antero Pietila (2010). //

All episodes of the Path to Follow Podcast are available on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. //

Thank you to our producer, Mr. Cesare Ciccanti. //

Steve "Lightning" Krulevitz is the varsity tennis coach at Gilman School. //

On Episode #159 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Lightning discuss varsity tennis at Gilman, pickleball, meditation, 'Manhunt 'on AppleTV, and General Ulysses S. Grant. 

All episodes of the Path to Follow Podcast are available on Youtube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. //

Thank you to our producer, Mr. Cesare Ciccanti. //

"I'm fascinated by the concept of belonging and our drive as human beings to belong." //

“The past is never dead. It's not even past.” - William Faulkner //

Barbara Black is a distinguished professor at Skidmore College and the Tisch Chair in Arts and Letters. She earned her AB from Bryn Mawr College and both her MA and PhD from the University of Virginia. During the summers, Barbara brings her expertise to Middlebury's Bread Loaf School of English where she leads students through the complexities of the Victorian era, the nineteenth-century British novel, and the world of ghosts and spirits in a course called “Haunted.” //

Barbara is also the author of multiple books, including A Room of His Own (2012), which delves into Victorian Clubland and the role gentlemen's clubs played in nation-building. // 

On Episode #158 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Barbara discuss an Irish literature course at Skidmore College, Barbara's research on gentlemen's clubs in Victorian England, A Room of His Own (2012), being a "happy warrior," ghosts and the past, generative A.I., and studying the humanities on college campuses. // 

All episodes are available on Youtube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. //

Thank you to our producer, Mr. Cesare Ciccanti. //

Scott Van Zile is the head football coach and dean at Gilman School. //

On Episode #157 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Scott discuss traveling to Sicily, implementing culture on the Gilman football team, Scott's coaching experiences, the link between discipline and success, and 'Legacy' by James Kerr. //

All Path to Follow Podcast episodes are available on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. //

Thank you to our producer, Mr. Cesare Ciccanti. //

James Howard '24 is a senior at Gilman School. He is actively involved in student government, Model UN, Mock Trial, and various extracurriculars on campus. //

On Episode #156 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Jamie discuss brothers and birth order, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest (1996), "Good Old Neon," the portrayal of Harry S. Truman in Oppenheimer, extracurricular activities Jamie is involved with at Gilman, the U.S. Senate Youth Program, and The Secret History by Donna Tartt (1992). //

All Path to Follow Podcast episodes are available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts //

Thank you to our producer, Mr. Cesare Ciccanti. //

Isaac Mitchell '24 is a senior at Gilman School. He will attend the University of Virginia next year, where he will play squash. //

On Episode #155 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Issac discuss playing squash, the recruiting process, traveling to Argentina, the University of Virginia, and Isaac's book recommendation, 'The Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown (2003). //

All episodes of the Path to Follow Podcast are available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. //

Thank you to our producer, Mr. Cesare Ciccanti. //

David Netzer '24 is a senior at Gilman School. Next year, he will attend Colgate University in Hamilton, NY. //

On Episode #154 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and David discuss surrealist artists such as René Magritte and Salvador Dalí, Colgate University and the college admissions process, memories at Gilman School, sports broadcasting with GTV, and David's book recommendation, 'Legacy' by James Kerr (2013). //

All episodes of the Path to Follow Podcast are available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. //

Thank you to our producer, Mr. Cesare Ciccanti. //

Mason Murphy-Lenk '24 is a water polo player, aspiring pilot, singer, senior, and true Renaissance Man at Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland. //

On Episode #153 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Mason discuss becoming a pilot, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, leadership on the water polo team, the Traveling Men, 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley (1932), and Mason's book recommendation, 'Watchmen' by Alan Moore (1986). //

All episodes of the Path to Follow Podcast are available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. //

Thank you to our producer, Mr. Cesare Ciccanti. //

Finn Tondro '24 is a senior at Gilman School. He is headed to Harvard University next year. //

On Episode #152 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Finn discuss 'Middlemarch' by George Eliot, playing the horn, college applications, studying history, and Finn's book recommendation, 'Theoderic the Great' by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer (2023). //

All episodes of the Path to Follow Podcast are available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. //

Thank you to our producer, Mr. Cesare Ciccanti. //

Leon Zhang '24 is a senior at Gilman School in Baltimore, Maryland. //

On Episode #151 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Leon discuss senior year, Global Online Academy, what Leon would like to study in college, Buddhism and meditation, trips to China, writing college essays, 'The Snake Charmer' by Jean-Léon Gérôme, what Leon is looking forward to, liminality, and Leon's book recommendation, 'Orientalism' by Edward Said (1978). //

All Path to Follow Podcasts are available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. //

Thank you to our producer, Mr. Cesare Ciccanti. //