Path to Follow Podcast

Anay Agarwal '23 is a talented portrait artist, a capella singer, and senior at Gilman School. He will attend Brown University in the fall. // 

On Episode #102 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Anay discuss senior year of high school, participating in Gilman's a capella group "Traveling Men," painting portraits, artists who inspire him, his favorite aspects of Gilman, applying and getting admitted to Brown University, gardening, college essay topics and advice, and 'Beloved' by Toni Morrison (1987). // 

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A special thank you to our producer, Cesare Ciccanti. //

Jeffrey Howard '23 is the biggest fan of the Path to Follow Podcast, a senior at Gilman School, and a flourishing mathematician. He will attend the University of Chicago in the fall. // 

On Episode #101 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Jeffrey discuss Chi-town, why Wikipedia is an amazing source of information, machine learning and ChatGPT, Jeffrey's love for mathematics and interest in the Path to Follow Podcast, the college process, his prepared "questions for the interviewer," "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman, and his book recommendation: 'Watchmen' by Alan Moore (1986). // 

"When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer"

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"We are accountable to something much larger than ourselves." //

"Say 'hey.'" //

Henry P. A. Smyth is the 14th Head of School of Gilman School. //

On Episode #100 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Henry discuss Henry's roots in North Carolina, attending Phillips Academy Andover, the importance of saying 'hey,' attending Princeton University, traveling abroad in Prague, the most beautiful places in the world, character values instilled at Gilman, and Henry's book recommendation: 'A River Runs Through It' by Normal Maclean (1976). // 

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"Everyone looks like a floating duck at the surface." //

Annie Ogden is an American studies (history) teacher and dance instructor at Greenwich Country Day School in Greenwich, CT. She studied history and education at Dartmouth College. //

On Episode #99 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Annie discuss Alexander Hamilton, John Brown's dying words, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1852), girls' social dynamics, the idea of the "floating duck," how dance connects people, the "grit and grace" life motto, and 'These Truths' by Jill Lepore (2018). // 

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"It's not about you." // 

"A lot of our limitations are self-imposed." //

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I / I took the one less travelled by / And that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost // 

David Gaines '88 is graduate of Gilman School, Princeton University, and the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps on active duty for four years and spent seven years in the active Reserves. He currently serves as Vice President at Gaines and Co. Site Development in Reisterstown, MD, and has two sons with his wife, Katherine. //

On Episode #98 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and David discuss attending Gilman School, David's athletic career at Gilman and Princeton, Coach Bill Tierney, leadership lessons, senior speeches at Gilman, David's calling to join the Marines, challenges and adventures in the Marines Corps, memorable interactions with General Jim Mattis, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, and David's book recommendation, 'The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?' by Rick Warren.

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Francesca Polito '23 is a student at Bryn Mawr School and senior class president. //

On Episode #97 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Francesca discuss student government, mental health in high school sports, attending Bryn Mawr School, social media apps, and Francesca's book recommendation, 'Never Let Me Go' (2005) by Kazuo Ishiguro. //

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"Dostoevsky is the novelist of depth. Tolstoy is the novelist of breadth." //

Michael R. Katz is C. V. Starr Professor Emeritus of Russian and East European Studies at Middlebury College. From 1998-2004, he was Dean of Language Schools and Schools Abroad at Middlebury. Professor Katz has published translations of more than fifteen Russian novels, including 'Crime and Punishment' (2019), 'Fathers and Children' (2008), 'Notes from Underground' (2000) and 'The Brothers Karamazov' (2023). In the summer, he teaches at Middlebury's Bread Loaf School of English. // 

On Episode #96 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Professor Katz discuss Professor Katz's education, studying Russian at Horace Mann and Williams, the process of translating Russian novels, 'Crime and Punishment' by Fyodor Dostoevsky, traveling to Russia, Dostoevsky's genius, Leo Tolstoy, teaching undergraduate and graduate students, becoming Dean of Language Schools and Schools Abroad at Middlebury, and travels abroad. //

Purchase 'Crime and Punishment' by Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated by Michael Katz) here: https://www.amazon.com/Crime-Punishme...

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"Courage is so much at the center of boys' education." //

"The classroom is the laboratory for future leadership positions." // 

"You have to keep reminding yourself: my job is to keep this community vibrant and safe." // 

Iva Turner is the former Head of the Upper School at Gilman, college counselor, and English teacher. //

On Episode #95 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Iva discuss Iva's entry into the world of education, how the English classroom prepared her for future leadership positions, the college counseling team, the value of a single-sex education, becoming the Head of the Upper School at Gilman, challenges of leading a school, courage and grit, Gilman assemblies, favorite books and units to teach, retirement, and Iva's book recommendations: 'Warlight' by Michael Ondaatje (2018), 'Silverview' by John le Carré (2021), and 'Slough House' by Mick Herron (2021). // 

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"[Pickleball] is ping pong, but you stand on the table." // 

"I am so appreciative of everything [my work family] has done to support me. // 

On Episode #94 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Joe discuss the origin story of pickleball, the first time Joe visited Gilman, making connections with students, what makes Gilman School special, the craft of middle school teaching, and Joe's book recommendation, 'Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI' by David Grann (2017). 

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"...In the wilderness, i find something more dear and connate than in the streets or villages..." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson // 

"We are kindred with nature." -- Professor Bryan J. Wolf // 

Professor Bryan J. Wolf is a visiting professor of American Studies at Yale University and Jones Professor in American Art and Culture, Emeritus, at Stanford University. In the summer, Professor Wolf teaches a course at Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English called "Humbugs and Visionaries: American Artists and Writers before the Civil War." His scholarly expertise combines art history, American literature, visual culture, and early American history. He is a graduate of Rice University and Yale Divinity School and received both his MA and PhD from Yale University. 

On Episode #93 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Professor Wolf discuss "humbugs" and "visionaries," Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature" (1836) and the transcendentalism movement, Thomas Cole's "The Oxbow,"  Asher B. Durand's "Kindred Spirits" (1849), Richard Caton Woodville's "War News from Mexico" (1948), the power of learning art in the classroom, and Bryan's book recommendation, 'Maus' (1980) by Art Spiegelman. // 

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