Peaches Valdes, Dean of Admission at Hamilton College, joins Ken for a conversation that spans everything from taking the path less taken and the importance of having a board of mentors, to the magic of super soft stationery and storytelling without notes. Much hilarity ensues.

Alternative episode title: "Paths, Pearls, Pickups, Pens, and Paper." 

Rapid Descent

• Walkout song:  Tilted , Christine and the Queens
• Best recent read: The Farm: A Novel by Joanne Ramos
• Eager to read next: A Promised Land by Barack Obama
• Podcast: The Moth.
• Favorite thing to make in the kitchen: Filipino food, especially eggrolls, which she makes with her mother and sisters
• What she uses to take and keep notes: Peaches and Ken go on a major sidequest about unlined paper and ultra fine point pens, including erasables because, as Peaches says, "I like making mistakes." So many tips about pens and paper purveyors: like OOLY fountain pens Ivy League Stationers and Muji, who make "super soft" paper.  Don't forget about Clairefontaine paper.
• Memorable bit of advice: "Be open to possibilities."
• Bucket list: Go on the Moth.

The ALP is supported by RHB, a division of SIG. Music arranged by Ryan Anselment