Gratitude Month | Day 8 | 2026

Gratitude Month | Day 8

Today, I’m grateful for EverScholar and the opportunity to do meaningful consulting work around lifelong learning with some truly fascinating people.

One of the things I love about this work is how often their latest projects connect directly to what we’re reading, watching, and talking about right now. Their work helps us understand our history, make sense of the present, and consider what might come next.

I’m especially grateful to Andy Lipka for bringing me into his orbit and welcoming me into this community, and to Akhil Reed Amar for the opportunity to help promote the Amarica’s Constitution podcast and his latest book, Born Equal.

Today, Akhil is on MS NOW discussing how Democrats’ midterm victories could open a path to a national popular vote in presidential elections and what that might mean for 2028. And Paul Grimstad appeared in not one but two of last year’s most talked-about movies, Marty Supreme and One Battle After Another. NBD, Paul.

Getting to know the people behind these projects has been such a gift. They are brilliant, well read, and curious, and also humble, thoughtful, kind, and warm. My reading list keeps getting longer, and I’m holding them responsible.

I’m grateful to work with, among others, Steve Tomlin, Steven B. Smith, Kim Roosevelt and his family, and the Mulaney family, and to have had the opportunity to know the late Gordon Wood. Yes, Good Will Hunting fans, that Gordon Wood.

And then there are the EverScholars themselves, each with a fascinating story and so much to contribute. Marty Cobern, a nuclear physicist, was telling me about his imposter syndrome when he’s in a room full of fellow EverScholars. As if, Marty! That gives you a little sense of both the brains and the humility in this group.

This work has taken me to New York, Philadelphia, and London, with more interesting places and conversations ahead. I love helping bring these ideas and experiences to more people, and I learn so much along the way.

Working with this group is a joy. I’m incredibly grateful to be part of it.

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