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Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 70: The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst: Part 1 (Who is Patty Hearst?)
Want to listen to this episode ad free? Click here for access! Hey, true crime friends! I'm back from my vacation with a brand new case SERIES! (I know, it has…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomDr. Andrew Rimby's Hot Boy Summer (Part 1: ITBR's Steamiest Summer 2023 Eps)
Watch/Listen to Part Two by joining our Patreon! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Welcome to a very special unfiltered conversation with Dr. Andrew Rimby!…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomAcademia in Freefall: What Do You Do With a PhD in English? (with Dr. John Cullen Gruesser)
Watch/Listen to this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom During my first semester at…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"Thinking Beyond Human Language," Stuart Barnes Opens Up about the Challenges of Writing Poetry
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Have you ever thought to yourself I…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 69: The Murder of Mark Kilroy (A Cult Murder)
Hey, true crime friends! This week we break down a cult related murder of University of Texas student Mark Kilroy. Please heed the warnings in this week's…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room(Gay Culture Corner) Joseph Federico and Andrew Discuss Their Coming Out Journey, Relationships, and TV/Literature
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Joseph Federico (the Social Media…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"Sex is at the Heart of What I Do," Tim Dean (Part 2)
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom (Content Warning) There will be a lot…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 68: The Disappearance of Paula Jean Welden (A Cold Case)
Hey, true crime friends! This week's case is a cold one. Eighteen-year-old Paula Jean Welden went missing after going for a hike on the Long Trail in Vermont…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomDr. Andrew Rimby Gets Vulnerable...What Happens After You Get a PhD?
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom The time has come for me, Dr. Andrew…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomDr. Tim Dean Revisits His 2009 Book "Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the subculture of Barebacking" (Part 1)
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom (Content Warning) There will be a lot…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room(Bonus Ep) Andrew Gets His Astrological Birth/Natal Chart Read
Watch Andrew's birth chart reading for FREE on our Patreon! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Welcome to a special episode where Andrew is joined with his good…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia: Another News Update
Hey, true crime friends! This week is Patreon Bonus Episode week, but I'm not leaving you high and dry! Instead of waiting another week to do a News Update for…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomWhat Happened to 70s Gay Male Erotic Liberation? The Nostalgia of the Golden Age of Gay Pornography with Dr. Thomas Waugh
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom (Content Warning) Dr. Thomas Waugh and…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 67: The Murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart (the Real-life Scream)
Hey, true crime friends! This week in the News Update- Delta Airlines are being sued for $2 million, a West Virginia was caught on surveillance camera abusing…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"The Gymnasium Means a Place to Train Naked," the Ethics of Gender/Sexuality in Professional Sports with Dr. Jason Holt -Part 2
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Dr. Jason Holt and Andrew pick up where…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"What does sport mean?" Philosophizing about the Aesthetics of Athleticism and Sport with Dr. Jason Holt -Part 1
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Our first official philosopher, Dr. Jason…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomEnter the Male Homosexual: Discussing Victorian Sexology with Tom Crewe (John Addington Symonds, Henry Havelock Ellis, and Their Wives) -Part 2
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Part 2 of Andrew's chat with Tom Crewe…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 66: An Interview with Christian Garcia (Poisonous Women in Fairy Tales and Real Life)
Hey, true crime friends. This week I sat down with the host of the podcast of That Gay Ol' Classic Cinema, Christian Garcia, to discuss his case study on real…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"Poem Was Whitman's Word for a Man's Cock," Tom Crewe Discusses His Novel "The New Life" (John Addington Symonds) -Part 1
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Tom Crewe enters the ITBR and pulls back…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 65: The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson
Hey, true crime friends! We are back from our break with a brand new case and brand new dynamic. We are changing up True Crime in Academia episodes just a…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomDr. Andrew Rimby's Dissertation, "The Pool of Narcissus: Walt Whitman's Homoerotic Poetics"
You can watch my presentation for FREE on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47SeHV2zouw&t=2s Thanks so much to an amazing dissertation…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomITBR’s Out for the Summer and Celebrating 3 Years of the Podcast!
Watch this episode for FREE on the ITBR Cafe, our Patreon! We're going on a summer break until July 17th so make sure you catch up on our episodes! Dive into…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomFeminism in the 21st Century with Dr. Alex Ketchum
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Dr. Alex Ketchum, a Faculty Lecturer of the…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"What is Soundwriting and Being a Composer of Sounds?" with Drs. Tanya K. Rodrigue and Kyle D. Stedman (An Inside Baseball...I Mean Podcasting Episode)
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Andrew is joined with Drs. Tanya K…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 64: Dusty and Mitchel Button- Grooming in the Dance World
Hey, true crime friends! This week we are going outside of academia to cover a crime in the dance world -another version of academia in my opinion. In 2021, a…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomCelebrating Andrew's "Walt Whitman and Queer Theory" with Jack Parlett!
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom This is a special celebratory episode since…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room“Greedy Male Bisexuality, Polyamory, and Sex Positivity,” Zachary Zane on Being an Unapologetic Boyslut!
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Zachary Zane, author of “Boyslut: A Memoir…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 63: Killer Professor- The Case of Gene Isaac Stees
Hey, true crime friends! This week were are discussing the case of Gene Isaac Stees, a former professor at Ohio University involved in a love triangle, who…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room“Musicals Actually Changed the World,” David Armstrong (host of Broadway Nation) Opens Up about the Broadway Musical and Its Progressive History/Themes
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom David Armstrong, the enigmatic host of the…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room“Acting is Like Picking a Philosophy,” Cristina Duarte, a NYC-Based Actor’s Director Enters the ITBR
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Today we welcome a special theatrical guest…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 63: The Darius Miles Case and the Murder of Jamea Harris
Hey, true crime friends! This week we will be diving into a more recent (and ongoing) case from earlier this year. Darius Miles was a junior at the University…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Patreon Teaser: The Murders of Laci and Conner Peterson
Hey, true crime friends! Here is a sneak peak of my breakdown of the murders of Laci and Conner Peterson- aka the trial of Scott Peterson. Listen to the…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room“There’s so Much More to Estée Than Meets the Eye,” the Face Behind the Estée Lauder Bottle with Renée Rosen (author of “Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl”)
Renée Rosen, a bestselling Chicago-based author, joins Andrew for a chat in the ITBR to talk about her new historical novel, “Fifth Avenue Glamour Girl,”…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomThe Gay & Lesbian Review’s LGBTQ+ Literature Picks for Spring & Summer 2023: Martha E. Stone (the G&LR’s Literary Editor) Enters the ITBR
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Today we have the pleasure of having Martha…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomThe Real Story Behind “My Policeman” with author Bethan Roberts (Her Thoughts on E.M. Forster, the Bloomsbury Group, the Film Adaptation, and Harry Styles)
Watch this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Bethan Roberts, an award-winning author…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomA New Definition for "Multi-Hyphenate"? Michael Kushner on Being a Multi-Hyphenate in the Theater Space
Listen to the rest of the episode by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Michael Kushner, NYC’s leading…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 62: The Murder of Claire Gravel
Hey, true crime friends! This week we are covering a cold case that has come back ablaze. We are discussing the murder of Salem State University, computer…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room“Being On the Fringe of American Culture as a Queer Person,” Dr. Eric Solomon and Martin Padgett Discuss LGBTQ+ Life in the South
Andrew reunites with fellow queer male intellects Marty Padgett and Dr. Eric Solomon after having met them at the Queer History Conference in San Francisco!…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"Glitter and Be Gay," the Story of Hollywood Legend Madeline Kahn (William V. Madison, author and producer, talks about his biography "Madeline Kahn: Being the Music, A Life")
William V. Madison, author of “Madeline Kahn: Being the Music, A Life”, reunites with Andrew, in the ITBR, after Andrew’s 30th birthday bash on Fire Island to…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 61: The Murder of Nikhit Kumar
Hey, true crime friends! This week’s case is taking us across the Atlantic Ocean to Adarsh Inter College in India. Fifteen-year-old student, Nikhit Kumar was…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"Nobody Represents Anybody," Dr. Ramzi Fawaz's Uncensored Queer and Feminist Theoretical Opinions (Queer Forms, LGBTQ+ Pop Culture, & Academia's Digital Wave)
Listen to the rest of the episode by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Today we have the pleasure of hosting Dr…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomDr. Marc Stein’s Climb to Queer Public History: From the 90s Queer Study Explosion to Taking Risks in LGBTQ+ Scholarly Work
Today, Dr. Marc Stein and Andrew reunite in the ITBR after having first met each other at the Queer History Conference in San Francisco! Marc specializes in…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"My Poetry Comes From a Place Where I Feel," Queer Male Authenticity in Poetry and Theater with Jarrett J. DeStouet
Happy National Poetry Month, ITBR listeners! To celebrate, we have special guest Jarrett J. DeStouet, a queer poet, actor, playwright, and professional massage…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 61: The Death in the Dorm Series- The Murder of Katie Autry
Hey, true crime friends! This week we are closing out the Death in the Dorm series. For the final episode, we are discussing the murder of Western Kentucky…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Patreon Exclusive- The Ice Man
Hey, true crime friends! Check out my sneak peek of this month's Patreon episode- The Ice Man. Richard Kuklinski was the son of a Polish immigrant who became a…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"Liberation is Not Something That's Completed, It's an Ongoing Project," Matt Baume on the Importance of LGBTQ+ TV, Film, and Pop Culture
Matt Baume, a Seattle-based writer, podcaster, and video-maker joins Andrew in the ITBR. Matt gears his content towards LGBTQ+ culture, geeks, and all things…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomThat Ol' Gay Classic Cinema: Andrew's "Sound of Music" Discussion and Playing Captain Von Trapp in High School
Did you know Andrew was on the first episode of That Ol' Gay Classic Cinema? Celebrate the anniversary of "The Sound of Music" which premiered in the United…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room“I Will Harness Love,” An America 2.0 and a Progressive Vision with Marianne Williamson (2024 Presidential Candidate, political activist, spiritual leader, and best-selling author)
Marianne Williamson, a Democratic presidential candidate for the 2024 election, joins Andrew in the Ivory Tower Boiler Room. Marianne is a political activist…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 60: Death in the Dorms Series- The Murder of Samantha Josephson
Hey, true crime friends! This week we are diving into the fifth episode of ABC/Hulu's series Death in the Dorms. Samantha Josephson was a senior at the…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"Theater Shakes Us Up So We Can Go to a New Place Together," Karin Coonrod, a galvanic theatrical force, Discusses The Dynamism of the Theater
The “prodigiously inventive” and “galvanic” Karin Coonrod (as noted by the NY Times) joins Andrew in the ITBR to kick off the Spring 2023 season! Karin is a…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 59: Death in the Dorm Series-The Murder of Michael Deng
Hey, true crime friends! This week we are back with our Death in the Dorm series (streaming on Hulu now). This week we are covering the murder of Baruch…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"Same-Sex Behavior Has Been Around Forever," Dr. Vernon Rosario Discusses the Medicalization of Sexuality and LGBTQ+ Psychiatry
To end our Winter 23 season, we’re so happy to welcome Dr. Vernon Rosario who has written extensively for The Gay and Lesbian Review! Rosario is a historian of…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 58: An Interview with Dr. Lina Haji and Dr. John Delatorre
Hey, true crime friends! For this week's episode, I got to live out a pipe dream of mine. I sat down with not one-but 2 forensic psychologists- Dr. Lina Haji…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"These Bad Gays Are Trying to Murder Me," Ben Miller Exposes the "Bad Gays" Throughout History
Join The Ivory Tower Boiler Room Cafe, $5 a month, to watch the video interviews and listen to bonus episodes: patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Andrew…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"Angela Bassett Did The Thing," Andrew and Mary's Winter 23 Arts and Culture Recap (Prince Harry, Pamela Anderson, the Golden Globes, and Their Oscar Predictions)
Today, the ITBR gets sprinkled with sugar and spice– a diverse, opinionated commentary on arts and culture for Winter 2023. Join Andrew and Mary as they recap…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Episode 57: An Interview with Bruce Goldfarb
Hey, true crime friends! This week, I sat down with author and former executive assistant to the chief medical examiner of Maryland- Bruce Goldfarb. Bruce is…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomTrue Crime in Academia Patreon Exclusive: The Dating Game Killer- Rodney Alcala
Hey, true crime friends! Here is a sneak peek of February’s Patreon BONUS episode! This month, we covered The Dating Game Killer aka Rodney Alcala. Not a…
Ivory Tower Boiler RoomWait...Jesus Had a Bulge? The Power of the Phallus and Queer Male Fashion in European Culture with Dr. Dominic Janes!
Dr. Dominic Janes is not only a professor of Modern History at Keele University, in England, but also one of Andrew’s queer male academic mentors! Following…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"Carrie Might Have Saved My Life," Why "Carrie the Musical" Speaks to Those Who Don't Feel Seen (Carrie and Margaret White, Ancient Greek Mythology, It's Not a Broadway Flop!) (Part Two)
Welcome back to Part 2 of our "Carrie the Musical" 35th anniversary podcast episode with Erik Champney! Erik explains how his "Carrie: The Master Cut" film…
Ivory Tower Boiler Room"Men Having Sex With Men in 19th-Century England," Dr. Chuck Upchurch (aka the Sodomitical Sleuth) Discusses Love, Sodomy, and the Death Penalty...Oh My!
Listen to our bonus episode with Dr. Chuck Upchurch by joining the ITBR Cafe for only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Dr. Chuck Upchurch explains…