Ivory Tower Boiler Room

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 male bisexuality with author of “Boyslut-“ Zachary Zane. Learn about grooming in the dance world with the most recent episode of True Crime in Academia. Spill the tea with “Auntie” Eboni K. Williams. Looking for something to read at the...

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 Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies of McGill University, joins Andrew in the ITBR! Get ready to enter Dr. Ketchum's feminist classroom where you'll learn all of the different critiques in feminist studies includi...

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. Rodrigue and Kyle D. Stedman to talk all about their new book "Soundwriting: A Guide to Making Audio Projects" (published by Broadview Press)! Right away, the three get into a conversation about how to create podcasts in the college clas...

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 complaint was filed with the US District Court of Nevada, that rocked the dance world. Dusty Button, a principal dancer with the Boston Ballet Company and her dance teacher husband, Mitchel Button had been accused of sexual, physical, and ve...

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 I, Andrew Rimby, am pulling back the literary curtain and discussing my recent publication, "Walt Whitman and Queer Theory" (published by Gale Literature Criticism ). This article teases my dissertation...more on that in a future...

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 and Manifesto,” joins Andrew in the ITBR for a spicy episode. He writes an advice column for Men’s Health called “Sexplain It” where he answers a plethora of questions pertaining to masculinity, ethics & non monogamy, sexual insecurities,...

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 savagely murdered his pregnant wife. Head to Broadview Press , an independent academic publisher, for all your humanities-related books. Use code ivorytower for 20% off your broadviewpress.com order. To subscribe to The Gay and Lesbian Review v...

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 Broadway Nation podcast, joins Andrew in the ITBR. David teaches at the University of Washington School of Drama about the history of the Broadway Musical. He has 40+ years of professional experience in the theater industry. Astoundingly, he...

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, Cristina Duarte who joins Andrew in the ITBR! She is a director, actor, and instructor (SDC. SAG/AFTRA . AEA). She and her colleagues call her an “actor’s director.” She was born in Portugal, and at the age of 7 immigrated to the U.S. with...

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 of Alabama and a forward for the University of Alabama's basketball team- the Crimson Tides- when a rash decision landed him a capital murder charge. Head to Broadview Press , an independent academic publisher, for all your humanities re...

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 episode on patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom

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,” that’s all about Estée Lauder! She is the USA Today bestselling author of “The Social Graces,” “Park Avenue Summer,” “Windy City Blues,” “White Collar Girl,” “What the Lady Wants,” “Dollface: A Novel of the Roaring Twenties,” and “Every Crooked P...

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 E. Stone, Literary Editor of The Gay & Lesbian Review, join Andrew in the ITBR. Martha is part of the selection process for books that end up being reviewed! She herself has written a wide range of book reviews. She currently serves on t...

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, joins Andrew in the ITBR. Bethan has five published novels: “The Pools” that won the Jerwood/Arvon Young Writers’ Award, “The Good Plain Cook” which was on BBC Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime, “Mother Island” that received a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered...

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 multi-hyphenate, joins Andrew in the ITBR for a show-stopping discourse. He obtained his BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College, served as the Director of Programming for The Green Room 42, is the Executive Producer of the Emmy nominated web series “In...

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 science major Claire Gravel. Claire Gravel was our with her softball team celebrating until the early morning when she was last seen. Two days later, three workmen discover her body by Route 128 in Beverly, Mass. It would be 36 years before offi...

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! They discuss Marty and Eric’s lives living in the South as members of the LGBTQ+ community and how that has affected them. Marty discusses his childhood, where he lived across tobacco farms, and coming from a very Southern family. Eric grew up...

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 share how his life led to writing Madeline Kahn‘s only biography. William is a former producer for CBS News and a former associate editor of Opera News. He was  the lone production assistant for the Broadway musical “Rags” in 1986, and he st...

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 beaten by his Social Science teacher after making a mistake on a test. Nikhit fought to stay alive, but sadly succumbed to his injuries over two weeks later. Sources: https://news.yahoo.com/indian-student-allegedly-beaten-death-221300414.html...

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. Ramzi Fawaz, a queer scholar with a PhD in American Studies, and a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ramzi joins Andrew in the ITBR to cover many thought-provoking topics that are discussed in Ramzi’s book “Queer Forms...

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 LGBTQ+ public history in both his teaching and scholarship. He is a professor at San Francisco State University, the director of OutHistory, and is a co-curator, along with Lisa Arellano, of Queer Pasts. Marc has published widely in the field...

Happy National Poetry Month, ITBR listeners! To celebrate, we have special guest Jarrett J. DeStouet, a queer poet, actor, playwright, and professional massage therapist. Jarrett and Andrew reminisce about their theater days performing in the musical “Godspell” together. Jarrett also talks about his experiences as a writer. He shares a sneak peak of his upcoming satirical comedy, “Jemima’s Monolog...

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 University freshman, Katie Autry. Katie Autry was the first person in her family to go to college, but all of the hopes and dreams her family had for her (and that she had for herself) were tragically put to an end in the Spring of 2003. Katie...

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 hitman for the Five Families of NY (and 2 in NJ). Want to hear more? Go to patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Head to Broadview Press, an independent academic publisher, for all your humanities-related books. Use code ivorytower for 20% o...

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 strange and wonderful! Matt is the creative genius behind the podcast The Sewers of Paris and his over 220,000 subscriber YouTube channel ! Matt was nominated for the GLAAD award for journalism and recognized by the New York Times as “thought...