Ivory Tower Boiler Room

Want to listen to this episode AD FREE? Go to patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom to become a subscriber today! Hey, true crime friends! This week we are covering episode 4of the Death in the Dorms series- the death of Max Gruver. Max was only a few weeks into his freshman year and close to making it into his dream fraternity- Phi Delta Theta- when he became targeted by a sophomore active named Matth...

Watch/Listen to this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Patreon and get a free trial for the ITBR Professor level! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Happy Valentine's Day ITBR family! What a special VDAY gift to have author Mary McMyne back on the podcast to talk all about her new novel A Rose By Any Other Name . Mary explains how her interest in rete...

Watch/Listen to this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Patreon and get a free trial for the ITBR Professor level! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ I'm so excited to welcome writer Curtis Chin on the podcast to discuss his memoir "Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant," which explores his upbringing in his family's Chin...

Want to listen to this episode AD FREE? Go to patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom to become a subscriber today! Hey, true crime friends! The next case in the Hulu and ABC docuseries, Death in the Dorms, is the murder of University of Miami student and rising star linebacker, Marlin Barnes. On April 13, 1996, Marlin Barnes and his friend Timwankia Lumpkins went out to a party at the Salvation Club. Wh...

Want to listen to this episode AD FREE? Go to patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom and become a subscriber today! Hey, true crime friends! This week we are looking at the next case in the Death in the Dorms series on Hulu- the murder of Binghamton University nursing student, Hayley Anderson. After missing a friend's poetry reading, Hayley's friends grew concerned and tried to find her. Sadly,...

Want to listen to this episode AD FREE? Go to patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom to become a subscriber today! Hey, true crime friends. We are kicking off 2025 by covering the Hulu Original Series- Death in the Dorm, season 2. In this first episode, we learn about the murder of Temple University junior, Jenna Burleigh. Jenna disappeared the night after meeting some friends at a bar for a friend’s 21...

Watch/Listen to this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Patreon and get a free trial for the ITBR Professor level! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ I always love when a  Gay and Lesbian Review  (G&LR) contributor comes onto the ITBR, and you're all in for such a gay culture treat with theater critic for variety and freelance journalist, Frank Rizzo. Fr...

Watch/Listen to this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Patreon and get a free trial for the ITBR Professor level! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Presenting a really special holiday Broadway episode with Chad Beguelin who recently wrote his first novel called Showmance ! Showmance is about a down-on-his-luck Broadway playwright who is marooned in rural Il...

Want to listen to this episode AD FREE? Go to patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom to become a subscriber today! Hey, true crime friends! This week we are talking about a complicated and nuanced case that hit the media by storm- the attack of John Wayne Bobbitt by his wife, Lorena Bobbitt. While the media focused on the salacious aspects of this case, they completely ignored the darker sides of the co...

Watch/Listen to this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Patreon and get a free trial for the ITBR Professor level! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ As a special holiday season episode, here's our book club discussion about Gregory Maguire's novel "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West." Many of us in the book club had just seen the Broad...

Want to listen to this episode AD FREE? Go to patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom to become a subscriber today! Hey, true crime friends! This week we are closing out the Aileen Wuornos series with the horrific murders, the aftermath of Aileen’s conviction, and her girlfriend, Tyria’s role in it all. Theme Song: Pisces by Anne Sophie Andersen Our Sponsors: To subscribe to The Gay and Lesbian Review vi...

Watch/Listen to this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Patreon and get a free trial for the ITBR Professor level! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Dr. Andrea Sullivan-Clarke, a Native American  philosopher  from the Wind Clan of Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma, and an Associate Professor at Indiana University Bloomington, comes on the podcast to confront America...

Want to listen to this episode AD FREE? Go to patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom to become a subscriber today! Hey, true crime friends! I'm back at it after a crazy hectic month! I moved into my apartment and the to-do list has been non-stop the past few weeks. Considering the times in our country, I thought I'd kick us off with some good ole' female rage- America's first serial killer, Aileen Wuorn...

In honor of Wicked week, I'm rereleasing my incredible interview with Gregory Maguire! It was such a pleasure to have him on the podcast to discuss all things Wicked. From what inspired him to write about the Wicked Witch of the West, a heartwarming story about when he knew he had to write the novel, his reaction to the musical adaptation, and how he found out that his novel was being adapted into...

Hi, I'm Dr. Andrew Rimby, the host of The Ivory Tower Boiler Room podcast (an arts and culture podcast) as well as a literary professor and scholar. I hope that the following podcast and digital media tips/tricks workshop helps you figure out whether you'd like to start your own podcast, use podcast episodes in your teaching, or collaborate with colleagues on creating a podcast. If you would like...

Watch/Listen to this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Patreon and get a free trial for the ITBR Professor level! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ We're back with our Queer as Folk rewatch show with guest co-host Dr. Neil J. Young who recently published "Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right." Episode 12 of QAF, "Move It Or Lose It" explores Micha...

Watch/Listen to this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Patreon and get a free trial for the ITBR Professor level! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ What's your favorite scary movie? Such an iconic line from one of my favorite horror movies, but it's not every day that you can ask this question to an award-winning horror writer! I first ask Paul about his 2018 n...

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Watch/Listen to this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Patreon and get a free trial for the ITBR Professor level! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ This is a special ITBR rerelease! Jeremy discusses his nonfiction book Gay Bar and analyzes the ins and outs of gay bars and why we go to them. So many of Gay Bar 's book reviews emphasize the reviewer's own persona...

Want to listen to this episode AD FREE? Go to patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom to become a subscriber today! Hey, true crime friends! This week we are closing out the Elan School series with some of the tragic deaths that occurred and the ultimate closure of the Elan School on April 1, 2011. Theme Song: Pisces by Anne Sophie Andersen Our Sponsors: Be sure to follow The SoapBox on IG, ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Watch/Listen to this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Patreon and get a free trial for the ITBR Professor level! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're so happy to have That Ol' Gay Classic Cinema join the ITBR podcast network! Join host Christian Garcia as he takes you on a queer classic cinema journey. Come join us as we travel back to Tara and the Old Sou...

Watch/Listen to this and all episodes ad free by joining the ITBR Patreon and get a free trial for the ITBR Professor level! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ To celebrate "Desperate Housewives" 20th anniversary Andrew is joined with a returning guest, author B.J. Irons! B.J. just wrote a new novel called "Up Your HOA Hole" which draws creative inspirati...

Want to listen to this episode AD FREE? Go to patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom to become a subscriber today! Hey, true crime friends. For the next two weeks we will be diving into one of the corrupt schools in the troubled teen industry: the Elan School in Poland, Maine. To start the series off, we will be discussing the school’s founders, Joseph Ricci and Dr. Gerald Davidson, as well as the pract...

Want to listen to this episode AD FREE? Go to patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom Hey, true crime friends. This week we are diving into the grisly murder of Shanda Sharer and the aftermath of her death. Theme Song: Pisces by Anne Sophie Andersen Our Sponsors: Be sure to follow The SoapBox on IG, ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thesoapboxny⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and TikTok, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thesoapboxny⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and call or mes...

Want to listen to this episode AD FREE? Go to patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom to become a subscriber today! Hey, true crime friends. This month we will be looking into the murder of 12-year-old Our Lady of Perpetual Help student, Shanda Sharer. This week we are discussing the personal history of Shanda and the individuals responsible for her horrific death. Theme Song: Pisces by Anne Sophie Ander...