Ivory Tower Boiler Room

By Dr. Andrew Rimby

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Episode Date
My Pride Reading Recommendations (Part 1)
Jun 15, 2026
Yes Daddy! A Queer Summer Thriller with Jonathan Parks-Ramage
Jun 13, 2026
Erotic Fantasies and Our Writing: How Are They Connected? (with Mickie Kennedy)
Jun 12, 2026
What's the Importance of Knowing Our Queer Literary History? (w/ The Gay & Lesbian Review)
Jun 08, 2026
The True Story of the Queer ’90s and How It Transformed Modern-Day Culture (with Hugh Ryan)
Jun 01, 2026
Queens, Queerness, and Tudor London with Amie Mcnee
May 29, 2026
Let’s Talk “Scream” & Its Echoes In The Horror Genre!
May 13, 2026
Slashing Our Way Through Horror Literature! (with Mike Bockoven)
May 08, 2026
Literature vs The Dopamine Loop: Can You Publish Work With Diminishing Attention Spans?
May 04, 2026
A Poetic & Personal End To National Poetry Month! (with Emanuel Xavier)
Apr 30, 2026
How Did Hitchcock Do It? (with Jennifer O'Callaghan)
Apr 27, 2026
Feminist Approaches in Musical Theater (with Stacy Wolf and Paige Allen)
Apr 24, 2026
True Crime in Academia Episode 120: Jodi Arias
Apr 23, 2026
Are Gay Men Always Thinking With Their Cock?
Apr 21, 2026
What's It Like Being An Escort? (with Dallas Robertson)
Apr 20, 2026
A First Hand Account on Being A “Kept Boy”: The Origin of The Sugar Baby
Apr 17, 2026
The Victorian Era Paradox: Homosexuality & The Concept of “The Closet” In The 19th Century
Apr 15, 2026
Can You Be Gay In A Muslim Country? (with Gaar Adams)
Apr 10, 2026
Why Are Gen Z's Family Values So Different? And... A Thrilling Mafia Story! (with author Nancy Genung)
Apr 08, 2026
Mary's Reading of Biased Justice: Chapter Two
Apr 06, 2026
Biased Justice: Chapter Two — Dimitri's Losses During & After His Conviction
Apr 06, 2026
(Re-Upload!) Biased Justice: Chapter One — The Wrongful Conviction of Dimitri Rozenman
Apr 04, 2026
The Stigmatization of Erotic Literature & Hollywood Actors on Broadway?! ( w/ Christian Pan)
Apr 03, 2026
How do English and Writing Professors Combat the Excessive Use of AI in the College Classroom?
Apr 02, 2026
Aliens Are Real?! Truth-seeking, Spirituality, The Matrix... and Lizard People! (with Harrison Viers Newberry)
Apr 01, 2026
How to Teach the Humanities in an Age of AI and Tech Overload?
Mar 31, 2026
A Hopeful Queer Story When We Need It Most and Going Against the Tragic Narrative (with author Marie Rutkoski)
Mar 30, 2026
How to Build a Career as a Jane Austen Literary Scholar and Why She Matters in 2026! (with Devoney Looser)
Mar 25, 2026
Reimagining Dracula’s Lucy as a Queer Vampiric Figure! (with Kiersten White)
Mar 23, 2026
True Crime in Academia Episode 119: The Murder of Dian Fossey
Mar 23, 2026
Why Did The Salem Witch Trials Happen? (with Stacy Schiff)
Mar 22, 2026
Dreamlike & Electric! A Deep Dive Into 2025's Most Thrilling & Mystical Novel (The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery with Clarence A. Haynes)
Mar 20, 2026
Self Care vs The Beauty Industry: How To Love Yourself While They Manufacture Your Insecurity (with author Olivia Wolfgang-Smith)
Mar 18, 2026
Should You Watch Scream 7? (Part 2)
Mar 17, 2026
Episode 6: Teaching the Humanities in the 21st Century with Dr. Mary Balkun
Mar 16, 2026
The 2026 Broadway Season...and a Little Wicked! with Stacy Wolf
Mar 13, 2026
Spirituality, Intersectionality, Religion & Sexuality!
Mar 11, 2026
"Can We Hold The Elites Accountable?! On Epstein, the American People & Global Predatory Scandals"
Mar 09, 2026
What Did My Husband and I Think of the New Scream Film (Part 1)?
Mar 08, 2026
Are LLM’S Taking Away Students' Voices? The Shifting Tides of Teaching, “Academic Writing Now” & more!
Mar 06, 2026
Gothic and Horror Book Recommendations!
Mar 04, 2026
Vampires in Literature and Film!
Mar 04, 2026
Let's Get...Kinky! With ITBR and G&LR!
Mar 03, 2026
What's The Deal With Messy White Gays?! featuring Drew Droege
Mar 01, 2026
Wes Craven's SCREAM: A Watch Party!!
Feb 28, 2026
Do You Like Scary Movies with Padraic Maroney (a Scream and Final Destination Expert)
Feb 28, 2026
Authoritarianism and Queer Resilience Collide! Targeted Censorship and the Importance of Truth in the U.S. (with Robert Fieseler author of American Scare)
Feb 23, 2026
Why Poe Still Haunts Us: Power, Psychology, and the Gothic Imagination
Feb 20, 2026
The Unbelievable True Story of Jonathan Lerner: From Stonewall to Today
Feb 16, 2026
Biased Justice: Chapter One — The Wrongful Conviction of Dimitri Rozenman
Feb 09, 2026
Out for Blood: A Cultural History of Carrie the Musical with Chris Adams
Feb 05, 2026
Writing on Fire: Saving the Humanities in the Age of AI with Dr. Rachel Teukolsky
Feb 03, 2026
Why is Heated Rivalry Such a Phenomenon?
Jan 25, 2026
Queer Book, Film, and TV Recommendations!
Jan 22, 2026
Being Gay in the Military: Netflix's Boots and The Pink Marine with Greg Cope White
Jan 20, 2026
Episode 5: Teaching the Humanities in the 21st Century with Dr. Stefanie Shapiro
Jan 17, 2026
Witches Run Amok: The Oral History of Disney's Hocus Pocus with Shannon Carlin
Jan 12, 2026
What Did We Really Think About Ryan Murphy’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story?
Jan 06, 2026
Queer Ethnographic Journeys and Reclaiming Indigenous Sexuality with the Gay and Lesbian Review
Jan 02, 2026
We're Back With a New Season!
Dec 30, 2025
Unbuttoning the History and Legacy of PLAYGIRL and Its Feminist/Gay Roots
Dec 11, 2025
Episode 4: Teaching the Humanities in the 21st Century with Professor Meredith Aristone
Dec 04, 2025
Introducing Our Dyke Histories...A New Podcast!
Dec 04, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 118: The Donner Party
Dec 01, 2025
Why White Americans Need to Learn More about Native American History: A Conversation with My Parents
Nov 30, 2025
What You Haven't Been Taught about Native American History and Philosophy with Dr. Andrea Sullivan-Clarke
Nov 28, 2025
Our Thoughts on Wicked: Part One!
Nov 17, 2025
Episode 3: Teaching the Humanities in the 21st Century with Professor Karen Galli
Nov 14, 2025
Gregory Maguire Talks About His Bestselling Novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West!
Nov 09, 2025
What Makes a Great Slasher and Our Review of I Know What You Did Last Summer with Matthew R. Corr
Nov 09, 2025
Outrunning the Closet and Coming of Age with American TV Writer and Producer Jon Kinnally
Oct 29, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 117: Ed Gein Part 2
Oct 27, 2025
The Hollywood Closeting System: Traveling Back to 2005 with Celia Laskey
Oct 21, 2025
How to Alleviate Existential Dread and Anxiety...Write a Dystopian Novel? with author Jonathan Parks-Ramage
Oct 20, 2025
Broadway Nation: How Immigrant, Jewish, Queer, and Black Artists Invented The Broadway Musical with David Armstrong
Oct 13, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 116: Ed Gein Part 1
Oct 06, 2025
"Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up," A Sunset Boulevard TikTok Watch Party
Oct 05, 2025
Queer Literature In The Era of Anti-Intellectualism with Frank Pizzoli
Oct 03, 2025
Empathy and the Human Condition with Laury A. Egan
Sep 19, 2025
Episode 2: Teaching the Humanities in the 21st Century with Dr. Angela Weisl
Sep 10, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 115: What Jennifer Did
Sep 08, 2025
Episode 1: Teaching the Humanities in the 21st Century with Dr. Susanna Rich
Aug 22, 2025
Escaping Death in Horror Films with Padraic Maroney
Aug 07, 2025
Let's Call Her Barbie with Renee Rosen
Aug 02, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 114: College Freshman Solves Cold Case
Jul 14, 2025
Talking All Things Disco, Witches, and Fire Island with Blair Fell
Jul 09, 2025
The First Homosexuals with Dr. Jonathan D. Katz
Jul 03, 2025
Movies That Made Us Gay: Into the Woods
Jun 29, 2025
Queer Male Modern Intimacy and Relationships with Manuel Betancourt
Jun 28, 2025
A Special Tony Awards Episode Featuring Our Reactions to the Wicked and Kiss of the Spider Woman Trailers
Jun 18, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 113: Richard Speck- The Nursing Student Killer
Jun 16, 2025
There’s No Place Like Home! Chatting about the Wonderful Wizard of Oz Universe with Professors Dina Schiff Massachi and Mark I. West
Jun 13, 2025
The Creative Writing Scene in Miami and Meditating on Love and Loss with Rochelle Weinstein
Jun 06, 2025
From Stage to Screen: What Did We Think of the Wicked Film?
Jun 04, 2025
From Suburban New Jersey to Christopher Street: A Young Guy Coming-of-Age in 1978 with writer Robert Raasch
Jun 02, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 112: The Murder of Mollie Tibbetts
May 26, 2025
ITBR Reviews Broadway: Is SMASH a Hit? (featuring Angela Catsaros, Christian Garcia, and Andrew Rimby)
May 12, 2025
A Review of Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Film & The Double-Edged Sword of Being a Gay Author
May 09, 2025
When Did the LGBT Movement Begin? A G&LR Conversation with Richard Schneider Jr.
May 09, 2025
That Ol' Gay Classic Cinema: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
May 08, 2025
So You Want to Start a Podcast?
May 06, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 111: The Murder of Mackenzie Leuck
May 05, 2025
The Vampire Figure in Literature and Film with Drs. Elizabeth Lewis and Robin Werner
Apr 16, 2025
The Gilded Age Recap with Dr. Sheila Liming
Apr 12, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 110: Death in the Dorms Season 2- Latasha Norman
Apr 07, 2025
Racial Anxiety and Surveillance in American Gothic Lit and Pop Culture with Dr. Kelly Ross
Apr 04, 2025
Marilyn Monroe's Real Life Drama and the Fictional Bombshell Musical! Recapping SMASH Episode 2 with Christian Garcia
Apr 01, 2025
A Marilyn Monroe Musical? Recapping SMASH Episode 1 with Christian Garcia
Mar 31, 2025
Gregory Maguire Talks about the Inspiration Behind Wicked and His New Novel Elphie (Live at Barnes and Noble)
Mar 29, 2025
Is Queer as Folk Still Relevant Today? Recapping QAF S1Ep13 with film producer Jonathan Yaskoff
Mar 26, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 109: Death in the Dorms Season 2- Patrick Moffly
Mar 24, 2025
(ITBR Archive) Queer Desire, Trauma, and Jewish Identity with author Aaron Hamburger
Mar 21, 2025
Fiancé Reactions: The Gilded Age
Mar 17, 2025
Remembering Felice Picano: One of the Founders of the Modern Gay Movement
Mar 14, 2025
The Gay and Lesbian Review: The Pansy Craze, Mark Twain Bottom Shaming, and Sodomy in Louis XIV's Court! Talking to Writers Margaret Vandenburg, William Benemann, and Laurence Senelick
Mar 13, 2025
Identifying, Escaping, and Healing from Toxic and Manipulative People with Vanessa Reiser (a Narcissistic Abuse and Cult Expert)
Mar 04, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 108: Death in the Dorms Season 2- Max Gruver
Feb 24, 2025
Will You Accept This Rose? Shakespeare, Romance, and Witchcraft with Mary McMyne (author of A Rose By Any Other Name)
Feb 14, 2025
Author Interview: Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant with Curtis Chin
Feb 10, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 107: Death in the Dorms Season 2- Marlin Barnes
Feb 03, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 106: Death in the Dorms Season 2- Hayley Anderson
Jan 20, 2025
True Crime in Academia Episode 105: Death in the Dorms, Season 2- Jenna Burleigh
Jan 13, 2025
“The Most Interesting Gay Stories to Me Are the Ones That Aren’t Necessarily Gay” Broadway & Film in the 60s, 70s, & 80s with Theater Critic Frank Rizzo
Dec 31, 2024
Iconic Showmances and the Power of Queer Storytelling as a Broadway Creator and Novelist with Chad Beguelin
Dec 25, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 104: Lorena Bobbitt
Dec 23, 2024
Reading Gregory Maguire's Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (an ITBR Book Club Episode)
Dec 19, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 103: Aileen Wuornos- America's First Female Serial Killer Part 2
Dec 09, 2024
The History America Doesn't Teach: Native American Culture and Indigenous Philosophy with Dr. Andrea Sullivan-Clarke
Nov 30, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 102: Aileen Wuornos- America's First Female Serial Killer Part 1
Nov 25, 2024
The Bestselling Book that Inspired the Wicked Film! with Gregory Maguire
Nov 23, 2024
How to Create a Podcast? A Digital Media Tips and Tricks Workshop
Nov 20, 2024
(ITBR Rewatches) Gay Republicans?! Queer as Folk, S1E12 w/ Dr. Neil J. Young (author of Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right)
Nov 18, 2024
Cursed Films and Horror Movies, a Halloween Conversation with Award-Winning Writer Paul Tremblay (author of Horror Movie, The Cabin at the End of the World, and A Head Full of Ghosts)
Oct 31, 2024
It's Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus, Bette Midler's Theater, Film, and Music Career with Kevin Winkler (author of On Bette Midler)
Oct 27, 2024
(ITBR Archive) The History of Gay Bars and Why We Go To Them with Jeremy Atherton Lin (author of Gay Bar)
Oct 19, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 101: The Elan School Part 2
Oct 08, 2024
That Ol' Gay Classic Cinema: Gone With the Wind (Part 1)
Oct 01, 2024
ITBR Rewatches: Desperate Housewives with B.J. Irons (author of Up Your HOA Hole)
Sep 21, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 100: The Elan School Part 1
Sep 16, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 99: The Murder of Shanda Sharer Part 2
Aug 25, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 98: The Murder of Shanda Sharer Part 1
Aug 18, 2024
I'll Be Back Soon With New ITBR Episodes...A Few Life Updates
Aug 15, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 97: The Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
Jul 28, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 96: The Death of Joshua Hwang
Jul 28, 2024
“Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let Down Your Hair To Me” Climbing the Fairy Tale Tower to Uncover the Origin Story of Mother Gothel, a Witch and Rapunzel’s Mother w/ Mary McMyne (author of The Book of Gothel)
Jul 17, 2024
(ITBR Rewatches) "The Idea of Being a Young Hairless Twink Was Never My Er0tic Attraction," Queer as Folk, S1E11 w/ Don Shewey
Jul 10, 2024
That Ol' Gay Classic Cinema: The Sound of Music
Jul 05, 2024
The History of Drag Performance from the Victorian Period to the 21st Century w/ Dr. Jacob Bloomfield
Jun 30, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 95: The Murder of Reena Virk Part 2
Jun 23, 2024
Dr. Andrew Rimby Reacts to the 77th Annual Tony Awards (the Winners, the Performances, & the Entertainment Factor)
Jun 17, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 94: The Murder of Reena Virk Part 1
Jun 16, 2024
Is It The End of the English Major? Learning How to Use AI as a Writer & Educator w/ Dr. Sid Dobrin
Jun 14, 2024
(ITBR Rewatches) "Chemistry,” SMASH S1 Ep6 w/ Dr. Andrew Rimby (Hosted by Christian Garcia)
Jun 07, 2024
Reacting to the "Wicked" Movie Trailer
May 20, 2024
“I’m Your Boy Right? And Your Boy Wants to Go to the Party,” A Fellow Travelers TV & Book Review Ep. w/ Allen Ellenzweig
May 16, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 93: The Murder of Andrew Boldt
May 12, 2024
In the Mouth of the Wolf, or How Free is the Free Press...Investigative Journalism & Uncovering Government Corruption w/ Katherine Corcoran
May 07, 2024
How Do We Engage in Healthy Political Debate? Challenging the Old Guard and Disrupting the System w/ William Ferraro
Apr 29, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 92: The Murder of Anna Jones
Apr 28, 2024
Diving Into Lesbian Love Stories and Uncovering Female Romances and Role Models w/ Amelia Possanza
Apr 25, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 91: "The Kobe Cannibal" Issei Sagawa, Part 2- The Murder of Renee Hartevelt
Apr 22, 2024
Felice Picano Has Always Been Ahead of the Curve...Sitting Down with the Founder of Modern Gay Literature
Apr 19, 2024
Dr. Helana Darwin Opens Up about Being Groomed in Academia (Rerelease)
Apr 18, 2024
The Truth Behind Capote Vs. The Swans...What Made Truman So Enigmatic & Uncovering The Facts About These Elite Women
Apr 15, 2024
(ITBR & TCIA Present) Listen to the Survivors! Reacting to "Quiet on Set"
Apr 15, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 90: "The Kobe Cannibal" Issei Sagawa, Part 1
Apr 14, 2024
"Democracy Has Not Delivered On Its Promises": Marianne Williamson Enters the ITBR (Rerelease)
Apr 11, 2024
(ITBR Rewatches) "Queens of the Road," Queer as Folk, S1E10 w/ Triston Pullen
Apr 05, 2024
“What’s a Great First Line...Write That Down & Follow It,” Creative Writing & The Queer Female Experience w/ Laury A. Egan
Mar 28, 2024
(ITBR Book Club) Leah Remini's "Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology"
Mar 21, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 89: The Disappearance of Jason Landry
Mar 17, 2024
It's a M*RDER on the Dance Floor! Bathtubs, Period S*X, & N*DE Mansion Dancing...SALTBURN w/ Triston Pullen & Lorentz
Mar 14, 2024
No One Mourns the Wicked? A Conversation with the Great and Powerful Gregory Maguire (Rerelease)
Mar 10, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 88: Religious and Cult Trauma- A Round Table
Mar 10, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 87: The Death of Mitrice Richardson
Mar 03, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 86: The Murder of Heather Maples
Feb 25, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 85: The Death of Lucas Opanuga
Feb 18, 2024
Roses Are Red, Blood is Too, Here's a Gothic Valentine's Gift For You...Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" w/ Dr. Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock & James Yeary
Feb 16, 2024
(ITBR Rewatches) "Daddy Dearest (Sonny Boy)," Queer as Folk, S1E9 w/ TQ Sims
Feb 07, 2024
True Crime In Academia Episode 84: The Murder of Mackenzie Cowell
Feb 04, 2024
(ITBR Book Club) Our Honest Thoughts on Britney Spears' "The Woman in Me" w/ Brooke Walsh & Christian Garcia
Jan 29, 2024
True Crime in Academia Re-Feature Episode 52: An Interview with Revealing the Ivory Tower
Jan 28, 2024
(ITBR Rewatches) "Let's Be Bad,” SMASH S1 Ep5 w/ Elizabeth Winder & Dr. Andrew Rimby (Hosted by Christian Garcia)
Jan 27, 2024
Is P*rn Feminist? Revisiting the 1980s Anti-P*rn and Sex Wars w/ Dr. Margaret Galvan
Jan 23, 2024
Queer as Folk Meets Reality TV w/ Randomly Ronnie Jr. (Cancel Culture & Controversies)
Jan 21, 2024
True Crime in Academia Episode 83: The Murder of Michael Turpin (Love, Greed, and Other Drugs)
Jan 20, 2024
(ITBR Rewatches) "Babylon Boomerang," Queer as Folk, S1E8 w/ Randomly Ronnie Jr
Jan 19, 2024
Behind the Curtain: Broadway's Complicated History with Queerness and Bodies w/ Dr. Ryan Donovan
Jan 13, 2024
ITBR's 2023: A Year in Review (Recapping Our 2023 Eps)
Dec 30, 2023
(ITBR Rewatches) "Smells Like Codependence," Queer as Folk, S1E7 w/ Travis Rountree
Dec 20, 2023
What Happens When You Come Out as a Lesbian Later in Life..."Late Bloomer: Finding My Authentic Self at Midlife" w/ Melissa Giberson
Dec 18, 2023
Exploring Queer Youth in Literature: Conversion Therapy, Family Ab*se, and Homelessness w/ Lucian Childs (author of "Dreaming Home")
Dec 16, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 82: Le Prof Murderer
Dec 16, 2023
(ITBR Rewatches) "The Cost of Art,” SMASH S1 Ep4 w/ Elizabeth Winder & Dr. Andrew Rimby (Hosted by Christian Garcia)
Dec 13, 2023
Can You be Both a Creative Writer and an Academic? Finding Your Creative Voice and Career Advice w/ Dr. Lindsay Tuggle
Dec 11, 2023
Unleashing Pleasure and Public Sex in France from the Enlightenment to the 20th Century w/ Dr. Andrew Israel Ross (a Historian of French Sexuality)
Dec 10, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 81: The Murder of Kaylee Sawyer
Dec 09, 2023
(ITBR Rewatches) "The Art of Desperation,” Queer as Folk, S1E6 w/ Scott Alexander Hess
Dec 06, 2023
A Young Gay Black Man's Political and Social Reckoning in the Coming of Age Novel "My Government Means to Kill Me" w/ Rasheed Newson
Dec 05, 2023
Celebrating 30 years of the Gay and Lesbian Review and Queer Representation in Arts and Culture w/ Richard Schneider (Editor-in-Chief & Founder of G&LR)
Dec 02, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 80: Another News Update
Dec 02, 2023
(ITBR Rewatches) "Now Approaching...The Line,” Queer as Folk, S1 Ep5 w/ Kevin Gadzalinski
Nov 29, 2023
(ITBR Book Club) The True Story of Four Women Who Shaped the Rolling Stones, "Parachute Women" w/ Elizabeth Winder
Nov 27, 2023
Learning about Native American Heritage Day and "Killers of the Flower Moon" with My Parents
Nov 24, 2023
What Does a Gender and Sexuality Philosopher Study? Dr. Shannon Dea Goes "Beyond the Binary: Thinking about Sex and Gender"
Nov 20, 2023
(ITBR Teaches) Fitness and Health Advice During the Holidays w/ Ariana Pesce
Nov 18, 2023
(ITBR Rewatches) "Enter Mr. DiMaggio," SMASH S1 Ep3 w/ Dr. Andrew Rimby & Mary DiPipi (Hosted by Christian Garcia)
Nov 15, 2023
Gay Greek Mythology, Fire Island, and the Desperate Housewives with author B.J. Irons
Nov 13, 2023
(ITBR Teaches) BravoCon, Reality Reckoning, and the Real Housewives Franchise w/ Randomly Ronnie Jr.
Nov 11, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 79: The Virginia Tech Shooting (And the Fall Out)
Nov 11, 2023
(ITBR Rewatches) "Ted's Not Dead," Queer as Folk, S1 Ep4 w/ Joe Nasta
Nov 08, 2023
Following Your Creative Path and Becoming an Entrepreneur w/ Dr. Anne Sophie Andersen (Co-Artistic Director of New Music for Strings)
Nov 06, 2023
(ITBR Teaches) Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and Orange County Tea & Gossip w/ Lenzi (The Housewife Historian)
Nov 04, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 78: The Virginia Tech Shooting (Part 2: From Gifted Mathematician to Mass Shooter, What happened?)
Nov 04, 2023
(ITBR Rewatches) "The Callback," SMASH S1 Ep2 w/ Dr. Andrew Rimby (Hosted by Christian Garcia)
Nov 01, 2023
(Gay Culture Corner) Vampires and Witches in New Orleans (AHS: Coven and Interview with the Vampire) w/ Joseph Federico
Oct 31, 2023
(ITBR Teaches) Demonic Possession in The Conjuring and Exorcist Universe (The Nun 2 and The Exorcist: Believer) w/ Jenine Cucchi (from The SoapBox NY)
Oct 30, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 77: The Virginia Tech Shooting (Part 1)
Oct 30, 2023
(ITBR Teaches) Meeting the Real Housewives of New Jersey & Analyzing The New Cast of RHONY, Bethenny Frankel, and Kyle Richards w/ Lenzi (The Housewife Historian)
Oct 28, 2023
(ITBR Rewatches) "No Bris, No Shirt, No Service," Queer as Folk, S1 Ep3 w/ Aaron Wallis
Oct 25, 2023
Why Are There So Many Queer Victorian Gothic Monsters? We're Looking at You Jekyll & Hyde, Frankenstein, & Dracula w/ Sage Cotugno (author of The Glass Scientists)
Oct 24, 2023
(ITBR Teaches) "What's Your Favorite Scary Movie"? Horror Meets Satire in SCREAM w/ Lorentz and Mary DiPipi
Oct 21, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 76: The University of Texas Tower Shooting (Charles Whitman)
Oct 21, 2023
(ITBR Rewatches) "Pilot," SMASH S1 Ep1 w/ Dr. Andrew Rimby (Hosted by Christian Garcia)
Oct 18, 2023
"Finding a Photo of Your Grandmother in Male Drag," A Story about Jewish Immigration, Identity, and Liberation in Havana w/ Aaron Hamburger (author of "Hotel Cuba")
Oct 16, 2023
Are You the Gay Best Friend? The Phenomenon of the GBF in Pop Culture w/ Nicolas DiDomizio
Oct 14, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 75: News Update (Patreon Exclusive- True Stories Behind Urban Legends and Myths)
Oct 14, 2023
(ITBR Rewatches) "Queer, There and Everywhere," Queer as Folk, S1 Ep2 w/ Matt Skallerud
Oct 11, 2023
The Glamour and Grit of How Hip-Hop Revolutionized the Fashion Industry w/ Sowmya Krishnamurthy (Author of "Fashion Killa")
Oct 10, 2023
(ITBR Teaches) Is the Barbie Movie Queer? w/ Dr. Ramzi Fawaz
Oct 07, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 74: The Disappearance of Maura Murray (still missing after 19 years)
Oct 07, 2023
Sarah Fraser's Fall Pop Culture Updates: The Writers Strike, Bethenny Frankel's Reality Reckoning, The New RHONY, and RHOBH
Oct 05, 2023
(ITBR Teaches) Welcome to Spooky Season! A Haunting in Venice and The Haunted Mansion w/ Kathy Rimby (Andrew’s Mom)
Oct 04, 2023
Should Queer Men Write With Their COCKS? Finding a Queer Literary Community w/ Nigel Featherstone
Oct 02, 2023
(ITBR Teaches) Is The Barbie Movie Feminist? w/ Sheena Rubino
Sep 30, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 73: The Murder of Betty Shanks (Australia's Most Notorious Unsolved Murder)
Sep 30, 2023
(ITBR Rewatches) "Premiere," Queer as Folk, S1 Ep1 w/ Christian Garcia (Hosted by Dr. Andrew Rimby)
Sep 27, 2023
There's Never Been a Musical Like Her! "Out for Blood: A Cultural History of Carrie the Musical" w/ Chris Adams
Sep 25, 2023
(That Ol' Gay Classic Cinema) Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo w/ Christian Garcia, Andrew Rimby, Mary DiPipi, & Travis Rountree
Sep 23, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 72: The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst Part 3 (It's the why that's the problem)
Sep 23, 2023
Cracking the Closet on Male-Male Love in Ancient Greek Society with Dr. Andrew Lear (Classics scholar and founder of Oscar Wilde Tours)
Sep 20, 2023
An Intergenerational LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Conversation: Eric Marcus is Making Gay History!
Sep 18, 2023
A Queer Male Gaze...Does It Exist? Hunks, Heartthrobs, and Desiring Men with Manuel Betancourt
Sep 16, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 71: The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst Part 2 (Captive Turned Member?????)
Sep 16, 2023
22 Years Since 9/11...Rachel Uchitel Reflects on Loss, Trauma, and Finding Her Voice (From Childhood to Her Miss Understood Podcast)
Sep 11, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 70: The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst: Part 1 (Who is Patty Hearst?)
Sep 09, 2023
Dr. Andrew Rimby's Hot Boy Summer (Part 1: ITBR's Steamiest Summer 2023 Eps)
Sep 07, 2023
Academia in Freefall: What Do You Do With a PhD in English? (with Dr. John Cullen Gruesser)
Sep 04, 2023
"Thinking Beyond Human Language," Stuart Barnes Opens Up about the Challenges of Writing Poetry
Aug 29, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 69: The Murder of Mark Kilroy (A Cult Murder)
Aug 26, 2023
(Gay Culture Corner) Joseph Federico and Andrew Discuss Their Coming Out Journey, Relationships, and TV/Literature
Aug 23, 2023
"Sex is at the Heart of What I Do," Tim Dean (Part 2)
Aug 19, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 68: The Disappearance of Paula Jean Welden (A Cold Case)
Aug 19, 2023
Dr. Andrew Rimby Gets Vulnerable...What Happens After You Get a PhD?
Aug 16, 2023
Dr. Tim Dean Revisits His 2009 Book "Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the subculture of Barebacking" (Part 1)
Aug 14, 2023
(Bonus Ep) Andrew Gets His Astrological Birth/Natal Chart Read
Aug 12, 2023
True Crime in Academia: Another News Update
Aug 12, 2023
What Happened to 70s Gay Male Erotic Liberation? The Nostalgia of the Golden Age of Gay Pornography with Dr. Thomas Waugh
Aug 07, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 67: The Murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart (the Real-life Scream)
Aug 06, 2023
"The Gymnasium Means a Place to Train Naked," the Ethics of Gender/Sexuality in Professional Sports with Dr. Jason Holt -Part 2
Aug 05, 2023
"What does sport mean?" Philosophizing about the Aesthetics of Athleticism and Sport with Dr. Jason Holt -Part 1
Jul 31, 2023
Enter the Male Homosexual: Discussing Victorian Sexology with Tom Crewe (John Addington Symonds, Henry Havelock Ellis, and Their Wives) -Part 2
Jul 29, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 66: An Interview with Christian Garcia (Poisonous Women in Fairy Tales and Real Life)
Jul 29, 2023
"Poem Was Whitman's Word for a Man's Cock," Tom Crewe Discusses His Novel "The New Life" (John Addington Symonds) -Part 1
Jul 24, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 65: The Disappearance of Brandon Swanson
Jul 22, 2023
Dr. Andrew Rimby's Dissertation, "The Pool of Narcissus: Walt Whitman's Homoerotic Poetics"
Jul 17, 2023
ITBR’s Out for the Summer and Celebrating 3 Years of the Podcast!
Jun 12, 2023
Feminism in the 21st Century with Dr. Alex Ketchum
Jun 10, 2023
"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)
Jun 05, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 64: Dusty and Mitchel Button- Grooming in the Dance World
Jun 02, 2023
Celebrating Andrew's "Walt Whitman and Queer Theory" with Jack Parlett!
May 29, 2023
“Greedy Male Bisexuality, Polyamory, and Sex Positivity,” Zachary Zane on Being an Unapologetic Boyslut!
May 22, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 63: Killer Professor- The Case of Gene Isaac Stees
May 19, 2023
“Musicals Actually Changed the World,” David Armstrong (host of Broadway Nation) Opens Up about the Broadway Musical and Its Progressive History/Themes
May 15, 2023
“Acting is Like Picking a Philosophy,” Cristina Duarte, a NYC-Based Actor’s Director Enters the ITBR
May 13, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 63: The Darius Miles Case and the Murder of Jamea Harris
May 12, 2023
True Crime in Academia Patreon Teaser: The Murders of Laci and Conner Peterson
May 12, 2023
“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”)
May 08, 2023
The Gay & Lesbian Review’s LGBTQ+ Literature Picks for Spring & Summer 2023: Martha E. Stone (the G&LR’s Literary Editor) Enters the ITBR
May 06, 2023
The Real Story Behind “My Policeman” with author Bethan Roberts (Her Thoughts on E.M. Forster, the Bloomsbury Group, the Film Adaptation, and Harry Styles)
May 01, 2023
A New Definition for "Multi-Hyphenate"? Michael Kushner on Being a Multi-Hyphenate in the Theater Space
Apr 29, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 62: The Murder of Claire Gravel
Apr 29, 2023
“Being On the Fringe of American Culture as a Queer Person,” Dr. Eric Solomon and Martin Padgett Discuss LGBTQ+ Life in the South
Apr 24, 2023
"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")
Apr 22, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 61: The Murder of Nikhit Kumar
Apr 21, 2023
"Nobody Represents Anybody," Dr. Ramzi Fawaz's Uncensored Queer and Feminist Theoretical Opinions (Queer Forms, LGBTQ+ Pop Culture, & Academia's Digital Wave)
Apr 17, 2023
Dr. Marc Stein’s Climb to Queer Public History: From the 90s Queer Study Explosion to Taking Risks in LGBTQ+ Scholarly Work
Apr 10, 2023
"My Poetry Comes From a Place Where I Feel," Queer Male Authenticity in Poetry and Theater with Jarrett J. DeStouet
Apr 08, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 61: The Death in the Dorm Series- The Murder of Katie Autry
Apr 07, 2023
True Crime in Academia Patreon Exclusive- The Ice Man
Apr 03, 2023
"Liberation is Not Something That's Completed, It's an Ongoing Project," Matt Baume on the Importance of LGBTQ+ TV, Film, and Pop Culture
Apr 03, 2023
That Ol' Gay Classic Cinema: Andrew's "Sound of Music" Discussion and Playing Captain Von Trapp in High School
Apr 01, 2023
“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)
Mar 27, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 60: Death in the Dorms Series- The Murder of Samantha Josephson
Mar 24, 2023
"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
Mar 20, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 59: Death in the Dorm Series-The Murder of Michael Deng
Mar 17, 2023
"Same-Sex Behavior Has Been Around Forever," Dr. Vernon Rosario Discusses the Medicalization of Sexuality and LGBTQ+ Psychiatry
Mar 13, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 58: An Interview with Dr. Lina Haji and Dr. John Delatorre
Mar 11, 2023
"These Bad Gays Are Trying to Murder Me," Ben Miller Exposes the "Bad Gays" Throughout History
Mar 06, 2023
"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)
Mar 04, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 57: An Interview with Bruce Goldfarb
Mar 04, 2023
True Crime in Academia Patreon Exclusive: The Dating Game Killer- Rodney Alcala
Feb 28, 2023
Wait...Jesus Had a Bulge? The Power of the Phallus and Queer Male Fashion in European Culture with Dr. Dominic Janes!
Feb 27, 2023
"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)
Feb 25, 2023
"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!
Feb 20, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 56: Death in the Dorms Series- The Murder of Yeardley Love
Feb 18, 2023
"Carrie the Musical" Celebrates 35 Years, Sitting Down with playwright Erik Champney About His Love and Obsession with "Carrie" (Part One)
Feb 13, 2023
"Blackness is the single most misunderstood experience in America," Eboni K. Williams On What It Means to “Bet on Black” (Being Black in America Today, Black and LGBTQ+ Intersectionality, and RHONY)
Feb 11, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 55: Death in the Dorm Series- The Murder of Christian Aguilar
Feb 11, 2023
"Horror and the Gothic typically fall under the rubric of Pop Culture," Dr. Jeffrey Weinstock (academic and author) Discusses His Passion for all things Horror, Gothic, Pop Culture, and Composition
Feb 06, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 54: Death in the Dorm Series- The Murder of Andrea DelVesco
Feb 04, 2023
True Crime in Academia Patreon Exclusive: The Night Stalker
Jan 31, 2023
"Wars Are Fought by the Desperate and Disillusioned," Zac Topping Discusses "Wake of War" (his Dystopian War Novel) and Reflects on Being an Army Veteran
Jan 30, 2023
"How Did We Go From Concentration Camp to Gay Bar," Dr. Jake Newsome Discusses the Pink Triangle's Legacy (The Intersection Between the Jewish Community and the LGBTQ+ Community)
Jan 28, 2023
"Being Authentic and Real in Your Writing," Rochelle Weinstein (the author of "When We Let Go") Discusses Women's Literature, the Miami Lifestyle, and Is She a Romantic Realist Novelist?
Jan 23, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 53: The Murder of Anita Knutson
Jan 21, 2023
True Crime in Academia Patreon Exclusive- The History of the Lobotomy
Jan 17, 2023
"When Your Character Confesses to Murder," Chatting About Kelly Ford's "Real Bad Things" (Writing a Queer Southern Suspense Novel)
Jan 16, 2023
"There's All This Queer History That Queer People Don't Know About," Unerasing Queer Noir Literary History with Lev AC Rosen (the author of "Lavender House")
Jan 09, 2023
True Crime in Academia Episode 52: Another News Catch Up
Jan 07, 2023
"Why Not Take Your Clothes Off and Be an Intelligent Journalist," Playboy Vs. Playgirl (T*ts Out and As*ses Out or a Pen*s on Every Page) with Entertainment Reporter Taylor Ferber
Jan 02, 2023
"The Cassandra of the Artworld and the Gayworld," Michela Griffo Is Not Afraid to Be Cancelled and Speaks Openly and Honestly about Being a Lesbian Artist and Activist
Dec 26, 2022
"The Parts I Keep Inside," Creating an Off-Broadway Musical featuring Jeffrey Schmelkin and Rye Myers (a Contemporary Mental Health Musical)
Dec 19, 2022
"Literary Noir and Homosocial Voyeurism," Chatting with Antoine Wilson about his novel "Mouth to Mouth" (Literary/Film Noir, Male Relationships, and LA's High-end Art World)
Dec 17, 2022
"Gay White Male Problems," author Henry Fry chats about London's Gay Scene, Straight and Gay Gym Bros, and his novel "First Time for Everything"
Dec 12, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 51: An Interview with Revealing the Ivory Tower
Dec 10, 2022
"A Queer Modernist Self-Education" with Jesse Ataide, the creator of "Queer Modernisms"
Dec 05, 2022
"I Left Home Because of Homophobia," Matthew Clark Davison Finds His Queer Literary Voice in San Francisco and the Process of Writing "Doubting Thomas"
Nov 30, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 50: News Catch Up!
Nov 28, 2022
Jesse Green Reflects on Mary Rodgers' Broadway Career (and Her Relationship to Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, and Stephen Sondheim)
Nov 25, 2022
"Finding Your Queer Space" in Edgar Allan Poe's Literature, with David Greven and Paul C. Jones
Nov 21, 2022
True Crime in Academia Patreon Exclusive- Katherine Knight
Nov 20, 2022
Fact Vs. Fiction of Marilyn Monroe, Dissecting the “Blonde” Film
Nov 19, 2022
"One Wilde Ride," Bringing Oscar Wilde Back from the Dead with writer, Ardythe Ashley
Nov 14, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 49: The Murder of Sarah Stern
Nov 14, 2022
ITBR's First Live Podcast! Interviewing Tonya Hurley about "ghostgirl," a NY Times Bestselling Series
Nov 12, 2022
A Perfume That's Worth Killing For, a suspenseful conversation with "Base Notes" author Lara Elena Donnelly
Nov 07, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 48: An Interview with True Crime BnB
Nov 05, 2022
A Gregory Maguire Halloween Special; Returning to the Land of Oz, Discussing "The Oracle of Maracoor," and "Wicked" Movie News
Oct 31, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 47: The Murder of James Cates Jr.
Oct 29, 2022
The Haunting of Edgar Allan Poe; Recapping a Poe Literary Conference
Oct 24, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 46: An Interview with Creme De La Crime
Oct 22, 2022
Give My Regards to the Broadway Musical, with musical theater scholar Stacy Wolf
Oct 17, 2022
"Intensely Held by the Throat by a Poem," Richie Hofmann's A Hundred Lovers
Oct 10, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 45: The Murders of Jennifer Bolduc and Sarah Hajney
Oct 08, 2022
Ignacio Darnaude's Breaking the Gay Code in Art
Oct 03, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 44: The Disappearance of Michael Negrete
Sep 30, 2022
"Literary Interpretation as an Everyday Activity," a Literary Theory and Criticism Discussion with Anne Stevens
Sep 26, 2022
Andrew's NSFW 30th Birthday on Fire Island...the Erotic Behind the Scenes
Sep 21, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 43: The Death of Mallory Grossman and an Interview with Dianne Grossman
Sep 20, 2022
Queer Male Cruising and Desire on Fire Island, with Jack Parlett
Sep 19, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 42: We Need to Talk About Bullying
Sep 13, 2022
Goin' to the Chapel and We're Gonna Get...Murdered, Celia Laskey's "So Happy For You" an Explosive Queer Wedding Thriller
Sep 12, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 41: The Murder of Theora Hix
Sep 07, 2022
Bringing E.M. Forster's "Maurice" Out of the Closet with William di Canzio
Aug 30, 2022
"Let's Talk About the Husband" A Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Scholarly Discussion, featuring Taria Faison
Aug 26, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 40: An Interview with Spilling the Crime
Aug 24, 2022
Reading Queer Bodies and Pleasures in American Literature, with Dr. Christopher Looby
Aug 22, 2022
(Educator's Corner) The Intersection of Teaching and Progressive Activism with Shoshana Hershkowitz
Aug 19, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 39: The Murder of Kelsey Smith
Aug 17, 2022
(Special Announcement) The Real Housewives Epic Recap with Taria Faison is On Patreon
Aug 15, 2022
(Educator's Corner) Andrew Talks about Being Openly Gay in Academia
Aug 15, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 38: The Disappearance and Death of Jacob Lavoie
Aug 10, 2022
Two South Jerseyans Deliver an Epic Real Housewives Recap, featuring Taria Faison (Part One)
Aug 08, 2022
(TV Corner) Long Island's Gold Coast Mansion History and Gender/Sexuality in HBO's "The Gilded Age" (Part Two)
Aug 05, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 37: The Van Breda Ax Murders
Aug 02, 2022
The Crime of the Century: Evelyn Nesbit and the Murder of Stanford White (w/ Simon Baatz)
Aug 01, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 36: An Interview with the Crime Chronicles
Jul 26, 2022
Sarah Fraser on TLC, the Real Housewives, Open Marriages, and LA VS. NYC
Jul 25, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 35: Missing Persons
Jul 19, 2022
The Ivory Tower Boiler Room (Official Trailer)
Jul 15, 2022
True Crime in Academia July Patreon Exclusive Teaser
Jul 13, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 34: The Disappearance of Ronald Tammen Jr.
Jul 12, 2022
Jonathan Parks-Ramage's "Yes, Daddy"...a Queer Male Scorching Summer Gothic Novel
Jul 11, 2022
(TV Corner) The Gilded Age on HBO Max with Danielle Nero (Part 1)
Jul 08, 2022
(Actor's Corner) Triston Pullen Pulls Back the Curtain on Being a Freelance Director
Jul 01, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 33: The Murder of Nohema Graber and the Overturning of Roe V Wade
Jun 28, 2022
Queer True Crime in the Decades Before Stonewall, a Discussion with James Polchin
Jun 27, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 32: An Interview with Ash Patino
Jun 21, 2022
Alex Sanchez Reflects on Coming Out and the YA Gay Lit. Legacy of "Rainbow Boys"
Jun 20, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 31: The Death of Elisa Lam Part 2
Jun 14, 2022
What's Queer Life Like in NYC? Discussing "A Queer New York" with Dr. Jack Gieseking
Jun 13, 2022
True Crime in Academia Patreon Exclusive Episode 1
Jun 08, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 30: The Death of Elisa Lam
Jun 07, 2022
(Happy Pride) Zak Salih Discusses Belonging in the Gay Community, in "Let's Get Back to the Party" 🌈
Jun 06, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 29: A Discussion About Mass School Shootings in America
Jun 01, 2022
Burn It All Down, or Nicolas DiDomizio On His Gay Bad Boy Phase and Working Under Anna Wintour
May 30, 2022
(Book Corner) Ursula Klein's "Enchanted Autumn" and Its Lesbian, Campy, Romantic, and Witchy Vibes
May 27, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 28: The Disappearance and Murder of Mishealia Marie Meredith
May 24, 2022
Why the Salem Witch Trials Happened, Stacy Schiff Discusses Her Book "The Witches: Salem, 1692"
May 23, 2022
(Actor's Corner) Michael Crouch On Being an Award Winning Voiceover Actor
May 20, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 27: The Unexplained Death of Keith Warren
May 17, 2022
Marilyn in Manhattan, Elizabeth Winder On Writing a Marilyn Monroe Biography
May 16, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 26: An Interview with Drunken True Crime
May 10, 2022
What's LGBTQ+ Small Town America? "Under the Rainbow"'s Celia Laskey Has the Answer
May 09, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 25: The Stanford Murders Part 2
May 03, 2022
Dana Wilkey Dishes the Drama About All Things Beverly Hills Housewives and Current Gossip
May 02, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 24: The Stanford Murders Part 1
Apr 26, 2022
David Yontef Takes Us Behind His Velvet Rope
Apr 25, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 23: The Disappearance of Anne Abraham
Apr 19, 2022
(Happy National Poetry Month!) How to Read and Write About Poetry with Dr. Susan Holbrook
Apr 18, 2022
(Book Corner) Redoing Gender with Dr. Helana Darwin
Apr 15, 2022
True Crime In Academia Episode 22: The Murder of Faith Hedgepeth
Apr 12, 2022
The Journey of Writing a Play: Jan Balakian's "Dreams on Fire"
Apr 11, 2022
Happy National Library Week! A Literary Roundtable with Two Librarians.
Apr 06, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 21: Interview with Paul Haynes
Apr 05, 2022
All Isn't Well in Mona Awad's Painful Academic Pressure Cooker of a Novel
Apr 04, 2022
(Part Two) Are We About to Be Cancelled? Featuring Taylor Ferber From Cancel Me, Baby
Apr 01, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 20: The Murder of Lauren Gidding- The Killer Next Door
Mar 29, 2022
Are We About to Be Cancelled? Featuring Taylor Ferber from Cancel Me, Baby
Mar 28, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 19: "Deadly Vacation" The Murders of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller
Mar 15, 2022
(Patreon Corner) The Gilded Age with J.P. Garland
Mar 11, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 18: An Interview with Bruce Goldfarb
Mar 08, 2022
Calling All True Crime Fanatics! Let's Discuss Megan Collins' "The Family Plot"
Mar 07, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 17: The Conclusion- The Amanda Knox Series
Mar 01, 2022
"In Search of Walt Whitman" with Filmmaker Andrew Kaplan
Feb 28, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 16: About Amanda- The Amanda Knox Series Part 2
Feb 22, 2022
A Great Gatsby Party with Dr. Michael Nowlin
Feb 21, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 15: The Murder of Meredith Kercher- The Amanda Knox Case Part 1
Feb 15, 2022
The Queerness of Shakespeare with Dr. Stephen Guy-Bray
Feb 14, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 14: Ezra McCandless- Killer Artist
Feb 08, 2022
Ghosts Aren't Real, A Horror Infused Evening with Caitlin Starling
Feb 07, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 13: Mary's Top Ten Cheating Scandals Part 2
Feb 01, 2022
Art is the Democratic Version of History, a Conversation with Pen and Brush's Dawn Delikat
Jan 31, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 12: Mary's Top 10 Cheating Scandals Part 1
Jan 25, 2022
What's So Queer About Ancient Greek Literature with Dr. Mario Telo
Jan 24, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 11: The Murder of Andrew Bagby Part 2
Jan 18, 2022
Aaron Hamburger Deconstructs Queer Desire, Trauma, and Jewish Identity in "Nirvana is Here"
Jan 17, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 10: The Murder of Andrew Bagby-Part 1 "Hindsight is Only 20/20"
Jan 11, 2022
Healing in a Weeping Place, Robert Jones Jr. Reflects on "The Prophets"
Jan 10, 2022
True Crime in Academia Episode 9: The Murder of Nisali Perera
Dec 21, 2021
Boardwalk of Dreams, a History of Atlantic City with Dr. Bryant Simon
Dec 20, 2021
True Crime in Academia Episode 8: The Murder of Robin Benedict
Dec 14, 2021
Josh Sabarra Talks All Things Coming Out and Working as a Hollywood Publicist and Producer
Dec 13, 2021
True Crime in Academia Episode 7: The Murder of Libby Squire
Dec 07, 2021
A Deep Psychological Dive Into Micah Nemerever's "These Violent Delights"
Dec 06, 2021
True Crime in Academia: Episode 6- Sex for Grades
Nov 30, 2021
Reminiscing about Camp with Lev AC Rosen
Nov 29, 2021
True Crime in Academia Episode 5: The Gainesville Ripper- The Conclusion
Nov 23, 2021
Getting Wilde about Gayness in Victorian Lit. with Dr. Dustin Friedman
Nov 22, 2021
True Crime in Academia Episode 4: The Gainesville Ripper- His Early Crimes
Nov 16, 2021
That's My Opinion! The Real Story Behind the Real Housewives with Brian Moylan
Nov 15, 2021
(Exclusive Teaser) That's My Opinion! The Real Story Behind the Real Housewives with Brian Moylan
Nov 14, 2021
True Crime in Academia Episode 3: The Gainesville Ripper-Early Beginnings
Nov 09, 2021
Steven Rowley's "The Guncle," Our November Book Club
Nov 08, 2021
True Crime in Academia: Episode 2 Peter Manfredonia
Nov 02, 2021
Gail Crowther on the Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton
Nov 01, 2021
True Crime In Academia: Episode 1 The Disappearance and Murder of Tammy Zywicki
Oct 26, 2021
Brenda Harris's Journey from a Pig Farm to the Opera House
Oct 25, 2021
Dr. Lavelle Porter on The Blackademic Life and Antiracist Pedagogy
Oct 18, 2021
Let the Record Show, a Conversation with Sarah Schulman
Oct 11, 2021
P.J. Vernon's "Bath Haus," Our October Book Club Author Interview
Oct 04, 2021
Peculiar Affairs in Academia with Dr. Michael Nevradakis
Sep 27, 2021
The Professor Is In Meets the Ivory Tower Boiler Room
Sep 18, 2021
Teaching and Writing to Transgress: Behind the Scenes of Academic Editing
Sep 11, 2021
Andrew Reads His Article, "Talking Back to Walt Whitman..." (a special episode)
Sep 11, 2021
(A Special Rebroadcast) The Performing Arts During a Pandemic with Renee Chambers Liciaga
Sep 04, 2021
(Season Finale) Our First Year is in the Books, an Open Mic Poetry Event
Aug 28, 2021
Coming Out Twice: a Queer Jewish Writer's Identity with Lev Raphael
Aug 14, 2021
How to Write a Sex Scene? A Conversation with Lev Raphael (Part 2)
Aug 07, 2021
The Age of...Dr. Sheila Liming's Digital Humanities and Edith Wharton Work (and Much More)
Jul 31, 2021
Lev Raphael: On Being (and Not Being) a Queer Jewish Writer (Part 1)
Jul 24, 2021
Dr. Helana Darwin's #MeToo PhD Series (Part Two)
Jul 21, 2021
Backstage with Jesse Green, the Chief Theater Critic for The New York Times
Jul 17, 2021
Dr. Helana Darwin's #MeToo PhD Series (Part 1)
Jul 14, 2021
What is a teacher, what is a classroom? (July Roundtable)
Jul 10, 2021
Should You Go to Grad School? A Discussion with Dr. Natalie Morse
Jul 03, 2021
The Closet in the Library: A Broadview Press Book Launch of the Victorian Era Anthology
Jun 26, 2021
Two Writers are Better Than One: Ula and Kathryn Klein talk LGBTQ+ Academic and Creative Writing
Jun 19, 2021
Pride 2021: Queerness & Allyship, a roundtable
Jun 06, 2021
Happy Birthday Walt Whitman (a 202nd birthday extravaganza)
May 29, 2021
Inside the Boiler Room: The Writers' Roundtable (Part 2)
May 22, 2021
Inside the Boiler Room: The Writers' Roundtable (Part 1)
May 15, 2021
Where the STEM and Humanities Meet: Two Humanities Guys and a Physicist Walk into a Zoom
May 09, 2021
The Poetry Playhouse (an inaugural event)
May 01, 2021
(Part Two) Grad School Interrupted: A Discussion of Mental Health in the University in 2 Parts
Apr 03, 2021
(Part One) Grad School Interrupted: A Discussion of Mental Health in the University in 2 Parts
Apr 01, 2021
Freed Verse: A Conversation on Academia and Public Engagement with Dr. Karen Karbiener
Mar 24, 2021
Repurposing Your PhD with Adam Capitanio
Mar 17, 2021
Pulling Back the Curtain on Writing During the Apocalypse
Feb 20, 2021
(Part Two) Starting from Paumanok with Caitlyn Shea
Feb 12, 2021
Starting from Paumanok with Caitlyn Shea
Feb 01, 2021
(Part Two) Sing We and Chaunt It: Continuing our Conversation with Emily O'Brien
Jan 18, 2021
Sing We and Chaunt It: A Conversation with Emily O'Brien (Professional Recorder Player)
Jan 06, 2021
Running AMOC with Matt Aucoin (or Matt and Andrew Geek Out Over Whitman)
Dec 22, 2020
Poetry and Healing During the COVID Crisis with Dr. Susan Scheckel
Dec 15, 2020
Balancing Academics and Motherhood in a Time of Protest
Nov 19, 2020
Dr. Shi's Reflections and Illuminations on Organization, Academics, Motherhood, and Civil Unrest
Nov 12, 2020
Showing Up for Your Community with Lisa Aamodt
Nov 06, 2020
Growing up in a Hamlet (with Dr. Bente Videbaek)
Oct 29, 2020
Writing Books and Cleaning Beaches with Joe Labriola
Oct 22, 2020
What's the difference between "urban" and "metropolitan"? Let's ask Dr. Sophia Basaldua-Sun.
Oct 15, 2020
(Special Episode) The Performing Arts During a Pandemic (with Renee Chambers Liciaga)
Oct 08, 2020
If It's Not Awkward, It's Not Anthropology with Shweta Krishnan
Oct 01, 2020
Queer People in Shared Spaces with Stephanie Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2020
Surviving a PhD Program in the U.S. with Shruti Mukherjee
Sep 16, 2020
Literary History from a Non-European Perspective with Ignacio Choi
Sep 09, 2020
Welcome to the Ivory Tower Boiler Room
Aug 14, 2020