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August 06, 2023 True 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 her students, and a "Home Improvement" star was arrested for domestic violence charges.
As for this week's case, we are breaking down the tragic murder of 16-year-old, Cassie Jo Stoddart. Because of horror films like Scream, we know not to search out for the source of a strange noise while alone in a large home. Sadly, following this rule did not work for Cassie or her impatient killers.
Sources:
https://people.com/delta-passenger-sexually-assaulted-mom-and-teen-daughter-lawsuit-7567357?hid=9d567e1726fd9be9ac634f0b64c83887b0cf4d99&did=9825485-20230730&utm_source=ppl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=people-news_newsletter&utm_content=073023&lctg=9d567e1726fd9be9ac634f0b64c83887b0cf4d99

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/a-teacher-was-caught-on-video-abusing-students-her-district-is-settling-for-over-11-million/ar-AA1eE4ma?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=1f193d9e029f425eb2e3803db940f845&ei=23

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/home-improvement-star-zachery-ty-bryan-arrested-in-oregon/ar-AA1eB20K?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=ee71c11caf9542269c970ef0bb30705e&ei=63

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/home-improvement-child-star-zachery-ty-bryan-released-from-jail-after-getting-arrested-for-assault-and-robbery/ar-AA1eN2qN?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=19aa089558234bcdb65f04fca241291f&ei=10
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Cassie_Jo_Stoddart

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18027350/cassie-jo-stoddart

https://youtu.be/7qDCRHc7XwA

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/brian-draper-torey-adamcik-convicted-killing-cassie-jo-stoddart

https://thecinemaholic.com/cassie-jo-stoddart-murder-where-are-brian-draper-and-torey-adamcik-now/
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1 hr 20 min
August 05, 2023 "The Gymnasium Means a Place to Train Naked," the Ethics of Gender/Sexuality in Professional Sports with Dr. Jason Holt -Part 2
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Dr. Jason Holt and Andrew pick up where they left off to address hot button issues like transgender athletes, gender neutral sports, being openly gay in professional sports, and the erotic ancient Greek origins of the gymnasium. Jason explores the ethics of all of these topics from a philosopher's perspective.
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42 min
July 31, 2023 "What does sport mean?" Philosophizing about the Aesthetics of Athleticism and Sport with Dr. Jason Holt -Part 1
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Our first official philosopher, Dr. Jason Holt, joins Andrew to discuss what it means to philosophize about all things sporting and athletic culture! He quickly answers Andrew's burning questions about the origin of the gymnasium...you will be surprised about the meaning of this word...and they journey back to ancient Greece. Then, he explains how a philosopher of sport, like himself, is interested in ethical and moral questions about performance enhancing drugs. What does Jason think about fitness influencers who use the word "motivation" to encourage their audience to get more active? And for all you virtual gaming fans, Jason even discusses the difference between outdoor exercise and virtual platforms. We leave you on the edge of your seats for part two, coming Saturday, where Jason addresses hot button issues like transgender athletes and how a philosopher would approach these questions.
To learn more about Dr. Jason Holt's work, check out his academic profile: https://commdev.acadiau.ca/faculty-staff/jason-holt.html
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53 min
July 29, 2023 Enter the Male Homosexual: Discussing Victorian Sexology with Tom Crewe (John Addington Symonds, Henry Havelock Ellis, and Their Wives) -Part 2
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Part 2 of Andrew's chat with Tom Crewe continues! Tom left us on the edge of our seats when he discussed why water is such a male homoerotic symbol in literature. He begins here and then jumps right into the nuances of John Addington Symonds' marriage to a woman while having sexual affairs with men. Andrew asks Tom what happened when Symonds and Ellis theorized what it meant to be a "male homosexual"? Was anything lost because men who sexually desired other men could now be classified as a homosexual?
To get your hands on "The New Life" and to learn more about Tom's literary career, head to his website: https://www.tomcrewe.com/
Be sure to follow Tom on Twitter, @TomCrewe1 .
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42 min
July 29, 2023 True 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 female serial killers who used poison as their method of murder and how they parallel some familiar female fairytale villains.
In our News Update, I discuss the recent finding of a mass grave in Kenya that is suspected to be linked to a religious cult AND the investigation of Harvard University for claims that the school discriminates in its undergraduate admittance processes.
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Sources:
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-07-19/kenya-doomsday-cult-deaths-top-400

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/25/us/harvard-legacy-admissions-education-department-civil-rights-investigation/index.html?utm_content=2023-07-25T22%3A52%3A19&utm_source=igCNN&utm_term=multi-image&utm_medium=social

Harvard lawsuit alleges school gives preferential treatment to legacy admissions, who are 'overwhelmingly' White, and cites affirmative action ruling | CNN

53 min
July 24, 2023 "Poem Was Whitman's Word for a Man's Cock," Tom Crewe Discusses His Novel "The New Life" (John Addington Symonds) -Part 1
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Tom Crewe enters the ITBR and pulls back the curtain on his first novel, "The New Life." Since 2015, Tom has been an editor at the London Review of Books and has a PhD in 19th-century British history from the University of Cambridge. Tom explains what it was about John Addington Symonds' life that fascinated him and why he decided to fictionalize Symonds, Walt Whitman, Henry Havelock Ellis, and even Oscar Wilde. Why is Victorian sexuality and its language such a timely topic right now?
Tom and Andrew leave you on the edge of your seat when discussing why water is such a male homoerotic symbol in literature. Tune in to part two on Saturday where Tom opens up about the women in Symonds and Ellis' lives!
To get your hands on "The New Life" and to learn more about Tom's literary career, head to his website: https://www.tomcrewe.com/
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57 min
July 22, 2023 True 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 little bit to contain modern news. This week includes- a case update, OceanGate Titan, and the Gilgo Beach Killer.
Our main case this week focuses on Minnesota West Community and Techincal college student, Brandon Swanson who went missing on the last day of classes and exams of May 2008. To this day, Brandon is still missing.

Sources:
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2023/07/06/fairfield-teacher-murder-teen-gets-life-in-prison-at-sentencing/70387288007/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/15/us/gilgo-beach-murder-case-timeline/index.html
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/friend-oceangate-ceo-titan-sub-deadly-mousetrap_n_64b7b5bae4b038c60cc7c588
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gilgo-beach-murder-suspect-home-searched_n_64ba899fe4b09a3b48927d4a
https://www.unilad.com/news/brandon-swanson-disappearance-law-20220927
https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/Missing-Since-2008-Brandon-Swanson
https://allthatsinteresting.com/brandon-swanson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Brandon_Swanson
https://sites.psu.edu/passionblogeliot/2022/03/25/the-disappearance-of-brandon-swanson/
https://kstp.com/5-investigates/missing-minnesotans-brandon-swanson/
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1 hr 1 min
July 17, 2023 Dr. Andrew Rimby's Dissertation, "The Pool of Narcissus: Walt Whitman's Homoerotic Poetics"
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Thanks so much to an amazing dissertation committee! Drs. Susan Scheckel, Michael Tondre, Victoria Hesford, Karen Karbiener, and Nikos Panou! And yes, I officially became Dr. Andrew Rimby.
Here's a description of my project:
The deployment of the myth of Narcissus in mid- to late nineteenth century American literature allows for a homoerotic imaginary to be built around romantic and sexual relations between men at a time when homosexuality had not yet been medicalized or theorized in the US. In this dissertation, I trace the influence of the Narcissus myth primarily in the writings of Walt Whitman to explore how male homoerotic desire becomes a structuring principle of Whitman’s poetics and his vision of American democracy.
Whitman creates the foundation for how homoeroticism will poetically appear, in both American and British literature, in his 1855 and 1860 editions of Leaves of Grass. His early poem “Pictures” (before 1855) provides the blueprint for Whitman’s experimentation with his vision of comradeship which becomes inextricably linked to his ideas on democracy and male same-sex desire. In “Pictures,” Whitman lays the poetic foundation for looking towards classical Athens as a means to represent homoeroticism in mid-19th-century America. Whitman turns to the novel A Few Days in Athens, by early-19th-century Scottish philosopher Frances Wright, for homoerotic ancient Greek creative inspiration. The queer influence of this novel, largely overlooked by Whitman scholars, shapes Whitman's homoerotic poetics, especially how he links democracy to comradeship.
I open my study with the meeting, in Camden, New Jersey, between Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde because Whitman and Wilde’s contrasting views on the emerging category of homosexuality illustrate its uneven development in a transatlantic context. The study concludes by examining how queer male nineteenth-century readers of Whitman’s poetry recognized that his homoerotic poetics speak to their own desire. The differences between American and British responses to Whitman’s poetry will illuminate how American and British theorizations on male same-sex desire appear before the invention of homosexuality as a sexual orientation. Exploring why Whitman turns to ancient Greek mythology for his homoerotic poetics contributes significantly to Whitman scholarship and queer reception theory.
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1 hr 6 min
June 12, 2023 ITBR’s Out for the Summer and Celebrating 3 Years of the Podcast!
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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 beach this summer? Our summer picks include novels by previous guests! Check out “The Hunt” by Kelly Ford, “The Celebrants” by Steven Rowley, Nicolas DiDomizio's "The Gay Best Friend," and “Hotel Cuba” by Aaron Hamburger.
Still looking for more? Check out these recommendations made by Ivory Tower Boiler Room listeners like you: 1. Sami-"The Wind Up Bird" by Haruki Murakami 2. Lorentz- "The Troop" by Nick Cutter 3. Alice- "Wunderland" by Jen Hiller 4. Mike- "In Memoriam" by Alice Winn 5. "Booger and Beans" Mystery Series by Ali LaVecchia
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1 hr 16 min
June 10, 2023 Feminism in the 21st Century with Dr. Alex Ketchum
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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 including the feminist theories and the waves of feminism. Alex and Andrew discuss what feminist thought looks like in 2023, and why the mainstream media looks towards celebrities, like Paris Hilton, Lizzo, Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and Emily Ratajkowski for feminist ideas. Are these celebrity feminists engaging in performative activism, or are they engaging deeply with both activist and academic feminist communities? Alex also discusses her books "Engage in Public Scholarship!: A Guidebook on Feminist and Accessible Communication" and "Ingredients for Revolution: A History of American Feminist Restaurants, Cafes, and Coffeehouses."
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1 hr 5 min