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Andrew continues his San Francisco Queer History conference episodes with Ben Miller, a writer, podcaster, and academic, who has made a splash with his new book, co-written with Huw Lemmey, "Bad Gays: A Homosexual History." Ben begins by explaining the origin story for how the "Bad Gays" podcast was created, and how he and Huw met. Andrew asks why the word choice "Bad" instead of say "Evil" was chosen? Don't worry, Ben has an answer. 

Ben opens up about the need for more mature, deep, conversations on queer topics. Something past Queer Theory "101." Right now, there's a need for collective conversations on what queer politics looks like and how to fight the backlash against the LGBTQ+ community. Ben and Andrew then discuss what obtaining a PhD means to them, and they discuss the common misconception that you're expected to become a professor after receiving your doctorate. What do we do about the crisis in academia regarding low pay and compensation of work? 

And then Ben returns to what makes "Bad Gays" such a thrilling podcast and book, how it's "part revisionist history and part historical biography." It "subverts the notion of gay icons and queer heroes and asks what we can learn about LGBTQ history, sexuality and identity through its villains and baddies."

Follow Ben on Instagram, @benwritesthings  and Twitter, @benwritesthings. And be sure to follow "Bad Gays" on Instagram, @badgayspod   and Twitter, @badgayspod. 

Be sure to get your hands on Ben and Huw's "Bad Gays" book here: https://badgayspod.com/book 

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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 recent buzz in arts and culture including Prince Harry, Pamela Anderson, the Golden Globes, and the Oscars. Andrew and Mary dive deep into films such as "Avatar: The Way of Water"… Um, James Cameron, where is our "Titanic 2"?

Andrew and Mary have another 50 minutes of hot takes! Listen to the rest of this exclusive episode on our Patreon, ITBR Cafe! For the price of a coffee per month ($5), you get access to the rest of this episode as well as other exclusive material! Get caffeinated with us here: patreon.com./ivorytowerboilerroom

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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 not only the first repeat guest here, but he is the FIRST GUEST EVER! Bruce has recently released his newest work- OCME: Life in America's Top Forensic Medical Center. It details his experience working at and the history of one of the country's best forensic medical centers. 

OCME: Life in America's Top Forensic Medical Center is out NOW!!! Go to your locally owned, small business bookstore and get your hands on this incredible book today!

Don't forget to follow Bruce Goldfarb on IG @eighteentinydeaths

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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.

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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 Dr. Chuck Upchurch’s episode last week about sodomy and 19th-century England, Dominic takes us into Victorian England and discusses queer male fashion. 

Right away, Andrew asks Dominic how his new book "British Dandies: Engendering Scandal and Fashioning a Nation" has opened up conversations around queer ways of doing fashion in history. Dominic explains that he saw a gap in the field of queer history because not many historians had explored "the scandalous history of fashionable men." As you listen to the interview, you'll find out what Dominic discovered about the connection between queer male fashion and European culture, especially British culture's changing attitudes to style, gender, and sexuality.  

It doesn't take long for Dominic to discuss the male "bulge" in history and what this tells us about phallic history and fashion throughout the centuries. Yes, Dominic discusses Jesus' bulge in religious artwork, and you don't want to miss what this reveals about changing attitudes towards male fashion! As Dominic says, "clothes aren't separate from the body, but rather have a symbiotic relationship." And after this episode, you'll definitely know whether you can call yourself a Dandy or not! 

We have an extra Bonus Episode on the ITBR Cafe, our Patreon! Dominic Janes and Andrew Reflect on Queer Men in 2023! (Straight Men and Their Butts on TikTok, What Has Happened to Cruising, and Queer Students) Join now for only $5 a month: patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom

Make sure to get your hands on Dominic’s "British Dandies": https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/B/bo164010831.html

Read more about Dominic and his work here: https://www.keele.ac.uk/humanities/ourpeople/dominicjanes/#biography

Be sure to follow Dominic on Twitter, @janes_dominic.

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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 helped Linzi Hateley and others in the cast and the creative team escape 35 years of being haunted by this musical! Right away he counters any notion you have that the 1988 musical was a Broadway Flop! As Erik says, "Why are we still talking about and obsessed with a musical that is a Flop"? Erik and Andrew dig into the complex relationship between Carrie and Margaret White and their abused/abuser relationship...But Erik says there's a point where "the abused becomes the abuser." What made Linzi and Betty's chemistry so dynamic and powerful? 

In the song "And Eve Was Weak," Margaret belts out (so expertly done by Betty) the lyric "Oh Lord I've seen this powerful before"! Why has she seen Carrie's telekinetic power before? Erik has a lot of thoughts and let's just say that ancient Greek mythology plays a big role in his analysis! Get ready to understand how much ancient Greek myth and culture is present in Stephen King's narrative and especially in Terry Hands' direction (remember he was part of the Royal Shakespeare Company so knew his ancient Greek drama really well). Have your notebook handy so you can take down notes about mythology and how it impacts your analysis of Carrie, Margaret, Chris, Sue, Billy, Tommy, and Miss Gardner. 

But wait what about the Prom of it all! You're cordially invited to our Bonus Episode "Let's Talk About the Prom," an extra 35 minutes of content! Head on over to the ITBR Cafe (our Patreon) where Erik and Andrew dissect the Prom in the musical compared to the movie and why "Carrie" lives on in 2023! Only $5 a month! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom 

A special shout out to those from the 1988 production including the amazing Betty Buckley, Linzi Hateley, Charlotte d'Amboise, Sally Ann Triplett, Gene Anthony Ray, Paul Gyngell, Scott Wise, Debbie Allen, Larry Cohen, Michael Gore, Dean Pitchford, and Darlene Love...thank you all for creating and being part of this musical!

Watch Erik's "Carrie: The Master Cut" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2k8B8qQemE&t=229s

Follow Erik on Instagram, @erikchampney. Read more about Erik's work here: https://www.erikchampney.com/

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Dr. Chuck Upchurch explains that, in 19-century England, male same-sex love, desire, and sex came with frightening baggage...the death penalty! Chuck reveals that so many don't know that anyone engaging in sodomy could be put to death until 1861. Even though the last recorded death was in 1835, it took until 1861 for men having consensual sex with men to not worry about being sentenced to death! Chuck's new book "Beyond the Law: The Politics of Ending the Death Penalty for Sodomy in Britain" explains that this law almost always applied to men, and he reveals how he found out about all of the men who were convicted of sodomy. 

Andrew jokes that Chuck is our "Sodomitical Sherlock Holmes" because his research has revealed what 19th-century England thought of male same-sex desire. He explains that early 19th-century British intellects and artists like Jeremy Bentham and Lord Byron offered their own interpretation of male-male romance, and Jeremy Bentham actually referred to this type of male-male love as "Attic Taste." So get ready for a male homoerotic journey from ancient Greece to 19th-century England! Chuck also highlights the need for academics to engage with a popular audience, and why his research speaks to how the LGBTQ+ community currently defines their sexuality and identity! 

And, we leave you wanting more since Chuck is about to reveal more salacious stories about 19th-century sodomy in our Bonus Episode...only on our Patreon, the ITBR Cafe! patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom  (Only $5 a month) 

Get your hands on Chuck's "Beyond the Law" here: https://tupress.temple.edu/books/beyond-the-law

Be sure to follow Chuck on Twitter, @cupchurch2. Read more about his writing and work here: https://history.fsu.edu/person/charles-upchurch

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Want more bonus content? Go to patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom or click here.  Follow True Crime in Academia on social media: IG & TikTok: @truecrimeinacademia Twitter: @tcinacademia Hey, true crime friends! In episode 3 of Death in the Dorms, we hear about the brutal murder of 22-year-old University of Virginia student and start women's lacrosse player- Yeardley Love. This young lawyer-to-be is a tragic example of how domestic violence can escalate. Sources: Death in the Dorms Episode 3 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/yeardley-love-george-huguely-uva-lacrosse-players-rocky-relationship-civil-trial/ https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TheLaw/yeardley-love-death-warning-signs-missed-ahead-university/story?id=10581761 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Yeardley_Love

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On February 13th, 1988, "Carrie the Musical" premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company, in Stratford, and on April 28th, it would begin previews at the Virginia Theater on Broadway (now the August Wilson). To celebrate 35 years of this enigma powerhouse of a musical, Andrew welcomes Erik Champney, a NYC playwright, screenwriter, and director, who created "Carrie: The Master Cut" which is the first professional cinematic reconstruction of the 1988 musical! 

Right away Erik explains his origin story for discovering the Broadway musical, and like Andrew, it all started with their first encounter with Stephen King's powerful novel! Erik explains why Terry Hands, the director of "Carrie," was so drawn to this narrative and what ancient Greek tragedies and opera have to do with Terry Hands' interpretation! Andrew has always been fascinated with the complex and powerful Debbie Allen choreography so they get into how this aspect of the show connects to Carrie's home life with her mother, Margaret. Why are the high school musical numbers so drastically different than Carrie and Margaret's numbers, or are they connected somehow?

Andrew taught the 1988 Broadway production to his Broadway Musical students at Stony Brook University and with Erik, the two analyze and dissect Act One of the musical. They begin with the audience walking in and being surrounded by black walls and then being plunged into darkness with the 80s rock overture! How does Erik interpret the high school students and why is ancient Greek culture and society so important for this analysis? They get into the nuanced dynamics between Tommy and Sue compared to Billy and Chris! 

Erik leaves us in suspense when he explains how his "Carrie: The Master Cut" helped Linzi and others escape 35 years of being haunted by this musical. And, what about Carrie and Margaret White?

Can't wait for Part Two of this conversation? Head to the ITBR Café (our Patreon) and become a member to watch/listen to Part Two and get access to a special bonus episode (hint hint...you're invited to the Prom): patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom 

A special shout out to those from the 1988 production including the amazing Betty Buckley, Linzi Hateley, Charlotte d'Amboise, Sally Ann Triplett, Scott Wise, Debbie Allen, Larry Cohen, Michael Gore, and Dean Pitchford...thank you all for creating and being part of this musical!

Watch Erik's "Carrie: The Master Cut" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2k8B8qQemE&t=229s

Follow Erik on Instagram, @erikchampney. Read more about Erik's work here: https://www.erikchampney.com/

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Ms. Eboni K. Williams joins Andrew in the ITBR to discuss her new book "Bet on Black: The Good News about Being Black in America Today." Right away, Eboni says “There is a reason I call this book 'Bet on Black.' It is absolutely better to be black in America today than it was yesterday, and it’ll be even better tomorrow, and I believe that, and that’s the good news story that I’m talking about in this book.” 

She gets into her childhood, especially the empowering entrepreneurial lessons that she learned from her mother Gloria, and why it's essential for readers to know about her upbringing in the South. Eboni gets into going to college at the age of 16, getting a degree in Black Studies, and then going to law school. How did she go from lawyer to a now 12 year career in the media landscape, from Fox News, to The View, to The Breakfast Club, The Grio, and hosting her podcast "Holding Court."  Then, she gets into the RHONY of it all and explains how she approached the platform and centered her Blackness! 

Eboni leaves you on the edge of your seats since she is about to play Judge Eboni K. William's "Guilty or Not Guilty" messy pop culture game. She comments on the RHONY Legacy show, Johnny Depp Vs. Amber Heard, and more. Listen to the rest of the episode on our Patreon! 

Follow Eboni K. Williams on Instagram @ebonikwilliams. 

Get your hands on Eboni's "Bet on Black" here: https://www.legacylitbooks.com/titles/eboni-k-williams/bet-on-black/9780306828645/

Or, listen to Eboni's powerful reading of her book here: https://www.audible.com/pd/Bet-on-Black-Audiobook/B0B8459D5F

"Holding Court" is now a NAACP Image Awards nominated podcast and listen to Eboni and Dustin Ross' "Holding Court" here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/holding-court-with-eboni-k-williams/id1534027647

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