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Dana Wilkey joins Andrew in The Ivory Tower Boiler Room with all of her Gossip and Reality TV expertise! Dana is the host of the podcast and Patreon, Dishing Drama With Dana Wilkey and DecaDish Gossip, her exclusive YouTube channel. Dana is a former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member and with her Housewives insider knowledge she appeared on both The Housewife and the Hustler and The Housewife and the Shah Shocker (streaming on Hulu). 

Why does Dana call herself the rebellious Bravolebrity? She indulges Andrew by breaking down her Real Housewives of Beverly Hills scenes and reveals the behind the scenes of her time on the show. Dana reveals why she bought those $25,000 sunglasses and the psychology behind her materialism and why viewers labeled her "pretentious." She explains her thoughts when Brandi Glanville was accusing Kim Richards of doing drugs in Dana's bathroom. And what would Dana do differently if she went back on Beverly Hills now? She then opens up about being an LGBTQ+ ally and a teaching moment that happened with SaraJane Warner. She explains why having difficult and open conversations is much more important than shutting down a conversation you disagree with.  

Andrew of course expresses his flirtation towards Dana's producer, Casey Hanley. Is there a potential new love interest for Andrew, only time will tell? Will Andrew get to meet Dana and David Yontef in the Hamptons this summer? He is definitely manifesting it! 

Follow Dana on IG, @wilkey_dana, and Twitter, @Danawilkey.

Dishing Drama with Dana Wilkey podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dishing-drama-with-dana-wilkey-uncensored/id1545830343

DecaDish Gossip with Dana Wilkey (YouTube channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqIitTc4lKzO6h0ousOTEng

Check out Dana's new merch which includes her infamous quotes "Did You Know? $25,000" and "I Drink A Lot And I F*ck A Lot...And I'm Ok With It"! https://represent.com/store/dishing-drama-dana-wilkey

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Many thanks to the Ivory Tower Boiler Room podcast team:

Andrew Rimby, Executive Director; Mary DiPipi, Chief Contributor; Ceren Usta, Marketing Director

Podcast Interns: Nicole Arguello and Kimberly Dallas

Hey, true crime friends! Welcome back to another episode of True Crime in Academia. This week Mary will be breaking down the alleged perpetrator of the Stanford Murders and his first crimes. Please listen to the trigger warning at the beginning of the episode!

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Sources: 

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2021/09/08/getreu-trial-brother-of-victim-testifies-alleged-serial-killer-murdered-his-sister-in-1963

https://people.com/crime/alleged-stanford-murders-serial-killer-convicted-1974-murder/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/stanford-murders-conviction-renews-hope-justice-2nd-alleged/story?id=80039886

https://abcnews.go.com/US/genetic-genealogy-leads-arrest-1973-cold-case-murder/story?id=59343378

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Getreu

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/09/15/john-getreu-guily-stanford-cold-case-murder-dna-janet-ann-taylor/

Podcast Sources: 

True Crime Archives: Stanford Murders and Genealogy

(Watch the free video interview here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65427804)

Andrew is joined with David Yontef who is a self-made millionaire, Reality TV Insider and Host of the Award Winning Podcast Behind The Velvet Rope. David begins the interview explaining that Margaret Josephs told him he needs to make a business out of his Real Housewives connections. And he did just that after attending a dinner with Dolores Catania, Ramona Singer, Kelly Dodd, and her husband Rick Leventhal. Margaret, Andrew thanks you immensely for encouraging David, and thanks David for serving as Andrew's podcast mentor!

There are so many highlights from this episode but here are a few to wet your Reality TV appetite. How did David become good friends with both Kim D. and Margaret Josephs from Real Housewives of New Jersey? Why has David not had certain Reality TV guests on his show (looking at you Brandi Glanville)? Andrew jokes with David about the brother and sister relationship between David and Dana Wilkey. You may hear from Dana soon! Don't worry Dana, David is just a little shady :)  There are so many special shout outs in this episode including Kathryn Edwards, Elyse Slaine, Sarah Fraser, Steve Gold (call David!), Joe Gorga (call Andrew!), Jeff Lewis, Megan Weaver, Lea Black, Evan Goldschneider, and Frank Catania Jr.. 

Andrew and David bond over their love for Eboni K. Williams, and David shares his Real Housewives of New York future season predictions.  And has David Yontef reconciled with Jill Zarin? Listen to David's special RHONY episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5JWUeIjvLGjeoUpKHC0NXH?si=VUFOR9m2T8GXfKKNjA65kw

Make sure to follow David on IG, @davidyontef, and his show @behindvelvetrope. 

Come step Behind The Velvet Rope with all your favorite TV stars and pop culture icons with host David Yontef as he asks his guests all the pressing questions YOU want answered! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/behind-the-velvet-rope/id1496557812

Definitely check out David's video clips from his show Behind the Velvet Rope: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0GznkQCB3qOKud96Ox7JHg/videos

Follow Ivory Tower Boiler Room on Instagram, @ivorytowerboilerroom, TikTok, @ivorytowerboilerroom, and Twitter, @IvoryBoilerRoom!

Email us at [email protected]. We love hearing from you about the podcast and are always interested in interview suggestions.

Many thanks to the Ivory Tower Boiler Room podcast team:

Andrew Rimby, Executive Director; Mary DiPipi, Chief Contributor; Ceren Usta, Marketing Director

Podcast Interns: Nicole Arguello and Kimberly Dallas

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The Ivory Tower Boiler Room is so happy to celebrate National Poetry Month, and we're pleased to welcome Dr. Susan Holbrook who discusses her second edition of How to Read (and Write About) Poetry (published by Broadview Press). 

Dr. Holbrook, Andrew, and guest co-host, Dr. Kim Coates explore why the general public is nervous around poetry and how to overcome this anxiety. Dr. Holbrook explains what it means for her to balance being a poet, devoted poetry reader, and professor of poetry. 

Head here to purchase How to Read (and Write About) Poetry and use IvoryTower for an exclusive 20% off: https://broadviewpress.com/product/how-to-read-and-write-about-poetry-second-edition/#tab-description

To learn more about Dr. Holbrook make sure to look at her website: https://www.uwindsor.ca/english/337/susan-holbrook

While you're at it why not follow Broadview Press on IG and Twitter, @broadviewpress. 

Thanks to Kim for being such an excellent guest co-host and definitely follow her literary and art review on IG and Twitter, @evocationsreview, and you can find her on Twitter, @kjcoates. 

Follow Ivory Tower Boiler Room on Facebook, @ivorytowerboilerroom, Instagram, @ivorytowerboilerroom, TikTok, @ivorytowerboilerroom, and Twitter, @IvoryBoilerRoom! Email us at [email protected]. We love hearing from you about the podcast and are always interested in interview suggestions.

Many thanks to the Ivory Tower Boiler Room podcast team:

Andrew Rimby, Executive Director; Mary DiPipi, Chief Contributor; Ceren Usta, Marketing Director

Podcast Interns: Nicole Arguello and Kimberly Dallas

Thanks to Anne Sophie Andersen and Meghan Ames for our theme song, "Loverman."

(Watch our video interview here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65103076)

We welcome Helana back again to The Ivory Tower Boiler Room for our first ever Book Corner episode!

Dr. Helana Darwin sits down with Andrew to discuss her new book Redoing Gender: How Nonbinary Gender Contributes Toward Social Change. Helana is an author who has written about gender, religion, Body Positivity, craft beer culture, and sexual abuse in the academy. 

Redoing Gender: How Nonbinary Gender Contributes toward Social Change illuminates the everyday labor that gender nonbinary people perform in order to achieve social recognition. In keeping with the famous “doing gender” sociological model, Dr. Darwin analyzes this process at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and institutional levels, through in-depth interviews with 47 nonbinary people.

To order Redoing Gender head on over to Springer Link or Amazon: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-83617-7 https://www.amazon.com/Redoing-Gender_-How-Nonbinary-Gender-Contributes-Toward-Social-Change/dp/3030836169

To learn more about Helana, head on over to her website: https://helanadarwin.com/

Make sure to follow Helana on Twitter, @HelanaDarwin. 

Follow Ivory Tower Boiler Room on Facebook, @ivorytowerboilerroom, Instagram, @ivorytowerboilerroom, TikTok, @ivorytowerboilerroom, and Twitter, @IvoryBoilerRoom! Email us at [email protected]. We love hearing from you about the podcast and are always interested in interview suggestions.

Many thanks to the Ivory Tower Boiler Room podcast team:

Andrew Rimby, Executive Director; Mary DiPipi, Chief Contributor; Ceren Usta, Marketing Director

Podcast Interns: Nicole Arguello and Kimberly Dallas

Thanks to Anne Sophie Andersen and Meghan Ames for our theme song, "Loverman."

Hey, true crime friends! This week on True Crime in Academia, Mary breaks down the murder of University of North Carolina student, Faith Hedgepeth. 

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Sources:

Who Killed the Co-Ed series on Discovery +

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Faith_Hedgepeth

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/17/us/faith-hedgepeth-unc-murder-arrest/index.html

https://abc11.com/faith-hedgepeth-unc-student-murder-miguel-enrique-salguero-olivares-arrest/11505546/

Andrew is so thrilled to be reunited and joined by his Kean University undergraduate mentor, Dr. Jan Balakian.

Jan talks about her new play Dreams on Fire which will have a Zoom reading on April 27th at 5pm. 

Use this link to watch the reading: https://kean-edu.zoom.us/j/93693342238

Dreams on Fire tells the story of the Armenian Genocide and the traumatic effects on future generations. When Jan was a PhD student at Cornell, she won a Cornell playwriting prize for her play in 1989; this achievement sparked the creation of Dreams on Fire.

Dreams follow the events of an Armenian-American college student who has a nervous breakdown during a 2016 exam week. While his grandmother and a classmate helped him recover, he began to link his condition to the Armenian Genocide. The connection explores the transmission of trauma across generations and the impact the Armenian Genocide has on the past, present, and future.

Projections from 1915, The Palisades of NJ, Arshile Gorky, Facing History's text, NY Times headlines, the Turkish Coup of 2016 are part of the production, along with the melancholy sound of the duduk (Armenian wind instrument), and Katie Melua's Dreams on Fire sung by Aram.

To read more about Jan, please head here: https://newplayexchange.org/users/64237/jan-balakian

And while you're at it, make sure to follow Jan and Kean University on Twitter, @BalakianJan, @KeanUniversity. 

Follow Ivory Tower Boiler Room on Facebook, @ivorytowerboilerroom, Instagram, @ivorytowerboilerroom, TikTok, @ivorytowerboilerroom, and Twitter, @IvoryBoilerRoom! Email us at [email protected]. We love hearing from you about the podcast and are always interested in interview suggestions.

Many thanks to the Ivory Tower Boiler Room podcast team:

Andrew Rimby, Executive Director; Mary DiPipi, Chief Contributor; Ceren Usta, Marketing Director

Podcast Interns: Nicole Arguello and Kimberly Dallas

Thanks to Anne Sophie Andersen and Meghan Ames for our theme song, "Loverman."

(Watch the video version on our Patreon for free! https://www.patreon.com/posts/spring-22-bonus-64715737) 

This week is National Library Week so we thought why not bring you all a special bonus episode! Andrew is joined with librarians, Emily Ostrander and Darla Salva Cruz, and the three all discuss their favorite library memories and the importance of literature in their life. 

Make sure to follow our favorite libraries and bookstores including @emmaclarklibrary, @livebrary, @suffolkys, @portjefflibrary, @sbulibraries, @hegganpl, @pwpllocalhistory, @chplnj, @gnlibrary, @nypl, @freelibrary, @unionpubliclibrarynj, @bryantlibrary, @mcnallyjackson, @wordsmatterbookstore, and @strandbookstore.  

And please tag your favorite library and bookstore in the comment section!

Follow Ivory Tower Boiler Room on Facebook, @ivorytowerboilerroom, Instagram, @ivorytowerboilerroom, TikTok, @ivorytowerboilerroom, and Twitter, @IvoryBoilerRoom! Email us at [email protected]. We love hearing from you about the podcast and are always interested in interview suggestions.

Many thanks to the Ivory Tower Boiler Room podcast team:

Andrew Rimby, Executive Director; Mary DiPipi, Chief Contributor; Ceren Usta, Marketing Director

Podcast Interns: Nicole Arguello and Kimberly Dallas

Hey, true crime friends! This week on True Crime in Academia Mary interviews writer and producer Paul Haynes. Paul worked with the late author Michelle McNamara on her best-selling true crime novel I'll Be Gone in The Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer. 

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