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Join the dynamic duo of Andrews, Andrew Rimby and our featured guest, Andrew Kaplan the director and producer of the recent Walt Whitman documentary, In Search of Walt Whitman. They discuss the power of music in his documentary, how he approached Whitman's themes on the body and sex, and why it's so important to visit places that the author experienced. 

Watch the video version of this interview and become a Patreon subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63143929

Follow him on Twitter and Instagram, @akaplan41. 

Watch In Search of Walt Whitman on PBS: https://www.pbs.org/show/search-walt-whitman/

Film Description: This engaging film tells the story of Walt Whitman’s remarkable life (1819-1892), the turbulent era in which he lived, and the timeless poetry he created. Interweaving narration and dramatic readings with captivating period music, insights from scholars, and photography filmed in key locations, this documentary brings to life Whitman’s unique character and poems.

Remember you can also access it on Hoopla via your public library: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14492587

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."

Welcome back, true crime friends! This week Mary is joined by Mandee Bengle to discuss part 2 of the Amanda Knox series!

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Sources: 

The Amanda Knox documentary- Netflix

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

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/23/europe/rudy-guede-meredith-kercher-intl/index.html

Welcome to our Roaring 20s Great Gatsby party where you're invited to meet Dr. Michael Nowlin who will be your scholarly guide to The Great Gatsby. We hope you have such a festive time celebrating F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel with us, talking about Edith Wharton, Ernest Hemingway, and discussing Long Island's Gold Coast.

Want to see all of the Great Gatsby gems that Andrew shares with Dr. Nowlin? Well, you need to head on over to our Patreon and join at any level: https://www.patreon.com/posts/62780356

Find out more about Dr. Michael Nowlin's work on his University of Victoria profile: https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/english/people/regularfaculty/nowlin-michael.php 

To purchase Broadview Press' second edition of The Great Gatsby (edited by Dr. Michael Nowlin) head here: https://broadviewpress.com/product/the-great-gatsby-second-edition/#tab-description

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."

Welcome back, true crime friends! This week Mary is kicking off a new crime series- the Amanda Knox Case and the Death of Meredith Kercher. 

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Sources:

Amanda Knox- Netflix Documentary

https://filmdaily.co/news/meredith-kercher-and-amanda-knox/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Meredith_Kercher#Background

Andrew is joined with Dr. Stephen Guy-Bray who queers the Shakespeare canon, and with his scholarly expertise, explains what it means to provide a queer and homoerotic approach to Shakespeare's oeuvre. Get ready to learn why the queerness of a text is in the hands of its reader. 

To see more of Dr. Stephen Guy-Bray's work head here: https://english.ubc.ca/profile/stephen-guy-bray/

Follow Dr. Stephen Guy-Bray on Instagram, @stephen.guybray, and Twitter, @SGUYBRAY. 

You can find his book Shakespeare and Queer Representation (2020) on Routledge's site: https://www.routledge.com/Shakespeare-and-Queer-Representation/Guy-Bray/p/book/9781138389618

Become a Patreon subscriber and you'll get access to the video version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom

To see more of Richie Hofmann and Richard Scott's poetry, make sure to follow them on Twitter, @RichieHof and @iamrichardscott. 

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

Educational Fair Use: Thanks to Ghostlight Records for "Welcome to the Renaissance" (from Something Rotten!). 

True Crime in Academia is back with a new murder case. This week Mary discusses killer artist Ezra McCandless and the death of Alexander Woodworth. 

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Sources for today's episode: 

Redhanded Podcast episode 197

Morbid Podcast episode 135

https://heavy.com/news/2020/02/ezra-mccandless-sentencing/

https://news.yahoo.com/why-word-boy-carved-arm-033800244.html

https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-ezra-mccandless-now/

https://www.courttv.com/title/2-7-20-ezra-mccandless-sentenced-for-murder-of-alex-woodworth/

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-case-against-ezra-mccandless-1/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/barefoot-woman-knocks-strangers-door-21787479

https://people.com/crime/wisconsin-woman-stabbed-ex-lover-death-carved-boy-arm/

https://www.chipchick.com/2020/04/the-gender-bender-love-triangle-of-ezra-mccandless-the-young-woman-who-stabbed-her-ex-16-times-before-cutting-the-word-boy-into-her-arm-and-showing-up-on-a-strangers-doorstep-saying-she-had.html

https://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Wisconsin-woman-convicted-in-stabbing-death-of-ex-boyfriend-564259591.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/ezra-mccandless-murder-investigation-photos/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ezra-mccandless-murder-alex-woodworth-48-hours-preview/

https://www.twincities.com/2019/11/02/menomonie-woman-convicted-of-killing-ex-boyfriend-carving-boy-in-her-arm/

Enjoy our gothic and horror infused conversation with author Caitlin Starling who answers so many questions about writing The Death of Jane Lawrence. A few highlights include why Crimson Peak was such an inspiration for Caitlin, her definition of the horror genre, whether Jane is actually dead or not, and of course, whether ghosts are real.

Follow Caitlin Starling on Instagram, @authorcstarling and on Twitter, @see_starling.  

To purchase The Death of Jane Lawrence please go to: https://bookshop.org/books/the-death-of-jane-lawrence/9781250272584 

To listen to Mandy Weston read the novel, head to Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Death-of-Jane-Lawrence-Audiobook/1250821738

To see the Jane Lawrence fan art, go to @suchamantis' Twitter page: https://twitter.com/suchamantis/status/1446661213769904132?s=21

For Caitlin's Spotify playlist head here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/20ROE0j67Z0Y0GhGloZuoL?si=PSeeplsrReq8vmg1-oigtA&dl_branch=1

Become a Patreon subscriber and you'll get access to the video version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom

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, @anne_sophie_andersen, for "Capricorn" (our theme music)!

Hey, true crime friends! Welcome back to another episode of True Crime in Academia. This week Mary goes over the last five schools in her Top Ten Cheating Scandals. 

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Sources for this week's episode: 

https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=3958292

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/152053

https://collegetimes.co/top-10-cheating-scandals-in-college-history/

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18426047

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cheating-scandal-at-u-of-virginia/

https://www.diverseeducation.com/leadership-policy/article/15079932/grade-changing-scandal-rocks-southern-university

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/16/texas-am-chegg-cheating/

Dawn Delikat, Executive Director of Pen and Brush, joins the entire Ivory Tower Boiler Room team (yes all three of us are on the podcast!) to discuss what it means to view art as the ultimate democratic connector to bring people together. A few highlights include Dawn dissecting her theory that "art is the democratic version of history" as well as why it's so important not to lose artistic voices of all different identities. Dawn is a wealth of knowledge and we had such a wonderful time talking with her that we might even need to have a second part in the future! 

Make sure to check out the flyer and RSVP form for "P + B Reads with Ivory Tower Boiler Room" happening on February 12th from 4 to 6pm at Pen and Brush (located on 29 East 22nd Street in Manhattan). We can't wait to meet you all there and don't worry if you can't come since there'll be many more opportunities to meet us. 

RSVP and Sign Up to Read Here: http://www.penandbrush.org/event/pb-reads-with-ivory-tower-boiler-room

Follow Pen and Brush on Instagram, @penandbrushnyc, Twitter, @penbrush, and Facebook, @penandbrushnyc. 

Follow Dawn on Instagram, @dawnoftheart. 

To watch the video version of this interview, head on over to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom

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."

Welcome back to True Crime in Academia! Over the next two weeks, Mary will discuss her top 10 college cheating scandals. This week she will discuss her top 5. 

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Sources: 

https://www.mercurynews.com/2007/05/03/dozens-implicated-in-diablo-valley-college-grade-scandal/

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/27/1031255390/reports-of-cheating-at-colleges-soar-during-the-pandemic

https://nypost.com/2021/05/10/dartmouth-cheating-scandal-came-after-students-tracked-online/

https://nypost.com/2012/06/24/students-say-they-blew-whistle-on-cheating-at-baruch-colleges-zicklin-school-of-business/#ixzz258ecfrJP

https://www.vnews.com/Geisel-students-protest-process-for-evaluating-academic-dishonesty-40095304

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/college-cheating-scandal-first-lawsuits-filed-students-elite-schools-n983211

https://www.businessinsider.com/harvard-cheating-scandal-2012-8

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-10-biggest-cheating-scandals-to-rock-college-campuses-2012-8#dozens-of-students-at-indiana-universitys-dentistry-school-were-investigated-for-their-involvement-in-a-cheating-ring-3

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-08-30/harvard-plagiarism-probe-under-way-for-about-125-students

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/08/college-announces-investigation/

https://www.vnews.com/Geisel-investigates-potential-cheating-during-exams-39856089

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Plea-deal-in-Diablo-Valley-College-s-2500965.php