Podcast Preview: No Time to Rest

We’re scurrying around getting ready to celebrate one whole year here in the Ivory Tower Boiler Room. We’re so excited to celebrate a full year of being able to share interesting discussions with people who are passionate not only about their work, but also about sharing it with the rest of the world, and we’reContinue reading “Podcast Preview: No Time to Rest”

Midweek Teaser

Hey, folks! The big news-item this week is that we’re gearing up for the party, half of which will be taking place on Zoom, and the other half of which will be taking place in the abode of our very own sponsor, Words Matter Bookstore. Andrew, Erika, Mary, and Adam are excited. Tiffany Sowa andContinue reading “Midweek Teaser”

Never Have I Ever… Reviewed a TV Show

By Adam Katz True Crime in Academia is off today. Please stay tuned! And don’t forget to RSVP for our amazing party this coming Tuesday! So here’s why I like Never Have I Ever. I’ll start by saying that I’m a Jewish person who is in a relationship with an Indian woman—actually a Tamil woman,Continue reading “Never Have I Ever… Reviewed a TV Show”

Podcast Preview

The Boiler Room may be a great place for us to hang out, but it’s not a good place for us to celebrate our first birthday. For that, we’re going out into the world. Our podcast is turning one, and we hope you’ll join us to celebrate on August 3 at an open mic poetryContinue reading “Podcast Preview”

(Podcast Release) Dr. Helana Darwin’s #MeTooPhD Part 2

Content Warning: Sexual Abuse, Grooming, Gaslighting. This week, the second episode of Dr. Helana Darwin’s #MeToo PhD story drops. For those who did not catch the first episode, our guest, Dr. Helana Darwin–author, mother, award-winning scholar, qualitative research specialist–has entrusted us with her story of abuse at the hands of her own dissertation advisor. AsContinue reading “(Podcast Release) Dr. Helana Darwin’s #MeTooPhD Part 2”

A Note for Readers and Listeners #MeTooPhD, Part II

Last week we brought you Part I of our interview with Dr Helana Darwin, who shared her #MeToo PhD story with us. We are incredibly grateful to Dr Darwin for sharing her story at all, and we are grateful to our audience for listening to Helana’s story. In only two weeks, Part I of Helana’sContinue reading “A Note for Readers and Listeners #MeTooPhD, Part II”

Podcast Drop: Jesse Green, Chief Theater Critic for the New York Times

Hey, kids! The Ivory Tower Boiler Room brought in an authority on writing, theater, and of course journalism. So naturally he and Andrew talk about Whitman the entire time. It’s fine. Jesse wrote an article on Whitman, and that was how he and Andrew originally connected. Elsewhere in the interview, Jesse gets quite detailed inContinue reading “Podcast Drop: Jesse Green, Chief Theater Critic for the New York Times”

Podcast Preview: We Welcome the Weekend

Hey, everyone! Thanks for sticking with us all week. Covering the topics we covered the past few days may not have been pleasant, but watching the numbers tick up as our readers and listeners gravitated to the topic certainly was pleasant. It’s important to see that there are people committed to helping certain buried orContinue reading “Podcast Preview: We Welcome the Weekend”

Special Wednesday Podcast Drop: #MeTooPhD

This week, the Ivory Tower Boiler Room’s special Wednesday podcast-episode deals with the difficult but necessary subject of #MeToo cases at the university. Our guest, Dr. Helana Darwin–author, mother, award-winning scholar, qualitative research specialist–has entrusted us with her story of abuse at the hands of her own dissertation advisor. Dr. Darwin is currently writing aContinue reading “Special Wednesday Podcast Drop: #MeTooPhD”

(Podcast Release) What is a teacher, what is a classroom? A Roundtable

Adam moderates our July roundtable, where he begins by having each member of the team provide their response to the questions: “What is a teacher?” and “What is a classroom?” What follows is a discussion on the role education plays in each of the team members’ lives. From Adam’s memories and analysis of his favoriteContinue reading “(Podcast Release) What is a teacher, what is a classroom? A Roundtable”