Our podcast episodes will now premiere on Mondays at 5pm. We’re taking a break from the Big Think this week, but it will be back next Monday. Look out for some exciting Banned Books Week content on our blog page and on twitter @ivoryboilerroom. Listen to the Episode Dr. Nevradakis’ interview acts as a sortContinue reading “(Season 5, Ep. 5) Peculiar Affairs in Academia with Dr. Michael Nevradakis”
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(Podcast Release) ‘The Professor Is In’ Meets ‘The Ivory Tower Boiler Room’
The Professor Is In team, Dr. Karen Kelsky and Kel Weinhold join Adam and Andrew in the Ivory Tower Boiler Room. Their discussion centers on ending gaslighting and how to push for more equity in academia. Listen to the Podcast Some Topics Covered: -Academia is a cult in need of transparency -Who is expected toContinue reading “(Podcast Release) ‘The Professor Is In’ Meets ‘The Ivory Tower Boiler Room’”
(Podcast Release) Teaching and Writing to Transgress: Behind the Scenes of Academic Editing
Today’s episode is one that any teacher, writer or editor will want to listen to… whether you’re a “teacher” in the traditional sense or not. Andrew sits down with editors of “Teaching to Transgress,” the special pedagogy issue of the open-access journal Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies. As a public humanities organization, we aim to bring you accessibleContinue reading “(Podcast Release) Teaching and Writing to Transgress: Behind the Scenes of Academic Editing”
(A Special Rebroadcast) The Performing Arts During a Pandemic with Renee Chambers Liciaga
Welcome to our new Fall season and to our September theme, “Back to the Books.” But before we bring you new content, we want to celebrate Broadway’s reopening with Renee Chambers Liciaga‘s October 2020 Ivory Tower Boiler Room interview “The Performing Arts During a Pandemic.” Listen to Renee’s Episode “We need to have human contactContinue reading “(A Special Rebroadcast) The Performing Arts During a Pandemic with Renee Chambers Liciaga”
(Podcast Release) Our First Year Is In the Books, an Open Mic Poetry Event
To anyone who has listened for a minute or an hour while going for a long drive or shopping or going for a walk; to anyone who has shared their story with us in an interview or in the comments section or a voice-message or a facebook-message: thank you. You made it possible for usContinue reading “(Podcast Release) Our First Year Is In the Books, an Open Mic Poetry Event”
(Podcast Release) Happy 1st Birthday to The Ivory Tower Boiler Room
Listen to our “Happy 1st Birthday” Episode Here: Because the Ivory Tower Boiler Room team reflects on listening back to our first ever episode, make sure to listen to that episode first before tuning into today’s podcast release. We don’t want to spoil anything for you (it’d be like eating your cake before having yourContinue reading “(Podcast Release) Happy 1st Birthday to The Ivory Tower Boiler Room”
(Podcast Release) Coming Out Twice: A Queer Jewish Writer’s Identity with Lev Raphael
The Ivory Tower Boiler Room team wants to first thank Lev for being such a collaborative and generous interviewee. When Andrew first reached out to him, the two of them had no idea that one interview would spark enough commentary and writing insight for a three-part series. Lev has become a true writing partner inContinue reading “(Podcast Release) Coming Out Twice: A Queer Jewish Writer’s Identity with Lev Raphael”
(Podcast Release) How to Write a Sex Scene? A Conversation with Lev Raphael (Part 2)
Welcome to part 2 of our 3 part series with Lev Raphael. Andrew and Erika were thrilled that Lev spent so much time with them, and he is now an official member of The Ivory Tower Boiler Room (check out his guest blog post)! In this episode, Erika asks Lev for writing tips on howContinue reading “(Podcast Release) How to Write a Sex Scene? A Conversation with Lev Raphael (Part 2)”
(Podcast Release) The Age of…: Dr. Sheila Liming’s Digital Humanities
Bio: Sheila Liming is associate professor at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. She is the author of What a Library Means to a Woman (University of Minnesota Press) and Office (Bloomsbury), both published in 2020. Her writing has appeared previously in the Los Angeles Review of Books as well as in The Atlantic, Lapham’s Quarterly,Continue reading “(Podcast Release) The Age of…: Dr. Sheila Liming’s Digital Humanities”
(Podcast Release) “Lev Raphael: On Being (and Not Being) a Queer Jewish Writer, Part 1”
Listeners, you are in for a treat. Not only is Lev Raphael the well-known author of lots of books from many different genres (particularly a series about queer sleuths solving crimes at universities) he is also among his interviewers’ favorite writers. We have talked before on the blog about how his work was formative inContinue reading “(Podcast Release) “Lev Raphael: On Being (and Not Being) a Queer Jewish Writer, Part 1””