Ivory Tower Boiler Room
Hosted by Andrew Rimby and Dr Andrew Rimby · Dr. Andrew Rimby
4.5from 71 ratings
- 549
- Episodes
- 54
- Transcribed
- 71
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 457K
- YouTube views
About Ivory Tower Boiler Room
ITBR is an arts and culture podcast where we discuss all things literature, pop culture, and True Crime! Subscribe now for ad-free episodes: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ivorytowerboilerroom/subscribe
- Publisher
- Dr. Andrew Rimby
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Aug 2020
- Latest episode
- 21 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
54 of 549 episodes have a transcript.
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Does Sci-Fi Borrow From The Real World? (w/ Professor Jason Haslam)
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Are We Obsessed With The Tradwife? (w/ Hannah Selinger)
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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How Does Sci-Fi Borrow From The Real World? (w/ Professor Jason Haslam)
Published 21 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So let me start by talking about what I do in the classroom and then how I sort of blow that up, because I think it's important to explore that. And I do it a little bit in the introduction to this too, since this is designed as sort of a teaching anthology. So one of the main academic definitions of science fiction comes from a scholar named Darko Suvin, who used to work at McGill. I actually TA'd for one of his science fiction classes just before he retired. And he defines science fiction as the literature of cognitive estrangement. Now, what does he mean by that? He means that, you know, using estrangement, he means that science fiction presents worlds that are different from ours in particular ways. […]
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- Jason Haslam
- Hannah Selinger
- Jeremy C Fox
- Denny Nivens
- Julia Colborn
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 456,869
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 37 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 34 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 88 / 100
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- Quality
- 91
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 82
- Engagement
- 84
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