Work From Bed Friday

Amy Hoffmann & Tommy Borden
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A committed couple of 30+ years in conversation about marriage, sex, and connection through the lens of contemporary books and media that have ignited their marriage, sex, and connection. Every Friday. From bed.

  1. 4D AGO

    Love Heals. So Does Dance: All About Love Chapter 12

    Intending to start the episode with a discussion of Esther Perel's AI therapy session, Amy & Tommy soon realize that it's a can of worms that need to be opened at a later date! Instead, they remember a favorite podcast episode and the birth of their crowdsourcing efforts: Does Size Matter? Then, it's on to Chapter 12 of All About Love by bell hooks and a discussion of healing and redemptive love but Amy and Tommy veer off into questions of faith, interdependency, the senses, and of course, hope. Mentioned in this Episode: Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel: My AI Loves Me Better Than Anyone Ever Could Dire Straits: We Got AI Boyfriends Does Size Matter? All About Love by bell hooks Is a River Alive? by Robert MacFarlane Alcoholics Anonymous Neuroscientist Explains How to Manifest without the WooWoo Vipassana Meditation Vineland by Thomas Pynchon One Battle After Another Contact Improv Dance Send us Fan Mail Don't miss the good stuff! Click here to get on the list for our monthly newsletter (or subscribe directly on Substack) which includes book reviews, date night ideas, and more juicy tidbits from the bed and beyond! Work From Bed Friday is a podcast hosted by Amy Hoffmann and Tommy Borden, a committed couple of 30+ years. Funny, spicy, and insightful, they discuss marriage, sex, and connection through the lens of contemporary books and media. Every Friday. From bed.

    41 min

  2. MAR 20

    Let's Celebrate! One Year, 50 Episodes, and All About Love Chapter 11

    Amy & Tommy celebrate their first "pod-iversary" AND the completion of 50 full length episodes with some bubbly, some memories of their first year podcasting, and later, messages from happy listeners. But never fear, they have not forgotten about Chapter 11 of All About Love by bell hooks. The chapter is entitled "Loss: Loving into Life and Death" and Amy and Tommy dive right in with their own ideas of how love figures into our relationship with death and also how death affects our loving practice.  They are looking forward to the next 50 episodes!! Mentioned in this episode: The Future Cups My Balls Come Hang Out with Me in my Yes Department I Need Him to Jizz Thinking about My Ass All Fours by Miranda July F**k the Grumpy Out "Desire Should be Clumsy": a Mantra, a Motto, a Call to Arms Affairs: Emotional, Mechanical, and Otherwise I Want to Build a Hut Right Next to Your...Butt Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder More by Molly Roden Winter All About Love by bell hooks Heated Rivalry  Sink Sandwich Records Keanu Reeves on what happens when we die See No Stranger by Valerie Kaur On Point interview with Terry Tempest Williams The Glorions: Visitations From the Holy Ordinary by Terry Tempest Williams Original Music: Song: Nuts Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth Album: You Too, October Send us Fan Mail Don't miss the good stuff! Click here to get on the list for our monthly newsletter (or subscribe directly on Substack) which includes book reviews, date night ideas, and more juicy tidbits from the bed and beyond! Work From Bed Friday is a podcast hosted by Amy Hoffmann and Tommy Borden, a committed couple of 30+ years. Funny, spicy, and insightful, they discuss marriage, sex, and connection through the lens of contemporary books and media. Every Friday. From bed.

    39 min

  3. MAR 13

    Finally Free Love: Heated Rivalry Season 1 Finale

    Amy & Tommy's scrappy DIY podcast production catches up with them—this was the first episode in which they desperately needed an intern! At least to remind them of last episode's "cornerstones of romantic love." But do not fear! Here are all FOUR cornerstones of romantic love that have emerged over the last two episodes: Talk talk talking. Keep the channel OPEN.Treat the relationship as a third thing.Authenticity. Get to know yourself and express it as purely as you can.Repair. It's never too late. All this from the final episode of Season 1 of Heated Rivalry (sigh).  Mentioned in this episode:  Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid Game Changer by Rachel Reid Heated Rivalry on HBO+ The Addams Family musical Chala Hunter, Intimacy Coordinator for "Heated Rivalry" All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks Colin Storrie on Saturday Night Live Magic Mike Louis CK telling the Magic Mike joke that Tommy tells way better! Original Music: Song: Tippy Canoe Artist: Ian and The Deep Sheets Album: Ball Simon Send a text Don't miss the good stuff! Click here to get on the list for our monthly newsletter (or subscribe directly on Substack) which includes book reviews, date night ideas, and more juicy tidbits from the bed and beyond! Work From Bed Friday is a podcast hosted by Amy Hoffmann and Tommy Borden, a committed couple of 30+ years. Funny, spicy, and insightful, they discuss marriage, sex, and connection through the lens of contemporary books and media. Every Friday. From bed.

    47 min

  4. MAR 6

    Where's the Magnificent Romance? All About Love Chapter 10

    What are the secrets to enduring romantic love? Amy & Tommy look for guidance from bell hooks in Chapter 10 of All About Love, but find little there. They offer up their own ideas though, and yearn for a long-term study along the lines of Magnificent Sex that survey people who self-identify as having magnificent romance. Great idea, right?  Thank goodness "Heated Rivalry" is showing us some juicy romantic love! All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks Magnificent Sex by Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Ph. D and A. Dana Ménard, Ph.D Heated Rivalry Tom Selleck was a USC Sigma Chi Come As You Are by Emily Nagowski, Ph. D Original Music: Song: In Jerusalem Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth Album: You Too, October Send us Fan Mail Don't miss the good stuff! Click here to get on the list for our monthly newsletter (or subscribe directly on Substack) which includes book reviews, date night ideas, and more juicy tidbits from the bed and beyond! Work From Bed Friday is a podcast hosted by Amy Hoffmann and Tommy Borden, a committed couple of 30+ years. Funny, spicy, and insightful, they discuss marriage, sex, and connection through the lens of contemporary books and media. Every Friday. From bed.

    42 min

  5. FEB 27

    Heated Rivalry Episode 5: It's All About LOVE

    Amy & Tommy had waaaaay too much to say about Episode 5 of Heated Rivalry. So much, in fact, that they had to make this monster episode into two parts: this episode focuses on Heated Rivalry (typically just the weekly Titillating Tidbit) and their discussion Chapter 10 of All About Love will drop as a separate episode next week. In the meantime, they giddily discuss the romance, the love, the coming out of the penultimate episode of Season 1 of Heated Rivalry. Heated Rivalry Gus Kenworthy in the New Yorker  Gus Kenworthy Wikipedia "Good Medicine" by Sheila Heti  Mechanical Elves Stonewall Uprising Original Music: Song: How Does One Point to Everything? Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth Album: USA #1 Send us Fan Mail Don't miss the good stuff! Click here to get on the list for our monthly newsletter (or subscribe directly on Substack) which includes book reviews, date night ideas, and more juicy tidbits from the bed and beyond! Work From Bed Friday is a podcast hosted by Amy Hoffmann and Tommy Borden, a committed couple of 30+ years. Funny, spicy, and insightful, they discuss marriage, sex, and connection through the lens of contemporary books and media. Every Friday. From bed.

    35 min

  6. FEB 20

    A Tortured Orgasm: Heated Rivalry, Episode 4. Oh yeah, and All About Love Chapter 9

    Amy & Tommy's obsession with Ilya & Shane may be overshadowing their deep dive into All About Love by bell hooks. But they push on, overlaying this seminal text over the cultural reality of 2026. After all, love is love. And apparently, sex is sex. And always hot. Except when it's not. Listen to the end for a look into the Olympics and "Crotchgate." Heated Rivalry, Episode 4 All About Love by bell hooks  Magnificent Sex by Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Ph.D. and A. Dana Ménard, Ph.D. Cafe Jacqueline in San Francisco (oh no! She closed last year.) Wendy MacNaughton 9 to 5 Crotchgate Original Music: Song: George Floyd Rose Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth Album: USA #1 Send us Fan Mail Don't miss the good stuff! Click here to get on the list for our monthly newsletter (or subscribe directly on Substack) which includes book reviews, date night ideas, and more juicy tidbits from the bed and beyond! Work From Bed Friday is a podcast hosted by Amy Hoffmann and Tommy Borden, a committed couple of 30+ years. Funny, spicy, and insightful, they discuss marriage, sex, and connection through the lens of contemporary books and media. Every Friday. From bed.

    42 min

  7. FEB 13

    Deep Thoughts and Hot Hockey: All About Love Chapter 8 and Heated Rivalry Episode 3

    Who knew that watching hot hockey romances in Heated Rivalry would be a fitting companion for Chapter 8 of All About Love by bell hooks?? So many parallels! Also, some welcome spice for the deep dives into love and community. Amy & Tommy discuss the cultural primacy of the nuclear family and its erosion of our ability to love. It's not as contradictory as it seems: we place so much importance on finding and keeping romantic love, often at the expense of the community and friendships where we practice, learn, teach, and spread love. Also, Bad Bunny. Heated Rivalry Game Changer by Rachel Reid YouTube: Conor Storrie and Hudson Williams All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks Bad Bunny's Superbowl messaging Original Music: Song: Monkey Dance Artist: Ian and The Deep Sheets Album: Ball Simon Send us Fan Mail Don't miss the good stuff! Click here to get on the list for our monthly newsletter (or subscribe directly on Substack) which includes book reviews, date night ideas, and more juicy tidbits from the bed and beyond! Work From Bed Friday is a podcast hosted by Amy Hoffmann and Tommy Borden, a committed couple of 30+ years. Funny, spicy, and insightful, they discuss marriage, sex, and connection through the lens of contemporary books and media. Every Friday. From bed.

    50 min

  8. FEB 6

    Love and Greed: All About Love Chapter 7 and Heated Rivalry Episode 2

    It's another love sandwich: spicy analysis of the viral hockey lovestory/softporn series, "Heated Rivalry" on one slice, a reader lovenote on the other slice, and the meat?  Deep talk about Chapter 7 of All About Love by bell hooks: greed and the ways in which love cannot thrive or even exist in a world driven by greed. Whoa. Amy & Tommy knock the dated examples while being legit blown away by the resonance with our present moment. Listen, enjoy and chime in! Mentioned in this episode: Episode 2 of "Heated Rivalry" Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks Journey of the Heart: The Path of Conscious Love by John Welwood Original Music: Song: USA #1 Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth Album: USA #1 Send us Fan Mail Don't miss the good stuff! Click here to get on the list for our monthly newsletter (or subscribe directly on Substack) which includes book reviews, date night ideas, and more juicy tidbits from the bed and beyond! Work From Bed Friday is a podcast hosted by Amy Hoffmann and Tommy Borden, a committed couple of 30+ years. Funny, spicy, and insightful, they discuss marriage, sex, and connection through the lens of contemporary books and media. Every Friday. From bed.

    39 min
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A committed couple of 30+ years in conversation about marriage, sex, and connection through the lens of contemporary books and media that have ignited their marriage, sex, and connection. Every Friday. From bed.

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  • Creator
    Amy Hoffmann & Tommy Borden
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    54
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Work From Bed Friday
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