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 ...

As our country navigates this this very difficult moment, the words of bell hooks resonate in their prescience. She understood the road that we were, and are traveling. How do we practice a love ethic as a society? How can we stand strong in a ...

Tommy and Amy kick off Episode 6 of Season 2 with a tease: a quick peek into what they are reading and which books may make an upcoming episode! After that Titillating Tidbit, they move on to the meat of the episode: Chapter 5 of A...

Amy & Tommy start with Portland’s stand up comedy scene and end with pubic hair. Sandwiched in between is a discussion of self love and self esteem. Also, they would like to contradict themselves—things ARE really bad in the world. Just get...

Chapter 3 of All About Love by bell hooks is THE chapter that precipitated Amy and Tommy's famous "breakthrough" as detailed in Season 1, Episode 1. What do they think of it now? Listen for lots of opinions, a peek at a new tradition for New Ye...

Amy and Tommy dig into Chapter 2 of All About Love by bell hooks, following her discourse on justice and advocacy for the rights of children. It seems far from a theory of love, but perhaps that's the point. Whatever the case, Amy and ...

It turns out that Chapter 1 of All About Love by bell hooks brings up more questions than it answers: what actually IS cathexis? Do you have to have cathexis before you have/practice love? Are we throwing around the word love too caval...

Work From Bed Friday is proud to present Season 2! Fresh off the perimenopausal rollercoaster and sexual awakening of Miranda July's All Fours, Tommy & Amy begin their conversation of All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks. They...

Amy & Tommy close out the premiere season of Work From Bed Friday with a review of "More: A Memoir of Open Marriage" by Molly Roden Winter. They disagree about Winter's motives, wonder about how on earth people have time for polyamory, and ...

A long lost Brady Bunch episode inspired a gifting tradition in the Borffmann household that has been going strong for 20 years! Instead of purchasing gifts for Christmas, Amy and Tommy and their two daughters exchange only three types of gifts...

Amy & Tommy discuss Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder, comparing it to American Psycho, singing the praises of speed control, and marveling at the prowess of a newly minted novelist. BUT FIRST! They introduce a new segment called "The ...

Amy and Tommy take on the age old question with their unique blend of honest conversation, questionable knowledge, reckless internet research, and a component new to them both: crowdsourcing! The discussion is spicy and thought-provokin...

After bingeing Season 1 of Your Friends and Neighbors on the plane home from Rome, Amy & Tommy dive into analysis. Does extreme wealth change the story of marriage, sex, and connection? Is repressed rage the common denominator for ...

Coming off of Miranda July's All Fours, Amy & Tommy record the first of a few season-ending bonus episodes...from Rome! It's a honeymoon that patiently waited 21 years to happen. In 2004, en route to a 5-week drive through the Sahara desert...

Amy and Tommy finish their in-depth analysis of Miranda July’s All Fours. They discuss the final chapters, about which they have a lot of feelings. Aren’t we all over Davey by now? But maybe if Benson Boone played him in the movie….

Recording their first episode from their new bedroom in their very old (1896) new house, Amy and Tommy determine that Chapter 28 of Miranda July's All Fours should be the final chapter in the book. End it HERE. But the actual edito...

In an attempt to stay out of our character's foray into the deathfield while navigating the sounds of "progress" during some hard-core home repair, Amy & Tommy go off-piste. There's the story of the two kittens that kept Amy from breaking u...

Is it a better way to be married? Or a better way to divorce? Amy & Tommy discuss Chapter 26 of Miranda July's All Fours, in which a newly conceived idea of marriage leads to the mythical "breakthrough" but not as anyone ever imagi...

It's a pretty good band name, amiright?? It's also a composite of Chapter 25 of Miranda July's All Fours, at least according to these two intrepid podcasters. Amy & Tommy use the chapter as a jumping off point for a discussion...

Is it an open marriage? Or co-habitation with girlfriends? Amy & Tommy discuss Chapter 24 of Miranda July's All Fours wherein kissing is invented and orgasms are water creatures. There's more, of course: how preparing for a first d...

Amy & Tommy record this episode from the basement of their new house, Beatrice. Even in the middle of a major move, the two come together to discuss Chapter 23 of Miranda July's All Fours, touching on the subjects of vaginal dryness, third ...

Join Tommy & Amy as they stumble into the house of mirrors created by the shifting identities of Chapter 22 of Miranda July's All Fours. They explore the new terrain created inside a spontaneous few days of role playing between our...

Do we ALL need a room of one's own? Could it just be Room 321 at the Excelsior? Amy thinks yes, yes it could. Amy & Tommy discuss Chapter 21 of Miranda July's All Fours, examining the anatomy of a marital standoff by sh...

Chapter 20 of Miranda July’s All Fours is one of Tommy and Amy’s favorites. Our character invites her friends to Excelsior’s Room 321 in order to crowdsource marital advice and a whole lot more. But once there, the room expands into another dim...

True to form, Tommy & Amy "very thoroughly" examine Chapter 19 of Miranda July's All Fours. In the aftermath of a marital fissure, our character moves through her days in a haze of formality, cupcakes, and bones to chew on. All of ...