Work From Bed Friday

By Amy Hoffmann & Tommy Borden

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 Fri

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The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.

Work From Bed Friday episodes:

September 18, 2026 Three Suns in Two Beds: A Conversation with IFS Therapist Jeanine Klotzkin, Part 1
Amy and Tommy welcome dear friend, listener, and seasoned therapist Jeanine Klotzkin to the bed/pod! Jeanine turned the duo on to the work of Richard Schwartz through his books, No Bad Parts and You Are The One You've Been Waiting For, the "bookclub" topic of Season 4. What a treat to be in conversation with an IFS-trained therapist who uses the work on a daily basis! Enjoy this first part of their juicy conversation and tune in next week for Part 2!

Mentioned in this Episode:
Jeanine Klotzkin
You Are The One You Have Been Waiting For by Richard Schwartz, PhD.
No Bad Parts by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph. D.
Internal Family Systems
Stanislov Grof
Holitropic Breathwork
"Inside an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy Session with Glennon & Richard C. Schwartz" We Can Do Hard Things
IFS Institute and Training

Original Music:
Song: Baby Elephant
Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth
Album: It Don't Rewind

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42min
September 11, 2026 Hung Like the Four Horsemen of Doom: Chapter 3 of You Are the One You've Been Waiting For
Amy & Tommy lament the loss of our icons of humanism: Dolly Parton, Gloria Steinem, and Tim Curry before going down a rabbit hole inspired by a quote by Steinem about turning 60. They then jump into Chapter 3 of You Are The One You Have Been Waiting For by Richard Schwartz, PhD. Neo-exiles figure prominently in their discussion as they try to imagine what theirs might be or might have been. They go WAY back to examine their early relationship insecurities. They push back on the idea of DOOMED relationships. Come on, people!

Mentioned in this Episode
Doing Sixty and Seventy by Gloria Steinem
You Are The One You Have Been Waiting For by Richard Schwartz, PhD.
Jeanine Klotzkin, LPC, LCAT
"Why I'm No Longer a Fan of Esther Perel," by Not a Good Girl on Substack
Poppy's Crab Shack
Wickr
Markegard Family Grass-Fed
The Silver Saddle Motel
All About Love by bell hooks
John Gottman
Kim Addonizio
"Sonnenizio on a Line from Drayton" by Kim Addonizio

Original Music:
Song: Knees
Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth
Album: It Don't Rewind
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57min
September 04, 2026 Watch Out for Bear Traps: Chapter 2 of You Are The One You've Been Waiting For
Quiet Divorcing, Quiet Quitting, and how to parent teenagers. So much comes up for Amy and Tommy as they discuss Chapter 2 of You are the One You've Been Waiting For by Richard Schwartz, PhD. Also, Amy borrows some ideas and rebuilds them as a new scaffolding for interacting with humans: Attention, Affirm, Ask, Affection. You heard it first on Work From Bed Friday!
Mentioned in this Episode:
"Gen Z is Quiet Quitting: Are You Listening?"
"The Marriage is Long Over. Nobody Told Your Husband." by Hilary Silver
" The Women Quietly Quitting Their Husbands" by Monica Corcoran Harel in The Cut
You Are The One You Have Been Waiting For by Richard Schwartz, PhD.
Elizabeth Gilbert
The Lazy Genius Podcast with Kendra Adachi
How to Parent Teenagers LOL

Original Music:
Song: Cho Cho
Artist: Muistardeaux Collective
Album: Abstractio's Prestige
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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.
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56min
August 28, 2026 You Actually Can't Complete Me: You Are the One You've Been Waiting For Chapter One
Mentioned in this Episode:
Stacey & Paul Martino
The Missing Piece by Stacey and Paul Martino
The Miracle Morning for Transforming Your Relationship by Stacey and Paul Martino
You are the One You've Been Waiting For by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph. D.
Ted Lasso

Original Music:
Song: Off My Stack
Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth
Album: Spirit Awards
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55min
August 21, 2026 Season 4 Premiere: Introduction to You Are the One You've Been Waiting For
Amy & Tommy launch into Season 4 with a discussion of the introduction to You are the One You've Been Waiting For by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D. Amy feels vindicated in her general suspicion of couples therapy and Tommy realizes that their before times marriage was at least not as bad as the hot mess marriage of the case study in the intro. Looking forward to next week: Chapter 1!
Mentioned in this Episode:
DTF St. Louis
Woodstock Cafe
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Entourage
Your Friends and Neighbors
Fleabag
Ted Lasso
No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz. Ph.D
You are the One You've Been Waiting For by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph. D.
Stacy Martino, relationship expert
The Missing Piece by Stacey and Paul Martino
Song of Myself by Walt Whitman
Patriot
Original Music:
Song: Husky
Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth
Album: Ceramics (EP)
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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.
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51min
August 14, 2026 No Bad Parts: Season 3 Finale Part II
In Part II of their Season 3 finale, Amy & Tommy discuss No Bad Parts, by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph. D. The book was recommended by a friend, listener, and therapist and serves as a jumping off point for Season 4 where they will discuss his followup book, You are the One You've Been Waiting For: Applying Internal Family Systems to Intimate Relationships. Can't wait for Season 4!
Mentioned in this Episode:
Internal Family Systems
No Bad Parts by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph. D.
The Devil (Tarot Card)
You are the One You've Been Waiting For by Richard C. Schwartz, Ph. D.
Original Music:
Song: Haven't Felt the Blues This Way
Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth
Album: Shong's Order
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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.
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55min
August 07, 2026 No One is Normal, It Just Looks that Way from Across the Street: Season 3 Finale Part I
Back from a midsummer hiatus, Amy & Tommy attempted to close out season 3 with a juicy episode on No Bad Parts by Richard Schwarz, Ph. D, but end up spending so much time on their Titillating Tidbit and Let's Make it a Threesome segments that they had to break it into two episodes! Enjoy!
Wifehouse by Sonya Walger
Butter by Asako Yuzuki
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Ice Storm
Your Friends and Neighbors
DTF St. Louis
No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz. Ph.D
Original Music:
Song: Baby Elephant
Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth
Album: It Don't Rewind
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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.
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43min
July 10, 2026 The Billionaires' Vagina Club: Come As You Are Conclusion
This episode was meant to discuss the conclusion to Emily Nagoski's Come As You Are, which turned out to be a teeny, tiny non-chapter. But not to fear! Tommy and Amy pounce on a recent New Yorker article entitled, "The Billionaires' Vagina Club" and manage to turn it into their longest episode ever—the appetizer becomes the main course!
Mentioned in this Episode:
"The Billionaire's Vagina Club" by Melanie Thernstrom, The New Yorker, June 26, 2026
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.
"Women's sexual health: desire, arousal, and orgasms, navigating perimenopause, and enhancing satisfaction with Sally Greenwald, M. D., M.P.H." Peter Attia's The Drive Podcast

Original Music:
Song: Wandering Boy
Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth
Album: Coach Barbarian

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1h 4min
July 03, 2026 Choosing What You Have: Come As You Are Chapter 9
In this last chapter of Emily Nagoski's Come As You Are, Amy & Tommy discuss the the practice of happiness, how Nagoski misses the idea of play, and how we are all swimming in a patriarchal hot tub. Also, cross-body bags and DECIDING. To decide is to educate your monitor. It totally works.
Mentioned in this Episode:
"What Science Knows About Grief" in The New Yorker
DTF St. Louis
Hot Jason Bateman
Ted Lasso
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski, Ph. D.
Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins
Magnificent Sex by Peggy Kleinplatz, Ph. D. and A. Ménard, Ph.D.
Muistardeaux Collective

Original Music:
Song: Sleepy Little Heart
Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth
Album: Shong's Order

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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.
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56min
June 26, 2026 Orgasm: Come As You Are Chapter 8
Are all orgasms created equal? What in the actual world? Tommy and Amy discuss the finer points of Chapter 8 of Emily Nagoski's Come As You Are. Actually, they discuss ALL the points! There are spicy details not to be missed, including a mansplained orgasm. For reals.
Mentioned in this Episode:
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Indian Heaven
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski, Ph. D.
"I know it when I see it."
Magnificent Sex by Peggy Kleinplatz, Ph. D. and A. Ménard, Ph. D.
WIfehouse by Sonia Walger
DTF St. Louis, HBO Max
Clackamas Fire
Original Music:
Song: Hani Sani
Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth
Album: FM Perspective

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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.
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FAQs about Work From Bed Friday:

How many episodes does Work From Bed Friday have?

The podcast currently has 76 episodes available.