In our discussion of Chapter 16 in Miranda July’s All Fours, we cover solo parenting, self loathing, authenticity, and holding on to our wildness. Also, what does "ass-prone" really mean?
But it’s our discussion of personal change as a constant that really brings this episode to its eerily meta level. Note Tommy’s sudden tendency to mansplaining, heretofore absent from the pod. Here's Tommy:
"I mean, I mansplained the Nightbitch plotline... and I haven't even read the book!"
Horrified, he’s blamed it on the ubiquity of personal change and promises its demise.
Sometimes the best parts of the pod happen between recordings!
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Original Music:
Song: The Gourmand
Artist: Rick Real and The Warmth
Album: You Too, October
Referenced in this episode:
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
Magnificent Sex by Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Ph.D. and A. Dana Ménard, Ph.D.
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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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