Friends From Work

We round out our first season with some super serious discussions like, "why October is the best month" and "getting hit in the face with a sports ball". We also do a deep dive into the anxieties of taking off work for a few weeks and leaving all of your responsibilities in others' hands.

An insightful email from a friend of the pod has us wondering: Is the often shared experience amongst co-workers of "hating on the boss" (or gossip in general) poison to a work friendship? Is the relationship tainted because it's stemmed from negativity? Or do all people in the workplace simply need a space to vent?

As we head into a brief hiatus, we read some listener emails as well as a listener's own FFW meet-cute story!

Producer, friend, and general badass, Jennifer Tisdale, joins us this week to discuss a burning question we all have: When is the right time to friend request someone from work on social media? Other super relative topics of conversation include hiking, "boobquake", and TVs in bathrooms. Get into it!

We talk with Stephen Cashmere about what it's like to be a freelance producer, often working with or even managing your friends, and how to stay positive when you're "in the trenches". He also gives us possibly the greatest FWF of all time.

We attempted to record a "mini-episode" and it still turned out to be nearly 50 minutes long. But not to worry, we get into some groundbreaking discussions about taco rings and billowing shirts.

This week we talk with our good friend, Jamie, all about friendships born and fostered through the internet and social media. But the fun doesn't stop there -- there's also an impromptu forgotten American History lesson, and Chelsea gives us the recipe for her favorite childhood after-school snack "hot peanut butter crackers" (yes, you read that correctly)

A good listener question gets us talking about all of the different ways people tend to prefer giving and receiving affection, aka we took the 5 Love Languages quiz! We also reflect on the nostalgia of road trips and mix CDs, and what we do when we're talking about personal stuff... and then your boss walks into the office.

We return in our second episode to answer some listener questions, as well as discuss the ups and downs to maintaining long distance friendships. We also discuss very important things like Harry Potter and the revolution of GIF usage in text conversation.

In our premiere episode, we (Cara and Chelsea) introduce ourselves and talk about why we wanted to do this podcast! WARNING: Puns ahead!