Boysober
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Leaving It All Behind (A Goodbye to Boysober)
Leaving It All Behind (A Goodbye to Boysober)
About this podcast
Have you ever wondered what life might be like if you stopped worrying about being wanted and focused on understanding what you actually want? That was the question Hope Woodard asked herself after a string of situationships inspired her to take a break from sex and dating. She went "boysober," a personal concept that sparked a global movement among women looking to prioritize themselves over men. Now, Hope is looking to expand the ways we explore our relationship to relationships. Taking a bold, unfiltered look into modern love, romance, and self-discovery, Boysober will dive into messy stories about dating, sex, love, friendship, and breaking generational patterns—all with humor, vulnerability, and a fresh perspective.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 48 episodes
- Leaving It All Behind (A Goodbye to Boysober) · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 48Hope has been stuck in a very familiar pattern — go boysober, boylapse, repeat. In Boysober's final episode, she’s desperate to break the cycle. So desperate that she travels to…
- What Gen Z Women Think about Sex Right Now (with writer Peggy Orenstein) · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 47Peggy Orenstein is an author and journalist who has interviewed countless young women about their sex lives, including Hope. In the midst of writing the follow-up to her popular…
- Can Celibacy Fix Your Sex Life? · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 46What happens when you try to give up men… and keep failing? After years of starting (and restarting) her celibacy journey, Hope talks to two Gen Z women who are actually doing it…
- Crushing on Your Coworkers · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 45You learn so much about people when you work in a service job: How they interact, what ticks them off, and how they lay on the charm for tips. It's also fun to interact with…
- How to Break Toxic Relationship Cycles (with expert Jillian Turecki) · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 44Many people have had a certain someone they just can’t quit. Hope is in the thick of it right now and calls on relationship expert Jillian Turecki to talk it through. Their…
- Do You Want a Better Sex Life? (with Dr. Nicole McNichols) · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 43Class is in session: Dr. Nicole McNichols, best known online as the "Sex Professor," is here to fix your sex life — or at least unlearn everything that’s been ruining it. From…
- How to Change Your Attachment Style (with psychologist Dr. Morgan Anderson) · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 42Anxious, Avoidant, Disorganized, and Secure. Those are the four major Attachment Styles that you might be familiar with even if you're not in therapy. Clinical psychologist Dr…
- The Problem with People Pleasing (with psychotherapist Meg Josephson) · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 41“Are You Mad at Me?” It’s the question that lives rent-free in every people pleaser’s head — and it’s also the title of psychotherapist Meg Josephson’s book. In this episode, Meg…
- What If I Don’t Want Kids? (with Helena de Groot) · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 40When a woman decides she doesn't want kids, everyone has an opinion about it. For women in that position, it can be disorienting to distinguish between what you want and what…
- Daddy Issues (with Chanel Ali) · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 39Comedian Chanel Ali tells us the story about how, throughout her life, she had to rely on herself to figure out the answers to life's big mysteries. Through her complicated…
- Codependent No More (with therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab) · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 38Patterns are hard to break. Cue: Therapist and bestselling author Nedra Glover Tawwab, who joins the show to help Hope tackle her own tendencies of becoming enmeshed in…
- Can Romance Novels Heal Us? · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 37Hope is no stranger to real-life romance, but when it comes to the genre of romance—books and TV shows like Heated Rivalry or Bridgerton—she’s a complete virgin. Today, she gets…
- What Cheating Is Really About (with infidelity therapist Lauren LaRusso) · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 36Cheating is often treated like the ultimate dealbreaker — but it’s way more complicated than that. Therapist (and author of "Beyond Infidelity") Lauren LaRusso talks with Hope…
- An Instagram Bot Ruined My Marriage (with Britt Migs) · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 35Comedian Britt Migs tells us the story of the man she married, the bot that tore everything apart, and where dating after divorce led her. Britt is adapting this story into a…
- Are Men Okay? (with psychologist Angelica Ferrara) · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 34Do the straight men in your life have friends? Do they have a close emotional relationship with someone other than their romantic partner? If not, and you are in a relationship…
- Sober Dating Doesn't Have To Be Scary (with Nigel Roxbury) · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 33Hope is boysober but she’s also sober sober… like from alcohol. For Dry January, she’s chatting with her friend Chris Murch (aka Nigel Roxbury, content creator and host of the…
- Are Dating Trends Broken? · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 32Whether you’re looking for love or completely boysober in 2026, you’ll likely be inundated with dating trends and terms that might affect how you think about relationships these…
- What We've Unlearned About Love · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 31A look back on our favorite answers to Boysober's signature question: "What have you unlearned about love?" Do you have a boysober story to share? We'd love to hear from you!…
- Mother Knows Best (with Sharon Woodard) · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 30It’s the holidays, which is the perfect time to force your family to overshare on mic. That’s what Hope is doing this week with her mom Sharon, who opens up about her own path…
- Dating While Broke (with Esmond Fountain) · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 29It feels like everything is expensive these days. So what does that mean for dating? Comedian Esmond Fountain shares his own experience of struggling to find love when his bank…
