This week on Half Past Chai… we're doing a full Q&A! We are talking hate comments, our finances, and we're reading a few real, anonymous stories from listeners navigating love across culture and family, and giving our honest takes.

Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛

New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛

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Time codes

0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI

3:24 - Dealing with hate comments

8:57 - How are you so comfortable sharing your life online?

13:03 - Running advice?

16:12 - Where does our cat go when we travel?

17:36 - What did we study and what were our jobs?

20:10 - What does your business do?

22:10 - Boyfriend is keeping me a secret

26:04 - Daughter-in-law duties?

This week on Half Past Chai…

We’re joined by Nate Spangle. He is THE Indiana guy.

Hallie and Suketu have lived in Indiana their whole lives and this guy has dedicated his life to telling the stories of Indiana to the world. We are going to ask him the hard questions like WHY Indiana, and WHAT is Indiana and Where is Indiana.

Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛

New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛

Nate’s Socials 👇

YT - https://www.youtube.com/@natespangle

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/natespangle

Tiktok -https://www.tiktok.com/@natespangle

🎙 Submit your stories: https://www.halfpastchai.com/

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Donate to Team For Kids here: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu

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Time codes

0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI

3:33 - Nate is NOT from Indiana

5:25 - What do you want to be when you grow up

8:42 - Why Indiana?

13:19 - When did GetIN start?

16:58 - Why are we still in Indiana?

18:38 - Why you should visit Indiana

26:02 - Did you think you’d ever do this?

32:55 - What was it like quitting your job to do podcasting?

41:38 - How do you manage everything?

44:07 - This changed the way I live my life

50:24 - Rapid Fire questions!

58:32 - Where can people find you?

Today we're breaking down the biggest lessons from 5 of the most-listened-to podcasts in the world - Jay Shetty, Mel Robbins, Steven Bartlett, Alex Cooper, and Andrew Huberman  and how you can actually use them in your everyday life. Discipline, honesty, habits, boundaries... we're pulling out the real, usable takeaways so you don't have to binge 5 different shows to get them. If you've been wanting an episode packed with tools you can actually apply, this is the one. 💛

Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛

New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛

🎙 Submit your stories: https://www.halfpastchai.com/

📲 Follow us: https://bio.site/halfpastchai

Suketu’s NYC Marathon Fundraiser: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu

Hallie’s NYC Marathon Fundraiser: https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8

Time codes

0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI

3:22 - Jay Shetty, On Purpose

6:37 - Mel Robbins

9:15 - Diary of a CEO 

12:43 - Call her daddy

16:07 - Huberman Lab

This week on Half Past Chai… we're pulling back the curtain on what it actually takes to build a home out of two cultures.

When an American girl and an Indian guy fall in love, "home" becomes a beautiful negotiation - and over the years we've figured out the little (and big) things that make our house feel like both of us. From the mandir and Bible upstairs, to chai every single morning, to the very Indian rule that shoes come off at the door, we're giving you the realistic list of how we've blended our worlds under one roof.

Some of it came easy. Some of it we had to figure out the hard way. All of it made us who we are.

Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛

New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛

🎙 Submit your stories: https://www.halfpastchai.com/

📲 Follow us: https://bio.site/halfpastchai

Donate to Team For Kids here: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu

Donate to Therapists Beyond Borders here: https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8

Time codes

0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI

2:34 - Learning to make chai

3:46 - We got a pet

6:45 - Shoes off at the door

10:52 - Celebrating both sets of holidays

12:27 - The food that we eat

15:07 - Mandir and Bible?

16:30 - We are close with both Families

What We'd Tell Ourselves a Year Ago When We Quit Our Jobs

One year ago, we did the scary thing instead of the safe thing… we both quit our 9 to 5 to chase this podcast full time. We talk about what it's really like working as a married couple, why you don't get sick days anymore, and why health has to come first even when work never stops calling.

We also look back at the success we had like the brand deals with companies like Honda, Perplexity AI, and COROS, growing to 350K+ followers, marathon training, meeting people we've admired for years, and even a spot on the Today Show.

Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛

New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛

🎙 Submit your stories: https://www.halfpastchai.com/

📲 Follow us: https://bio.site/halfpastchai

Donate to Team For Kids here: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu

Donate to Therapists Beyond Borders here: https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8

Time codes

0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI

4:07 - How this started

5:45 - We are learning to be okay with instabilities

7:56 - We work all the time

10:59 - Don’t do this if you want to have an easy life

14:26 - Brand is everything

16:08 - Work for free to get paid

19:38 - No one is going to tell you you did a good job

20:42 - It’s easy to not do work

23:20 - Working as a couple is hard

25:25 - Health is wealth

27:28 - NO MORE SICK DAYS

30:16 - ALL THE SUCCESS!

In this episode of Questions of the Week, we're reacting to your anonymous stories and giving our honest takes on situations involving family pressure, dead bedrooms, interfaith relationships, situationships, difficult in-laws, and everything in between.

💬 Questions like:

• What do you do when your partner chooses their family over you?

• Is a dead bedroom a dealbreaker?

• How do you raise kids in an interfaith marriage?

• When is it time to walk away from a situationship?

• Are your in-laws crossing the line?

Thank you to everyone who submitted a question. We love making this podcast a two-way conversation and getting to connect with you beyond the comments.

Drop into the comments and tell us: which question was your favorite?

Then head to our site and submit your own for a future episode we love keeping this podcast a two-way conversation 💛 https://www.halfpastchai.com/

Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛

New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛

📲 Follow us: https://bio.site/halfpastchai

Donate to Team For Kids here: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu

Donate to Therapists Beyond Borders here: https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8

Time codes

0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI

2:26 - Interfaith kids?

7:45 - Who comes first? Mom, Wife, Daughter?

10:31 - Eldest daughter wants to move out

14:03 - Dealing with Indian Family Oriented Mindset

16:17 - What happens when the sex stops?

20:50 - Situationship?

24:16 - How do I ask for couples therapy

27:06 - His mom stopped him from seeing me

31:57 - Stereotyping in your relationship…

34:07 - How to feel comfortable in your own skin?

This week on Half Past Chai… 

We are talking about MONEY! (Suketu’s favorite topic). We share all the numbers with you to be transparent about how we manage our finances. Talking about money is hard in a relationship and we are trying to normalize the conversation. 

If you want more info about finances: https://bio.site/suketupatel

Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛

New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛

🎙 Submit your stories: https://www.halfpastchai.com/

📲 Follow us: https://bio.site/halfpastchai

Donate to Team For Kids here: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu

Donate to Therapists Beyond Borders here: https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8

Time codes

0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI

3:48 - How much money we made Q2

8:36 - My thoughts on our new normal with money

17:55 - How do we talk about money in a relationship

It's somehow already halfway through the year… so we sat down and asked the scary question: is this year actually going how we planned? 😅

In this episode we're doing our mid-year check-in completely unfiltered: our best months, our proudest moments, the stuff that genuinely didn't go to plan, and the January goals we'd honestly forgotten about. It's funny, it's a little vulnerable, and if you've ever wondered whether you're "behind," this one's for you.

👉 We also made a free Halfway Check-In worksheet so you can do this exact reflection right alongside us. Grab it here: https://www.halfpastchai.com/halfway

Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛

New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛

🎙 Submit your stories: https://www.halfpastchai.com/

📲 Follow us: https://bio.site/halfpastchai

Donate to Team For Kids here: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu

Donate to Therapists Beyond Borders here: https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8

Time codes

0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI

3:54 - Looking Back

21:22 - The Fun Round

26:52 - Looking ahead

This week on Half Past Chai…

• We’re joined by Kaitlin & Sourabh - partners in both life and business

• They’re the duo behind their social media where they cook, make chai, and travel, and today, they’re opening up about the reality of building a brand while building a life together

• We’re diving into the inspiration that sparked their journey, the hurdles of the Indian-American business experience, and exactly what it takes to brew a successful startup from the ground up

Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛

New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛

Katlin & Sourabh’s Socials 👇

YT - https://www.youtube.com/@katsourabh

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/katlinandsourabh

Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@sourabhhanumant

Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@katlinsannan

🎙 Submit your stories: https://www.halfpastchai.com/

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Donate to Team For Kids here: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu

Donate to Therapists Beyond Borders here: https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8

Time codes

0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI

3:37 - How did you guys meet?

7:15 - Why did you start posting videos?

10:16 - How did your parents react to you two?

11:01 - What was it like to get introduced to Indian Culture

14:10 - Why do you cook?

18:20 - First time out of the country

21:18 - Quitting your job

26:30 - How do you guys work together?

29:28 - Are you getting married?

34:07 - Going to an Indian Wedding

39:50 - Travel Tips

42:58 - Favorite place you’ve traveled to

50:38 - Traveling is important

55:57 - Favorite food

This week on Half Past Chai… has your partner ever picked up something you love and just instantly been better at it than you? Because same.

We're deep in marathon training together, and it is humbling, hilarious, and honestly a little revealing. We're talking about different paces, different pain tolerances, and what happens when doing something incredibly hard as a team teaches you things about each other you weren't expecting.

Now settle in, get cozy, and grab your chai. 💛

New episodes every Monday at 7 am. Don’t forget to subscribe, and as always, we love you! Thank you for spending your Monday with us 💛

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🎙 Submit your stories: https://www.halfpastchai.com/

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Donate to Team For Kids here: https://fundraisers.nyrr.org/suketu

Donate to Therapists Beyond Borders here: https://givebutter.com/hallie-patel-therapists-beyond-borders-nyc-marathon-2026-xtuif8

Time codes

0:00 - WELCOME TO HALF PAST CHAI3:24 - When your partner is better than you

8:25 - Our dilemma

11:27 - Our first race together

17:08 - Why do we treat our partner differently?

24:33 - The lessons we learned