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Half Past Chai — 169 episodes

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my wife left me.

2

I Quit My Job To Make Chai

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Secret Relationships, Family Pressure & Green Flags Nobody Talks About

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Can This Guy Convince Us Indiana Isn't Boring? (ft. Nate Spangle)

5

We Studied 5 of the Biggest Podcasts. Here's What They All Got Right

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7 Things We Did To Blend Our Household As An Indian-American Couple

7

10 Things About Quitting Your Job Nobody Warns You About

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"It Was Either Her or My Family..."

9

The Expensive Truth About Quitting Your Job For Content

10

How to Do a Mid-Year Reflection

11

"I Took Her to India to Meet My Family"

12

Training for a Marathon Together Is Either Going to Bond Us or Break Us

13

We Answered Your Most Unhinged Questions

14

Should We Move To NYC?

15

Is This Normal? (Couple Edition)

16

My Own People Say I'm Not Indian Enough

17

Why We're Still Choosing Each Other After 11 Years (The Real Reasons)

18

Q&A: Interracial Couple Answers Your Juiciest Questions

19

Here’s What We Earn as Content Creators

20

Should I Feel Guilty for Living My Own Life?

21

Everything We Did Wrong In India

22

You’re Making Chai Wrong in America (Malwa Chai’s Fix)

23

Indian & White Couple Answer Relationship Questions | Q&A

24

How to Travel to India in 2026

25

Indian vs American Family Habits

26

What My Life Would Look Like If I Never Moved to America

27

The Routines That Actually Changed Our Lives

28

Money, Marriage & Red Flags: Your Questions Answered

29

Reacting to Your Anonymous Confessions

30

What Our Parents’ Marriages Taught Us

31

We Let a Financial Expert Audit Our Entire Life

32

How to stop being a people pleaser in 2026

33

Is It Normal to Regret Only Dating One Person?

34

5 Secrets to a Thriving Long Term Relationship

35

Why are Indian Weddings So Expensive? (American vs Indian Weddings)

36

Unpopular Desi Opinions | Parents, Weddings & Mental Health

37

Getting Married Young & Why It Benefited Us

38

He Won’t Tell His Parents About Me… Should I Leave? | Q&A

39

The Reality of Med School: What No One Tells You

40

What It’s Really Like Running the NYC Marathon

41

Why It’s So Hard to Talk to Indian Parents About Feelings

42

What 10 Years Together Taught Us

43

Interracial Marriage in 2025: What No One Tells You (ft. Brook & Harjot)

44

We Spent $12,000 This Month… Are We Going Broke?

45

He Turned Down JPMorgan to Build a Luxury Airbnb Empire

46

Do Interracial Couples Fight? Reacting to Your Wildest Assumptions

47

10 Lessons My Wife Taught Me That Changed My Life

48

When Your Parents Say No | Love, Religion & Life’s Toughest Questions

49

Why Your Mental Health Matters

50

Marriage Myths Debunked: What No One Talks About

51

What No One Tells You About Quitting Your 9-5

52

We Read the WILDEST Reddit Marriage Posts (Cheating, In-Laws, and Indian Wedding Drama?!

53

Friendship Breakups, Interracial Love, and Strict Indian Parents | Answering Your Questions

54

Men vs. Women: Why We Don’t Understand Each Other

55

How We Quit Our Jobs at 26 & 27 | Q2 Financial Review

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Why We Quit Our Jobs, Are We Moving & Navigating Interracial Hate | Q&A

57

Why Stress Turns Us Into Roommates

58

What Happens After A Breakup

59

How We Make It Work with Opposite Routines (Fitness, Food, Sleep)

60

What Makes Us Cry

61

How to Be Yourself in a World That Wants You to Fit In

62

How Our Cultural Identities Shaped Our Relationship

63

The Best & Worst Advice We Got from Our Parents

64

What We Spend as a Couple Living in Indiana

65

23 Years of Marriage vs 3 | What We’ve Learned

66

I Don't Want To Be An Engineer (ft. Varun Rana)

67

Lessons My Husband Has Taught Me (from a mans perspective)

68

Texts That Ended Our Relationship

69

Why Am I Addicted to My Phone?

70

Unwritten Rules of Relationships (2025 edition)

71

My Wife And I Are Complete Opposites

72

How To Handle Burnout In A Relationship

73

Answering Questions About India (Ft. The OG Patels)

74

How I Cook For My Indian Husband

75

How Much We Spent in 2024

76

How To Travel To India 101

77

What Even Happened In 2024?

78

“My Indian Parents Won’t Accept My Girlfriend”

79

Growing Up Indian In The Midwest

80

HPC News: Hawk Tuah, UHC CEO Theory & Brain Rot

81

Our 10 Essentials We Can’t Live Without

82

Why You Should Invest In Yourself & Your Community (ft. Iman Tucker)

83

How to Get a Girlfriend 101, Wildest Dreams & Getting Stares in Public | Answering Your Questions

84

We Actually Hate Each Other…

85

Avoid These Mistakes! What We Wish We Knew in Our 20s

86

Getting To Know Each Other

87

Money Matters For Couples

88

Why We Make Our Relationship Our Entire Identity

89

My Indian Husband Has Mommy Issues

90

Why You Should Take A Break

91

We’re So Freakin’ Pissed

92

How To Make An Interfaith Relationship Work

93

How To Get Out Of The Friend Zone

94

Why Does My Wife Yell At Me?

95

I'm Not Indian Enough and I'm Not American Enough

96

Why Are Indians So Cheap?

97

Why I HAD To Lie To My Indian Parents

98

How Do I Date Someone Who’s Not Indian? | Answering YOUR Questions

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Indian vs American: Is Sex Taboo? What Is The Kamasutra?

100

Why Don’t Indians Eat Beef?

101

Why Are There So Many Indians?

102

Indian Families VS White Families

103

Moving to NYC, Getting Divorced, & Milkman?

104

Pivotal Moments In Our Lives That Made Us Who We Are Today

105

10 Surprising Ways To Make Your Relationship Even Better

106

Addressing Assumptions About Us

107

Annoying Couple Traits We Couldn't Avoid: Funny Relationship Habits

108

ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS: Embracing Indian Culture In America, Family Hates My Partner, & MIL's

109

Asking My Wife Questions Men Are Too Afraid To Ask

110

The Truth About Being An Interracial Couple

111

Asking My Husband Questions Women Are Too Afraid To Ask

112

I Met My Future Wife On Bumble (ft. Jonah & Marissa)

113

QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK: Raising Kids, Our Fitness Routines, Dealing With Anxiety

114

10 Signs You’re Insecure In Your Relationship

115

Why Your Role In Your Relationship Matters

116

Hot Takes, FMK List, & Our Most Embarrassing Stories (ft. Alex & Katie)

117

We Went To Area 51 (ft. Our Favorite Conspiracy Theories)

118

ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS: Why We Don’t Have A Prenup, Ending Toxic Friendships & Wedding Planning

119

My American Wife’s First Trip To India

120

My Husband Spent $50,000 In One Month | Financial Audit

121

My Wife Has Been Lying To Me

122

Marrying Your First Love & Being An Interracial Couple (ft. Drew & Jade)

123

ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS: Interfaith Relationships, Racist Stereotypes, & Immigrant Parents

124

Controversial Relationship Advice + The 1-Year Anniversary Of Our Podcast

125

My Wife Won't Stop Spending Money | Financial Audit

126

This Relationship Quiz Told Us To Get Divorced

127

Marriage Expectations vs. Reality

128

How To Talk About Finances With Your Partner

129

Dating To Marry, Med School, & Never Using Social Media (ft. Micah Prickett)

130

Santa Spilled The Chai

131

Gender Roles In Asian Culture

132

How To Go Viral (Ft. Liam Pineiro )

133

Reading Hate Comments

134

How My Desi Parents Messed Me Up

135

Working With Your Spouse

136

My Partner Doesn’t Listen

137

In My Seasonal Depression Era

138

Answering YOUR Questions: Hate Comments, Secret Relationships, & Social Anxiety

139

I’m Not Compatible With My Partner

140

Being In A Toxic Relationship

141

Flirting, Icks, & Relationship Etiquette

142

HOW TO SURVIVE COLLEGE

143

Why We Broke Up

144

What We've Learned From Being Married

145

Why I Married A White Woman

146

Couple Goals (ft. Ronak and Arushi)

147

Getting Too Comfortable In Your Relationship

148

Our Horoscopes Told Us To Get Married?

149

What's Your Love Language?

150

Hallie Patel: Why’d you marry an Indian Guy?

151

How We Handle Arguments Together

152

What’s YOUR biggest ick? Content creation, hot takes, and balancing life

153

Am I Going Through A Quarter Life Crisis?

154

Beyond Borders: A Tale of our Travels

155

Life Update: Our Vacation, Burnout, and Taco Bell

156

Navigating an Interracial Relationship (ft. Alex & Katie)

157

Suketu Patel: Video making guru, finance man, and entrepreneur

158

Questions of the Week: Career Goals, Alcohol, Religion and MORE

159

What Works And What Doesn’t Work In a Relationship/Marriage

160

How To Make Friends After College

161

Is it really possible to have a work life balance?

162

Had a Bad Day?

163

The Vacation Bliss: How We Got Back Into The Honeymoon Stage

164

In Sickness And In Health: Coming Back To America

165

I Took My American Wife To India

166

Preparing to take my WIFE to India

167

Roses Are Red, Violets are Blue, Here's A Mini Episode Just For You

168

Fusing Cultures: Our American and Indian Wedding Experience

169

Navigating the First Year of Marriage