Spilling Chai

How do you gain the courage to be your authentic self as a woman of color at work and in the world? How do you bring the pain and joy of everyday motherhood in America feel seen and heard? Host of the "Corner Office Breakdowns," Ambika Pai spills the tea with Anushay on our season finale.

Dr. Somi Javaid is on a mission to make women’s healthcare exceptional by educating, advocating for, and empowering patients to take control of their health concerns. She spills the tea with Anushay on owning our sexual health, embracing the new menopausal woman and more.

How can you unlearn silence when women, especially women of color, have been told to not use our voice for centuries, by our cultures and families? Women still face grave risks to their personal and professional lives when they do choose to stand up for themselves. Speaker, writer, and facilitator, Elaine Lin Herring spills the tea with Anushay on how women can unlear...

How do you create a successful news company for South Asians in the diaspora and beyond as a woman of color? How do you get funding? Snighda Sur spills the tea with Anushay on how she did just that and more.

Author, podcaster, political commentator, editor-at-large, and contributor. Is there anything Molly Jong-Fast can't do? She spills the tea with Anushay on having Twitter- famous puppies, staying sober, and the key to being grateful.

Can you be a woman of color and be a Republican? Are you really from the U.S. if you're brown? There was a time when answers to both those questions not only were "yes" but it still should be. And maybe it still can be. Political strategist and analyst, Rina Shah spills the tea with Anushay on making your American dream as a brown girl.

How does whiteness kill? How is it deadly even for white people? Bestselling author Saira Rao is back on the show to answer those questions and explain to us that when it comes to gun violence and mass shootings, we have a choice. But we have to get on our feet and take action. Rao tells us how.

Anushay talks redefining postpartum, having the courage to tell your story, and more with actress and “Anya” Chief Impact Officer (CIO), Freida Pinto.

When we think of stand-up comedians, we don’t really think about mindful masculinity and raising strong daughters. The #MeToo movement wreaked havoc on the stand-up comedy world but honestly, the deep-rooted misogyny was already well- documented. But our guest today shatters stereotypes not only of the stand-up guy but also of the clueless, privileged white guy. The one and only Pete Dominick...

Most of us believe inclusion is both the right thing to do and good for business. Then why are we so terrible at it? Anushay speaks with bestselling author, Ruchika Tulshyan about creating a culture of belonging at work.

The kitchen is normally thought of a space confined to women or rather where women have been confined. Anushay speaks with food writer, baker, and passionate eater, Marissa Rothkopf Bates about her work and her podcast, "The Secret Life of Cookies" where she flips the script on how we think of the spaces women occupy. And of course, the love that goes into baking and eating cookies.

In her second book,  The Other , Daniela Pierre-Bravo shares her journey and those of other women to help you recognize your power in the workplace outside of the white gaze. She spills the tea with Anushay about reshaping the way you think about career advancement without losing your sense of identity.

How do you learn to not only live with a chronic illness but thrive with it? That's the mission of talk show host, beauty and lifestyle expert, chronic illness advocate, and founder of Chronicon, Nitika Chopra. Whether you're battling cancer or going through a divorce, Chopra spills the tea with Anushay on not only living your best life but how to be more committed to your happiness...

What role to white women play in upholding white supremacy and racist systems? A pretty big one! Even though we tend to leave them out, historically (most) white women always stood by white men when it comes to social orders that place whiteness as superior to well, everything else. To this day, majority of college women in America vote for their race over their gender and played a huge role in us...

Anushay talks personal branding, fashion designing, healing from childhood trauma with power sisters, Cipriana Quann and TK Wonder. The power duo also dishes on their new YouTube show, "Chew on This" and spill the tea on why this was the time to launch a cooking show.

One of the key themes in Anushay's book is the power of women telling their stories. During her research, Anushay became obsessed with the stories women don't tell and what we keep to ourselves. One of the most powerful stories she came across in her work is that of Tomeka Isaac who started the nonprofit organization, Jace's Journey after the loss of son. Isaac's story embodies the message that wh...

One of the biggest messages in Anushay's book, The Pain Gap is that maternal health is that America's maternal health crisis is solvable. We already have the tools and expertise to ensure no woman dies giving life. Yet, America's maternal mortality numbers, especially for Black women and women of color, are not only the highest amongst rich nations but that number is increasing. Layo George, the c...

 Anushay describes herself as being “obsessed” with motherhood in America, largely because of its constant cultural contradictions. The image of motherhood in America is so white, yet its Black & Brown women who are more likely to die giving birth in the US. We claim to worship mothers but remain the only industrialized nation without paid maternity leave.  And what about the women w...

Anushay has been a long time fan of American lawyer, politician, civil servant, founder of Girls Who Code, the Marshall Plan for Moms, five-time author, Reshma Saujani. Saujani is a warrior for women’s rights, using her platform to encourage us to raise brave not perfect girls and demand we pay moms in the workforce. Saujani joins Anushay to talk about her new book, “Pay Up,” a battle cry for...

When Anushay began researching her book, it didn’t take long for her to discover gaps in addition to the pain gap in women’s health. While our previous episode analyzed the credibility gap, this episode we ideal with Dr. Alyson McGregor and her work exposing the serious lack of research in women health aka the knowledge gap.

Women don’t just face a pain gap when it comes to their health but we also have to deal with a “credibility gap.” In Anushay’s research, she finds that women are not believed about their bodies period— whether we’re in pain or if we’ve been assaulted or anything else. We are not believed. In this episode, Anushay speaks with author, Jaclyn Friedman about the crisis of not believing women, having h...

We often hear the statistic that women of color are more likely to die giving birth in America. But how many of us know that Black women are 243% more likely to die than their white counterparts? In this episode, Anushay speaks witness Dr. Kanika Harris about birth trauma, Black maternal mortality, and the truth about America’s maternal health crisis.

One of the most important things to remember about maternal mortality is that it’s a crisis that’s solvable. We already have the tools and expertise to save women’s lives.  So why do so many women, especially Black women, die giving birth in the world’s richest democracy?  Kimberly Seals Allers, author and founder of the Irth App, speaks to host, Anushay Hossain about using technology to...

How can you talk about just one topic with multi-hyphenate Hitha Palepu? You can't! That's the first thing our host Anushay Hossain learned when she sat down to speak with author, entrepreneur, investor, writer, speaker, and CEO of Rhoshan Pharmaceuticals, Hitha Palepu. In this episode, the two women talk about pandemic motherhood, women and alcohol, the inspiring life of Vice President Kamal...

How does US foreign policy impact women's reproductive health and rights around the world? How does America import its domestic abortion politics by creating foreign policies that deny women access to safe abortion and a full-range of reproductive healthcare? Those are the questions Anushay asks this week's guests who have taken the fight for safe abortion global with their work for Population Ser...