So the Couple Things podcast hosts were game when Hatch—the brand behind the sound machines that fill their home—tapped them to help their new nightly audio series, designed to help pairs connect in the roughly 10 minutes they have been their kids’ bedtime and their own.
Having gone through phases where they played cards at night or cornhole or darts, “This was such a clever and fun way to be like, ‘OK, set your phone down, turn on the little five-minute microdate,” explained Shawn. “There are ones where you don’t have to talk to each other, there are ones where you do some ridiculous stretch. It’s an easy way to force your hand and say, ‘No more technology.’ It’s actually an intentional moment.”
Pitched the idea, noted Andrew, “We were like, ‘Man, that would be so much fun to do little micro dates, and if other people listen to it, then that’d be fantastic, but nothing else, it’s great for Shawn and I.'”
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