I Hear You, Babe
I Hear You, Babe is your weekly voice note from someone who overshares for a living.
Hosted by Dino Malvone—founder of SaltDrop, full-time feeler, part-time hater—this pod is where we unpack the mess, the magic, the spirals, and the stuff you should probably still be talking about in therapy.
Some episodes will make you laugh so hard you snort. Others might have you crying in your car outside a CVS. Either way: you’re not alone. I hear you. I got you.
Let’s get into it.
Episodes
45 episodes
45. Why Are Men?
why are men…i did not raise these men but here i am, full-time translator. a man wore patti smith's face to a date and didn't know her name. another wore cargo shorts to a french bistro. one mid-act in murray hill said "ravishing" — with...
44. Situationship Court Is Now in Session (Welcome to the Docket)
all rise. situationship court is officially in session. dino is the judge, the jury, and occasionally the defense attorney depending on the case.this week's prompt: bring me your most confusing almost-relationship. define the charges. wh...
43. She Was a Different Person Before Him
we’ve all watched someone disappear into a relationship. the quieter laugh. the new opinions. the boots that mysteriously vanished.this week’s prompt: tell me about someone you watched change. or tell me if that person was you...
42. The Red Flag Support Group (Welcome, We've All Been Here)
the red flag support group is now in session.hi my name is dino, i saw the red flag, and i waved back. some of us waved enthusiastically. some of us decorated the flag. some of us asked the red flag to move in and then acted surprised wh...
41. The Performance of Fine
it's thursday. the episode was supposed to drop monday. dino has the flu, darius had a fever, and they watched twenty-two hours of lord of the rings extended edition on the couch together which may or may not be romantic depending on how you lo...
40. We Need to Talk About the Almost-Relationship
Dino is recording with a stye today. He showed up anyway.This week: a sidewalk tarot reader rolling a booger mid-reading, thoughts on Melania, and why the number of unsolved murders in this country is actually unhinged. Dino is on the ca...
39. Bestie Breakups Hit Different Vol. 2
Hello and welcome back to I Hear You, Babe. This week we're talking about the friendship breakup — not the dramatic kind with a fight and a moment you can point to, but the slow kind. The one where you look up one day and realize the person you...
38. Whose Dream Is This, Actually?
Dino's been sober for seven days, just made a hard business decision, and is somehow still at the studio on a Sunday morning with a 7-Eleven coffee. That's the vibe.This week we're talking about ambition — specifically whose dream you've...
37. The Inbox: Real Emails, Real Chaos, Real Talk
A little founder therapy and a lot of listener emails.Dino talks about the messy reality of running a startup, making hard financial decisions, and what nobody tells you about building a business with real people inside it.Then we...
36. Things That Should Be Illegal (Dating Edition)
Mercury retrograde is retrograding, it’s raining in New York, and I have started this episode eleven times, so if the vibe is a little feral, that is why. We talk influencer discourse and why some people stay quiet about big things, why Instagr...
35. Things That Should Be Illegal (NYC Edition, Vol. 2)
This is I Hear You, Babe.Today we’re legislating.From men leaning on subway poles and blocking three handholds, to $19 smoothies with 25 percent tip screens, to finance bros walking shoulder to shoulder like they own Manh...
34. When You Know It’s Over But Stay Anyway
This is I Hear You, Babe.I just got back from Pittsburgh, got humbled by family reality, and came home to the blizzard of 2026 where I fully became your conspiracy aunt. Lucy Letby. Epstein again on Netflix with new context. 25 episodes ...
33. The Moment I Knew It Wasn't Right (And Stayed Anyway)
Honest conversations about relationships, self awareness, and emotional growth.This week on I Hear You, Babe, listeners share the quiet moments they realized a relationship wasn’t right — not the breakup, not the explosion, but ...
32. The Best Date I Ever Had (And the Worst One, Obviously)
Honest conversations about relationships, self awareness, and emotional growth.In this mega episode of I Hear You, Babe, Dino reads listener stories about their best and worst dating experiences and reflects on what actually mak...
31. The Comment That Was Small But Stayed With Me
This is I Hear You, Babe. Today we are talking about the comment that was small but stayed with you forever.It starts with a very New York moment. I asked a guy for a lighter while he was literally smoking a cigarette and he said ...
30. When You're Not Okay (Here's What Actually Helped)
This week on I Hear You, Babe, we’re easing into it.I start by talking about losing Dude and how grateful I am that we were able to say goodbye at home. It was quiet. It was sad. It was peaceful. And yes, I cried like a child.
29. The Night Out That Got Out of Hand (A Debrief)
This week, it is the fake limbo between Christmas and New Year’s where nobody knows what day it is, time feels optional, and I refuse to spend a single second doing a countdown with anyone I don’t deeply trust. We’re talking gray New York days,...
28. Things I Had to Learn the Hard Way (Obviously)
It is almost Christmas and I am in that weird in between time where the city feels half asleep and everything feels a little softer. Last night I went to Jan and Jackie’s Christmas show at Red Eye. Tonight Darius and I are doing a candlelight c...
27. Hot Takes (Unpopular Opinions I Will Die On)
This week on I Hear You, Babe, Dino gets into Hot Takes — the quiet thoughts you have at the kitchen counter, the texts you never sent, the opinions you immediately judge yourself for having.These aren’t podcast bro hot takes or engageme...
26. The Real Me, Unfortunately
This week we’re talking about the moments when the version of ourselves we thought we’d outgrown comes bursting through the door like, “Hey girl, remember me?”From jealousy to teenage spirals to emotional regression to accidenta...
25. The Emails That Got Away (We're Reading Them Now)
Welcome to Episode 25, babe — the “I swear I didn’t forget you” episode.This week is The Lost Emails — all the stories you’ve sent over the last few months that didn’t quite fit a theme or missed the timing but lived in my brain anyway.<...
24. Thank You, Next (And I Mean That With My Whole Chest)
This week’s episode is my version of a gratitude episode… which means it is not polished, not Pinterest, and definitely not “10 things I’m thankful for” energy.We’re talking about the things you’re actually grateful you survived.The ...
23. I Put Them on a Pedestal and They Did Not Deserve It
This week we are talking about pedestals. Not the Greek kind. The emotional kind.The “I met you three times and decided you are flawless and spiritually elevated” kind. The kind we build out of vibes, fantasy, loneliness and pure delulu ...
22. The Comeback Nobody Saw Coming (Including Me)
This week, Dino is in his comeback season—tech troubles, retrogrades, and all. From broken mics to old friendships revisited, he opens up about what it really means to return to yourself. Then, listener emails pour in with stories of resilience...
21. No Shame (Whatever You Did Last Night Is Fine)
Today we unpack your walk of shame and walk of no shame stories and start with something real. I talk about friendships shifting in adulthood, how love can be true and still feel out of sync, and the choice to stay kind while you figure it out....