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.
I Hear You, Babe
31. The Comment That Was Small But Stayed With Me
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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 he didn’t have one. And somehow that spirals into everything.
Because this episode is not about the big blowups. It’s about the tiny comments. The offhand one liners. The weird little moments that technically should not matter, but quietly rearrange how you take up space.
We read your emails about the sentences you still hear years later from managers, friends, dates, teachers, parents, strangers, and sometimes your own brain. And we talk about why those moments land so hard, why they stay, and how to stop letting them shrink you.
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