I Hear You, Babe

Dino Malvone

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.

  1. 3D AGO

    39. Bestie Breakups Hit Different Vol. 2

    Send us Fan Mail 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 used to call about everything has become someone you see four times a year and call it fine. Before the emails, Dino talks about Canyon Ranch (and how the other half lives), a feature in Athleisure Magazine, the SaltDrop rebrand that's coming, and a big idea he's been sitting on — the Babe Network. If you have a podcast idea you've been holding onto, this is your sign to send it in. Then we get into the inbox. A group chat that fires twice a year and is held together entirely by heart emojis. A best friend who keeps referencing the earlier draft of you like she wants you to go back. A ghost — the slow-motion kind, and the guilt that has nowhere to go. A twenty-two year history that feels like a debt you don't know how to stop paying. A friendship that wasn't built for who you both became. The friend who needs more than you have. The one who peaked in 2017 and has been living off the Portugal story ever since. And a closer that will make you think about someone you haven't called in four months. Send your stories to IHearYouBabePod@gmail.com. New episode every week. I hear you. I got you. Support the show

    58 min

  2. MAR 16

    38. Whose Dream Is This, Actually?

    Send a text 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 actually been chasing. Dino gets into the SaltDrop origin story, what it really costs to build something from scratch versus directing someone else's vision, and why losing Dude a few months ago has a way of making you ask what any of it is actually for. Then we get into the inbox. And babe — you all delivered. A consultant who's been standing outside a bookshop every Saturday morning for years and finally said it out loud. A wellness entrepreneur with a sage green color palette and 47 views on her best day who is now a therapist. A Filipino mom who let go of her version of her daughter in four seconds. A florist who got the promotion, sat in her car, felt nothing, and left eight months later. A first-gen kid performing success for an audience that already went home. And a dancer who stopped at 24 and just got back on the barre on Tuesday nights — not to be good at it, just to be in the room. One more email is coming to Patreon. You'll want to hear it. Next week's prompt: the little things that irk you. Send your stories to IHearYouBabePod@gmail.com. I hear you. I got you. Thanks to the brands keeping us going: 💤 Comfrt — comfrt.com/DINO41024 🧴  Rogershood Apothecary — Code IHEARYOUBA20 at rogershoodapothecary.com 🌱  Daily Harvest — $15 off: dailyharvest.pxf.io/zxyaeM 💸  Acorns — Free $5 to start investing: acorns.com/share/LYLW1VN Support the show

    51 min

  3. MAR 9

    37. The Inbox: Real Emails, Real Chaos, Real Talk

    Send a text 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 get into the inbox: dating chaos, recurring couple fights, weaponized incompetence, location tracking moms, and the man who somehow managed to run two completely different personalities with two different girlfriends. Modern dating is weird. Life is weird. Let’s talk about it. Send your stories to IHearYouBabePod@gmail.com Support the show

    38 min

  4. MAR 5

    36. Things That Should Be Illegal (Dating Edition)

    Send a text 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 Instagram is not the United Nations, and why Substack is where nuance belongs. Then we pivot to joy, nostalgia, and the hunt for a real Pac Man or Ms Pac Man machine like the ones from my childhood pizza shop days. And yes, I am still side eyeing Dateline and 20 20 because where is the new content babe. After that, we go full Dating Court. Soft launch relationships where you are basically dating but nobody will say the words. Ghosting and then liking your story like you do not have a memory. The “I’m not ready for a relationship” man who acts like your boyfriend anyway. The 11 47 pm “wanna hang” text that is not a hang, it is a booty call with plausible deniability. Dating app pen pals who will trauma dump for weeks but will not meet you in real life. And future faking, aka selling someone a whole fantasy life just to keep them invested. We close with the truth that rejection is survivable, but ambiguity will eat your brain alive. Clarity is kindness. Actions and words should match. And you do not need to decode the right person. Send your stories for the next episode to IHearYouBabePod@gmail.com and follow the weekly prompt in my Instagram stories at @ihearyoubabepod. Support the show

    51 min

  5. FEB 28

    35. Things That Should Be Illegal (NYC Edition, Vol. 2)

    Send a text 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 Manhattan — this is Things That Should Be Illegal: NYC Edition, Vol. 2. We get into subway etiquette, dating app emotional hedging, coffee shop laptop squatters, public couple fights, group texts that never die, and the unhinged behavior of people who stop at the top of subway stairs. But underneath the chaos and comedy, we talk about something real: claiming space, holding your line, boundaries, and why pretending not to care is the most dangerous New York habit of all. If you’ve ever felt overstimulated, under caffeinated, and deeply aware on a Manhattan sidewalk — this one’s for you. Send your emails to ihearyoubabepod@gmail.com . Support the show

    19 min

  6. FEB 24

    34. When You Know It’s Over But Stay Anyway

    Send a text 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 of Killer Cases. Half a pan of brownies. Not well. But weirdly clear. Because every story I watched had the same quiet theme: staying. Staying when your gut is screaming. Staying when it is not love anymore, it is familiarity. Staying because leaving feels like detonating your life. Then we get into your emails: the relationship that already ended emotionally, the wedding day whisper you ignored, and the job that is slowly draining you. If you are in that place where you know it is over but you are still there, this one is a mirror, not a lecture. Send your emails to ihearyoubabepod at gmail.com. Support the show

    31 min

  7. FEB 11

    33. The Moment I Knew It Wasn't Right (And Stayed Anyway)

    Send a text 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 the knowing that came before. From feeling lonely while sitting next to someone, to realizing you’d stopped sharing parts of yourself, to recognizing your body felt relief when plans were canceled, these stories capture the subtle signs we try to ignore when we want something to work. Dino reflects on why knowing and leaving are two different things, why we stay longer than we should, and how learning to tell yourself the truth is sometimes the first step toward something better. If you’ve ever felt something shift before you were ready to admit it, this episode will probably hit close to home. Support the show

    42 min

  8. JAN 29

    32. The Best Date I Ever Had (And the Worst One, Obviously)

    Send a text 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 makes a date meaningful or damaging. From calm, honest one night connections to relationships that slowly eroded self trust, this episode explores dating patterns, emotional honesty, attachment, and the quiet moments when your body knows something your mind hasn’t caught up to yet. Listeners share stories about clarity without cruelty, consistency without curiosity, staying too long, being chosen out loud, and realizing that nothing bad happening can sometimes be the best possible outcome. Along the way, Dino holds space for disappointment, hope, and the very human urge to want something to work. This episode isn’t about good dates versus bad dates. It’s about noticing how you feel afterward and what that tells you about what you actually need. Support the show

    59 min
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About

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.

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  • Creator
    Dino Malvone
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 I Hear You, Babe
  • Show Website
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