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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 concert with traditional Christmas songs. Tomorrow I head to Pittsburgh for a few days and I am already thinking about my mom’s food and also missing my man.

Then we get into the emails. What I know now that I wish I’d known then. Love that feels like a performance. The difference between peace and settling. Why silence at work costs you. And why missing someone does not mean you should go back.

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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 engagement bait. They’re honest. Messy. Lived in.

Listener emails and DMs roll in on love, friendship, self respect, silence, closure, being “chill,” outgrowing people, and the moment you realize staying loyal to the past can mean abandoning yourself in the present. Dino riffs on what it actually means to grow, to set boundaries, and to tell yourself the truth without turning anyone into a villain.

The episode also touches on grief, compassion, and remembering that you never really know what someone might be carrying when they show up in the world.

If this episode stirred something for you, long emails are always welcome at ihearyoubabepod@gmail.com — the messy ones especially.

And if you’re also into the darker side of storytelling, Dino’s new true crime podcast I Fear You, Babe is now live, exploring unsettling cases through a human, emotionally grounded lens.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re disloyal or just honest — this episode is for you.

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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 accidentally telling your therapist you love him — today’s episode is a gentle drag, a group confession, and a reminder that the “real you” isn’t the problem. The shame is.

We read your long, emotional, chaotic, complicated listener emails and talk about why your honest self isn’t something to hide… even when she’s deeply inconvenient.

Come laugh, cry, cringe, and breathe through it, babe.
It’s I Hear You, Babe.

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