I Hear You, Babe

45. Why Are Men?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517425/fan_mail/new] 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 vibrato. also: the pentagon is now the "department of war." the white house emailed a reporter an alien emoji. a family in vegas filed a 911 report on a 10-foot non-human entity in their backyard. we close on the hardest version of the question — a divorced mom watching her ex-husband become dad of the year six months after the marriage ended. this is part one. part two next week. ihearyoubabepod@gmail.com [ihearyoubabepod@gmail.com] 🍋⚖️ Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517425/support]

44. Situationship Court Is Now in Session (Welcome to the Docket)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517425/fan_mail/new] 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. who's on trial — them or you? the inbox showed up. a man with a toothbrush at her apartment who "wasn't sure where they were on the meeting friends thing." a two-year secret long-distance situationship with a best friend's brother. the relapse situationship four cycles deep. and a guy who canceled their Portugal trip and then took his ex on the same trip three weeks later (court was NOT prepared). also: government UFO files just dropped, but is this disclosure or Doty? a deep dive into the Aviary, the Red Book, the Yellow Book, and why Tartaria is probably russian propaganda. the Should I Marry a Murderer Netflix doc that should have been forty minutes. and three of dino's own exhibits — the Real World guy, the SoulCycle guy, and the friend who was never officially anything. next week's prompt: WHY do men do the things they do? get your theories in by sunday. ihearyoubabepod@gmail.com [ihearyoubabepod@gmail.com] ⚖️🍋 Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517425/support]

43. She Was a Different Person Before Him

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517425/fan_mail/new] 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. a broken coffee table. a man who weighed his cereal with airpods in. a friend in a peach dress watching the smartest weirdest person she knows marry someone who finds her “a little much.” a husband who’s been “bullish” at brunch since 2021. also: i fear you, babe deep dive is out this Thursday — a missing italian volleyball player, a medium, animal bones in a river. Be sure to follow and listen. ihearyoubabepod@gmail.com 🍋 Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517425/support]

42. The Red Flag Support Group (Welcome, We've All Been Here)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517425/fan_mail/new] 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 when it was still a red flag inside our apartment. this week: seven dates with a man who loved his ex more than her. the waiter who knew before she did. the woman who thought she was the exception to "women are too dramatic." a friendship that ended not with a fight but with enough cancelled plans that there was nothing left to cancel. a hiring manager who presented someone else's idea as her own while making eye contact. a man who called therapy a crutch — she did not tell him he was the reason she needed it. and a closer from a woman who didn't ignore her red flags. she decorated them. and lost both the relationship and the story she'd built around it. also: april in new york and it is FREEZING. jay shetty's wedding officiant era. shots at the white house correspondents' dinner. carly aquilino forever. full-time feeler. part-time hater. weekly voice note. send your mess to ihearyoubabepod@gmail.com [ihearyoubabepod@gmail.com]. 🚩 Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517425/support]

41. The Performance of Fine

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517425/fan_mail/new] 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 look at it. this week's prompt: what are you pretending is fine right now? the inbox delivered. we've got a woman who's been saying "no worries at all" so many times she whispered it during a nightmare. a listener pretending her marriage is fine who went to a bathroom mirror at a wedding and stayed there a little too long. someone who bought a SaltDrop membership in january and has found seventeen reasons not to go. a woman who got passed over for a promotion that went to a guy named derek who has been there fourteen months. a retired hospital administrator who ran a library fundraiser like a quarterly business review and scared the other volunteers. grief for a dog who was a witness to a whole chapter of someone's life. an airbnb review for a situationship. forty-five minutes of crying in a car followed immediately by "I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU." and a closer from a listener in queens who has been performing grateful for six years and is finally done. also: rush rush by paula abdul, the violin solo specifically, the italian studio lemon situation, and a cold sweat at 3am. full-time feeler. part-time hater. weekly voice note. new episodes every tuesday. send your emails to ihearyoubabepod@gmail.com [ihearyoubabepod@gmail.com]. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2517425/support]