Slow Love Podcast Lisa Portolan Co-host Met At Film Event //top\\ Now

Arlo still edits every episode. And the kettle sound? It remains exactly seven seconds. Some things, they learned, should never be rushed.

They recorded the first episode in Arlo's cramped apartment, surrounded by microphones and tangled cables. Lisa spoke into the foam windscreen like she was confessing to a friend. "I'm Lisa Portolan," she said. "And I used to think love was fast. Then I met a man who taught me about whale songs." slow love podcast lisa portolan co-host met at film event

Lisa Portolan had stopped believing in cinematic meet-cutes long before she started her PhD on intimacy in the digital age. She had dated through three apps, two heartbreaks, and one algorithmic catastrophe that matched her with her cousin’s ex-fiancé. So when she dragged herself to a small independent film festival on a rainy Tuesday, she was there for the movie—not the magic. Arlo still edits every episode