: Lisa's research explores "jagged love"—the anxiety and jadedness often caused by the premeditated, strategic nature of dating apps compared to organic connections.
It was a rainy Tuesday evening roughly three years ago. Portolan had been invited to a screening of a local independent documentary. She admits she almost didn’t go. lisa portolan podcast co-host met at film event
Within a week, she sent J a voice memo. The pitch was simple: "Let’s watch a movie about dating, then record ourselves arguing about it for an hour." : Lisa's research explores "jagged love"—the anxiety and
The partnership began when Lisa Portolan, an author and academic researcher, met Ruth Borgobello at the where Ruth's film, The Space Between , was being showcased. Ruth, the first Australian to direct an Italian-language feature film, and Lisa, then a PhD candidate researching dating apps and intimacy, found a shared passion for storytelling and human connection. From Film Festival to Slow Love She admits she almost didn’t go