Slow Love Podcast Lisa Portolan Co-host Met At Film Event __top__ May 2026

That night, over more wine and a napkin that would later be framed, they sketched the outline of Slow Love . The podcast would be an antidote to the dopamine churn: episodes on longing, on waiting for a text back, on the three-month "talking stage," on the beauty of a friendship that took years to become something more. Each episode would open with the sound of a kettle boiling—for exactly seven seconds, never seven minutes.

The Slow Cut

"It's slow," he said. "But it's yours."

Arlo leaned forward. "So why don't we make something slow instead?" slow love podcast lisa portolan co-host met at film event