"Talking to strangers is every Londoner’s worst nightmare, yet here I am sitting with five other people that, until five minutes ago, I knew nothing about. To my left sits a deep tech investor, opposite is an ex-navy signalman, who has recently jumped into space tech, and to his right, a data analyst. We are soon joined by a speech therapist and an ex-financier."  

Future of finance reporter Isabelle Castro has been trying out a host of new friendship apps that promise to combat loneliness with quality connection.

In this episode we'll hear from:

Sally Baker, relationship psychotherapist.

Liesel Sharabi, director of the relationships and technology lab at Arizona State University.

The founders of The Breakfast, Lisa Oreshkina and Eteri Saneblidze.

Maxime Barbier, TimeLeft’s Paris-based founder and CEO.

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