262. Are We Watching Love (Is Blind) Stories or Unresolved Patterns? ft. Jackie Dorman
Finding Mr. Height: The Podcast
Ali Jackson
3.9 • 712 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Matchmaker Jackie Dorman joins Ali to break down the latest season of Love Is Blind through the lens of someone who has helped over 1,600 people get engaged or married. They dig into why the pod format rewards anxious attachment, what emotional over-functioning really looks like on screen, and how to tell the difference between genuine chemistry and chaos. Plus, couple-by-couple predictions on who actually makes it to the altar!
In Updates, Ali had some very exciting shopping adventures with Skyline plus a fun triple date. And, we hear from Katy & Tony for one last Dating Diaries update with some serendipitous timing.
This week’s Media Mention (aside from Love is Blind!) is a Youtube video on Patriarchal Bargaining by the Gender Equality Network, found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C82QxH4hWwM&t=19s
Where to find Jackie: On Instagram @jackiedormanofficial, on TikTok @jackiedormanofficial, at www.jackiedorman.com.
Pre-Order Jackie's book "Modern Dating Sucks: A Matchmaker's Guide to Finding Love in a Swipe-Left World" here: https://jackiedorman.com/mdsbook
Timestamps: Jackie joins us at around minute 27.
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| 0:00.0 | That's the normal trajectory of people that are really anxious. |
| 0:04.0 | Like, they're like, you messed up. |
| 0:05.9 | You know, you messed up A-A. Ron. |
| 0:07.7 | But not really because here I am again. |
| 0:11.1 | God, so true. |
| 0:25.4 | Hello and welcome to another episode of Finding Mr. Height the podcast. |
| 0:29.7 | I'm your host, Allie Jackson, and I'm bringing you my positive and practical approach to dating, |
| 0:33.6 | relationships, and a whole lot else about life through my lived experience. |
| 0:35.1 | Things I've learned along the way. |
| 0:36.6 | Thank you for being here. I am so excited that this week is our five-year podcast anniversary party, listener appreciation party in New York City at the Folly, NYC. Saturday, February 28th, if you were in town, I would love to see you there. Doors for patrons are at 7 p.m. |
| 1:11.5 | Public pod can enter at 8 p.m. And I'm going to have a sponsored bar tab for just my appreciation to say thank you to all of you for being here over the last five years. I'm so excited to celebrate. Entry is free, by the way. All you have to do to access the bar tab is RCP. It's totally free. You can go to tiny URL.com slash FMH five years, the number five. That's also in the show notes in case you |
| 1:16.8 | forget an RCP, and then you can access the bar tab. Come celebrate with me. I'm so excited to see you. |
| 1:22.4 | It seems like the only thing I'm seeing on my feed lately is analysis about this season of |
| 1:26.8 | Love is Blind. It is |
| 1:28.2 | set in Columbus, Ohio, and it is not going to like kind of a shit show thus far, which is why we |
| 1:34.1 | love Love is Blind. I think I used to love it because it was like heartwarming, and now it's sort of like |
| 1:40.4 | a train wreck that you can't look away from. And I think presents a lot of juice to look at in terms of things that come up in real |
| 1:49.9 | life dating and relationships just in this sort of like pressure cooker environment. |
| 1:54.0 | And obviously these people are being cast because they're going to create these types of situations. |
| 1:59.1 | And I've talked about Love is Blind on the Patreon in the past. |
| 2:02.4 | And this year, or this season, rather, I wanted to bring it onto the public pod. |
| 2:07.1 | So I have a really fun conversation with matchmaker Jackie Dorman all about Love is Blind |
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