The Whole 8 Inches!
Welcome to THE WHOLE EIGHT INCHES a podcast about Pole Dancing, (most of the time). Join your favourite chaotic pole-dancing duo, Charlie Love and Emily Le’Strange each week as they over share on all things pole and life related! Whether you’re a baby-poler, OG or just interested in the industry itself – these two cover everything from competitions, performance and training tips, hot goss as well interviewing some of the down right, coolest people in the pole industry in Australia and around the world.
Episodes
It’s nice to meet us, isn’t it? THEMily Le’Strange and CharlHE Love re-introduce themselves as they near the 2 year mark since their first episode. Who are they? What are they doing here? How did they get this phone number?
Whether you’re a long time listener (hi Josh) or new to the podcast, this episode will teach you something about your hosts, or shall we call them the friends you made along the way?
Mentions:
@swamplesque
@...
Emily and Charlie bond as most millennials do during a midlife crisis, by sharing the contents of a bag or two. Discover the every day items the pair carry around with them as they pour out the contents of their pole bags and brains. This episode is bursting with overshared memories and under washed kneepads.
Your Hosts
@charlie.love_ & @daddyslittlemisfitchild
Special Mentions@clubhellaheels@theone_kianna @houseoforicci @ori...
Bust out the antihistamines cause Miss Pole Dance season is back and this WA heat has put US on heat. There’s glitter in the air and something is the water for the Western Australian polers who competed in Mx Pole Amateur and Miss Pole Dance on Saturday June 21st.In this episode we recap the livestream, muse on the complexities of alien sex, kiss a hundred boys in bars and wish “good luck” to all the babes in upcoming heats.Check o...
Daisy Adelle Bastick tells us fantastic all ‘bout Sexy’s Back pole competition, celebrating 10 years!
Emily, Charlie & Daisy also chat about The Naked News, baking baked, and dog dentistry.
Sexy’s Back will be held at Breakers Country Club in Wamberal NSW on July 19, 2025.
Get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sexys-back-amateur-pole-dancing-competition-2025-tickets-1156512954379?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
@daisy...
Emily & Charlie are joined by the newly crowned Eris, your current Mr Pole Dance World. Find out what it takes to crawl through a window with a broken arm, fight off a chest infection and take the crown while roasting the Ghost of Mr Pole Dance past, Charlie Love on an open fire.
@eris_xx_
@mrpoledancecompetition
You can still watch the Livestream of Mr Pole Dance 2025 as well as download previous years here:
https://ww...
Emily and Charlie try their best to re-cap Mr Pole Dance World 2025, as usual, struggling to stay on topic.
Mr Pole Dance 2025 Livestream available for 3 months at:
@mrpoledancecompetition
Chilli Rox Showboy: @ddxddhx
Amateur
1st: @poledelusion
2nd: @whiskey_blu
3rd: ...
Emily “Tony Starr” Le’Strange and Charlie “not overly flamboyant” Love meander down the winding & wide yellow brick road as they share what it’s like to be friends of Dorothy.
Hosts
@charlie.love_ & @daddyslittlemisfitchild
Special Mentions
@lucca_Valentine
@reubenkayeofficial
@friskpoledancecomp
@richielestrange
Can you say bossy bottom? For once Charlie is both prepared AND leading things while he enlightens Emily about copyright laws in Australia. Together they discuss inspiration vs imitation in dance and performance.
References
https://www.artslaw.com.au/information-sheet/drama-performance-and-dance-aitb/
https://www.ag.gov.au/rights-and-protections/copyright/copyright-basics
Mr Pole Dance World Tickets:
We weren't done chatting with the legend, Miss Filly, and finding out all her unhinged NSFW stories and performance background.
Who knew you could get paid for gigs in Souvlakis?
Video out on Youtube Sunday!
Special Guest @missfilly.poledancer
Hosts: @charlie.love_ & @daddyslittlemisfitchild
Recorded at @balloontreeproductions
Mentions
@northcotetheatre
@misspoledanceaustralia
@chillirox
@katyevepoledancer
@red_pole9...
Let’s get ready to rumble with special guests Daisy and Lucca, producers of Knockouts - the latest comp to hit the Aussie pole dancing scene. With a love of pole, UFC and a set of big natural ambition, this dynamic duo tag teamed up to bring you the first Aussie pole dancing freestyle tournament.
@knockouts_comp
@daisyadellebastick
@lucca_valentine
@sexysbackcompetition entries close May 19
Miss Filly, the Icon herself, joins Charlie and Emily in studio to talk about butthole bleaching and other burning topics. Witness the birth of an uncircumcised alter-ego in real time as Miss Phally talks business, passion and losing 3 entire motor vehicles.
@missfilly.poledancer
@themissfillyinstituteofpole
Recorded at @balloontreeproductions
@friskpoledancecomp
@pole.divas
@exoticgeneration_official
@podium_goddess_competiti...
EMILY'S BACK.
Em recap's on their holiday in Indonesia, getting back into training and *some* politics.
Charlie also says things.
AND we let slip who is the next featured instructor at Pole Cruise!
Hosts:
@daddyslittlemisfitchild
@charlie.love_
Charlie is once again joined by Mr Fox while the two attempt to discuss their creative processes and, quite aptly, end up getting side-tracked.
Guest Host:
@mrfoxpole
Mentions:
@chillirox
@mpdnsw
@ally_malp
@nova_pd555
@devereuxxo
@dancefilthy
@andreajameslui
@laulipop.pd
@mrpoledancecompetition
#pdrainbowmarchenko
@amyhazel92
@gingieborn
@friskpoledancecomp
@andre_poledancer
@bradystevens
@alex.archer.aerialist
@mischkapoledancer
@rain_pd
@velv...
Charlie is joined by special guest host Mr Fox while they talk about dancing on poles with boys, revealing the lineup for Mr Pole Dance World 2025.
Mr Pole Dance World will be held at The Factory Theatre on June 7th.
Tickets are live: https://www.factorytheatre.com.au/event/mr-pole-dance-3/
Guest Host
@mrfoxpole
Mr Pole Dance Lineup
@mrpoledancecompetition
@lukehartpole
@sagittarius.ajay
@thepoleduchess
@ddhxddhx
@jarrod_xp
@khuuti...
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... @__lucieinthesky__
We've seen her on the MPDV stage now come and get to know this regional pole dancer/scientist and the perks and challenges that come with training remotely!
May or may not include Charlie and Emily's very own impression of the mating call of a Koala.
Hosts Charlie Love and Emily Le'Strange
Guest Lucie Diamond @__lucieinthesky__
He gone did and got himself another Sash!
Emily quizzes Charlie on his experience as a competitor and place getter in FRISK 2025!
Includes Charlie's commentary when he is on stage and some truly heartfelt moments that came up around the weekend.
Warning: You may need tissues, this one has the feels.
Emily Le'Strange @daddyslittlemisfitchild
Charlie Love @charlie.love_
- Special Mentions
@friskpoledancecomp
@b...
Is pole dancing a sin? Does the pole spin? Does pole dancing make you pregernate?
Emily & Charlie answer the questions in everyone's search history. Busting myths, proving thruths and listing things that are 8 inches long. This is a great place to start if you're new to pole, or maybe just a little pole-curious.
Mentions:
@hijabiluscious
@_wheely_sweet_
@hannahpilkes
@cyruspd_
@flowvocative.competition
@friskpoledancecomp
We’ve all known a diva in our lives and for as long as we can remember, Pole Divas have been making themselves known in the state of Victoria and across the global pole community. Kennetta shares her journey; from a decade working in strip clubs to over 20 years of Pole Divas. Starting with a single studio in Prahran to 8 locations, multiple competitions, online classes and an instructor training program, this dedicated diva and po...
Have you ever had a man talk a big game about how he's going to get you all wet and blow you away, so you spend hours preparing but when the time comes, he's nowhere to be seen? Charlie & Emily talk about Charlie's date with Cyclone Alfred (ETA: TBD).
The pair also share the things they've put on stage that make them cringe.
Mentions:
@friskpoledancecomp
@aliciajoan_poledancer
@misspoledancevictoria
@pole.divas
@cx...
Emily & Charlie debrief about the competitions they attended over the weekend: Floorplay QLD and Debut, and rebrief about what it means to be a beginner, according to people on the internet.
Mentions:
@floorplaycompetition
@nicole_harbourpole
@candiceleighpole
@polecatztweedheads
@chillirox
@cocothepoledancer
@poleclasssydney
@maxishield
@debutcompetitions
@jennytoner23
@lorisaonthestage
@survivorpolechampionships
@danrosenpole
@yanismars...
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