Pole dance, stripping and only fans chat with Lauren Elise
Close Friends: The Podcast
Lucy Mountain, Tara Margulies & Sarah Barrington
4.9 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we chat with Lauren Elise, pole dance instructor, performer and choreographer about all things pole dance.
We talk about how the sport has evolved in recent years, its ties to strip clubs, what to expect from your first pole class and our advice on how to get started.
We also branch into a wider conversation around stripping and sex work.
(Note: Tara had a Zoom malfunction half way through, so apologies for any quality issues)
This episode is best served with wine + an open mind.
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Chat with us:
@laurenelisepole
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Contact us:
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends. Grab your wine, pull up a chair. You are listening to the Close Friends podcast. |
| 0:14.5 | This is where we talk about our IRL conversations as friends about surviving, thriving and diving, |
| 0:20.3 | headfirst into life, trying |
| 0:21.8 | to be adults, but also trying to have a fucking good time. Today I am joined by my host Sarah. |
| 0:29.8 | Hello. Hi. Antara. Hello. And we have a very special guest with us today. So I will introduce to you Lauren who is a London-based poll instructor, choreographer and performer. |
| 0:43.3 | She also runs a pole dancing competition called Eden Pole Competition and she is just wonderful. |
| 0:49.3 | We've known each other for a few years and I'm really happy to have her on the podcast. |
| 0:53.3 | So hello Lauren. Hello, hello. I'm really happy to have her on the podcast. So hello Lauren. |
| 0:54.6 | Hello. Hello. I'm happy to be here. And Sarah has close friend of the week for us before we get |
| 1:01.1 | started. She does. I do. It's kind of close friends of the week. Again, we've had so many |
| 1:06.9 | lovely messages over the last couple of weeks. I'm actually going through the DMs at the moment on our |
| 1:12.5 | on our Instagram account. It took me all of 30 seconds to promo the Instagram account. |
| 1:18.6 | It's a bit dry though. Can we have some more five-star reviews, please? Apple Podcasts. |
| 1:23.1 | So we've got one from Ivana Connor. Hey guys, I'm absolutely loving your show, giving you my five-star review. |
| 1:30.5 | I work in a shop doing a pack-out shift with mainly all men at 5 a.m. in the morning. |
| 1:35.4 | Every Friday, I listen to your show while working, and each week the lads watch me laugh to myself, |
| 1:41.3 | questioning what topics you are coming out with. |
| 1:43.8 | It does lead to some very interesting work topics you are coming out with. It does lead some very |
| 1:44.9 | interesting work conversation. But it lets me remember why being a woman is fantastic. Thank |
| 1:52.0 | you to the three of you for being so open, looking forward to the next one. Yes. That's amazing. |
| 1:58.6 | Wait, but I've got a question for Ivana. Was it Ivana? |
| 2:02.6 | Is it on speaker or is it in the headphones? |
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