A podcast about the joy, heartache, and business of running a pole dance studio.
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Contact path
Public web form
Booking probability
28%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchRecent episodes include "Up the Pole S2E8: Nicole from Pole Trix" (8 June 2026, 50 minutes), "Up the Pole S2E7: Jamie Elchert" (1 June 2026, 33 minutes), and "Up the Pole S2E6: Natalya Nightshade" (25 May 2026, 38 minutes).
Up the Pole publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 31 minutes across 19 episodes.
Booking probability for Up the Pole is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Up the Pole requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Up the Pole's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Up the Pole are Fitness, Golf & Recreation. Up the Pole has a business audience.
Up the Pole is a business show with 19 episodes published.
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Episode #8
<p>Our guest this week has been in the pole industry for 20 years! Her studio, Pole Trix in Victoria, BC, started as a kids dance studio. Hear the story of how her business grew and grew (even with 50mm brass poles!) as...
Episode #7
<p>Host Amy Bond talks with Jamie Elchert, founder of the Memorial Pole Championship in Ohio. Jamie is a seasoned pole competitor who created this competition with two missions: to provide access to a quality pole...
Episode #6
<p>Host Amy Bond talks with industry maven Natalya Nightshade about her background in ballet and skripping, about being a serial entrepreneur, and building her Tampa, Florida pole studio. Natalya Nightshade is an...
Episode #5
<p>Up the Pole host Amy Bond talks with Dan Rosen of PoleLOLs and Pole Destroyers, and formerly an IRL studio owner, about being a traveling polebrity, his decision to sell his studio, and how he built his online pole...
Episode #4
<p>Host Amy Bond talks with world renowned pole artist Kristy Sellars about how her studio, PhysiPole, expanded from 8 stage poles set up in a rented martial arts dojo to over 20 locations across Australia. They chat...
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<p>Emily of Altius Pole Studio in Bend, Oregon, talks with host Amy Bond about how opening her studio in the middle of the pandemic was a surprisingly good idea. They discuss how trauma-informed teaching can make...
Episode #2
<p>Amy Bond, host of Up the Pole, chats with Vikka Wrexx of Wrexx Dance in Allen, TX about her experience moving from Russia and opening a pole studio in the US. They discuss the term "russian exotic," the sink-or-swim...
Episode #1
<p>Crystal Song of Songbird Dance in San Francisco chats with host Amy Bond of Pole + Dance Studios about the realities and surprises of running pole studios. Does Crystal regret getting the pole-a-way system? Can you...
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<p>Host Amy Bond talks with Milissa Marshall of Dazzling Diva Fitness in Winchester, Virginia. Marshall took over the reins of her studio when it was at risk of closure, becoming a pole studio owner nearly by accident...
Episode #9
<p>Amy Bond of Up the Pole Podcast talks with Hannah Mico, one of the co-founders of Midwest Movement Collective, an intentionally inclusive and all-varieties dance & movement studio in Grand Rapids, Michigan. MMC...
Episode #7
<p>Posture and movement specialist Lorae Lyn talks with host Amy Bond about working with pole dancers' bodies, opening and expanding her own practice, and more! </p>
Episode #8
<p>NY based Pole Position Dance Studio owner Taylor Starke (@starkestruck) talks with host Amy Bond about the delusion required to jump into becoming a studio owner, creating a studio culture that feels authentic, and...
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Episode #5
Episode #3
<p>Cari Leigh started her business as a tiny pole studio in the back of her dad's coffee shop, and Victoria was her student. Years later, they had the opportunity to become partners and, as their new business boomed...
Episode #1
<p>From eight foot ceilings in the back of a sex boutique, to hourly rentals of a shared space using stage poles, to 10-person waitlisted classes, Kelly Campbell of Rise Pole Fitness chats with Pole + Dance Studios CEO...
Episode #2
<p>After meeting at a yoga studio that had a few sensual pole classes, Kirsten and Sharon decided to partner up to open their own pole studio with their personal savings account. Amy Bond, CEO of Pole + Dance Studios...
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