Charli Howard: The Body Double
5/5/202627 min
How a haunted flat turned into a candle obsession, how we can better celebrate the female form and how you can give any collectors’ item a bit more love. In this episode, Dilly Carter is joined by model, author and activist Charli Howard.
Charli brings three beloved items from home for to Dilly unpack – literally and figuratively. They each have a unique angle on Charli’s life, from buying items as an adult that she lusted over as a teenager, to revealing a ghost story you won’t forget. We also hear how Charli changed not just her own career, but was a big part of a movement that changed modelling for good.
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Sort Your Life Out Unpacked is the podcast hosted by tidying expert Dilly Carter. In each episode, Dilly chats to a celebrity guest and unboxes three mystery objects from their home that reveal what is really important to them. At the end, Dilly asks her guest whether they are going to keep, donate or recycle any of the items and, along the way, we learn how to organise and sort our own lives out.
Presented by Dilly Carter Editing: Sebastien Rabas Line Producer: Philippa Pettett Production Co-ordinator: Berniee Ekomisa Assistant Producer: Emily D'Souza Executive Producer for Optomen: Charlotte Broookes Assistant Commissioner: Chris Bartlett Commissioning Editors: Rhian Roberts and Beejal-Maya Patel Produced by Holly Newson Hair & Make Up: Sarah Burrows Art Director: River Gibbs Production Runner: Molly Morgan
An Optomen production for iPlayer and BBC Sounds.
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First 90 secondsDilly Carter· Host0:00
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Dilly Carter· Host0:35
[Upbeat music] This is Sort Your Life Out Unpacked with me, Dilly Carter. Every episode, a celebrity guest will hand over three boxes, each containing an item from their own home. We'll unbox them together and hear plenty of memories and stories too. Along the way, there'll be simple tips to help you sort your own life out. In today's episode, I'm joined by a model turned activist who has campaigned to change unrealistic body standards within the fashion industry. She's recently renovated her first house. She's written three books, but when it comes to organization, she gives herself a very modest 4 out of 10, maybe 5 out of 10. Please welcome the lovely Charli Howard.
Charli Howard· Guest1:19
Yay. Thank you for having me.
Dilly Carter· Host1:20
Welcome to Sort Your Life Out Unpacked. Maybe a four, maybe a five?
Charli Howard· Guest1:24
I know. Well, everyone always says that I'm really messy.
Dilly Carter· Host1:27
Okay.
Charli Howard· Guest1:28
I've also got a bit of a habit of kind of collecting