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The James Altucher Show

Ep. 41 - Marina Franklin: The Secret No Comedian Will Ever Admit

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2014

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Our guest this week has been featured on shows like NBC's Last Comic Standing and The Jay Leno Show.She has also worked with comedians like Amy Schumer, Keith Robinson, and Jim Norton.One of the hottest performers in the comedy scene, Marina Franklin, joins The James Altucher Show to talk about her successes, struggles, and life lessons.In more ways than one, comedy is all about timing...From her early childhood, to the start of her comedy career, to her dating life, you get to hear the real story behind Marina Franklin.You'll hear how she started out in acting, but quickly realized that her true passion was for comedy. Find out what drove her to pursue it to the fullest.Like many other professions, failure is something that most comedians face.How do you come back from failure? How do you move on and figure out your future?Today, Marina shares her personal struggle with failure and how she was able to overcome the "moments" and move on to a successful future.Her story is proof that we should never be afraid to fail because some of the most important parts of life tend to not be about the triumph, but rather the struggle.Sometimes it takes conflict to reveal the real opportunities in situations.If you want to hear more from Marina, you can check out her podcast, Friends Like Us.And don't forget - Follow Marina @marinayfranklin ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.4

This is the James Alteter Show on the Stansbury radio network.

0:15.9

So yeah, Jim Norton started, I guess we were all 10, we were in fourth grade and I guess

0:30.1

like, you know, the nervous new kid, you've been the new kid in school and you know, the

0:35.1

new kid, everybody's either going to like make fun of him or he's got to react real quickly.

0:40.3

And so he started this being like hilarious.

0:42.8

And like from day one, we said you're going to be a comedian.

0:47.6

And then it was really surprising to me.

0:50.6

He's talking on the podcast how he started bombing when he first started being a standup.

0:55.4

And I was like, Jim, I don't understand.

0:57.5

Like you were like the guy like you were 80 times funnier than anyone else in school.

1:02.5

How could you bond a bomb?

1:04.7

And he made their interesting point that he was just going up there and telling jokes

1:09.8

and that you really have to know the audience.

1:13.6

He was saying also that your relationships is what you have with people are, they know

1:20.9

you.

1:21.9

So it's like it's already informed.

1:23.6

What do you mean?

1:24.6

The relationship you have with people.

1:27.2

So they get it.

1:28.2

So like, when you go up in front of audience, they don't know you.

1:30.6

Right.

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