The money behind Netflix show “The Circle”! Past contestants, John Franklin & Alyssa Ljub reveal the true circle to neutralizing life: jokes, money and sex? The $ and secrets to careers in sex coaching, comedy and everything in between
Trading Secrets
Audioboom Studios
5 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
John and Alyssa were participants on season four of the hit reality TV show The Circle. As contestants, they maneuvered their way through a game in which they can only communicate with other contestants via texts on a specialized social media platform. Although neither of them were crowned the champion of their season, they have each been able to generate strong social media followings after their season wrapped up in May 2022. In addition to their social media influencing, both John and Alyssa have started to carve their own ways into separate specific careers, John being in stand up comedy and Alyssa being in sex relationship coaching.
John and Alyssa give insight to how they ended up on The Circle, why John ended up going on as a Catfish, where they are currently living and what they pay, what Alyssa’s advice is when it comes to improving your credit score, how they talk about money to each other, the connection between conversations of sex and money, and how they feel about the whole influencing career path after being on reality TV. John and Alyssa also reveal the details to their respective careers, the distinction between sex coach and sex therapist, the behind the scenes of the sex coaching industry, the importance of sex ed and financial literacy, the reality behind starting a comedy career, what John’s first tight five was, how TikTok has changed the comedy industry, his best advice for getting through a rough patch during a presentation, and the importance of pivoting. Who was Alyssa working for when she was casted on The Circle? Who made more on the show? What is a tight five?
John Franklin & Alyssa Jlub reveal all that and so much more in another episode you can’t afford to miss!
Host: Jason Tartick
Co-Host: David Arduin
Audio: Declan O’Connell
Guests: John Franklin & Alyssa Jlub
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of Trading Secrets. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm your host Jason Tartik and this is the pre-market trading segment. |
| 0:20.2 | I'm actually doing this here from Beaver Creek, Colorado. |
| 0:23.7 | Took a trip with some friends, sparked and led by a horse Campbell. |
| 0:28.5 | We are doing some hiking out here, some golfing and it's just a beautiful place to be. |
| 0:33.6 | So put Beaver Creek, Colorado on your bucket list of places to visit because let me tell |
| 0:39.2 | you it is so worth it. |
| 0:40.3 | I put it in my top five happy places as it relates to locations around the world. |
| 0:45.2 | Okay, now let's get into this episode. |
| 0:46.5 | It's going to be really, really good one. |
| 0:48.9 | So the circle, I'm not sure if you've ever heard of this show from Netflix, but the new |
| 0:53.7 | series and new season comes out this week on Netflix, but it's a game show. |
| 0:58.1 | It's a reality TV game show. |
| 0:59.6 | We have two contestants from a previous season, John and Alyssa, who did not win, but they |
| 1:05.5 | did gain the hearts of one another and they're now dating. |
| 1:09.7 | But it's interesting because yes, do we talk about reality TV in this episode? |
| 1:13.5 | Sure. |
| 1:14.5 | Most of this episode gets way deeper than that. |
| 1:17.4 | The episode title is going to be related to jokes, money and sex and you'll understand |
| 1:23.8 | why. |
| 1:25.0 | It still aligns with what we do here. |
| 1:27.1 | I'm trading secrets and I'll tell you this to about this episode. |
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