Netflix‘s The Circle: Season 1 -- Circle, message: ‘we have some notes.‘ Send.

<p>We're back, Escaping Reality fam!! After a brief Summer hiatus, we're here with another episode in our usual format, covering a fan-favorite & relatively new reality competition show: The Circle! </p> <p>This week we're diving into Season 1 of the US version of the Netflix hit series & talking all about what the point of the competition is, how it reflects the real-world in it's social-media social experiment, and tbh how we would suggest improving it a bit. </p> <p>All our segments are back, so were taking some listener questions in Fans Have Spoken & of course, giving a heaping helping of vibe checks. Plus, we're chatting through the players we loved, the things we wished they had done, and the "challenges" that went nowhere! </p> <p>If you're looking for a specific segment, here's a break down:</p> <ul><li>Intro & Life Updates (0:25 - 4:32)</li> <li>Initial Thoughts (4:32 - 14:14)</li> <li>Overall feels & the show's concept (14:14 - 23:37)</li> <li>The challenges aka the activities aka the games (23:37 - 26:38)</li> <li>Gameplay & is there any? (26:38 - 38:47)</li> <li>Honorable Mention (38:47 - 44:38)</li> <li>Fans Have Spoken (44:38 - 48:03) </li> <li>Some suggestions for improvement (48:03 - 52:00)</li> <li>Vibe Checks (52:00 - 01:00:57)</li> <li>Rapid Fire (01:00:57 - end)</li> </ul> <p>Be sure to give us a follow as well on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/escapingrealitypod/'>@EscapingRealityPod </a>and on Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/escrealitypod'>@EscRealityPod</a> --  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe & leave us a rating/review on Apple Podcasts and/or follow us on Spotify! Make sure to tell your friends about the pod and have them join you (and us) on our journey through reality competition shows.</p> <p>As always, thanks for listening & thanks for Escaping Reality with us! </p>