Extended interview: "Survivor" host and showrunner Jeff Probst

CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

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🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Jeff Probst, the host of the reality series "Survivor" since its debut in 2000, talks with "Sunday Morning" correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti in Fiji about the social experiment in which strangers stranded on an island must work together – and compete against each other – to win a $1 million prize. Probst, who is also the series showrunner, discusses the improvisational nature of the series as a study of human behavior; the unseen operations of the base camp behind the scenes; how psychology plays into the show's storytelling, including borrowing tactics used in police interrogation videos in his role as host; and the strength of diversity in the show's casting process. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:08.2	I'm Jane Paulie. Can you believe Survivor is turning 25, which is why this week our Sunday morning extended interview is all about secrets of the tribe from host Jeff Probst.
1:22.6	Anyone living under a rock, how would you describe Survivor?
1:28.3	Wow, that's a good question out of the gate.
1:31.3	Because on the surface, it is this social experiment,
1:33.3	because you're taking a group of people that are strangers,
1:36.3	and you're dumping them in a jungle, and you're saying, figure it out.
1:39.3	Storm is coming. Can you make fire? Good luck finding food.
1:42.3	But then on top of it, you put this game of politics
1:46.0	where you conspire with and against to get rid of people who might have been the people you were relying on.
1:52.6	And so there's trust and there's insecurities come up and then justified ethics and all kinds of things happen.
1:59.8	And at the end of a season, you forget you played Survivor because you transformed your life by the things you did out here.
2:06.6	And you bear witness to this. And we're going to get to that in a little bit, but I can't begin without first saying congratulations, season 48.
2:13.6	Thank you.
2:14.6	So what goes on in your head on the eve of launching the 48th competition?
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