Explaining EXTRACTED: Fox’s New Survival Series
Rob Has a Podcast | Survivor, Big Brother & Reality TV
Survivor Know-It-All, Rob Cesternino | RHAP Productions
4.9 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Rob Cesternino welcomes survival expert Megan Hine to discuss Fox’s innovative reality show, Extracted. This series introduces a fresh twist to survival TV by placing the fate of contestants in the hands of their loved ones. Megan, who serves as the head of extraction, shares insights into the show’s unique format and the challenges faced by participants.
Extracted features families or close friends, where one member is dropped into the Canadian wilderness with minimal survival experience. The remaining members, stationed at a base, make critical decisions about their loved one’s survival, including when to extract them. Megan explains her role in deploying and retrieving participants, using helicopters and boats to navigate the remote, forested terrain of British Columbia.
The show stands out by combining elements of popular survival series with a social experiment aspect. It explores the psychological dynamics between family members as they decide whether to extract their loved ones, balancing the desire to protect them with the lure of a $250,000 prize. Megan highlights the emotional journey of participants, stripped of modern comforts and forced to adapt to harsh conditions.
Rob and Megan discuss:
– The show’s unique concept of family-controlled survival challenges
– Filming in Canada with extreme weather conditions
– Advanced technology for 24/7 live streaming and monitoring
– The psychological impact on families making extraction decisions
– Megan’s background in survival and her role in the show
Extracted promises to test both physical endurance and family bonds. Will contestants’ loved ones press the extraction button, or will they endure the wilderness for the prize? Tune in to see how this high-stakes survival experiment unfolds, blending elements of Hunger Games and Squid Game with real-world family dynamics.
Catch this podcast for an in-depth look at Extracted and Megan Hine’s fascinating role in this groundbreaking series.
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| 0:36.8 | who's a part of a brand show. It's a big show that |
| 0:40.8 | Fox is promoting a brand new reality series. It's called Extracted. And it's an interesting show. |
| 0:47.6 | I haven't seen anything exactly like it before, but it's a survival show where people are going |
| 0:54.1 | to be facing the Alaskan, or actually |
| 0:56.9 | Canadian wilderness with their loved ones in control, whether or not they get pulled from |
| 1:03.6 | the game and these are not necessarily experienced survivalists that are participating on the show. |
| 1:09.4 | We are actually going to bring you full coverage of this series starting on Monday night when I'm going to get together to talk |
| 1:16.3 | about the premiere episode of Extracted right here with Mary Krakowski and Chappelle. So I'm very |
| 1:23.4 | much looking forward to that. We are talking with a woman. Her name is Megan Hine. She's |
| 1:28.7 | actually in charge of pulling people from the game, and she's going to tell us a little bit more |
| 1:34.4 | about how the whole thing works. So this is my interview with Megan Hine, part of the brand new show |
| 1:40.3 | Extracted, which is premiering Monday night on Fox and check out all of the recaps right |
| 1:45.6 | here on RHAP. |
| 1:48.1 | Hey, everybody, Rob Sistrenno here, and we are here with Megan Hine, who is part of a brand |
| 1:55.4 | new series coming to Fox Extracted, and we get the chance to talk a little bit about what |
| 2:00.5 | in the world is going on on Extracted. Meg we get the chance to talk a little bit about what in the world is going on on extracted. |
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