Fifty Years of 60 Minutes with Jeff Fager

Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

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Investing, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

‘Twas the week between Christmas and New Year’s, and not a soul was paying attention to their finances…except everyone scrambling to make year-end tax moves! Even with the tax bill looming, this is also the week when you should unplug (except from this podcast!), relax, eat, have a glass of wine, forget about all your worries and recharge for 2018. That’s why we’re keeping it short and sweet this week with Jeff Fager, executive producer of 60 Minutes and author of the new book, Fifty Years of 60 Minutes: The Inside Story of Television’s Most Influential News Broadcast. When you think about it, the Sunday staple of 60 Minutes has tracked and shaped the biggest moments in post-war American history. The show has profiled every major leader, artist, and movement of the past five decades, perfecting the news-making interview and inventing the groundbreaking TV expose. From recent profiles of Michael Bloomberg and the CEO of Chobani to the investigation of the multibillion dollar industry that collects, analyzes and sells the personal information of millions of Americans with virtually no oversight, financial themed stories have played a large role throughout the history of the show. It was a lot of fun chatting with Jeff and learning about what it takes to make a 60 Minutes worthy story. In the world of “fake news” that we currently we live in, it’s reassuring to know that shows like 60 Minutes are still being produced. “Better Off” is sponsored by Betterment. We love feedback so please leave us a rating or review in iTunes. "Better Off" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com. For a recap of every episode, visit https://www.betterment.com/resources/topics/inside-betterment/better-off-podcast/ Connect with me at these places for all my content: http://www.jillonmoney.com/ https://twitter.com/jillonmoney https://www.facebook.com/JillonMoney https://www.instagram.com/jillonmoney/ https://www.youtube.com/c/JillSchlesinger https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillonmoney/ https://soundcloud.com/jill-schlesinger http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jill-on-money http://betteroffpodcast.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-off-jill-schlesinger/id431167790?mt=2

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jill Schlesinger, host of the Better Off Podcast, today on the show, it's Jeff
0:07.6	Fager, the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
0:10.7	That financial crisis, we treated it like the wars. I'll remember that fall of 2008
0:15.8	on credit default swaps. As we unraveled it and learned about it ourselves how
0:20.9	crazy it was, how much money was riding on these sort of risky
0:26.8	insurance policies that nobody could understand.
0:30.3	Welcome to the Better Off Podcast. We're sponsored by Betterment the largest independent online
0:35.8	financial advisor. Okay, it is big-time holiday season and it's time to kind of kick back and talk a little bit about something fun.
0:46.0	We have a great guest today.
0:47.8	His name is Jeff Fager.
0:49.4	He is the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
0:53.0	60 Minutes has won 138 Emmy Awards and 20 Peabody Awards in its five decades on television.
1:00.4	And it shattered all the ratings records and all of that.
1:03.7	Jeff Fager, who is now in his 14th year
1:06.0	as executive producer of 60, is out with a new book.
1:09.9	It's called 50 years of 60 minutes,
1:12.1	the inside story of television's most influential news broadcast.
1:17.1	And he was able to swing by the studio to talk to us a little bit about it.
1:21.8	So here is our interview with Jeff Fager.
1:24.0	You're listening to Better Off with Jill Schlesinger.
1:28.0	Welcome to Better Off. Jeff Fager, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, the former chairman of CBS News, the author of
1:38.0	50 years of 60 minutes, the inside story of television's most influential news broadcast.
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