Writers Panel Throwback: Survivor's Jeff Probst
The Writers Panel
Ben Blacker
4.6 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2020
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
Survivor premiered 20 years ago this week and has been a ratings juggernaut and CBS stalwart since, heading into its season 40 finale this month. Host Ben Blacker is a big fan of the series and, specifically, of host and showrunner Jeff Probst and his intuitive, empathetic, and conversational interview style. In 2016, Blacker got the opportunity to sit down with Probst to talk about showrunning, storytelling in the non-scripted medium, Probst's YA book "Stranded," and lots more.
Originally aired 02/16/2016
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| 0:00.0 | Forever |
| 0:00.8 | Dog |
| 0:03.2 | They write, they talk, and talk about what they write |
| 0:06.7 | Tune in Night to Tunei or whenever the time is right |
| 0:09.7 | It's the writer's panel with bad blacker |
| 0:12.3 | And it's shodding now |
| 0:14.4 | Oh yeah |
| 0:15.8 | Jeff Probst is here, Jeff |
| 0:19.6 | Yes, I have to tell you this. |
| 0:21.8 | Ben, go. |
| 0:22.4 | This is embarrassing. |
| 0:23.4 | Why? |
| 0:23.9 | Only a little embarrassing. |
| 0:26.2 | I am occasionally complimented the way I run this podcast. |
| 0:31.5 | Okay. |
| 0:32.0 | And I credit you with that. |
| 0:34.1 | Really? |
| 0:34.4 | I really do. |
| 0:35.5 | I often say I learned how to talk to people. I learned how to |
| 0:39.4 | interview people from watching Survivor. Wow, that is a huge compliment. You are really good at it. |
| 0:44.3 | Thank you. And it's something I want to get into that I, the idea of storytelling in the moment. |
| 0:49.4 | Right. Well, and it might explain why this is one of my favorite podcasts. Maybe I'm just listening |
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