Jeff Probst Tells All About ‘Survivor’: ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’
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Jeff Probst Tells All About ‘Survivor’: ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’

B1IntermediateSeptember 24, 20261 hr 19 min

Jeff Probst – host, showrunner and executive producer of ‘Survivor’ – sat down with Joe and Jon ahead of the show’s Sep. 23 Season 51 premiere to discuss the new “Open Era”: A cast of rookies are subject to gameplay elements that can be resurrected from past seasons, or abandoned. He also spoke about evolving from host to showrunner; how the show lives alongside, and sometimes in conversation with, its imitators; and finding the hero’s journey within both the show’s competitors and himself. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subsc...

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Hey, it's Anna Martin from The New York Times. What if I told you you'll never have to hear this line again? Wherever you get your podcasts. Yeah, no, I actually can't tell you that.

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But you know what I can tell you? A place I think you might want to go. It's the Shows tab in The New York Times app. The place to listen to and now watch full episodes of New York Times shows.

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The Shows tab. Find it in The New York Times app. Explore the Shows tab and follow a show today. I have nothing to hide. I've got no armor on in this interview. I promise you

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