By Order of the Faithfuls: OG Survivor Status w/ Richard Hatch
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4.4 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Richard Hatch, the winner of Survivor season one, is joining Wells and Dolores to kick off their journey into Survivor season 50!
But first, they have to pick Richard’s brain about all things Survivor… Why wasn’t he asked back for this monumental season? What ultimately led to Survivor being “the worst thing that’s ever happened to him”?
Despite his rocky relationship with the show, what brings him back to watch every season?! Is he impressed with the players that were chosen? Does he think he could do better?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in all you faithfuls and traders to another episode of By Order of the Faithfuls. |
| 0:06.8 | But today we will not be talking about the show Traders. |
| 0:10.2 | We're going to be talking about, well, one of the iconic reality TV shows of the last 30 years. |
| 0:16.1 | That's right. |
| 0:16.6 | We will be recapping season 50 of Survivor, |
| 0:21.4 | where the fans have decided what's going to be going on this season. |
| 0:25.9 | It's going to be a lot of fun. |
| 0:27.1 | Dolores and I will be walking you through every single episode, |
| 0:30.3 | but I got to be honest with you, |
| 0:31.1 | I'm very excited. |
| 0:32.1 | As someone who works in reality TV and kind of knows the juggernauts of the shows, |
| 0:37.1 | we have on our show today arguably the first big reality TV star in Richard Hatch. |
| 0:45.9 | He was the first ever Survivor winner earning the title of Soul Survivor and Survivor |
| 0:50.7 | Borneo. |
| 0:51.5 | He later competed on Survivor All-Stars as well, while known for his arrogance and, well, a lot of nudity and remarkable fishing skills. |
| 0:58.8 | Richard is best known for creating the series' first ever Lions, which helped define Survivor gameplay. |
| 1:04.5 | As a strategy, became a template for how that game will be played in subsequent years. |
| 1:10.3 | He is now a pop culture icon being referenced |
| 1:13.5 | in the newest season of Hulu's Paradise. We'll be talking about that in just a bit. But please |
| 1:19.7 | welcome to by Order of the Faithful's Survivor Edition, Richard Hatch. Hi, Richard. Hi, DeLore. |
| 1:27.2 | Hi, sweetheart. How are you? I'm well, thanks. I've watched |
| 1:31.2 | you for a long time. Oh, thank you. Wait, Richard, are you not familiar with my work? How well is no. |
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