What if the modern life we call progress is actually making us less human?

Retired Navy SEAL and 3 of 7 Project founder Chadd Wright joins former Army Ranger John Lovell for one of the most direct and vulnerable conversations on the show. Together, they challenge the modern definition of success—and ask whether real success looks less like status, wealth, travel, and endless reach, and more like putting down roots, working with your hands, building real relationships, raising a family, and becoming useful to the people around you.
Chadd opens up about wanting to leave public life, trading his smartphone for a flip phone, learning to feed his family, and building a homestead through community instead of trying to become completely self-sufficient. He also explains why he wants a family cemetery on his property—and why physically digging a grave helped him and his wife work grief out through their bodies.
The conversation then becomes deeply personal as Chadd confronts his own pride, criticism, and tribalism within the Church. John and Chadd discuss Christian unity, theological disagreement, preaching in full tactical gear, the Man in the Arena, and why honest conversations between brothers are necessary for real growth.
Chadd also shares the terrifying story of nearly losing his newborn son, the fear that followed, and how fatherhood has reshaped his understanding of love, responsibility, and sacrifice.
In this episode:
• Winning the Mid-State Mile and using psychological warfare
• Endurance through addiction, marriage, and public life
• Redefining success and becoming more human
• Escaping screen addiction and choosing a flip phone
• Homesteading, practical skills, and communal self-sufficiency
• Grief, burial, and creating a family legacy
• Pride, tribalism, and unity within the Church
• Nearly losing a child and confronting fear as a father
• Chad’s unexpected EDC
• Why protectors, providers, and leaders must continue to train
What parts of modern life do you believe have made us less human? Let us know in the comments.