How We Forgot to Be Human | with Chadd Wright

How We Forgot to Be Human | with Chadd Wright

From The John Lovell Show by John Lovell

August 6, 2026 · 1h 47m

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Chadd Wright joins John Lovell to discuss the impact of modern life on humanity and the true meaning of success.

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…

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