At 26 years old, Sgt. 1st Class (Ret.) John Wayne Walding, born on the 4th of July and named after the Western legend, was pinned down on a cliff in Afghanistan’s Shok Valley. Under a storm of machine-gun fire he folded his nearly severed right leg, clamped it between his thighs, applied a tourniquet and kept fighting for four more hours.

In this raw conversation with host Chad Robichaux, Walding unpacks growing up in small-town Texas and shipping off to basic training; the 2003 Iraq invasion, Special Forces selection and the six-hour battle of Shok Valley on April 6, 2008 that earned his Silver Star and cost him his leg. If you need a master-class in resilience, purpose and unshakeable faith, this episode is it.

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Chad Prather joins The Resilient Show to expose censorship, the failure of modern churches, and his powerful return to faith. From comedy to calling, this is Chad like you've never seen him.

Chad Prather joins Chad Robichaux on The Resilient Show for a raw and powerful conversation about spiritual identity, cultural collapse, and his journey from comedian to prophetic truth-teller. Prather opens up about his calling from God to speak out, the church’s silence on cultural issues, his battle with depression, and what it really means to be a man in today’s world. He shares behind-the-scenes insight on his lawsuit against Facebook, why he ran for Texas governor, and how he’s preparing for the spiritual and physical battles ahead. Don’t miss this episode if you care about truth, resilience, and reclaiming your God-given purpose.

Chad Prather is a Texas-based comedian, “armchair philosopher,” and conservative commentator whose quick-fire truck-cab rants have racked up hundreds of millions of views online. A former host of The Chad Prather Show on BlazeTV, he now tours nationally, blending stand-up, satire, and political insight, and remains a recognizable cowboy-hat voice on issues of culture, faith, and freedom.

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In this episode of The Resilient Show, host Chad Robichaux sits down with AI entrepreneur & Focus GTS Founder/CEO Dave Fox to map out where artificial intelligence is really headed and how we can build unbreakable resilience along the way.

Dave shares his journey from troubled teen to tech-talent leader, unpacks the concept of “agentic AI” and why fully autonomous software agents could arrive within five years, and reveals how prompt-engineering and custom GPTs can super-charge everyday productivity. The conversation demonstrates practical hacks—letting ChatGPT interview you to expose blind spots, delegating calendars and copywriting, even building AI assistants tailored to your business—while also confronting the looming reality of large-scale white-collar job loss and the urgent need for renewed purpose.

Dave Fox is the co-founder and CEO of Focus GTS, an AI and cloud-talent powerhouse that pairs companies with niche experts in as little as 48 hours. Having rebuilt his life through faith-based recovery, Dave now advises Fortune 500 leaders on leveraging AI for good and speaks worldwide on resilience, ethics, and the future of work.

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