The Tao of Lloyd
Lloyd Dobler
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Zen-punk mixtape meditations from iconic Gen X Everyman Lloyd Dobler. Think Ram Dass by way of Rage Against the Machine, filtered through a VHS tape of Say Anything left to melt on the dashboard of American decline.
Imagine Lloyd Dobler from Say Anything as a middle-aged dissident: still romantic, still defiant, and thumbing through the Tao Te Ching to turn ancient philosophy into an anti-fascist dharma mixtape for the Trump 2.0 era; on a mission to craft a field guide for late-stage everything.
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S2E27 S2. Chapter 27: The Memory Hole (Part 3) — Repeat
The Memory Hole (Part 3) — Repeat (Tao Te Ching Chapter 27 Explained)We’ve talked about the erase. We’ve talked about the replace. Now we hit the part that should scare you most: the repeat—the…
S2E26 S2. Chapter 26: The Memory Hole (Part 2) — Replace
Tao Te Ching Chapter 26 Explained: “The Heavy Is the Root of the Light” | The Tao of LloydFascism isn’t just a shredder, it’s a Photoshop subscription that won’t stop automatic billing.In Season 2,…
S2E25 S2. Chapter 25: The Memory Hole (Part 1) — Erase
Erasing History: The Trump Administration's Memory Hole | Tao Te Ching Ch. 25They didn't just remove a historical exhibit. A federal judge had to order them to put it back.In Part 1 of The Memory…
S2E24 S2. Chapter 24: Pam Bondi and The Dow of MAGA vs. The Tao of Lloyd
Pam Bondi screams, “The Dow is over 50,000!” when asked about Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirators.And suddenly the mask slips.Is it deflection? Gaslighting? Or is it translation?In Chapter 24 of the…
S2E23 S2. Chapter 23: The Lloyd Dobler Sit-Down Uprising
What if the most anti-fascist thing you can do today is… sit down and get quiet?In S2 · Chapter 23: The Lloyd Dobler Sit-Down Uprising, Lloyd Dobler takes Chapter 23 of the Tao Te Ching: “express…
S2E22 S2. Chapter 22: Harness Your No
Minneapolis. January 2026. Lloyd Dobler drops a chapter that refuses to “perform coherence” while the empire insists your eyes are lying.This is The Tao of Lloyd: a zen-punk mixtape meditation where…
How to Be Water When the House Is on Fire (Mixtape Rewind, S1)
New episodes return Thursday, January 22. Until then, here’s an essential Season 1 rewind: the manifesto episode. Gen X grief, late-stage everything, and wu wei resistance—be water, find the cracks,…
Guided Meditation for When the News Won’t Let You Breathe (Mixtape Rewind, S1)
New episodes return Thursday, January 22. Until then, here’s a curated Season 1 rewind for your nervous system. This one’s a sort-of guided morning meditation for when the doomscroll hits before…
S2E21 S2. Chapter 21: Late Stage Everything
If Late Stage Everything is when the system still runs—just not for humans, have we arrived there yet? In Chapter 21 of the Tao of Lloyd, Lloyd Dobler (yes, that Lloyd Dobler) drops a zen-punk…
S2 Morning Meditation: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better
A morning meditation with Lloyd Dobler—yes, from Say Anything—all grown up and trying (imperfectly) to become a dissident sorta-guru.This is a repeatable ~10-minute practice for mornings when you…
S2E20 S2. Chapter 20: Late-Stage Compliance (Why Do We Obey in Advance?)
What rules are you still following that no one is enforcing anymore?Chapter 20 of the Tao of Lloyd takes on burnout culture: late-stage compliance, people-pleasing, and self-policing disguised as…
S2E19 S2. Chapter 19: Late Stage Capitalism (Who’s Stealing Your Time?)
What happens when we mistake overworked and exhausted for virtue? Lloyd Dobler turns to the Tao Te Ching to examine why Americans are so tired, so rushed, and so starved for time with the people they…
S2 Let Go of 2025 (a Lloyd Dobler sorta guided meditation)
Ready to let go of 2025?This special episode of The Tao of Lloyd is a short, unorthodox guided meditation for anyone crossing the finish line of the year feeling braced, exhausted, and still carrying…
S2E18 S2. Chapter 18: We Got the Guillotine, You Better Run
Why do powerful men keep fantasizing about public punishment?Lloyd Dobler riffs on “The Guillotine” by The Coup, written by Boots Riley, using the song’s provocation to examine how structural…
S2E17 S2. Chapter 17: On Refusing Orders
What does it actually mean to refuse an unlawful order—when no one’s watching, and no one’s officially in charge?In Chapter 17 of The Tao of Lloyd, Lloyd Dobler moves from a humiliating road-rage…
S2E16 S2. Chapter 16: About My Road Rage
What happens when road rage turns into a near-death experience?In Chapter 16 of The Tao of Lloyd, Lloyd Dobler sets out to explore stillness, emptiness, and non-reactivity, and then promptly fails in…
S2E15 S2. Chapter 15: Let the Mud Settle
Chapter 15: Let the Mud Settle Subscribe free: https://www.patreon.com/TaoOfLloydMonthly supporters get the bonus universe: https://www.patreon.com/taooflloyd/membershipLloyd aims the Tao Te Ching at…
S2E14 S2. Chapter 14: The Future Keeps Ghosting Us
What if the future keeps ghosting you because it doesn’t want to be predicted? In this chapter of The Tao of Lloyd, Lloyd wanders into prediction culture, political chaos, and AI riddles, using the…
S2E13 S2. Chapter 13: The Slow-Drip of Fascism
Lloyd Dobler uses the Tao Te Ching to make sense of a tragedy in Washington DC: a National Guard member killed, another critically wounded, and a political system that turned grief into ammunition…
S2E12 S2. Chapter 12: A Trojan Horse Walks Into Open AI
AI acceleration meets sensory overload meets the eerie quiet that appears when you finally silence your notifications. Lloyd uses the Tao Te Ching to navigate machine-learning hype, Gen X dread, and…
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The Tao of Lloyd has published 43 episodes since June 2025, covering topics in Personal Journals, Philosophy.
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