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Send us a text 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 before the scene was even cleared.   Lloyd traces the scapegoating of Afghan refugees, Trump’s threat to “permanently pause migration from all Third World countries,” and the creeping authoritarianism that arrives not with a bang but a slow-drip leak no one bothers to patch.  Wha...

S2. Chapter 13: The Slow-Drip Seepage of Fascism

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2505793/open_sms">Send us a text</a>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 the possibility that enlightenment may just be your brain in airplane mode. A Taoist meditation on clarity in late-stage everything.<a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2505793/support">Support the show</a>Support the show on Patreon: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/TaoOfLloyd'>https://www.patreon.com/TaoOfLloy</a>d link tree: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWFaOHM0ODczck03Yy14bUQxVW56SmpoZC11QXxBQ3Jtc0tuemZNcmRoN25WbW00T0REYl8zSHd4UFlORWpkdXNjYmVpZUlaY3B0ZXpJNkRxaFBUeHNTcWNZbWtrZU84eWx0UTBIQ2hTYXRhU3BvQ1NGN2hvVGljcFlwMkNUczRtM0hzTGdEVjRkcWRtei1SUnN0MA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2FTaoofLloyd&amp;v=NVzZctZPEAw'>https://linktr.ee/TaoofLloyd</a> Season 2: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3BpUnVwM2dRR3NoNlpUYTB5cUhhemRsLXRud3xBQ3Jtc0trM1lCYmlYVU85MEVqc3RMS0VENEo4MVI4VF9pUmQ1LUJGZlQxV3Mxb2I2dmZkRzFWMXZqUXpubXd2WFRjTVMzSU15dWJROTN4WDFEaGl0anJBb3NtWkt1d1pJSndqX3dXT2YyQ25QOWZJaXpLZ0Frdw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taooflloyd.com%2Fseason2&amp;v=NVzZctZPEAw'>https://www.taooflloyd.com/season2</a> Season 1: <a href='https://www.taooflloyd.com/season1'>https://www.taooflloyd.com/season1</a>

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Send us a text 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 the possibility that enlightenment may just be your brain in airplane mode. A Taoist meditation on clarity in late-stage everything. Support the show Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TaoOfLloyd  link tree: https://linktr.ee/TaoofLloyd  Season 2: https://www.taoof...

S2. Chapter 12: A Trojan Horse Walks Into Open AI 

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2505793/open_sms">Send us a text</a>Lloyd reads the Tao Te Ching while Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus accidentally explains America with a hive mind. Featuring alien RNA, RFK Jr–level confusion, sci-fi absurdity, and a guided meditation on becoming the empty center; a Taoist field guide to individuality and cosmic teamwork.<a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2505793/support">Support the show</a>Support the show on Patreon: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/TaoOfLloyd'>https://www.patreon.com/TaoOfLloy</a>d link tree: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWFaOHM0ODczck03Yy14bUQxVW56SmpoZC11QXxBQ3Jtc0tuemZNcmRoN25WbW00T0REYl8zSHd4UFlORWpkdXNjYmVpZUlaY3B0ZXpJNkRxaFBUeHNTcWNZbWtrZU84eWx0UTBIQ2hTYXRhU3BvQ1NGN2hvVGljcFlwMkNUczRtM0hzTGdEVjRkcWRtei1SUnN0MA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2FTaoofLloyd&amp;v=NVzZctZPEAw'>https://linktr.ee/TaoofLloyd</a> Season 2: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3BpUnVwM2dRR3NoNlpUYTB5cUhhemRsLXRud3xBQ3Jtc0trM1lCYmlYVU85MEVqc3RMS0VENEo4MVI4VF9pUmQ1LUJGZlQxV3Mxb2I2dmZkRzFWMXZqUXpubXd2WFRjTVMzSU15dWJROTN4WDFEaGl0anJBb3NtWkt1d1pJSndqX3dXT2YyQ25QOWZJaXpLZ0Frdw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taooflloyd.com%2Fseason2&amp;v=NVzZctZPEAw'>https://www.taooflloyd.com/season2</a> Season 1: <a href='https://www.taooflloyd.com/season1'>https://www.taooflloyd.com/season1</a>

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Send us a text Lloyd reads the Tao Te Ching while Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus accidentally explains America with a hive mind. Featuring alien RNA, RFK Jr–level confusion, sci-fi absurdity, and a guided meditation on becoming the empty center; a Taoist field guide to individuality and cosmic teamwork. Support the show Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TaoOfLloyd  link tree: https://linktr.ee/TaoofLloyd  Season 2: https://www.taooflloyd.com/season2  Season 1: https://www.taoofl...

S2. Chapter 11: Pluribus. We Is Us 

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2505793/open_sms">Send us a text</a>A rediscovered 2011 letter from Diane Court kicks off a guided-meditation crisis. Lloyd turns to Chapter 10 to sift through memory, softening, relationships, Gen X nostalgia, and the parts of himself that once believed in things like tenderness and courage. A Taoist deep dive into self-reflection, heartbreak, and emotional archaeology.<a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2505793/support">Support the show</a>Support the show on Patreon: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/TaoOfLloyd'>https://www.patreon.com/TaoOfLloy</a>d link tree: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWFaOHM0ODczck03Yy14bUQxVW56SmpoZC11QXxBQ3Jtc0tuemZNcmRoN25WbW00T0REYl8zSHd4UFlORWpkdXNjYmVpZUlaY3B0ZXpJNkRxaFBUeHNTcWNZbWtrZU84eWx0UTBIQ2hTYXRhU3BvQ1NGN2hvVGljcFlwMkNUczRtM0hzTGdEVjRkcWRtei1SUnN0MA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2FTaoofLloyd&amp;v=NVzZctZPEAw'>https://linktr.ee/TaoofLloyd</a> Season 2: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3BpUnVwM2dRR3NoNlpUYTB5cUhhemRsLXRud3xBQ3Jtc0trM1lCYmlYVU85MEVqc3RMS0VENEo4MVI4VF9pUmQ1LUJGZlQxV3Mxb2I2dmZkRzFWMXZqUXpubXd2WFRjTVMzSU15dWJROTN4WDFEaGl0anJBb3NtWkt1d1pJSndqX3dXT2YyQ25QOWZJaXpLZ0Frdw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taooflloyd.com%2Fseason2&amp;v=NVzZctZPEAw'>https://www.taooflloyd.com/season2</a> Season 1: <a href='https://www.taooflloyd.com/season1'>https://www.taooflloyd.com/season1</a>

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Send us a text A rediscovered 2011 letter from Diane Court kicks off a guided-meditation crisis. Lloyd turns to Chapter 10 to sift through memory, softening, relationships, Gen X nostalgia, and the parts of himself that once believed in things like tenderness and courage. A Taoist deep dive into self-reflection, heartbreak, and emotional archaeology. Support the show Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TaoOfLloyd  link tree: https://linktr.ee/TaoofLloyd  Season 2: https://www...

S2. Chapter 10: I Gave Her My Heart. She Gave Me a Pen. Can I Write My Way Home? 

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2505793/open_sms">Send us a text</a>Burnout meets spiritual wisdom as Lloyd tries to follow the Tao’s advice to “step back” while TikTok insists you “go the f home.” From Black Friday chaos to yoga calamity to a Diane Court breadcrumb, he tackles unclenching, trauma alphabetizing, and resisting a culture that treats exhaustion as a patriotic duty. <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2505793/support">Support the show</a>Support the show on Patreon: <a href='https://www.patreon.com/TaoOfLloyd'>https://www.patreon.com/TaoOfLloy</a>d link tree: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWFaOHM0ODczck03Yy14bUQxVW56SmpoZC11QXxBQ3Jtc0tuemZNcmRoN25WbW00T0REYl8zSHd4UFlORWpkdXNjYmVpZUlaY3B0ZXpJNkRxaFBUeHNTcWNZbWtrZU84eWx0UTBIQ2hTYXRhU3BvQ1NGN2hvVGljcFlwMkNUczRtM0hzTGdEVjRkcWRtei1SUnN0MA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2FTaoofLloyd&amp;v=NVzZctZPEAw'>https://linktr.ee/TaoofLloyd</a> Season 2: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3BpUnVwM2dRR3NoNlpUYTB5cUhhemRsLXRud3xBQ3Jtc0trM1lCYmlYVU85MEVqc3RMS0VENEo4MVI4VF9pUmQ1LUJGZlQxV3Mxb2I2dmZkRzFWMXZqUXpubXd2WFRjTVMzSU15dWJROTN4WDFEaGl0anJBb3NtWkt1d1pJSndqX3dXT2YyQ25QOWZJaXpLZ0Frdw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.taooflloyd.com%2Fseason2&amp;v=NVzZctZPEAw'>https://www.taooflloyd.com/season2</a> Season 1: <a href='https://www.taooflloyd.com/season1'>https://www.taooflloyd.com/season1</a>

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S2. Chapter 9: Do Your Job and Go the F* Home 

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.&nbsp; 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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