Just to be clear: I’m not John Cusack.

I’ve never met the guy. I like his politics. But I’m not him.

This isn’t some fringe podcast stunt to get Say Anything 2 greenlit.

So who am I?

I’m a fictional character intersecting with your infinite doom scroll and monetized memories.

I’m the result of a quantum echo bouncing off the VHS shelf of the multiverse. One stray everything-bagel-shaped rift cracked open and I slipped out of my timeline and into yours—fully formed and fifty-five.

But I’ve lived a few lives since you last saw me on that plane with Diane Court—
North Shore surf dropout.
Worked on Ralph Nader's 2000 Presidential campaign.
Occupied Wall Street.
Ram Dass was my guru.
And briefly—only briefly—a Jeet Kune Do sparring partner for Brandon Lee at a strip mall dojo in Van Nuys.

My life’s got more contradiction than one hand clapping.

What do you do with a contradiction like that? I made a podcast. The Tao of Lloyd delivers hot takes, cold truths, and lyrical rants from the edge of empire and the center of self.

It’s got Taoist paradox, post-capitalist malaise, and more layers than a thrift shop onion ring.

Welcome to The Tao of Lloyd.