S2. Chapter 28: Yin, Yang, and the Secretary of Armageddon
Chapter 28 of the Tao Te Ching meets Pete Hegseth, militarized masculinity, Christian nationalism, and the performance of American power. Lloyd Dobler reads yin and yang against war rhetoric, empire, healthcare cruelty, and the fear beneath domination in a new Tao of Lloyd episode: Yin and Yang, Secretary of Armageddon.
Iran, Empire, and the Blowback Cycle
Iran, U.S. Foreign Policy, and Empire | The Tao of Lloyd
A special episode of The Tao of Lloyd on Iran, U.S. foreign policy, war, empire, and blowback. Lloyd blends anti-war commentary, satire, political critique, and philosophy to examine propaganda, American intervention in Iran, and the spiritual cost of living inside empire.
S2. CHAPTER 27: The Memory Hole (Part 3) — Repeat
S2 Chapter 27 completes The Memory Hole trilogy: Erase, Replace, Repeat. Lloyd Dobler reads Tao Te Ching Chapter 27 and names the real work: interrupting the pattern of historical erasure, propaganda, and wear-down repetition.
S2. CHAPTER 26: The Memory Hole (Part 2) — Replace
Lloyd Dobler explores historical revisionism, propaganda, and “unifying narratives,” then reads Tao Te Ching Chapter 26 with a grounded meditation on staying rooted in truth.
S2 · Chapter 25: The Memory Hole (Part 1)—Erase
Erasing History: The Trump Administration's Memory Hole | The Tao of Lloyd Podcast
A federal judge had to order the government to put back a history exhibit. Lloyd Dobler + Lao Tzu on erasure, memory holes, and resisting the official version.
S2. Chapter 24:Pam Bondi and The Dow of MAGA vs. The Tao of Lloyd
Pam Bondi’s Dow defense meets Tao Te Ching Chapter 24. A sharp, satirical meditation on performance, empire, and letting go.
S2. Chapter 23: The Lloyd Dobler Sit-Down Uprising
Lloyd Dobler reads Tao Te Ching Chapter 23 (“Express yourself completely, then keep quiet”) and turns it into an antifascist sit-down practice. Guided meditation + political satire to break doomscroll trance, reclaim attention, and choose noncooperation.
S2. Chapter 22: Harness Your No
A zen-punk meditation on Tao Te Ching Chapter 22: wholeness through partialness, truth through crookedness, and a practice that won’t gaslight your grief.
S2. CHAPTER 21: Late Stage Everything (a Zen-Punk Mixtape Meditation)
If Late Stage Everything is when the system still runs—just not for humans, have we arrived there yet? Lloyd Dobler turns Tao Te Ching Chapter 21 into a zen-punk mixtape meditation for doomscroll times: stop clinging, let the mud settle, find right action (wu wei).
Morning Meditation: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better
A 10-minute Zen-punk morning meditation with Lloyd Dobler: four sacred questions, monkey mind riffs, and a reset for late-stage everything. Press play.