What Are You Still Pledging Allegiance To? (S2. Chapter 38)
Lloyd Dobler takes on American ritual: the Pledge of Allegiance, the anthem, the flyover, the flag pin, and the ceremonies that teach obedience before understanding. A Zen-punk meditation on patriotism, performance, and a country pretending it hasn’t lost the plot.
America 250—America Throws Itself a Birthday Party (S2. Chapter 37)
America is turning 250, and Lloyd Dobler is not bringing a casserole.
The Meridian Doctrine (S2.Chapter 35)
Lloyd enters a luxury retreat where wellness, power, and spiritual branding begin to blur together. Chapter 35 asks: what happens when affirmation becomes more intoxicating than action?
Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley Messiah, Would Like to Sell You a Ticket to the Ark (S2. Chapter 34)
Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley Messiah, Would Like to Sell You a Ticket to the Ark | The Tao of Lloyd
Lloyd Dobler explores Peter Thiel, Palantir, billionaire apocalypse culture, surveillance capitalism, and Chapter 34 of the Tao Te Ching in this satirical philosophy podcast blending political commentary, Taoism, Gen X humor, and spiritual reflection for the age of late-stage capitalism.
S2. Chapter 29: a Case for Regime Change in the USA
A Tao of Lloyd episode exploring regime change, wu-wei, and systemic transformation. A philosophical and political meditation on power, capitalism, and resistance.
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 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).
S2. Chapter 19: Who’s Stealing Your Time?
A Tao Te Ching–inspired meditation on overwork, capitalism, and reclaiming time. Spiritual and political commentary from Gen X everyman Lloyd Dobler.
S2. Chapter 17: On Refusing Orders
Chapter 17 of The Tao of Lloyd explores Taoist leadership, unlawful orders, and the politics of obedience—asking who’s really driving when no one’s in charge.