S2. Chapter 6: The Algorithm in a Long Swinging Red Tie | The Tao of Lloyd
In this chapter, Lloyd reads Chapter 6 of the Tao Te Ching and wrestles with what it means to let go in an age where everything is engineered to keep you holding on. From AI hype and Trump-era theatrics to the quiet rebellion of washing one dish instead of arguing about it online, this episode finds softness in the absurd.
Chapter 5: Does the Center Hold?
Lloyd Dobler cracks open Chapter 5 of the Tao Te Ching and ends up between Lao Tzu and Yeats, trying to breathe through the noise of late-stage empire.
S2. Chapter 4: What If the Hippies Won?
Lloyd Dobler asks what the world might look like if peace, poetry, and protest had actually beaten profit. Chapter 4 of the Tao Te Ching meets Gen X nostalgia and political satire.
S2. Chapter 3: The Art of Letting Go When ICE Comes Calling
How do you practice not forcing when fascism’s testing the guardrails?
S2. Chapter 2: Solving for X in the Algorithm of Empire
Chapter 2 of The Tao of Lloyd explores wu wei, algorithmic pressure, and the Tao Te Ching’s guidance on letting go inside a system built on impulse and control.
S2. Chapter 1: The Tao That Can Be Podcasted Is Not the Eternal Tao
In Chapter 1, Lloyd reads the opening lines of the Tao Te Ching and immediately breaks the first rule: he podcasts the un-podcastable. With Gen X humor, spiritual irreverence, and political clarity, Lloyd explores desire, distraction, and what it means to sit still inside a democracy mid-autopsy.
Season 2 Trailer
Lloyd Dobler is back. Older, grayer, and still trying to meditate through a coup.
In Season 2 of The Tao of Lloyd, the Gen-X dissident and accidental anti-guru starts over—using the Tao Te Ching as both the lens and the light to find stillness in Trumplandia.
Eighty-one chapters. Two episodes a week. Tuesdays and Fridays.