The Tao of Lloyd
Lloyd Dobler returns as the host of The Tao of Lloyd, a satirical podcast blending culture, resistance, and philosophy for the Trump 2.0 era. With Zen riddles and political edge, it’s a fictional character intersecting with your doom scroll speaking into the collapse of empire like a vinyl record melting in a microwave full of manifest destiny.
Episodes
The Department of “Defense” just dropped the act and rebranded as the Department of War. Not a glitch, not Orwellian doublespeak—just truth in advertising. In this episode, Lloyd Dobler guides you through a sort-of meditation that uses breath like a crowbar, prying open myths about defense, empire, and silence.
Seven affirmations. One loud monkey mind. And a reminder that kindness, refusal, and joy are stronger than an...
In Episode 9 of The Tao of Lloyd, Lloyd Dobler drags you through Trump’s “Museum of Lies,” where impeachments vanish, slavery gets rebranded as a “skills-based migration program,” and the Confederate Chess Set comes standard with burning crosses and Handmaids as queens.
From Smithsonian erasures to school board book bans, Lloyd calls out both Trump’s propaganda machine and the Democrats’ spinelessness, before flipping ...
What happens when Kurt Cobain's punk-rock manifesto collides with Lao Tzu's Taoist wisdom? In this episode of The Tao of Lloyd, Lloyd Dobler leads a sorta guided meditation for anyone caught between raw rebellion and calm detachment.
Through breath, affirmations, and a little monkey-mind mischief, Lloyd explores what it means to "hate your enemies, save your friends, find a place, speak the truth" —...
Lloyd Dobler gets an email from his high school sweetheart, Diane Court — and spirals into a mix of Gen X heartbreak, that sinking “what can one person do” feeling when the system feels rigged from the inside, and a sort-of guided meditation on what happens when your ex joins the machine.
Side A: (00:01) So, I Got an Email from Diane.
Side B: (06:00) A Sort-of Guided Meditation for When Your High School Ex Reaches Out ...
In this episode of The Tao of Lloyd, Gen X icon Lloyd Dobler returns with a death meditation disguised as an obituary and then flips the mixtape over for a Buddhist reflection on impermanence.
This one’s about Trump. And Gaza. And your ex.
Featuring the Five Remembrances and Lloyd’s monkey mind in full existential spiral.
Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TaoOfLloyd
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Lloyd Dobler returns with a Gen X manifesto for the Trump Era—equal parts sacred refusal, cultural critique, and spiritual punk rock. This episode dives into the collapse of counterculture, the commodification of rebellion, and how to be water when everything’s on fire.
It’s part mixtape, part middle finger, and part meditation on what comes after empire.
From John Lennon to Reaganomics, from protest to podcast, th...
Is Superman too woke for America? Or is America just too asleep?
In this episode of The Tao of Lloyd, our favorite boombox-wielding dropout-turned-anti-guru takes aim at Fox News, MAGA outrage, and the performative freakout over David Corenswet’s Superman daring to show empathy.
SIDE A: A Mixtape Molotov Cocktail for the Snowflakes Who Fear Empathy
A high-flying, red-caped rant against fascist snowflake meltdow...
The Boombox Guy Grows Up: Lloyd Dobler Returns as Middle-Aged Meditation Teacher
"The Tao of Lloyd" Imagines What Happened to the Say Anything Icon After 35 Years
Boston, MA – What happened to Lloyd Dobler after he got on that plane to London? The new satirical podcast The Tao of Lloyd answers that question by imagining the beloved boombox-wielding romantic from Say Anythingas a middle-aged spiritual teacher o...
You just woke up. You opened your phone. And suddenly your morning scroll is coated in whatever digital dumpster fire “that effing guy” served up today.
You haven’t even brushed your teeth yet.
So let’s start over.
In this 10-minute sorta-guided meditation, Lloyd Dobler (yes, the boombox guy from Say Anything) guides you through breath, stillness, and existential comedy while asking four sacred questions:
W...
A guided meditation for the spiritually curious and chronically distracted. Hosted by Lloyd Dobler, this 10-minute session blends Buddhist affirmations, Taoist wisdom, and monkey mind meltdowns wrapped in a Gen X mixtape vibe. It’s meditation for overthinkers—one beautifully glitched breath at a time.
First of a new series.
guided meditation, Buddhist affirmations, Taoist meditation, monkey mind, spiritual hu...
Lloyd Dobler returns—middle-aged, fictional, and fully awake.
In this debut episode of The Tao of Lloyd, we explore “sacred refusal” as a strategy for spiritual survival in the Trump 2.0 timeline. From ICE raids to Project 2025, and with pit stops at WarGames, Ram Dass, and a breakup with Dianne Court, Lloyd guides us through a mashup of Zen philosophy, Gen X angst, and anti-fascist resistance.
This isn’t a rewatch podc...
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