What Are You Still Pledging Allegiance To? (S2. Chapter 38)

Lloyd Dobler gets an unexpected email from Diane Court and immediately spirals into equal parts Gen X heartbreak, existential dread, and political clarity. Side A unpacks the shock of hearing from an old love who may now work for the machine. Side B flips into a sort-of guided meditation for anyone who’s ever been ghosted, disappointed, or quietly horrified by who their high school ex grew up to b...

Lloyd Dobler writes Donald Trump’s obituary, turns it into a death meditation, and then accidentally drifts into Buddhist wisdom about Gaza, grief, and the ex you definitely shouldn’t text. Expect the Five Remembrances, a monkey mind doing cartwheels, and a reminder that impermanence applies to everything. Send a text. Ask a question & I will answer, maybe in a episode Support the show ABOUT /...

Lloyd Dobler drops a full-volume Gen X manifesto for the Trump Era. Equal parts sacred refusal, spiritual punk rock, and cultural roast, this Gen X manifesto dismantles the myth of counterculture, calls out rebellion-as-brand, and asks how the hell we’re supposed to “be water” when everything’s on fire. With detours through John Lennon, Reaganomics, protest nostalgia, and Taoist clarity, this epis...

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 sn...

"The Tao of Lloyd" Imagines What Happened to the Say Anything Icon After 35 Years. About The Tao of Lloyd The Tao of Lloyd is a satirical first-person audio podcast featuring the fictional Lloyd Dobler as a middle-aged spiritual teacher navigating contemporary political and cultural chaos. Episodes blend meditation guidance, philosophical reflection, and pop culture commentary through th...

You wake up, open your phone, and immediately get slapped in the face by whatever fresh nonsense “that effing guy” cooked up overnight. Before you lose a single brain cell to the scroll, Lloyd Dobler hijacks your morning with a 10-minute sorta-guided meditation. He walks you through breath, stillness, and existential comedy while asking four sacred questions: Who am I? What do I want? What is my p...

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. Send a text. Ask a question & I will answer, maybe in a episode Support the show ABOUT / The...

Lloyd Dobler returns! older, sharper, and trying to stay human in the Trump 2.0 era. In this debut episode of The Tao of Lloyd , he explores sacred refusal as a survival strategy, weaving together Zen philosophy, Gen X perspective, and cultural critique. From ICE raids to Project 2025, WarGames nostalgia to Ram Dass reflections, Lloyd examines what resistance looks like when the world feels upside...