Guided Meditation for When the News Won’t Let You Breathe (Mixtape Rewind, S1)

New episodes return Thursday, January 22. Until then, here’s a curated Season 1 rewind for your nervous system. This one’s a sort-of guided morning m…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Late Stage Everything (S2. Chapter 21)

Season 2 Episode 21

If Late Stage Everything is when the system still runs—just not for humans, have we arrived there yet?

In Chapter 21 of the Tao of Lloyd, Lloyd Doble…

5 months ago

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Morning Meditation: Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better

Season 2

A morning meditation with Lloyd Dobler—yes, from Say Anything—all grown up and trying (imperfectly) to become a dissident sorta-guru.

This is a repeat…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Late-Stage Compliance (Why Do We Obey in Advance?) (S2. Chapter 20)

Season 2 Episode 20

What rules are you still following that no one is enforcing anymore?
Chapter 20 of the Tao of Lloyd takes on burnout culture: late-stage compliance, p…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Late Stage Capitalism (Who’s Stealing Your Time?) (S2. Chapter 19)

Season 2 Episode 19

What happens when we mistake overworked and exhausted for virtue? 
Lloyd Dobler turns to the Tao Te Ching to examine why Americans are so tired, so ru…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Let Go of 2025 (a Lloyd Dobler sorta guided meditation)

Season 2

Ready to let go of 2025?

This special episode of The Tao of Lloyd is a short, unorthodox guided meditation for anyone crossing the finish line of the …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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We Got the Guillotine, You Better Run (S2. Chapter 18)

Season 2 Episode 18

Why do powerful men keep fantasizing about public punishment?

Lloyd Dobler riffs on “The Guillotine” by The Coup, written by Boots Riley, using the so…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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On Refusing Orders (S2. Chapter 17)

Season 2 Episode 17

What does it actually mean to refuse an unlawful order—when no one’s watching, and no one’s officially in charge?

In Chapter 17 of The Tao of Lloyd, L…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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About My Road Rage (S2. Chapter 16)

Season 2 Episode 16

What happens when road rage turns into a near-death experience?

In Chapter 16 of The Tao of Lloyd, Lloyd Dobler sets out to explore stillness, emptine…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

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Let the Mud Settle (S2. Chapter 15)

Season 2 Episode 15

Chapter 15: Let the Mud Settle 

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6 months ago

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