What happens when affirmation becomes more intoxicating than action?

Lloyd Dobler gets invited to speak at an exclusive corporate retreat hosted by Meridian Systems, where billionaire futurists, wellness branding, political power, and technological “innovation” all begin to blur into something deeply unsettling.

What starts as a sorta-kinda guided meditation becomes a story about ego, revolution, performance, and the seductive danger of being seen by the very systems you claim to oppose.

Along the way:

• Lloyd gets shouted down at an activist healing circle in Los Angeles
• bombs at a London open mic featuring AI-assisted breakup poetry and a Fleetwood Mac divorce musical
• hears Lao Tzu and Lin-Manuel Miranda fighting for control of his conscience

The Tao of Lloyd blends fiction, commentary, satire, and real-world events. Some characters, scenes, and narrative elements are fictionalized. The headlines, unfortunately, are real.

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ABOUT / The Tao of Lloyd is a Zen-punk mixtape for late-stage everything—blending Tao Te Ching meditations, Gen-X philosophy, and anti-fascist satire from Lloyd Dobler, your reluctant middle-aged dissident. No ads. No paywalls. Just clarity, chaos, and sacred refusal. Support the show & get bonus episodes: patreon.com/taooflloyd.

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