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Sep 7, 2025 2 hr 40 min

195 - Therapy Toke

from The Lotus Effect Hosted by PhoneBoy and Pheonix

“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: People can’t get COVID vaccines as cases surge. Anger is building against Trump HOW CAN YOU TACKLE INFLAMMATION? Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows. How cloves might help relieve pain and inflammation Crap! Alarming new study links excessive phone use on toilet to painful health problem Lesser-known food allergens are actually behind many serious reactions Happiness: Teen Buys a Bike He Didn’t Know Was Stolen–Now Rightful Owner Wants to Make Sure He Gets Another A Campus Sensation ‘Pudge the Cat’ is Lifting Spirits in College Football Locker Room After Injury Octopus Playing With Divers Grabs the Camera and Takes Underwater Selfie "That Moment a giant Pacific octopus grapped a camera and took a selfie We’re supposed to be good men’: Officer Buys Stranded Deaf Man Train Ticket to Get Home Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: AI is Evil "Cryptocurrent Rant Higher Consciousness: Alcohol vs. THC: What’s the Healthier Option? Here’s Where the Research Stands Diesel in Wine Country, Smog in Lompoc: Cannabis Can’t Be Green Until It’s Legal Weed’s Next Big Secret: Scientists Just Discovered a New Family of Molecules Hiding in Cannabis Leaves Lotus Tech Tips: Hackers Love Smart Homes—Here’s How to Keep Yours Off the List This Bank Fired Workers and Replaced Them With AI. It Now Says That Was a Huge Mistake AI Could Cause 99% of All Workers to Be Unemployed in the Next Five Years, Says Computer Science Professor The Loneliness Epidemic Isn't About Phones, It's About Algorithms The Junk Drawer: Southwest changing its extra-seat policy for plus-size travelers: ‘Heartbreaking’ Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak’s Response to a Troll Is the Most Delightful Thing I’ve Heard Yet Americans Are Having Less Sex Than Ever Fecal Fiasco: Labor Day Letdown As East Coast Beaches Close Due To Contamination Last Call: DOJ discusses a potential ban on transgender people owning firearms KNOXVILLE MAN ACCIDENTALLY HOOKS WW2 ERA GRENADE Unprecedented immigration raid at Hyundai EV site leads to 475 arrests ChatGPT hates LA Chargers fans Images: Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback! Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy Follow Pheonix on the Dong! (Mastodon) Follow PhoneBoy on the Dong! (Mastodon) Voicemail: +1 253-237-3321 The Lotus Effect is a Value for Value podcast! Did you get something out of this show? Put a number to it and send it to us using: Use Paypal to send your fiat fun coupons in (no blankets or water, just cash) If you're not into PayPal, we also take Fiat Fun Coupons via Cash.App.

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  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 4:41 ROI
  3. 13:47 Health Segment
  4. 13:55 People can’t get COVID vaccines as cases surge. Anger is building against Trump
  5. 20:55 HOW CAN YOU TACKLE INFLAMMATION?
  6. 26:32 Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
  7. 32:55 How cloves might help relieve pain and inflammation
  8. 36:33 Crap! Alarming new study links excessive phone use on toilet to painful health problem
  9. 38:17 Lesser-known food allergens are actually behind many serious reactions
  10. 45:16 Happiness Segment
  11. 45:27 Teen Buys a Bike He Didn’t Know Was Stolen–Now Rightful Owner Wants to Make Sure He Gets Another
  12. 48:41 A Campus Sensation ‘Pudge the Cat’ is Lifting Spirits in College Football Locker Room After Injury
  13. 50:31 Octopus Playing With Divers Grabs the Camera and Takes Underwater Selfie
  14. 52:30 That Moment a giant Pacific octopus grapped a camera and took a selfie
  15. 53:18 We’re supposed to be good men’: Officer Buys Stranded Deaf Man Train Ticket to Get Home
  16. 55:33 Cavalcade of Stupidity
  17. 59:34 Tales from Rideshare
  18. 1:02:05 Toast and Jam
  19. 1:02:48 What’s Pheonix Cooking? Creamy Chicken Soup
  20. 1:04:27 AI is Evil
  21. 1:04:41 Cryptocurrent Rant
  22. 1:12:15 Weigh-In
  23. 1:16:45 Higher Consciousness
  24. 1:17:03 Alcohol vs. THC: What’s the Healthier Option? Here’s Where the Research Stands
  25. 1:27:09 Diesel in Wine Country, Smog in Lompoc: Cannabis Can’t Be Green Until It’s Legal
  26. 1:32:08 Weed’s Next Big Secret: Scientists Just Discovered a New Family of Molecules Hiding in Cannabis Leaves
  27. 1:33:50 Lotus Tech Tips
  28. 1:34:00 Hackers Love Smart Homes—Here’s How to Keep Yours Off the List
  29. 1:41:25 This Bank Fired Workers and Replaced Them With AI. It Now Says That Was a Huge Mistake
  30. 1:48:14 AI Could Cause 99% of All Workers to Be Unemployed in the Next Five Years, Says Computer Science Professor
  31. 1:50:40 The Loneliness Epidemic Isn't About Phones, It's About Algorithms
  32. 1:56:54 The Junk Drawer
  33. 1:57:21 Southwest changing its extra-seat policy for plus-size travelers: ‘Heartbreaking’
  34. 2:09:18 Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak’s Response to a Troll Is the Most Delightful Thing I’ve Heard Yet
  35. 2:16:14 Americans Are Having Less Sex Than Ever
  36. 2:21:25 Fecal Fiasco: Labor Day Letdown As East Coast Beaches Close Due To Contamination
  37. 2:25:05 Last Call
  38. 2:34:02 KNOXVILLE MAN ACCIDENTALLY HOOKS WW2 ERA GRENADE
  39. 2:35:23 Unprecedented immigration raid at Hyundai EV site leads to 475 arrests
  40. 2:36:06 DOJ discusses a potential ban on transgender people owning firearms
  41. 2:37:44 ChatGPT hates LA Chargers fans
  42. 2:39:03 Outro

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