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Dec 21, 2025 2 hr 39 min

208 - Alphabet Mafia

from The Lotus Effect Hosted by PhoneBoy and Pheonix

“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix Health: The Nordic diet can help you ‘Rebooting’ Your Eye Could Cure Vision Loss, Breakthrough Study Suggests. And It Only Takes Two Days. Could cheese protect your brain health? Study links high-fat cheese and cream to lower dementia risk Anti-Inflammatory Foods to Ease Pain and Boost Gut Health: Your Ultimate Inflammation Diet Guide How swearing makes you stronger Happiness: ‘Trashed Panda’ Story Raises $180,000 for Animal Shelter That Discovered it Drunk in the Bathroom Trashed Panda A Volunteer Team of Grandmas Dispense Street-side Wisdom to Those Who Need a Considerate Ear Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam: Higher Consciousness: Trump Reschedules Marijuana. But, Wait… There’s A Catch Wiz Khalifa Sentenced to 9 Months for Lighting a ‘Big Ass Joint’ on Stage in Romania Lotus Tech Tips: Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans School security AI flagged clarinet as a gun. Exec says it wasn’t an error. The Junk Drawer: Seattle's Woke World Cup Agenda Implodes As 'Pride Match' Set Between Countries With Anti-Gay Laws Harmless Christmas Card Pulled From Shelves And ""Destroyed"" After One Trans-Activist Offended Last Call: Rob Reiner, Legendary Comedic Actor and 'Princess Bride' Director, Found Dead in His Home He'll Be Lucky To Have A Bookmobile: The Future Of Joe Biden's Presidential Library In Doubt As Donations Fail To Come In Images: Credits: RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity! Sharky 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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Your favorite petalheads discuss rebooting your eyes, cheese, anti-inflammatory foods, swearing, trash pandas, grandmas, reclassified weed, more AI bullshit, wokeness, and the petalheads weigh in on their favorite Christmas gift.

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208 - Alphabet Mafia

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  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 4:47 ROI
  3. 14:46 Health Segment
  4. 22:50 ‘Rebooting’ Your Eye Could Cure Vision Loss, Breakthrough Study Suggests. And It Only Takes Two Days.
  5. 29:10 Anti-Inflammatory Foods to Ease Pain and Boost Gut Health: Your Ultimate Inflammation Diet Guide
  6. 37:52 How swearing makes you stronger
  7. 43:17 Happiness Segment
  8. 43:23 ‘Trashed Panda’ Story Raises $180,000 for Animal Shelter That Discovered it Drunk in the Bathroom
  9. 45:46 Trashed Panda
  10. 47:16 A Volunteer Team of Grandmas Dispense Street-side Wisdom to Those Who Need a Considerate Ear
  11. 51:20 Cavalcade of Stupidity
  12. 54:51 Tales from Rideshare
  13. 1:06:58 Toast and Jam
  14. 1:07:22 What’s Pheonix Cooking?
  15. 1:27:31 Weigh-In
  16. 1:50:05 Higher Consciousness
  17. 1:50:27 Trump Reschedules Marijuana. But, Wait… There’s A Catch
  18. 1:55:49 Wiz Khalifa Sentenced to 9 Months for Lighting a ‘Big Ass Joint’ on Stage in Romania
  19. 1:59:39 Lotus Tech Tips
  20. 2:00:22 Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans
  21. 2:10:36 School security AI flagged clarinet as a gun. Exec says it wasn’t an error.
  22. 2:15:04 The Junk Drawer
  23. 2:15:15 Seattle's Woke World Cup Agenda Implodes As 'Pride Match' Set Between Countries With Anti-Gay Laws
  24. 2:23:10 Harmless Christmas Card Pulled From Shelves And "Destroyed" After One Trans-Activist Offended
  25. 2:29:47 Last Call
  26. 2:33:09 Rob Reiner, Legendary Comedic Actor and 'Princess Bride' Director, Found Dead in His Home
  27. 2:36:10 He'll Be Lucky To Have A Bookmobile: The Future Of Joe Biden's Presidential Library In Doubt As Donations Fail To Come In
  28. 2:37:58 Outro

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