The Lotus Effect

By PhoneBoy and Pheonix

Your hosts Pheonix and PhoneBoy talk about health, happiness, higher consciousness, and hi-tech hijinks!... more

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December 21, 2025208 - Alphabet Mafia
“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
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2h 40min
December 14, 2025207 - Hot Pocketing The Mic
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix
Health:
The Nordic diet can help you sleep better and live longer
Officials issue warning after discovering dangerous substances in US water supply: 'I jumped out of my chair when I saw the results'
Ultra Processed Food Risks: How Junk Food Addiction Harms Brain Health and Why a Brain Health Diet Matters
The Hidden Dangers of Keto Diet: Low Carb Risks and Ketogenic Diet Safety Explained
Happiness:
‘Dancing Wheelchair’ Helps Paralyzed Teen Feel ‘Cool’ Being a Different Sort of Dancer
Boy Sent to Christmas Nativity Show as Elvis Instead of Elf After Family Mix-up
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
Tennessee Officials Reach Agreement With Hemp Industry To Temporarily Allow THCA Sales
Drone drops steak, crab legs, marijuana into South Carolina prison yard
Lotus Tech Tips:
Humanity Is Desperate for Rare Earth Elements. This Plant Is Growing Them Right Under Our Feet.
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
The Junk Drawer:
Podcast industry under siege as AI bots flood airways with thousands of programs
America’s war on data centers is coming
Last Call:
Parliament-Funkadelic’s George Clinton: ‘America Made More Money Pretending to Stop Weed Than Selling It’
Gooning Was Just Named the Fetish of the Year
Images:
Credits:
RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
Wiirdo
We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback!
Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy
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1h 54min
November 30, 2025206 - Stripper Yeast
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix
Health:
Sugar vs Artificial Sweeteners: Health Effects, Aspartame Risks, and What's Worse for Your Body
Your body has a natural way of getting high (and it's not endorphins)
Why watching someone get hurt on screen makes you wince: How the brain triggers echoes of touch sensation
What is MASLD? Most common chronic liver disease affects up to 40% of adults
Happiness:
Two People from Minnesota Who Met in the Hospital After Waking up from Comas Are Getting Married
10th Grader Saves Stepfather’s Life with His Newly-Learned CPR Skills Taught in Schools
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Notice of $1.5 Billion Proposed Class Action Settlement Between Authors & Publishers and Anthropic PBC
Higher Consciousness:
Colorado Is Building America’s First Psychedelic Care System
Cannabis Use in Seniors Linked to Stronger Cognition and Less Binge Drinking
Lotus Tech Tips:
Humanity Is Desperate for Rare Earth Elements. This Plant Is Growing Them Right Under Our Feet.
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
The Junk Drawer:
Campbell's VP Admits Soup Is "S**t For F**king Poor People" With "Chicken... From A 3D-Printer"
Uruguay Achieves 99% Green Energy After Seeking the Lowest Price for Consumers
Last Call:
Washington Moves To Soften Penalties For Child-Sex Sting Suspects
Model Reveals Former NFL Star’s Penis Size Sparked Divorce
Xbox Crocs are real
Images:
Credits:
RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
cottongin
We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback!
Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy
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2h 2min
November 23, 2025205 - Senator Strokes a Lot
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix
Health:
Plant-Based or Low-Carb: Which Is Better for Diabetes Prevention?
RFK Jr. Links Aluminum in Vaccines to Peanut Allergies. Here Are the Facts
The Science That Could Change How You Think about Protein
Why you don’t want to get tuberculosis on your penis
Happiness:
Heart Transplant Survivor Has Best Day Ever as Traveling Fan for Carolina, Meeting Panthers Legend
Community Rallies to Protect Local Cobbler Until Supermarket Cancels Plans to Expand
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Agtonomy
Higher Consciousness:
Brazil Can’t Stop Throwing Cannabis Events — And It’s Changing the Map
‘California sober’: marijuana may help you drink less, study finds
Lotus Tech Tips:
'A Sharp Escalation': Americans Starting To Revolt Against Data Centers
Anthropic says an AI may have just attempted the first truly autonomous cyberattack
The Junk Drawer:
NTSB releases preliminary report on the UPS plane crash in Louisville. What we now know
Congressman, 71, Blames Elon For Looking at Dirty Pictures on Plane
Last Call:
Linux Creator Linus Torvalds Is Sort of Okay With Vibe Coding, Actually
SEMI-TRUCK DRIVER CITED IN CROSSVILLE FOR MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF DIESEL THEFT
PSA: IHOP Omelettes Aren’t Just Eggs—and Customers Are Shocked
Images:
Credits:
RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
Sharky
We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback!
Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy
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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:
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1h 49min
November 16, 2025204 - Soviet Botulism
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix
Health:
Yes, you can be intolerant to fruit and veg
The science of weight loss—and why your brain is wired to keep you fat
Formula with “cleanest ingredients” recalled after 15 babies get botulism
Metformin as a new standard of care to manage weight gain side effect of certain bipolar medications
Metformin Side Effects
Happiness:
Teen Rewarded with Cash and Job After Turning in Wad of $3,500 ‘Without Hesitation’
Boy’s Great Tagline Helps Raise Thousands For Underprivileged Kids to Afford Hockey
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
You Don’t Need Duolingo To Learn Spanish. You Need Weed and a Comedian.-
Trump Signs Bill To Recriminalize Hemp THC Products, Years After Approving Their Legalization
Lotus Tech Tips:
A Huge Cannabis Hack Exposed 380k People — Now This Company Is Paying Hackers to Attack It
5 AI-developed malware families analyzed by Google fail to work and are easily detected
The Junk Drawer:
Google vows to stop scam E-Z Pass and USPS texts plaguing Americans
Three Bob Ross Paintings Sold for $600,000 at Auction in Fundraiser for Public Television
Last Call:
SODDY-DAISY MAN ARRESTED FOR SETTING WOMAN ON FIRE
MAJOR DRUG BUST AT FAIRFIELD GLADE HOME
Images:
Credits:
RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback!
Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy
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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:
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1h 46min
November 09, 2025203 - The Porn Identity
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix
Health:
Seniors Who Listen to Music May Slash Their Dementia Risk by Over a Third
Experts Say This Common Drink May Be Harming Your Liver
The Ozempic effect is finally showing up in obesity data
The 7 Best Foods to Eat Before Bed for Uninterrupted Sleep, According to Nutrition Experts
Happiness:
Woman Tracks Down Long-Lost Dad Using Newspaper Ad–and Discovers 11 Siblings
She hiked the entire Appalachian Trail at 80, unaware she’d just made history
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Apple Podcasts supporting Podcasting 2.0 Chapters
PhoneBoy on Truth and Forgiveness
Higher Consciousness:
465 pounds of marijuana, fentanyl seized in Alabama drug raid
Brazil to Meta: Stop Censoring Weed, or I’ll See You in Court
Lotus Tech Tips:
Google pulls AI model after senator says it fabricated assault allegation
PewDiePie's self-hosted AI 'council' colludes against him
The Junk Drawer:
A colossal Buc-ee’s broke a small Colorado town
A Carnivorous ‘Death Ball’ Has Emerged from the Deep
Last Call:
Nancy Pelosi will retire after historic 20-term career in Congress
Bell bottom-era tape unearthed, could contain lost piece of Unix history
Images:
Credits:
RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
Wiirdo
We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback!
Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy
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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:
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1h 53min
November 01, 2025202 - Scented Incest
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix
Health:
Do Halloween treats hype kids up? Here's how to make sure you (all) get a good night's sleep
From potion to prescription: How witches' herbs became medical marvels
What Happens to Your Body When You Stop Taking Ozempic?
Blood Pressure Medication Recalled: More Than 580,000 Bottles Affected
Happiness:
80-Year-Old Grandma Who Learned to Swim at 59 Just Became Oldest Ever Female Ironman Finisher
He Won a Crayola Crayon-Naming Contest in 1992 as a Boy–Now it’s Been Voted #2 Color in the World
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
PhoneBoy Speaks Again
Higher Consciousness:
Why California’s Treasurer Says the State’s Adult-Use Cannabis Law Is a Failure
Maryland Police Get ‘Overwhelming’ Number Of Volunteers To Smoke Marijuana And Eat Free Lunch At DUI Training For Officers
Lotus Tech Tips:
Meta denies torrenting porn to train AI, says downloads were for “personal use”
YouTube's AI moderator pulls Windows 11 workaround videos, calls them dangerous
The Junk Drawer:
GM lays off 1,700 workers making EVs and batteries in Michigan, Tennessee
Declassified MKUltra Transcripts Have Been Released. They Paint a Dark Portrait of America.
Last Call:
Missing Louisiana girl, 13, rescued from box in Pennsylvania basement
Images:
Credits:
RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
cottongin
We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback!
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1h 56min
October 25, 2025201 - Alzheimer's Tits
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix
Health:
Which alcohol is the ‘healthiest’? Scientists have an answer.
How Sugar Alcohols Might Be Messing With Your Gut
SHOULD I START SNIFFING ROSEMARY?
Happiness:
Crushed by a Car, a Stranger Comforted Him Until Help Arrived – Now They’re Getting Married
Flock of Goats Hits the Slopes of Vermont Ski Resort as Eco-Friendly Landscaping Option
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
PhoneBoy Speaks Again
Higher Consciousness:
Colombia’s Bold Offer to Trump: Legal Weed Exports for Peace
Whiskey Company Scales Back Operations, Citing ‘Consumer Shifts’ Toward Marijuana As Alcohol Alternative
Lotus Tech Tips:
Amazon’s DNS problem knocked out half the web, likely costing billions
Robby Starbuck sues Google after AI bot accused him of sex assault, links to white supremacist
The Junk Drawer:
AI Deepfakes Fueling Digitally-Enabled Crime-Wave In The Freight Industry
Beyond Meat Crashes On Debt-Swap Plan As Fake Food Trend Goes Bust
Last Call:
Protein Powders, Shakes Test Positive for High Levels of Lead, Report Finds
Timex is resurrecting its first LCD watch 50 years later
hy doesn’t Cards Against Humanity print its game in the US? It’s complicated.
'Butt breathing' might soon be a real medical treatment
Images:
Credits:
RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
Sharky
We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback!
Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy
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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:
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1h 34min
October 19, 2025 200 - Just Push Play
Your favorite petalheads welcome Mrs. Bemlet and discuss Copaiba Oil, The Star in Tarot, the paranormal, and the petalheads weigh in on their favorite comfort food.
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2h 48min
October 05, 2025199 - No Shit Sherlock Department
“Sit down, strap in, shut up, and listen!” — Pheonix
Health:
Why Experts Are Exploring Ketogenic Therapy For Mental Health
The Charlie Foundation
The Fibre Fix
‘OZEMPIC BREASTS’ IS TRENDING – HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT IT
Ozempic Vulva Is Very Real, According to Terry and Heather Dubrow
Happiness:
Tourists Surprise Driver with His First-Ever Safari –Buying a Ticket So He Could Go Instead of Waiting in Car
Americans Take Home the Nation’s First Gold Medal in the ‘Cheesemonger Olympics’
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
Utah Church That Uses Marijuana, Psychedelics And Vapes As Sacraments Sues Over Police Raids
The cannabis that cheats death: What frogs have to do with fresh frozen weed
Lotus Tech Tips:
Economic boom or environmental disaster? Rural Texas grapples with pros, cons of data centers
Spotify is finally taking steps to address its AI slop and clone problem
The Junk Drawer:
Your Leftovers Can Be Shocked Into Making Fuel. Scientists Just Proved It.
Trust In Media Among Americans Hits Record Low
Last Call:
Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91
Images:
Credits:
RevCyberTrucker for the Cavalcade of Stupidity!
We hope you enjoy this episode and look forward your feedback!
Email: Pheonix or PhoneBoy
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1h 50min

FAQs about The Lotus Effect:

How many episodes does The Lotus Effect have?

The podcast currently has 219 episodes available.