iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Five Depression years reading nine hours a day in a Woodstock shack produced the skeleton key Hollywood now jams into every locked screenplay. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/p33g886

The Hero with a Thousand Faces — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 16h

Why do people who know they are dying still bother to make their beds in the morning? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-10-04?…

The God Show question of the day: Why do people who know they are dying still bother to make their beds in the morning?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tom Wolfe, sober in a white suit, rides along with Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and files the founding gospel of psychedelic America. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/jyyxxfc

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When is it right to stop hiding the part of your life that finally got good? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-10-03?…

The God Show question of the day: When is it right to stop hiding the part of your life that finally got good?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Rome's strangest masterpiece: a physics textbook in hexameter that debunks the gods, dismantles romance, and ends mid-plague with the heavens conspicuously silent. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/a4xmvm8

On the Nature of Things — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why does my best friend keep thanking everyone in her wedding toast except the person who actually showed up? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-10-02?…

The God Show question of the day: Why does my best friend keep thanking everyone in her wedding toast except the person who actually showed up?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In a foggy Amsterdam bar, a charming ex-lawyer buys you a drink and performs the most weaponized confession in literature. You are not the audience. You're the catch. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/7k4ch6v

The Fall — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Should I tell my son he has my father's walk, or let him find his own body without that already in it? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-10-01?…

The God Show question of the day: Should I tell my son he has my father's walk, or let him find his own body without that already in it?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Roman elites paid tuition to be verbally demolished by a formerly enslaved teacher who insisted they already owned the only thing worth having. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/agjbxsv

Discourses and Selected Writings — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Is watching your brother ruin his life at his own pace mercy or just really convenient for you? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-30?…

The God Show question of the day: Is watching your brother ruin his life at his own pace mercy or just really convenient for you?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A Taoist alchemy manual dictated by a dead immortal, translated by a missionary who converted no one, and annexed by Carl Jung as evidence for Carl Jung. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/yyzx3yf

The Secret of the Golden Flower — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

011

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Should I keep laughing at my boss's jokes, or does that make me responsible for what he thinks of himself? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-29?…

The God Show question of the day: Should I keep laughing at my boss's jokes, or does that make me responsible for what he thinks of himself?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Seven hundred verses of crisis counseling, delivered in a parked chariot while two armies stand around waiting for one archer to stop hyperventilating. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/wh6tjfy

The Bhagavad Gita — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Does getting good enough at something to be taken seriously always require becoming a little like the people you used to find unbearable? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-28?…

The God Show question of the day: Does getting good enough at something to be taken seriously always require becoming a little like the people you used to find unbearable?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Dawn-talk transcripts from a tiny Japanese priest in 1960s California became the West's favorite Zen book. Step one: sit down. There is no step two. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/r2jmbfn

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Why does the oldest person on the block always seem to know exactly how much to eat? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-27?…

The God Show question of the day: Why does the oldest person on the block always seem to know exactly how much to eat?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A Marin County convert treks into the Sahara, memorizes a 19th-century poem on diseases of the heart, and comes home with a cure for your personality. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/epx5y6e

Purification of the Heart — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Why does it feel like an insult to God to admit you're happy while you're still inside a church? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-26?…

The God Show question of the day: Why does it feel like an insult to God to admit you're happy while you're still inside a church?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Written at 31 while running an illegal seminary under the Gestapo's nose—the century's most credible takedown of forgiveness as a subscription perk. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/xjudd57

The Cost of Discipleship — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Why does everyone who shows up with a casserole seem so certain this is going to turn out fine? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-25?…

The God Show question of the day: Why does everyone who shows up with a casserole seem so certain this is going to turn out fine?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Game guy gets scared, buys a second passport, learns to kill what he eats, and accidentally writes a conversion memoir for the apocalypse-curious. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/n2phmcx

Emergency — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Does letting a seven-year-old lose at board games actually teach her anything, or does it just make me feel principled? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-24?…

The God Show question of the day: Does letting a seven-year-old lose at board games actually teach her anything, or does it just make me feel principled?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

His name became a synonym for fine dining. His menu was bread and water. Everything that survives of Epicurus is a system for subtracting fear, not adding truffles. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/ztdkqxb

The Art of Happiness — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can a person come into real money without quietly turning into someone who finds their old friends a little exhausting? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-23?…

The God Show question of the day: Can a person come into real money without quietly turning into someone who finds their old friends a little exhausting?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Camus locks an Algerian port city in quarantine and discovers the only superpower against mass death: doing your job until it kills you. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/k7krkea

The Plague — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If I stop cooking the holiday meal every year, does the family actually gather, or does the gathering turn out to have been the meal? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-22?…

The God Show question of the day: If I stop cooking the holiday meal every year, does the family actually gather, or does the gathering turn out to have been the meal?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Exiled by one emperor, executed by another, quotable in between: the best advice column in Roman history was written waiting for the knock on the door. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/2bcn5ar

Letters from a Stoic — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

010

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Is it wrong that I'm already editing what I say around someone I've only known for six weeks? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-21?…

The God Show question of the day: Is it wrong that I'm already editing what I say around someone I've only known for six weeks?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The funniest man in ancient China wrote the only scripture that giggles: dead skulls, useless trees, debating fish, and a butterfly with an identity problem. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/3hcn2gp

Zhuangzi: Basic Writings — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

How do I pick a gift for someone I love without just buying proof that I've been paying attention? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-20?…

The God Show question of the day: How do I pick a gift for someone I love without just buying proof that I've been paying attention?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A Korean Zen master lands in Providence in 1972, repairs washing machines for rent money, and starts demolishing American egos in magnificently broken English. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/997berm

Dropping Ashes on the Buddha — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What do I owe my father's last years if he spent mine making the house a place I couldn't wait to leave? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-19?…

The God Show question of the day: What do I owe my father's last years if he spent mine making the house a place I couldn't wait to leave?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Buddha's greatest hits—423 verses with no filler, compiled by students who knew exactly which lines would still sting twenty-three centuries later. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/dguv9n4

The Dhammapada — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Why does my neighbor look better at seventy-three than I do at forty-one, and is that something I should fix or just resent? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-18?…

The God Show question of the day: Why does my neighbor look better at seventy-three than I do at forty-one, and is that something I should fix or just resent?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

An ex-nun with a rejected Oxford thesis sat down to write God's 4,000-year performance review—and it sold like absolution. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/7fny7fr

A History of God — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Is there a difference between your father finally saying he's proud of you and him just running out of reasons not to? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-17?…

The God Show question of the day: Is there a difference between your father finally saying he's proud of you and him just running out of reasons not to?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

America's most famous silent monk rewrote his own classic to correct its smugness—then explained why the self on your business card is a forgery. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/4mmhgru

New Seeds of Contemplation — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Should I finish the novel nobody asked for, or finally become the interesting person I kept postponing to write it? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-16?…

The God Show question of the day: Should I finish the novel nobody asked for, or finally become the interesting person I kept postponing to write it?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thoreau spent twenty-six months on Emerson's woodlot and came back holding America's most quotable scripture — plus the most audited grocery bill in literature. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/dp7ddwe

Walden — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Is there a difference between a ritual and just doing the same thing until it feels sacred? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-15?…

The God Show question of the day: Is there a difference between a ritual and just doing the same thing until it feels sacred?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A sage bent in eight places limps into court, the scholars laugh, the king listens—and attains liberation so fast the rest of the book is a victory lap. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/29ry2a6

Ashtavakra Samhita — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Does wanting credit for this as much as I want the work itself to matter mean the work doesn't actually matter to me? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-14?…

The God Show question of the day: Does wanting credit for this as much as I want the work itself to matter mean the work doesn't actually matter to me?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A jilted Dane stares at the Abraham story until it stops being Sunday school and becomes a horror film about what trusting God actually costs. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/uefw3rf

Fear and Trembling — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Is there a difference between things finally turning around and just running out of bad luck for a while? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-13?…

The God Show question of the day: Is there a difference between things finally turning around and just running out of bad luck for a while?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Plague outside, barbarians at the river, a son going wrong — the philosopher-king coped by journaling in Greek, never suspecting he was drafting a bestseller. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/c22s75h

Meditations — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Why does my friend keep choosing the harder version of her marriage when the easier one is right there? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-12?…

The God Show question of the day: Why does my friend keep choosing the harder version of her marriage when the easier one is right there?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Benjamin Hoff weaponized a stuffed bear against Western overthinking, sat on the bestseller list for 49 weeks, then rage-quit publishing entirely. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/49k5kmy

The Tao of Pooh — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

001

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Why do salmon swim back to die exactly where they were born, and should we admire that or feel sorry for them? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-11?…

The God Show question of the day: Why do salmon swim back to die exactly where they were born, and should we admire that or feel sorry for them?

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A Nuremberg court reporter transcribes humanity's worst, develops ulcers, flies to Japan at 41, and returns with the West's first real instruction manual for zazen. → Read the full review: www.thegodshow.us/r/3vcgqa8

The Three Pillars of Zen — The God Show Irreverent Reviews card

000

GodShow.us @thegodshow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

How do I keep a promise I made before I knew what keeping it would cost? Fifteen traditions answer, every day. www.thegodshow.us/daily/2026-09-10?…

The God Show question of the day: How do I keep a promise I made before I knew what keeping it would cost?

000