We are back with returning guest Jake Sweat to talk about Jason and Percy's legendary bro-time underwater with Kymopoleia!!! Dark Depressed Percy is starting to show through, and we're thinking about the future we want, deserve, and owe others as burned out all-star demigods.

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This week we are back with Martha (@booksmarty) to discuss Reyna's POV in San Juan and the emergence of perhaps THE scariest villain in the Riordanverse-- Orion. More tender Reyna and Nico bonding, a serious sisterly reunion, SEVERAL queens getting together to maximize their GROUP slay, and beginning to confront our family ghosts.

Content Warning: This episode contains mention of sexual assault and violence against women within the myth of Orion the hunter.

It also contains light spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home, Daredevil, and discussion of cast leaks for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness!

Follow Martha @BookSmarty on Instagram!

You can check out Legendborn and the upcoming sequel Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn here: https://www.tracydeonn.com/bloodmarked

You can check out Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers here: https://www.morgwrites.com/books

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Welcome back to Piper's POV! This week, we say GOODBYE to the cornucopia, and HELLO to a brand new guest, Martha! Carter dives into high school men's fashion culture of 2014 and we take a look at Piper and Annabeth's first ever side quest in Sparta, where Annabeth lets Piper take the lead and Piper steps into her power as a true emotionally attuned daughter of Aphrodite.

Follow Martha @BookSmarty on Instagram!

You can check out Legendborn and the upcoming sequel Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn here: https://www.tracydeonn.com/bloodmarked

You can check out Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers here: https://www.morgwrites.com/books

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We're back with Jackson and Ola in NICO'S FIRST EVER POV!!!!! Navigating through dreams, checking in on Camp Half-Blood (spoiler: it's not going well), waking up in Portugal, and meeting with dad. Join us as we discuss systemic inequities in death, whether Nico may have brought a bit too much of the 1940s back with him, and the mythos of our upcoming mysterious Hunter. PLUS reintroducing a certain Mr. Solace...

CW: This episode contains mention of sexual assault involved with the myth of Orion the Hunter

Let's Talk about Myths Baby Mini Myth on Orion and Scorpion: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1BPE7rWPSG3YBnV4ovRChO?si=622410ce549c45a0

Support Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/

Follow Ola @bajerian, Follow Jackson @JacksonBunis

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We're back with returning guests Ola and Jackson, here in Leo's POV: pining for (and planning for?) a Calypso reunion, fighting the "crazy" goddess of Victory in Olympia, and hearing a #PercyApology.

SNL "What's That Name" Sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rImxuuD_kwM

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 2 Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMHz6FiRzS8

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We're back with Marianna and it's the moment we've all been waiting for-- REYNA'S FIRST EVER POV!!! Gods, it's thrilling to discuss her character, her budding relationship with Nico, the importance of queer mentorship, and our thoughts thus far on the set up for Blood of Olympus.

The aforementioned Civil Beat article: https://www.civilbeat.org/2017/07/man-gets-45-day-sentence-in-albatross-killings-im-disgusted-with-my-behavior/

Follow Marianna on Instagram and Twitter @ItsMariannnna, and check out her ceramics at getbakedclay.com!

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New Year, New Book! Can you believe we have made it this far?!? Devastating. Crucial. Exhausting. Incredible. Joined by brand new guest, Marianna, we take a look at the opening four Jason POV chapters, dive into Ithaca and the myth of Odysseus, savor the first few Percabeth crumbs of this book, and confirm that Annabeth and Jason really have always been beefin.

(ICYMI: We're back to weekly episodes, doing 4 chapters a week, with our guests sticking around for 2 episodes at a time, mark your calendars, set your alarms, smash that like and subscribe button, jk, but do follow)

Love Kernels feat. Rachel Bloom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkAjUBtn_TM

You can find Marianna on Twitter and Instagram @itsmariannnna and check out her pottery at getbakedclay.com

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Happy New Year and welcome to some reflective circle time! We revisit each of the Seven's individual growth in this book and discuss whether or not The House of Hades is Rick's greatest work. Then we listen and respond to some listener voice memos and messages, and finally start a New Year's resolutions and predictions tradition.

We'll be taking one week off and then beginning on The Blood of Olympus!

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Ch. 73-80 The finale we've all been waiting for! Told through Hazel and Percy's POV, featuring Owen from Through the Mist. We witness the glorious end of the Frank/Hazel/Leo (dare we say) love triangle. We encounter our final boss battle with Pasiphae and Clytius and maybe get some help from a betorched goddess along the way. Once all is said and done, we share a beautifully bittersweet picnic, say our goodbyes for now, and sail into the sunset... towards our doom.

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Ch. 65-72 ft. Caitlin AKA @PercabethFeelsFandom. When Caitlin's in the house, you know it's about to get emo. We've got the final phase of Frank's grow up glow up, and perhaps the most iconic moment in all of House of Hades! We're learning how to step up, then learning how to yield. We might cry a bit, or a lot, possibly many different times. 

"On 'Succession'Jeremy Strong Doesn't Get the Joke" By Michael Schulman

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Ch.57-64 featuring Robert from The Dam Meme Page! It's getting real y'all. Jason is about to find out if it's a bones or no bones day with the Southern wind, and Tartarus itself is physically manifesting just to smite down Percy and Annabeth. We're wondering what kind of future Jason will have with Camp Half-Blood or Camp Jupiter, and we're wondering WHO will be holding down the elevator button of the Doors of Death for 12 WHOLE MINUTES so the others can escape. We're thinking about our elders AND our descendants. Let's get into it.

Follow Robert @thedammemepage on Instagram and listen to their podcast Into the Riordanverse!

Link to the Lightning Thief Watch-a-Long, December 21st 7pmEST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCfU74f-XAU

Donate to The Red Nation at http://therednation.org/support/

Ch. 49-56. Back on Ogygia, Leo Edition!!! We dig deep into our personal feelings about the return of Calypso and thoroughly examine the beginnings of #Caleo, then turn to Annabeth's POV for a quirky little interlude in the Mansion of Night. Ft. returning guest Elizabeth (@swords.and.sweets on Instagram!)

What Happened to Hello? RHOA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4BHHVEbdTM

Jane Coaston on Weeds: "Incels and Bullshitters": https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kaW1VdQXw4ZtACRJCpWqT?si=50CK56HHQgSIR76JNAmWuQ

Let's rethink "crazy": https://www.npr.org/2019/07/08/739643765/why-people-are-arguing-to-stop-using-the-words-crazy-and-insane

Kat Chow's NPR piece on 'Almond-Shaped' eyes: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/09/16/219402847/-almond-shaped-eyes-remarkably-exotic-yet-too-foreign

Kat Chow's memoir lol: https://www.katchow.com/

Some more on the Giving Tree: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/books/review/the-giving-tree-tender-story-of-unconditional-love-or-disturbing-tale-of-selfishness.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/parenting/we-need-to-talk-about-the-giving-tree.html

Ch. 41-48, ft. bookseller and real life English major Alex Mann! Covering lots of territory this week from Piper's power-up (speaking life into Festus), to #DarkPercy poison-bending. Discussions surrounding the nature of charmspeak and femininity, the friendship we wish R.E.D. and Piper had, the bonding time Hazel and Piper finally get, and, as always, the power of friendship. Then, conceptualizing the Death Mist in a grotesquely bodied way, and a beautifully terrifying character arc for Mr. Percy.

Welcome to a very special interview with Lori M. Lee, the latest Rick Riordan Presents author of Pahua and the Soul Stealer! We've been ranting about how great this book is on twitter for weeks now, and we're so excited to share this conversation with you. Whether you've finished the book or haven't started, we hope you'll enjoy this episode about angry young women, slow burn friendships, fan fiction, and how we should look critically at the past.

Check out Lori's website and works here: https://lorimlee.com/

(We especially love the Shamanborn trilogy- Forest of Souls and Broken Web out now!)

You can follow Lori on Instagram @LoriMLee82 and Twitter @LoriMLee

Follow Read Riordan's Pahua content here!

Ch. 33-40. It's time. The cursed Nico/Jason POV chapters are here and we are going through them with Fran McMahon and Jackson Bunis. Then, as a treat, some tender, cozy Annabeth POV chapters at Damasen's Tartarus swamp cabin.

Follow Mark Oshiro for more on the upcoming Nico/Will book they are co-writing with Rick!!! @MarkDoesStuff

The scholar Carter couldn't remember when we were recording was José Esteban Muñoz who wrote about Disidentification

Fran's services as a sensitivity reader: https://www.fiverr.com/francescamcm95/be-your-sensitivity-reader?context_referrer=user_page&ref_ctx_id=5baae6042d43b10a873dd2bb7cb460f9&pckg_id=1&pos=6

Listen to Fran's Podcast @BestDamCamp!

Follow Fran on Instagram, Tiktok, and Twitter @ADoseOfFran!

AND Check out our new group project, Entering Storybrooke: A Once Upon a Time Podcast

@StorybrookePod

Ch. 25-32, Some of the GREATEST Hazel and Percy POVs in this series. We're talking Hazel's first mist manipulation, holding Jason accountable, holding PERCABETH accountable, the consequences of our actions, and what we owe to others! Featuring a brand new guest, Jake Sweat!

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#StreamSpiritedAway

#StreamKeshi

Ch. 17-24 with returning guests Mike Machesky and Kyle Prue! Today's episode is packed with Frank's glow up POV and Annabeth's skeptical of Bob POV. We're talking puberty, violence, and what we owe each other! 

Read The Sparks Trilogy by Kyle Prue! https://www.kyleprue.com/book/

Follow Mike on twitter @yugomichigania

Promised external videos on the US's colonial militarism: 

Why Does the U.S. Have 800 Military Bases Around the World? (Vox)

How the U.S. Stole an Island (Johnny Harris)

The U.S. Military is Everywhere (Johnny Harris)

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Ch. 9-17 featuring longtime listener and Bookstagrammer, Elizabeth AKA @Swords.And.Sweets! We discuss Leo's POV as he fights some demon monkeys, reads the rest of the seven for filth, and creates a very unhealthy work-life-balance. Then we return to Percy's POV as she and Percy skirt along the banks of the Phlegethon and are forced to face Kelli and the empousa gals!

Again we apologize for any background noise as we figure out our recording set up in new apartments! :P :D

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Happy Birthday Percy Jackson! Celebrate by joining us as we FINALLY (!) discuss The Demigod Files. We're talking Percabeth development, iconic children of the big three sass, and deciding if we are all canon in the Riordanverse.

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Ch. 4-8 ft. Caitlin from @PercabethFeelsFandom! Y'all. WE MADE IT TO ANNABETH'S POV IN TARTARUS. We are breaking down the first of many sacred Percabeth moments within this book, beginning with the ICONIC falling embrace <3.

Listen to our new specially curated Percabeth in Tartarus Playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4O17lmPlVIqWjOFly4F3z6?si=e3a268ca8e6e4aff

Follow Caitlin's latest writing here: https://www.instagram.com/percabethfeelsfandom/

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Ch. 1-4 of The House of Hades ft. Owen from Through the Mist! Join us as we discuss Hazel's encounter with Hecate, both the Riordanverse lore and the mythological history behind ~the mist~ and who we think should form a magical demigod coven.

Send Owen a message @Through_Mist on Instagram or [email protected]!

"The Birth of the Term Magic" by Jan N Bremmer

"The Whitening Thief" by Maxwell T Paule

Tiktok from Maxwell T Paule on Circe

"The Mist Shed by Zeus in 'Iliad' XVII" by Jonathan Fenno

"'I Removed the Mist that Clouded your Eyes': Supernatural Vision from Homer to Sikelianos" by Michael Paschalis

More reading on masculine vs feminine story structuring: "Simply put, stories told in a conventional, masculine form are generally linear, hero-driven tales about conquest, whereas stories told with a more circular and sometimes collective feminine structure are often about overcoming obstacles in order to find connection." Conquer or Connect: Power, Patterns, and the Gendered Narrative by Professor Mary M. Dalton

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CW: This episode contains discussion surrounding events and themes present in The Song of Achilles and The Iliad including physical violence sexual violence.

Join Carter, Erica, Brayden from Return to Camp Half-Blood, and Maddy from Fatal Flaw for a book club conversation on The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller where we visit the conveniently provided discussion questions at the back of the book!

Learn more about Madeline Miller and her work here!

Referenced New York Times Review.

"He Wants to Save Classics from Whiteness. Can the Field Survive?" NYTimes article on Professor Dan-el Padilla Peralta by Rachel Poser

Stream Six: The Musical!

We celebrate finishing another book by listening to your voice memos, thoughts, and feelings on The Mark of Athena!

PS- Keep your volume adjust button handy, we can't level out the audio when we use this fun convenient Anchor feature

"I Have Friends" - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

It's time. The finale of the Mark of Athena. Annabeth's final face off with Arachne and THE. PERCABETH. FALL. Featuring Brayden from Return to Camp Half-Blood and Robert from Into the Riordanverse/The Dam Meme Page! Our Percabeth Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5p2MMnqOLR0vt5ZfygcgJg?si=35264571e57a449b Our Special Episode about our Percabeth Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ZXyYpd1yNdnUwr4x8MtGp?si=7fB3IVIsRpi-9QSPpCZ64w&dl_branch=1 This episode is brought to you by Omio who wants to help you leave your house this summer by offering five percent off your next booking. Just head to Omio.com and use the code OMIO5 at checkout! https://omio.sjv.io/c/2544961/1078765/7385

Ch. 37-45 + SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo! Ft. Molly from Fatal Flaw! In today's special penultimate MoA episode we talk about where each SOUR song belongs in the PJO universe, Leo's big moment at the Archimedes Workshop, and even more painful Jiper red flags. Plus Percy/Jason/Piper's escape from drowning in the Nymphaeum and nearly being devoured by evil old hags!

Skip to 23:00 for the actual book discussion!

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Ch. 29-37, Pure Percy and Annabeth POV with returning guest Ola Amokomowo! Percy is feeling like maybe he's not the main character anymore, getting humbled by every new challenge he faces, and wondering if, given the chance, he'd save Annabeth... or the quest. Annabeth on the other hand is being #AnxiousAvoidant, getting ready to go solo on her near impossible mission to locate and rescue the Athena Parthenos. Together, they have a lunch date on the river Tiber, our last calm Percabeth moment for, well, a while. Plus, perhaps the greatest Riordanverse Villain intro of all time!

Ch. 21-28! With returning guest Jackson Bunis, we talk underwater mermaid Camp Half-Blood, Frank/Leo tension, Piper's angst as she and Jason have their turn in the stables (surprise it is literally so awkward and sad), finally some tea on the Athena Parthenos, and Piper's #GirlBoss glow up as she takes down Hercules himself.

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To celebrate the Launch of The Last Fallen Star (the latest Rick Riordan Presents middle grade book!), we are joined by author Graci Kim to talk all things diaspora and belonging, plus superhero culture, the Revised Romanization of Korean, and advice for all you aspiring writers out there :) 

"Ultimately that true magic that we are all searching for is in us, is in all of us, but it's specifically in our actions and the choices we make every day. It's what we do that makes us magical."

Learn more about the book here: https://www.giftedclans.com/

Graci's insta: @gracikimwrites

Graci's twitter: @gracikim

You can follow Graci's friends and fellow writers (the #kimchingoos) on twitter here:

Sarah Suk: Made in Korea, @sarahaelisuk

Jessica Kim: Stand Up, Yumi Chung, @jesskimwrites

Susan Lee: Seoulmates, @susanleewrites

Grace Shim: Upcoming!, @gracemisplaced1

CW: This episode features adult language! 

Ch. 14-20 featuring Molly and Maddy from Fatal Flaw Podcast! Please enjoy this chaotic journey from the morning after the Stable Scene to the Atlanta Aquarium, all the way to the epic Annabeth/Reyna showdown at the Battle of Fort Sumter!!!

You can follow Molly and Maddy @FatalFlawPJO on Instagram and Twitter!

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Ch. 10-13, featuring long-time listener, Blue Sitten! We cover the first Percy vs. Jason fight, and MOST IMPORTANTLY the STABLE SCENE!!! Join us as we take sacred time for this sacred Percabeth moment and over-analyze every sentence in Chapter XIII (look we know roman numerals now)

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Alright friends, we have FINALLY ARRIVED! The Mark of Athena Ch. 1-9 with our friend, the incomparable Percabeth content contributor Caitlin from @PercabethFeelsFandom. Join us as we dissect every bit of Annabeth's POV and fangirl about the PERCABETH REUNION we have been waiting 1000 pages for, plus more discussion on the Argo II group dynamic, alternate universe 7 pairings, and of course, Pipabeth.

Enjoy meeting some of our fantastic listeners (and fellow riordanverse podcasters) as we wrap up loose ends from The Son of Neptune and prepare to journey into our life's purpose: The Mark of Athena!

Ft. Theseus, Alex, Tamar, Olivia, Owen from Through the Mist, Samuel and Diego from The Half-Blood Report, and Molly from Fatal Flaw!

CW/TW: This episode briefly discusses violence against women. Join Erica, Carter, and Quinn from Floor 600 as they do a deep dive into the Amazons as they exist in the Riordanverse, greek mythology, real life history (!), and pop culture. That's right, Quinn is sharing her thesis on Wonder Woman throughout the many waves of American feminism!!! You don't wanna miss this.

Wonder Woman's comeback: https://msmagazine.com/tag/wonder-woman/

Amazons in pop culture: https://www.bustle.com/p/before-wonder-woman-these-were-pop-cultures-amazons-62266

The Real (?!) Amazons: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-women-there-any-truth-behind-myth-180950188/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/141029-amazons-scythians-hunger-games-herodotus-ice-princess-tattoo-cannabis

https://www.thoughtco.com/people-who-lived-in-ancient-steppes-118305

Matriarchies: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/international-womens-day-matriarchy-matriarchal-society-women-feminism-culture-matrilineal-elephant-bonobo-a8243046.html

The company Amazon: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/05/amazon-workers-protest-unsafe-grueling-conditions-warehouse

The Movie: https://www.thewrap.com/professor-marston-and-the-wonder-women-review-luke-evans-rebecca-hall/

Harvard: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1966/12/8/lamont-will-open-to-cliffies-after/

American Multiculturalism and the myth of the melting pot: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30029838?seq=1

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/multiculturalism/#PolRetMul

Book Rec from Erica: https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/helen-morales/antigone-rising/9781568589343/

Book Rec from Carter: https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-gift-of-freedom

Book Recs from Quinn: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/how-the-amazon-queen-fought-the-prince-of-egypt-by-tamara-bower/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/241159/the-secret-history-of-wonder-woman-by-jill-lepore/

CW and Spoilers: This episode contains adult language (lol) and spoilers for the WandaVision series finale.

https://www.readriordan.com/2021/02/11/5-favorite-percy-crushes/

https://www.readriordan.com/2021/02/09/spotlight-on-drew-tanaka/

The original tweet: https://twitter.com/readriordan/status/1367565558179393538?s=20

Fran's merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/adoseoffran

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Carter and Erica chat about the introduction to Ms. Hazel Levesque: reliving trauma, incorporating Louisiana Voodoo, and stepping into your power as a horse girl.

Sign up to be a guest: https://forms.gle/ytpiFNUk5GXiCmU1A

More on Voodoo in pop culture: 

https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/black-witches-why-cant-they-get-respect-in-pop-culture.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4amMTitO714

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Erica, Carter, and returning guest Alex Yam, live from Canada, discuss Frank "literary Panda Express" Zhang. Parenting stereotypes, shapeshifting analysis, Frazel, and of course, jasmine-scented everything.

More on Asian-American representation in tv/film:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/t-magazine/asian-american-actors-representation.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/10/28/358307426/a-timeline-of-51-family-sitcoms-with-people-of-color

https://www.academia.edu/43772191/The_Bourgeois_Cinema_of_Boba_Liberalism

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother: 

https://www.npr.org/2011/01/11/132833376/tiger-mothers-raising-children-the-chinese-way

An alternative Frazel timeline: 

https://flightfoot.tumblr.com/post/186863810212/so-i-was-thinking-about-the-age-gap-in-frazel-and

Show Merch: 

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Alex?s grandpa?s Wikipedia page: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_Yuandao

Carter and Erica are joined by Samuel and Diego from The Half Blood Report to discuss their ultimate favorite book, The Son of Neptune! (HBR's favorite book, not exactly Carter and Erica's...) A delightfully well-constructed quest, brand new friendships, and the return of Mr. Percy himself!

Please take none of this seriously. Unless you're an exec from Disney+, in which case, we are totally. serious. With special guests Chloe Castro-Santos and Thomas Laub!

Come along the rough ride as Erica, Carter, Jackson, and Ola journey into the depths of why exactly Jason feels like a "paragon of whiteness" in this book, the #comphet of Jasper, and some overall structural complaints for Uncle Rick. Certainly he knew he was Percy-baiting us for 550 pages, right?

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Join Erica, Carter, Jackson, and Ola as they begin to unpack Leo, Hephaestus, and why the hell Medea wasn?t brought back to Camp Half-Blood to teach witchcraft.

In this episode, we mention some retellings of the Medea story, which you can check out here:

Marie Christine by Michael John LaChiusa: https://open.spotify.com/album/3mo6Wk9vGtAvViZq2FVq3G?si=ppp5uHKtRryQNjfnimL_rw
Circe by Madeline Miller: http://madelinemiller.com/circe/
Medea by Christa Wolf: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153480.Medea

Show Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/seaweed-brain-podcast?ref_id=21682

Today?s unofficial sponsor is Fedwhich, a sandwich shop Ola and Jackson would like to receive free food from. If you live in the DC area, you can check them out here: https://www.federalistpig.com/fedwich 

Join Carter, Erica, and special guest Brayden Stallman (Return to Camp Half-Blood) as they discuss Piper McLean?s journey through The Lost Hero, femininity, #internalizedmisogyny, and what it really means to be a child of Aphrodite.

Towards the end of this episode, we begin to ask questions about the kind of representation Piper brings into the Riordanverse. As Carter mentions, we are by no means a ?qualified panel? to be discussing this, but we felt it was important to at least begin the conversation. 

Read more about Rick's process writing Piper here: https://rickriordan.com/2020/07/feathers-why-feathers/

Learn more about Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse and other Riordan Presents novels: https://www.readriordan.com/book/race-to-the-sun/

And as always, we recommend the All My Relations podcast to learn more about indigenous representation: https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/

Check out more detailed show notes, further reading, and more on our website! https://seaweedbrainpodcast.wixsite.com/percabeth/blog

Carter and Erica celebrate the end of the original series (and season one) with a big ole Percabeth roundup, featuring special messages from listeners and very special guests from all your favorite PJO Podcasts!

Ch. 16-23. Carter and Erica fangirl scream their way through the ending of The Last Olympian and discuss who exactly deserves to be treated like a hero. Plus what's to come for the future of the pod!

Ch. 12ish-15! The second half of our conversation with Sammi covering Nico's backstory, Prometheus, even more of Ethan Nakamura's questionable ideology, Luke's backstory :/,and Mr. D's thing for velvet paintings. 

Ch. 9-12-ish. With a brand new special guest, Sammi Oh, we dig into Luke, the start of the Battle of Manhattan, and Percabeth SAVING. EACH OTHER?S. LIVES.

Ch. 1-8! With special guest, Kyle Prue, we discuss May Castellan, Hestia, Nico?s queer development, and the utterly elite Percabeth moment within the River Styx.

Join us and special guests Jorrel Javier (Original Broadway Cast Grover, Go Bobcats) and Thomas Laub (Broadway Producer, Go Blue) as we chat about The Lightning Thief Musical!

Ch. 15-20! Treachery! Battle! Resurrection! I AM THE GHOST KING! Wrapping up this delightfully exhausting book and setting ourselves up for the final war. Featuring the whole squad: Jackson, Ola, and Mike.

Ch. 12-14. We basically take an entire episode to talk Calypso: our thoughts, feelings, and the many tropes Rick approaches here. Plus Rachel is back and so is the Titan Army! Special shoutout to our token Asian, Ethan Nakamura. With special guests Ola Amokomowo and Jackson Bunis.