Unwise Girls

A Very Special Final* Episode These past five and a half years on Unwise Girls, we've talked about so much nonsense it's almost hard to keep track. But we've had a good time, haven't we? So let's sit back and run a victory lap on this last ever regular episode of Unwise Girls. We'll tell you all about a very special piece of Riordanverse errata that you thought we'd never cover, and then we'll spe...

Wrath of the Triple Goddess, ch. 36 to 39 This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss all the hits: Percy Jackson and his(?) relationship to transfemininity, the eternal Riordan problem of second books not being worthwhile, a muddled repeat of an ending, surprisingly deft character writing moments, what Grover's final moments in the torment nexus will look like, and the Spice Girls. Come back next week...

Wrath of the Triple Goddess, ch. 31 to 35 This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss Peter Stuyvesant a good bit, but also a lot of other stuff! I dunno, it's episode 248, do I really need to write episode descriptions for this show anymore? It's the show. You know her. Come back next week for Wrath of the Triple Goddess, ch. 36 to 39! Check out our Patreon! ( https://www.patreon.com/unwisegirls ) Foll...

Wrath of the Triple Goddess, ch. 26 to 30 This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss Deltarune, the tragedy of our GOAT, a fix to some of our previous problems, Percy's journey to learn that women are people, more overt magical school allusions, the sad state of being a woman who is a mother, and the superpower of neurodivergence. Come back next week for Wrath of the Triple Goddess, ch. 31 to 35! Check...

Wrath of the Triple Goddess, ch. 21 to 25 This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss the consequences of social transition, Flanderization, weaponized incompetence, washboard abs, /r/kitchencels, prioritizing bits over consistency, a return to an older structure, and a conversation that we just have to have about Grover. Come back next week for Wrath of the Triple Goddess, ch. 26 to 30! Check out our P...

Wrath of the Triple Goddess, ch. 16 to 20 This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss abusive doggy dynamics, a confusing pandemic timeline, Percy's lack of grasp on his own personal history, Grover's double life, tragic yaoi meters exploding, more Rick Old Man moments, and epic business fails. Come back next week for Wrath of the Triple Goddess, ch. 21 to 25! Check out our Patreon! ( https://www.patreo...

Wrath of the Triple Goddess, ch. 11 to 15 This week on Unwise Girls, we've hit the Early-Mid-Book Wackies... as they are officially known. We discuss the fine differences between puppies and polecats, dissect anti-Greek sentiment, place a close watch over the placenta, return to a topic our podcast hasn't covered in a dog's age, and conjure toxic lesbian situationships into being. Come back next w...

Wrath of the Triple Goddess, ch. 6 to 10 This week on Unwise Girls, we continue our rather pleasant job of book-sitting Wrath of the Triple Goddess. We discuss ephemeral sibling relationships, pretty good advice from Rick's self-insert, Grover getting inflated big and round, the horror of Hecuba, poor puppies, polecats by any other name, food trucks, and a belated review of covers! Come back next...

Wrath of the Triple Goddess, ch. 1 to 5 We're finally here! This week on Unwise Girls, we've finally started the most recently published book by good ol' Rick Riordan. Things get sweet and sour as we discuss toilet humor, magical schools, character popularity, surprise Spanish tutors, books within books, hidden pasts, types of boymoder, Annabeth's no good very bad idea, and goddesses of a distinct...

Daughter of the Deep What does a successful writer do after finishing up a victory lap on his latest pentalogy? In 2021, Rick Riordan decided to celebrate by writing something entirely out of the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles universe for the first time in, like, 15 years. This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss Daughter of the Deep. Did Rick pull out all the stops, or did he fall back into old habits?...

Not cishet. Sorry for leaving you all alone in the feed this whole time!!! Jane has been very ill, but I didn't want to leave you without anything to listen to forever. So I, Jacqueline, sat down in the recording booth for the first ever entirely solo episode of Unwise Girls. In this episode, I discuss just how not-cishet all these Rick Riordan characters really are. Do I cover all of them? No. Do...

Cold Springs About twenty years ago, Rick Riordan published a thrilling novel about troubled children, the abuse they face at school and home, what it means for the parent-child relationship to be pushed to the brink, and the dangerous lengths people will go to when their families are put on the line. But enough about The Lightning Thief - we're here to talk about Cold Springs! Have you ever wonde...

The Chalice of the Gods, ch. 30 to 35 This week on Unwise Girls, we've greedily guzzled down the whole contents of the Chalice and found little bits of gold at the bottom! Well, I mean, like, not in a dangerous way, just in the cool and kind of magical way. We didn't swallow metal, we prommy! We discuss totally heterosexual dreams of a totally monogamous future, the tastiest mythics, new and innov...

The Chalice of the Gods, ch. 24 to 29 This week on Unwise Girls, we're beginning the end as we discuss the resolution of The Chalice of the Gods' antagonist, our favorite narrative moves in a long time, smart characterization, fun interaction between good friends, the games we hate, the jokes we love to make ourselves laugh at, and so much more! Come back next week for The Chalice of the Gods, ch....

The Chalice of the Gods, ch. 18 to 23 This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss boycotting Spotify ( https://bdsmovement.net/boycott-spotify ) and how we will no longer be publishing episodes on there. I'm not sure anything else we do in this episode really qualifies as..... "discussion," but I still hope that you enjoy. Come back next week for The Chalice of the Gods, ch. 24 to 29! Check ou...

The Chalice of the Gods, ch. 12 to 17 Get wet or get even! This week on Unwise Girls we discuss the little details that Riordan can explore now that he isn't tying himself to the railroad tracks of road trip adventure stories, your boss's nepo baby cringeteen, Percy's complete failure to do anything but protect the status quo, the post-2020 doldrums, fun new parent-child dynamics, and Jane's favor...

The Chalice of the Gods, ch. 6 to 11 The Senior Year Adventures stay strong as we enter full nostalgia mode in the Chuck E. Cheese from hell. This week on Unwise Girls we discuss nostalgia trips, sliding timescales but like very literally, healing Sally Jackson's character, child safety locks, the Boomer debacle, and... implied framing devices? In my Percy Jackson book? Come back next week for The...

The Chalice of the Gods, ch. 1 to 5 Maybe it isn't so over. Maybe we really can be so fucking back. This week on Unwise Girls, we let optimism back in the room and embrace her as we finally kick back into Percy Jackson mode with The Senior Year Adventures. What will Percy, Annabeth and Grover get up to this time? We'll discuss that and more, so listen on!!! Come back next week for The Chalice of t...

Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo, Demigods of Olympus, Camp Jupiter Classified: A Probatio's Journal, and Un Natale Mezzosangue Boy, is that a mouthful! And we've got more than a mouthful of stories for you this week, folks. Here at Unwise Girls Inc., we've decided to really clean up our act and cover all the miscellaneous little stories we've left in the cracks along the way. That's right,...

The Court of the Dead, ch. 37 to 41 The Court of the Dead is over. Nico di Angelo and his ridiculous little adventures have drawn to a close (for now). So what are we left with in the wake of that? Who will remain? How will we recover? This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss all of the threads that have been left unpulled, every strange character decision, each time Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro retr...

The Court of the Dead, ch. 32 to 36 This week on Unwise Girls we discuss the problem with holding your cacodemon in public, total world-shattering changes to the status quo (and the best way to reverse them within 5 chapters!), Nico dabbling with plurality, short-lived judges, twins of a certain quality, and more! Come back next week for The Court of the Dead, ch. 37 to 41! Check out our Patreon!...

The Court of the Dead, ch. 27 to 31 This week on Unwise Girls we discuss the matter of minions, uncomplicated teenage sexuality, justice for thee but not for me, mothers from the mom factory, the line that won't be crossed within the Riordanverse, some pretty good bits, and how the gods have always been really good and supportive parents who are just trying their best. Come back next week for The...

The Court of the Dead, ch. 22 to 26 This week on Unwise Girls we discuss conditionally granted acceptance, characters dissolving into ooze, the mist dissolving into ooze, metaphors dissolving into ooze, themes actively working against each other, royal history lessons from Professor Janey, why it's okay when the protagonists do it, and another failed source of nutrition for Tantalus. Come back nex...

The Court of the Dead, ch. 17 to 21 This week on Unwise Girls we discuss court-approved courts, mythic-approved mythics, women equipped with big rods and sacks, demons and their special little travel methods, metaphors as broadly useful as rusty multi-tools, lawyersonas, and more! Come back next year for The Court of the Dead, ch. 22 to 26! Check out our Patreon! ( https://www.patreon.com/unwisegi...

The Court of the Dead, ch. 12 to 16 Ehhh? Unwise Girls? Why, that podcast hasn't released an episode since last year...! But wait, speak up, I can't hear you! Because of my aging ears! Because we've reached five whole years of Unwise Girls and that's just enough time for my ears to have aged!!!! In our glorious 2026 return we discuss the double trap of respectability as a theme, upgrading communic...