Camp Half-Pod: A Percy Jackson Podcast

Up on land, the team is having a rough time without MVP Annabeth. Nico acts incredibly emo and mysterious, but loses his emo card when he brings up Mytho Magic. Frank goes on an extremely weird side quest and meets the creator of Farmers Only. He also murders a bunch of fuzzy cows to save his girlfriend. And gets hot in the process of it. Nature is healing. Down below, Percy learns that riptide ca...

This week, Leo and the team end up in Bologna (vocabulary word #1) and he has some spooky dreams about Clytius (vocabulary word #2). We lose our minds over the pronunciation of Clytius. Manasa also brings up a goat that keeps burning down. Leo has to fight some demon monkey dwarves. Meanwhile, in Tartarus, Annabeth and Percy confront Kelli, and then are saved by Bob, formerly known as Iapetus. We...

We’re back with House of Hades!!! This book is already so good. Hazel gets an incredible horse girl moment. She also meets Hecate. Erin has a new favorite Greek myth - Gale the Witch. Gale was a Bad Bladder B!tch. We give you some weasel facts you didn’t ask for. Percy and Annabeth, meanwhile, are not having a good time. They take a bath in some sad water and then drink some spicy water. Manasa wo...

IT'S TIME!!!! The final chapters are here, and they're just as great as we remember. We talk about Annabeth and her fatal flaw, and how both Annabeth and Percy's fatal flaws are what lead to their, literal, downfall. Tartarus emanates rage, which sounds like a girlboss to us. Annabeth defeats Arachne, but at what cost? Percy and Annabeth begin their very, very long fall (also, there's a Leo chapte...

Percy, Jason, and Piper face some battles of their own in this one. First, we deal with Piper's vision coming true, and also a whole chapter about a flood that is pointless. We discuss the Flood Myth and how it permeates a lot of religions, which is cool (link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth). They then find Nico in a jar! But it's not that easy - first they must fight two stupid giants....

Things are getting intense for Annabeth this episode!! She beats some (kind of dumb) ghosts and earns the esteemed title of Big Mommy. We both flex our hubris muscles and claim that the Mark of Athena challenges don’t seem that hard. Annabeth finally meets the big boss of this book, Arachne, a gatekeeping queen. Arachne’s myth is real messed up and not a good look for Athena. We also get some Leo...

We start off this one with some Piper chapters that are more about Jason than Piper, which is disappointing. They meet Hercules, who has a story that is so fun and family friendly. Piper becomes Food Boy (please look up that movie). Percy has a lot of feelings about letting Annabeth go on her quest alone. They meet dolphin pirates, which are very exciting for Erin!!! Annabeth goes off on her own t...

Manasa gets stuck with the big chapters this time. Annabeth and the girls have a girls trip to have tea with Aphrodite. Jason tries to defend the Romans for being confederate soldiers. Annabeth finds a special map to guide her on the Mark of Athena quest. We discover that eagles actually don’t have noses, so this book has at least one major plot hole. Leo, Frank, and Hazel have a whole underwater...

It’s time for an all about Percy episode! Rick makes a return to demigod dreams, and we meet our favorite giants thus far. We create a new character in the Riordanverse, the villain hairstylist. Nico is in a jar. Pomegranates are not like the other fruits. Annabeth and Percy have some ~alone time~ in the stables. Percy has clearly already named all their future children. Coach Hedge is kind of poi...

This week we’re returning to Leo and Piper for our narration, and they’re both insecure! Leo doesn’t know how to be around women. Brick x Jason begins. We meet Nemesis! Piper is constantly worried about Jason. Katoptris gives us visions now. Jason and Percy have a Fight, and the eidolons are honestly much scarier than any of the giants. We discuss spoons and pitch an idea for a new movie, The Haun...

Time for a new book!!! We adore this book. This episode is ALL about Annabeth, as all good things should be. Manasa is still trying to marry off Reyna. Percy and Annabeth reunite and we both just want to scream and cry about it. We discuss the judo-flip and the online discourse about it. Can you tell Erin works in relationships education? We get two (count ‘em!) prophecy recitations and finalize t...

Popping in here to give y’all a quick little bonus episode where we talk about how excited we are for this casting! Congrats to Walker, Leah, and Aryan! And keep being the supportive and welcoming community we know the PJO fandom is capable of. Also, we are now all your legal guardians.

It’s time to finish Son of Neptune! We both really like this book. Frank embraces his morphing powers and impresses Hazel with them. Frank burns his stick and frees Thanatos. They beat up Alcyoneus (without a god??? SOMEHOW). Percy gets his memories all the way back, and is rightfully pissed at Hera. We wrap up this book with a battle and then a message from Leo - the Argo II is coming to New Rome...

We begin this episode by freeing ourselves from pronouncing Gaea the way the Google told us to. The gang makes it to Alaska, and Percy continues to get his memories back. Also, he FINALLY calls his mom. They make it to Hubbard Glacier and discover that death is actually kinda hot. We spent a really weird amount of time trying to decide if wings are hot. Alcyoneus makes a dramatic entrance and we h...

In which Rick doesn’t tell us why the Minotaur crossed the road. It was probably to see Erin. Or to get away from the female ogres wearing leather bikinis (why, Rick? WHY?). We talk about burden-sharing in friendships and how sometimes we gotta take on burdens for each other and that’s okay! The gang goes to home of CEO Entrepreneur Jeffrey Bezos. The Amazon headquarters is full of men chained up...

This week we are joined by Robert from TheDamMemePage to talk chapters 21-28 of Son of Neptune! Erin starts spiraling about Frank’s Animorphing powers. Robert curses our brains about Frank’s stick. The gang goes to meet Ferb’s brother, Phineas. Manasa reveals herself to actually be Ferb. We don’t know how to pronounce all these words. Percy does the most Percy thing - winging it and risking his li...

Nico is coming in hot with a black, goth, special toga. Thanatos is likened to border patrol, and we think it might be better if he’s chained then. The gang gets approved for a quest. The Romans have a navy. That navy is a single boat. We get more of Hazel’s backstory, and it is very sad (how much trauma can Rick fit in one girl???). Hazel is attacked by grain. We pronounce EVERYTHING wrong in thi...

We open up this episode with an impeccable performance by Nico, the boy with a secret family. All the new characters have Secrets. Hazel makes cool cursed rocks. We imagine Pluto as Pluto the dog. Frank ALSO has a curse, but it’s not as cool. Manasa wants to play war games. Percy refuses to bow to a god, like the bad boy he is. We love to see it. //////////// SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.pat...

Drumroll please…. It’s PERCY TIME!!! We are thrilled to once again be reading about our beloved Percy Jackson, our favorite cop car stealing boy (Jason could never). Percy gives us a bag tour. We get emotional about Percabeth. We wonder if our parents are secretly deities. Manasa makes the bold statement that all Romans are furries and, in a twist of events, comes down in defense of Freud. We lear...

WE ARE FINALLY DONE WITH THIS BOOK. The actual final battle occurs. There are like 3 separate villain monologues in these 8 chapters. Evil Elsa strikes again. Jason fights the large green man. Chiron is a dick for never telling anyone about the bunker. We’re both really really ready for the next book. //////////// SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US...

There are a lot of battles in this book. Jason gets all the good fight scenes, but somehow they are also lame. We miss the dramatic villains like Kruke, and think Gaea should take some acting classes. Zeus zaps Enchilada man. Piper and her dad have a nice moment. Rick says if you have trauma you should just forget it. Leo flies a plane! Hera is coming out of her cage, and she is (not) doing just f...

Both of us have fully lost our minds in this one. Manasa has an enemy now. This quest is honestly kind of confusing. Hedge and Mellie have a meet-cute. Aphrodite is a good parent for like one second. We don’t like the way Gaea is pronounced. The Greeks hate human legs. Rick loves knocking people out. Shrek and his family are slaughtered. We are in mourning. Also Shrek does NOT have a last name. //...

There are a lot of side quests in this one. Like, a LOT. They meet Midas, whose curse is the worst. Jason gets lit with Lit. We wonder if Jason could be cool if he wasn’t boring. We meet the first ever werewolf, let’s go Team Jacob. Jason has a reunion with his long lost sister, our girl Thalia. Leo continues to be a trauma towel. Neither one of us wants Midas’s curse, not even a bit. Manasa is ha...

Everyone take a seat, it’s the Medea episode. Erin comes down in support of our murdering queen Medea. Manasa is not so sure. Jason is pretty dumb in these chapters. Piper does the MOST and is the only one with the brain cell. We say goodbye to our unhinged king, Festus. You may not have lived a long life, but it was very unhinged, and now you are free. We also discuss malls and how they’ve become...

Lots of chaos in these chapters, folks. For some reason, we take a stance against the French language. We wish Boreas was cool like the Ice King from Adventure Time. White men should stop trying to write about the experiences of women of color. Piper breaks her ankle. Leo has a lot of trauma still. We wish he got friendship instead of a girlfriend. Manasa supports arson. Erin was once called vanil...