Unwise Girls

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 31 to 34 This week on Unwise Girls, we talk about how great it can feel to quit a job - oh, and also about the book, of course. We discuss increasingly halfhearted poetry, god-tier deflection, Zeus's most apt rhyme, the different ways trauma can manifest itself, Woody Guthrie as a perfect vector for Rick's politics, the power of limericks, and a quick and dirty stop in the p...

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 27 to 30 This week on Unwise Girls, we're finally having a proper introduction to our big villain for the series (or at least the next few books) - and he's actually really fucked up!! We talk about how Rick more and less successfully sets up Monsieur Beast, U.S. endgoals, the clear view across Apollo's arc, the legitimacy of the gods, self-serving sorrow, and how abuse can...

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 23 to 26 This week on Unwise Girls: After exploring the mystery of the Great Riordan Website Wipe, we continue on through the Hidden Oracle and talk about ambiguously originated ants, extensive plagiarism, hippie punching, re-litigating the heart of the west, an update on Joan of Arc, calling into question the legitimacy of the gods, twilight lives, and the ungodly trio of w...

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 19 to 22 This week on Unwise Girls we talk about the animal world turning against Jane, slowing the pace down, missed opportunities for some great black comedy, the death of The Sun King, superhero origin stories and our fan-casting, retcons that work more or less smoothly, some real uncomfortable implications about Rachel Elizabeth Dare's relationship with Apollo, traitor t...

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 15 to 18 This week on Unwise Girls we talk about a genuine day in the life at Camp Half-Blood, the promise of five straight bangers, murder mystery stylings, how angry we are about Rick writing out our favorite character, swerving deep into the River Styx very suddenly, birth dads, the religion of science, 4000 year old failboys, and how you can play with mythical notoriety....

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 11 to 14 After a little bit of show-and-tell, this week of Unwise Girls kicks off with us finally getting into groove with The Hidden Oracle. We talk about coping with your teenage dad, ally-coding, the isolation you experience when you're alone with people you don't share a language with and also they cut your arms off, the where-they-are-now for the Heroes of Olympus, more...

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 7 to 10 This time, welcome back to Camp Half-Blood for real! We're here with Apollo, Meg, and all our favorite friends. Now, let's gather around the campfire, drink our bug juice, and take this week on Unwise Girls to discuss the potential for redemption in the works of Rick Riordan, timeline slip-ups, Apollo suffering so that Magnus may thrive, the dwindling population of C...

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 1 to 6 Welcome back, Camp Half-Blood! Well, okay, not quite yet, but... welcome back to the Greek myth world of Rick Riordan! This week on Unwise Girls, we've started into a whole new adventure... with a whole new protagonist! That's right, we're in the Apollo Zone... er, the Lester Zone? The Meg Zone?? It's unclear! But we've finally got a really genuine attempt at a new an...

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard retrospective It's funny, isn't it? For a book series we enjoyed so much to close on such a bittersweet note. From high beginnings to tragically low endings, Magnus Chase was a hell of a ride... so let's talk about it! We give out awards to our favorite (and least favorite) bits of the series, discuss how our predictions for the series panned up (and re-up the o...

9 from the Nine Worlds This week on Unwise Girls, we read the worst thing we've ever read. Come back next week for our Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard retrospective! Check out our Patreon! ( https://www.patreon.com/unwisegirls ) Follow the show ( https://twitter.com/unwisegirls ) Join our Discord! ( https://discord.gg/XnhhwzKQ8d ) Hosted by Jacqueline ( https://twitter.com/swampduchess ) and J...

The Ship of the Dead, ch. 43 to 48 This week on Unwise Girls, Magnus Chase comes to a close(?) as we finish the last(?) book in the series and discuss why it's actually bad that Magnus likes his friends, why we're mad at him for building a shelter, unfiltered levels of Seething About The Election as have rarely been seen in a Riordan book previous, repeating the mistakes of The Heroes of Olympus,...

The Ship of the Dead, ch. 37 to 42 This week on Unwise Girls, we start off strong with a lot of enthusia - wait, Jane, no, take your hand off the steering wheel! You're driving us straight off a cliff!! Instead of mindless gushing, we have to face questions about if Magnus's character really holds up in time for the climax, Avatar finale problems, purposefully dorky description, the state of Halfb...

The Ship of the Dead, ch. 31 to 36 This week on Unwise Girls, the brainworms that drive us toward toxic yuri have infected us; unfortunately, they also make us go on incredibly long tangents about characters we wish were in the book instead of the hallmates. We also discuss breaking Irish stereotypes, whittling characters down to the most base possible gender archetypes, moms who know best, the sw...

The Ship of the Dead, ch. 25 to 30 This week on Unwise Girls we talk about the unfortunately platonic-seeming relationship between Hearthstone and Blitzen, the confusing trajectory of gay(?) anti-Irish(?) misogynist (that one's not in question) Halfborn Gunderson, pawns of prophecy, the best things to do while pissing, the emotion of inheritance, and the apparently inherent evil of helping people...

The Ship of the Dead, ch. 19 to 24 This week on Unwise Girls we talk about Jane's big travel mistake, a pretty dead-on depiction of York, the psychology of TJ, the troubles with assuming someone's gender, also just The Troubles, triage, Seinfeld, things you probably can't actually blame on Loki, Riordan's signature childhood animal trauma, and highly conspicuous Tolkien references. Come back next...

Tres Navarre, Book 1: Big Red Tequila while the janes are away (on vacation), the jacquelines will play (by putting up the first episode of our coverage of rick riordan's ORIGINAL series, tres navarre, on the main feed!!!!). please enjoy! here's the original description: well well well. this has been a long time coming. you thought you could just roll on back into the Patreon feed and everything w...

The Ship of the Dead, ch. 13 to 18 Remember feet? We used to laugh about feet. Nowadays, when feet come up, all we can do is sigh and shake our heads. This week on Unwise Girls we talk about how Jane has sold out, Loki's greatest trick yet, gawping at toes, what place honor and goodness have in worldbuilding, workplace psychopathy, Alex's favorite anime, internalized anti-Irish prejudice, expandin...

The Ship of the Dead, ch. 7 to 12 This week on Unwise Girls we pull into the very first stretch of our final adventure and discuss the very first Orange Man Bad moment of Rick's writing career, comforting yourself with structure, pots of mead and/or honey, unfunny hipsters, green-haired Flanderization, TFW, effective safeguards against alcoholism, and super sexy foot stuff. Come back next week for...

The Ship of the Dead, ch. 1 to 6 If you haven't trimmed your toenails yet, this book may yet be your reminder. We've entered the final book of Magnus Chase! This week we discuss our general enthusiasm which is partially propelled by a perfunctory and performative but still pretty pleasant Percy appearance, a trip into Randolph's dirty laundry, the hallmates finally (maybe?) getting to become chara...

The Hammer of Thor, ch. 51 to 57 (cw for mentions of suicide throughout the episode) And so we've reached the end of The Hammer of Thor! It's been a journey of high highs and medium lows, so how does the book end up in our estimation? This week we talk about the incredible power of pandering, Riordan's patented Big Action Set Piece formula, the different suicide missions our characters have ended...

The Hammer of Thor, ch. 46 to 50 This week on Unwise Girls, Jane and Jacqueline are... a bit disgruntled as they discuss Hammer of Thor has swerved away from Son of Neptune and straight into The Lost Hero as character arcs fail to add up to an interesting finale, Rick's prejudices continue to show through in how the villains are presented, Loki deserves an ambiguous amount of pity for being in ete...

The Hammer of Thor, ch. 41 to 45 (content warning: this week we talk about the book's questionable inclusion of a looming threat of sexual violence against a teenage girl, and that's from about 31:50 to 34:30) This week, Jane, Jay, Marn and Andrew return for another episode of Unwise Girls as they talk about these chapters super normal-style, including such topics as incredibly new hobbies, the eq...

The Hammer of Thor, ch. 36 to 40 The Moonshot Patreon carolers have come a-calling once again, and Unwise Girls carries on! This week we discuss chapter dimishment syndrome, Maggie, drastic appearance changes, crass British traditions, Blade III, health and bodily autonomy, future challenges, purposeful wolf obliviousness, and what it really feels like for your godly parent to try and get involved...

The Hammer of Thor, ch. 31 to 35 This week on Unwise Girls we talk about what's churning around down there Spider-Man style for Heimdall, the great Sam and Alex mixup, when names do and don't have power, a little sitdown with one Mr. Freud, Rick Riordan's new and original joke where a big guy is called Tiny - plus, some frankly wild claims about our fellow Moonshot podcasts! Come back next week fo...

The Hammer of Thor, ch. 26 to 30 I feel I should clarify up front that this is not, in fact, our first ever live episode. The title might be confusing. However, it is our first episode on these five chapters from the second Magnus Chase book! We finish up our slow and steady trek through Alfheim with some discussion on the richest crustpunk, a tentative pause to Hearth and Blitz's story, the rheto...