Unwise Girls

The House of Hades, ch. 7 to 12 The long, dark trek through The House of Hades has barely even begun. Need a little bit of easy listening to get you through it? This week, the Unwise Girls talk about headphone woes, the true price of fortune cookies, Jason leading (but only in Ls), dual readings on Frank's character progression, Leo's firm stance against the military-industrial complex, Rick Riord...

The House of Hades, ch. 1 to 6 After our wacky detour to a Camp Half-Blood filled with creeps and ghouls, we return for a brand new book! This week, the Unwise Girls begin the penultimate entry in the Heroes of Olympus by talking about Hazel finally getting to take the spotlight again, the fact that this book is somehow 20 chapters longer than the last and yet the same number of pages, Darth Hekat...

Camp Half-Blood's Hermes cabin are engaging in a friendly practice game of Capture the Flag - it's a teambuilding exercise, although the exasperated Pippa and competitive Helga have their own reasons for participating. Meanwhile, the dryad Kindling notices something is very, very wrong in the forest. When the three of them enter the woods to solve the problem on their own, they realize that a thre...

Back in October, Moonshot did a 24-hour live stream to raise money for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. One of the donation incentives was for us, the Unwise Girls, to do an actual play of Possum Creek Games' horror TTRPG Sleepaway set at Camp Half-Blood ... and it's finally arrived! Our good friend Marcy has joined us in this setup episode as we go over what the game is, create a Camp Ha...

The Mark of Athena, ch. 49 to 52 It's not just the end of a book - it's the end of an era as we close out the first two years and one hundred episodes of Unwise Girls! Join us in our chapter discussions as we talk about rational self interest, the differences between Percy and Annabeth's views of the gods, grounding yourself in the status quo, goofy ass villains, friendship guy, Coach Hedge gettin...

The Mark of Athena, ch. 45 to 48 Make way, citizens of Rome, for the procession towards the Colosseum! This week, the Unwise Girls are talking about Rick Riordan's evolved understanding of how to write a fight scene, absolutely humiliating scenes to read, [redacted] bread, ADHD gaming, Dionysus' role in demonstrating the morality of the gods, the Percy/Jason shipping scene explodes, a boy of all t...

The Mark of Athena, ch. 41 to 44 There was a story your dad told you, once. It's sort of hazy after all of these years, sure, but doesn't it still live in you? In your bones? Well, this isn't that story, but it is Unwise Girls! We're continuing through The Mark of Athena's climax and talking this week about a major mistake in the casting announcements, how not breaking up with your boyfriend does...

The Mark of Athena, ch. 37 to 40 This week, our favourite Hero of Olympus has his final, glorious moment in the spotlight for this book, and he spends it... arsing around Rome and being kind of a dick to his friends. And we love him for it! Join us as we discuss how Leo thinks he's very cool despite being a little dork, Frank horse fantasies (and not from the person you'd expect), Archimdes' shiny...

The Mark of Athena, ch. 33 to 36 Oh no, that horrible crawling thing with eight legs, could it be...? That's right, it's Unwise Girls! We're back in the mines this week to talk about excruciatingly relatable moments of pain, how the Mark of Athena is just a beginner dungeon crawl, big mothers, male living spaces, a rare Jane-presented mythology corner, what it means for a god in a pantheon to be c...

The Mark of Athena, ch. 29 to 32 Mama mia, it's-a Italy! This week, the Unwise Girls are here - some crunchier than others - to talk about GF POV, Rick's Italian bias, what functions the second book in a series can serve (aka why we'll never escape Sea of Monsters), Chrysaor's second appearance, dumping six million dollars into your favorite god's Patreon, and a major overload in Janey's spaceship...

The Mark of Athena, ch. 25 to 28 Is that the Rock of Gibraltar I see? Ah, no, it's this week's episode of Unwise Girls! As our heroes finally reach the Mediterranean, we the audience finally get to meet possibly the most iconic figure of Greek myth. We talk about all the different kinds of ships you can find on a ship, Piper's story being treated as lesser (and how that's different from what's goi...

The Mark of Athena, ch. 21 to 24 Glub glub, we're fishin' for the big one this week on Unwise Girls! As our group of intrepid New Neo Civil War collaborators finally head off into the Atlantic, we end up covering a bunch of major, earth-shattering revelations... including the fact that Jane totally ruined our cover art! Apart from that, we talk about these chapters being suspiciously light for how...

The Mark of Athena, ch. 17 to 20 Okay... so, this week on Unwise Girls, I guess we talk about who the Leo of the podcast is, the return of Buford, seaweed brain moments, the entire ship doomscrolling to cope, Rick communicating hardship through stereotype, the normalization of dismissing kids' thoughts and fears, mythological hotness standards, and... and... oh god okay no I can't hold it back any...

The Mark of Athena, ch. 13 to 16 Uh oh, the Unwise Girls are back with another episode! After a bit of self-reflection on what makes this podcast special, we talk all about Percy's homophobia, how your fear affects your abilities, middle school brainspace, Nico's enrichment jar, the most important Demigod Diaries story, Frank's vibes aging like milk, fake love triangles, the big guy wars, 1940's v...

The Mark of Athena, ch. 9 to 12 Time to pay the Piper! This week on Unwise Girls's consistently impressed adventure through Mark of Athena, we talk about Jane being way too easily hornswoggled, Piper's self-doubt manifesting in the form of civil war, a son of Neptune definitely still being able to drown if we have anything to say about it, dudebro competitions, head injury counts, the Argogan Trai...

The Mark of Athena, ch. 5 to 8 Well, it's the second set of chapters, which - based on the past five or so books we've read - means it's time for us to start being disappointed with the book! Hmmm... but wait, it's still good? So good that it inspired Jane to form a complete and unified theory of the Riordanverse? Cool! This week, we discuss refreshing boys, love triangles that we don't hate, the...

The Mark of Athena, ch. 1 to 4 Ahoy and good tidings, listeners! This week the Unwise Girls begin our third reading of the Sea of Monst- uh, sorry, no, I've gotten my cards mixed up... it's Mark of Athena time, babey!!! After getting our spirits lifted by The Demigod Diaries, we're in pretty high spirits for this one, and so we take this opportunity to appreciate Annabeth finally getting to be the...

The Demigod Diaries In maybe the longest yet recorded episode of Unwise Girls, we take a break before starting on our next big novel to instead cover a supplementary book with stories ranging from years before the events of PJO to ones that take place mere months before The Son of Neptune. It absolutely rocks! We talk about how Luke did nothing wrong (except for all of the many things he did wrong...

The Son of Neptune, ch. 49 to 52 Despite our high hopes for this book coming off of The Lost Hero, The Son of Neptune has come to a sputtering end and even its biggest supporter is grabbing a knife to put it in the ground. Focusing mostly on a huge battle where none of the conflict ultimately affects the plot, we can't even find respite in Rick Riordan's usual specialty of compelling characters. I...

The Son of Neptune, ch. 45 to 48 Just like Frank's firewood, we're not feeling too hot about these chapters, and we're not going especially long either! This week on Unwise Girls, Hazel's character arc gets shot to hell, a lack of stakes makes Frank's character feel ultimately irrelevant, gods and demigods working together can basically mean whatever I guess, Alcyoneus is entirely devoid of intern...

Hercules (1997 film) hey folks!!! jacqueline here, i got really sick this week and my voice died so we couldn't record - so here's a bonus episode we technically promised we'd put out uhhh (checks notes) over a year ago? that can't be right! anyway, we talk about the movie HERCULES in it!!!! if you like hearing us do that, find more of that over on the patreon! in this episode, to quote the origin...

The Son of Neptune, ch. 41 to 44 This week on Unwise Girls, we talk about Hazel's final POV chapters, our theories on if the Mark of Athena will start a new pace for the series, how Alaska is filtered through different character's perspectives, British edition jumpscares, Perzy and Hacel, Rick Riordan turning out to be a pretty good writer, our surprising Luke stand-in for this book, the horror of...

The Son of Neptune, ch. 37 to 40 (sorry for the audio troubles this week, folks! jane's using a new laptop and due to this-and-that some of her words end up getting cut off throughout) This week on Unwise Girls, we talk about Rick's GMing mistakes, public transportation woes, big boys with big dogs, Octavian doing classic Roman stuff and Percy doing classic Greek stuff, Lightning Thief-level descr...

The Son of Neptune, ch. 33 to 36 It's basically all Frank Zhang for the Unwise Girls this week, folks! After a quick detour to the land of new releases to give our thoughts on The Sun and the Star, we talk about Rick Riordan making theories sound like facts, a pretty full dissection of Frank's character so far, Jane bringing out her STEM skill to understand family trees, a double Prophecy Predicti...

The Son of Neptune, ch. 29 to 32 This week on Unwise Girls, we talk about the road trip format wearing thin, femdom Amazon, Jane's special tips for dictators, Jacqueline's brain and audio crackling (sorry!), how abuse can complicate forgiveness as a concept, the literal horse, a long-needed sexyman return, the weird shit Neptune is into offscreen, competing Riordanverses, and how lacking we are of...