Camp Half-Pod: A Percy Jackson Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

We're back, baby! Starting off book 2 of the Magnus Chase series with the return, and consequent murder, of our favorite goat, Otis. Manasa brings up Hoodwinked this time. Magnus has a wild chase with a goat killer. Jack is really into pop music now and has had a lot of personality development. Jack is now Manasa's enemy. We get to meet Alex Fierro, a character we have long-anticipated, and see her in weasel form. Magnus is yearning immediately. Erin suggests watching both Hoodwinked and the Spongebob Movie for research purposes.

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We are finally finishing this book! Magnus gets to meet his dad, who sounds hot. We get the big reveal of this book -- X is actually Odin, and was this whole time. Manasa doesn't like this plotline. She also got X confused with Halfborn for half of this book. Erin sees herself in Odin's love for a good PowerPoint. He walks us through the prophecy line by line (probably with crappy PowerPoint animation). Magnus meets up with Annabeth again, and then the book ends on quite the cliffhanger, where we see Randolph and Loki scheming. We discuss our overall thoughts on this book (hint: they're positive!) and wrap up with some final thunder bolt questions for Sword of Summer.

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Magnus learns all about Valhalla this week. We reveal just how late in life we learned that Davey Crockett and Leif Erikson were real people. We deep dive on the Norns, and compare them to the Fates in Greek mythology. Sam, who we have already grown attached to, is removed from the Valkyries. Magnus gets to know his floormates more and then prepares for battle.

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This week we’re joined by our friend Avelaka to chat about the fan theories you all have sent in, and answer a few of our many fan lightning bolt questions! Topics include: nuerodiversity in PJO and HoO, Jason’s sexuality, Aphrodite’s appearance, Manasa bullying Frank in a fight, being a demigod with no powers, and of course, Luke. Tune in to get to know Vel and hear all our thoughts on your fan theories! ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://anchor.fm/camp-half-pod

These are the LAST PERCY CHAPTERS EVER. We are feeling emotional! But first, it’s time to chat about Hazel’s battle with Pasiphae (and Clytius). These chapters are super cool. Hazel has such a great character arc in these! The gang defeats the bad guys (for now) and all gets out safely. We love seeing them work together. We then get to say goodbye to Percy - these chapters, while not long enough, are also a really lovely ending to his POV and make us feel hope for him and Annabeth. Also… what does the “…” mean?! Check out our episode where we talk about Pasiphae on the Monstrous Women podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Xc8cV3h4TofRJJX5Q1mK9?si=oRrLZTZOSEufBgIYHqJQZg ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://anchor.fm/camp-half-pod

Did somebody say promotion? The above ground crew isn’t above ground anymore, as they’ve descended into the House of Hades. We also get a very odd moment in which Coach Hedge reveals that he knocked up Mellie. Frank is feeling like a real praetor, newly promoted by Jason and in command of a nice ghostly army. And in Tartarus, it’s time for the final battle, complete with elevators and Escape (The Pina Colada Song). We say goodbye to the two purest characters in this book - Bob and Tartarus Shrek. ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://anchor.fm/camp-half-pod

It’s time for Jason’s most pointless chapters yet. He decides to choose Greek. Again. Thus he becomes son of Zuepiter. He harnesses some wind and actually becomes a horse girl. All Greek demigods are horse girls. They reunite with Leo and Erin decides to ship Leo and Jason. Down below, Percy and Annabeth are in the heart of Tartarus and approaching the Doors of Death. But they get stopped by the man, the myth, the legend, Tartarus himself!!! Tartarus has the actual coolest outfit ever. We discuss Italian food vs. Greek food. ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://anchor.fm/camp-half-pod

We made it to Manasa’s favorite chapters - Leo and Calypso! It’s the return of cottage core queen Calyspo. These four chapters show enemies to lovers done well. We talk about the best enemies to lovers, which is Bridgerton season 2. Kanthony 4ever. Down below, Annabeth and Percy meet the embodiment of night, Nyx. Manasa claims that Nyx is a MILF. Jumping off of things with your SO is a good bonding experience. Please don’t sue us. ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://anchor.fm/camp-half-pod

We’ve made it to episode 69. Nice. Podcast over. (Just kidding!!) This week, Piper uses the power of loooooooooove to defeat Khione. Erin somehow references the Santa Clause 3, AGAIN. There are also SpongeBob references. Rick copied the SpongeBob Movie. In Tartarus, Dark Percy emerges!! Percy fights Akhlys. We discuss blood bending. Manasa likes that Percy can bend poison. We talk about all our thoughts on Dark Percy… most of which are actually quite positive! Yes Percy, go off! ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://anchor.fm/camp-half-pod

God gives his strongest warriors the weirdest tummy aches. Nico and Jason are in Split. Erin has been to Split once, so can be annoying about it. Rick introduces us to the existence of gay characters. Jason literally didn’t know you could be gay before this chapter. Manasa decides Jason is actually very funny now. We discuss the outing Nico scene. In Tartarus, Annabeth and Percy meet up with Damasen, aka, Tartarus Shrek. We get some very deep reflections from Bob and Damasen. Freud would have a field day with Damasen’s Mommy/Daddy issues. We advocate for locking Freud up. ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://anchor.fm/camp-half-pod