Return to Camp Half-Blood: A Percy Jackson Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

What do Imagine Dragons and Magnus Chase have in common? Suspiciously more than you'd think! Rock golems, mormons, and dead characters as Brayden, Ava, and Niamh discuss Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead Chapters 21 - 24!

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This week the team deabtes Ireland and England, how much they like TJ, and who might die! As Brayden, Niamh, and Ava read and discuss Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead Chapters 17 - 20.

Don't worry this episode is REAL and totally NOT an illusion made by a Norse Giant! Brayden, Ava, and Niamh discuss the lines between what is real and what isnt looking at Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor Chapters 37 - 42.

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In the english class you've always wanted, three friends from college re-read one of their favorite childhood series. Having completed Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus, Brayden Stallman, Ava Pirie, Niamh Sherlock are now tackling Trials of Apollo. By taking on a few chapters at a time and analyze the books through various themes, this podcast attempts to apply these themes to life. Find Out More At returntocamp.com Twitter & Instagram: @ReturnToCamp Support!: https://ko-fi.com/returntocamp Hosts: @brydnstllmn @niamhhsherlock @avapirie

This week Brayden and Niamh are joined by Darien Smartt from the Muses of Mythology, Entering Storybrooke, and Thats the Sitch podcasts. They look further into how Rick Riordan reworks the myths of Apollo into a redemption arch, the way Rhea is canonized, and what it means to develop relationships along side your positionality. Together the team analyzes Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle, Chapters 25 - 28 through the theme of Revelation.

Thanks to Darien for guest hosting! Find her @dariensmartt and musesofmythology.com

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Recommendations This Week:

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Chapter Summary:

Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Apollo’s priestess and the Oracle of Delphi, flies into the camp using her dad's helicopter. She agrees with Apollo's suspicions that Triumvirate Holdings is behind the attempt to control the Oracles, and that she thinks the missing campers are being led to the Grove of Dodona. Apollo and Meg enter the woods in search of the grove. A geyser spirit or palikos directs them to the gateway to the grove while advertising the woods to the pair. Apollo and Meg are attacked by the ants or myrmeke. Apollo distracts the ants by playing the ukulele, breaking his oath to the River Styx. In the process, another set of ants carry off Meg to their lair.

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Credits:

Return to Camp Half-Blood is an independent podcast by Brayden Stallman, Niamh Sherlock, and Ava Pirie. Each week these friends from college dive deep into the books of the Percy Jackson universe by Rick Riordan, starting with Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, and now Trials of Apollo. While analyzing each set of chapters, the trio takes an english class approach while diving into how this effects their lives, relates to pop culture, and means about its relationship to literature and the Greek classics. Find out more about this podcast at returntocamp.com

Music courtesy of Purple Planet Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

This week Ava, Brayden, and Niamh evaluate the effectiveness of the plaikos' marketing for the Camp Half-Blood Woods and absolutely read the giant ants to filth. They dive deep into the tactics that characters like Apollo, Percy, and Piper use to combat powers greater than themselves and why Rick Riordan's stories focus on these tactics. Together the team analyzes Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle, Chapters 21 - 24 through the theme of Charisma.

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Listen to the Hidden Oracle Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3IjSooa

Keep up with the Offerings and Votes Off: https://bit.ly/451WJ9j

Find Us on Socials:

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok: @ReturnToCamp

For more of your Hosts: @brydnstllmn @niamhhsherlock @avapirie

Help Fund This Cast:

Donate the price of a coffee to keep us going! https://ko-fi.com/returntocamp

Buy cool merch at Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/onthevergepro/shop

Recommendations This Week:

The Other Two on HBOMax (now MAX)

Chapter Summary:

Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Apollo’s priestess and the Oracle of Delphi, flies into the camp using her dad's helicopter. She agrees with Apollo's suspicions that Triumvirate Holdings is behind the attempt to control the Oracles, and that she thinks the missing campers are being led to the Grove of Dodona. Apollo and Meg enter the woods in search of the grove. A geyser spirit or palikos directs them to the gateway to the grove while advertising the woods to the pair. Apollo and Meg are attacked by the ants or myrmeke. Apollo distracts the ants by playing the ukulele, breaking his oath to the River Styx. In the process, another set of ants carry off Meg to their lair.

Read On:

Buy Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle from an independent book store

Credits:

Return to Camp Half-Blood is an independent podcast by Brayden Stallman, Niamh Sherlock, and Ava Pirie. Each week these friends from college dive deep into the books of the Percy Jackson universe by Rick Riordan, starting with Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, and now Trials of Apollo. While analyzing each set of chapters, the trio takes an english class approach while diving into how this effects their lives, relates to pop culture, and means about its relationship to literature and the Greek classics. Find out more about this podcast at returntocamp.com

Music courtesy of Purple Planet Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

This week Ava, Brayden, and Niamh are gooped and gagged by the reveals and twists in this set of chapters. They dive deep into what the Triumvirate means and the clues that are retconned together about it. Together the team analyzes Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle, Chapters 12 - 20 through the theme of Revelation.

Dive In More:

Listen to the Hidden Oracle Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3IjSooa

Keep up with the Offerings and Votes Off: https://bit.ly/451WJ9j

Find Us on Socials:

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok: @ReturnToCamp

For more of your Hosts: @brydnstllmn @niamhhsherlock @avapirie

Help Fund This Cast:

Donate the price of a coffee to keep us going! https://ko-fi.com/returntocamp

Buy cool merch at Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/onthevergepro/shop

Recommendations This Week:

Succession on HBOMax (now MAX)

Chapter Summary:

Meg and Apollo are paired for the three legged death race. The two enter the Labyrinth, they overhear a conversation between Python the Beast. The Beast tells Python that he will be able to control all the Oracles once he has the fifth Grove of Dodona. Apollo and Meg retrieve the apples and escape the Labyrinth. Back at the camp it is revealed that Apollo's children Kayla and Austin have disappeared into the woods during the game. Apollo tries to go after them, but Meg orders him to wait. Meg reveals to Apollo that she knows the Beast, he is the man who killed Meg’s father.

Read On:

Buy Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle from an independent book store

Credits:

Return to Camp Half-Blood is an independent podcast by Brayden Stallman, Niamh Sherlock, and Ava Pirie. Each week these friends from college dive deep into the books of the Percy Jackson universe by Rick Riordan, starting with Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, and now Trials of Apollo. While analyzing each set of chapters, the trio takes an english class approach while diving into how this effects their lives, relates to pop culture, and means about its relationship to literature and the Greek classics. Find out more about this podcast at returntocamp.com

Music courtesy of Purple Planet Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

This week Ava, Brayden, and Niamh are curing Demeter for allergies but hyping her up for her incredibly daughter and her powers. Together the team analyzes Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle, Chapters 13 - 16 through the theme of Capacity.

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Listen to the Hidden Oracle Playlist: ⁠https://spoti.fi/3IjSooa⁠

Keep up with the Offerings and Votes Off: ⁠https://bit.ly/451WJ9j⁠

Find Us on Socials:

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok: ⁠@ReturnToCamp⁠

For more of your Hosts: @brydnstllmn @niamhhsherlock @avapirie

Help Fund This Cast:

Donate the price of a coffee to keep us going! ⁠https://ko-fi.com/returntocamp⁠

Buy cool merch at Redbubble: ⁠www.redbubble.com/people/onthevergepro/shop⁠

Recommendations This Week:

The Other Two on HBOMax (now MAX)

Chapter Summary:

Meg defends herself against a prank at dinner, where she shows her powers and fighting style for the first time. Demeter claims Meg as her child by displaying her symbol of a sickle and sheaves of wheat above Meg’s head. Later on, Apollo finds himself still so good at music, no one can resist listening, but learns his hand cramps after playing an instrument because he is human. After he fails at archery, Apollo swears on the River Styx to never to use his powers till he is a god again. In the afternoon, the campers form teams of two for a three-legged death race in the Labyrinth crafted by Harley.

Read On:

Buy Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle from an⁠ independent book store⁠

Credits:

Return to Camp Half-Blood is an independent podcast by Brayden Stallman, Niamh Sherlock, and Ava Pirie. Each week these friends from college dive deep into the books of the Percy Jackson universe by Rick Riordan, starting with Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, and now Trials of Apollo. While analyzing each set of chapters, the trio takes an english class approach while diving into how this effects their lives, relates to pop culture, and means about its relationship to literature and the Greek classics. Find out more about this podcast at ⁠returntocamp.com⁠

Music courtesy of Purple Planet Music: ⁠https://www.purple-planet.com⁠

This week Ava, Brayden, and Niamh are take these packed chapters and wonder what it means to teach and how we hold accountability for institution . Together the team analyzes Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle, Chapters 9 - 12 through the theme of Mentorship.

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Listen to the Hidden Oracle Playlist: ⁠⁠https://spoti.fi/3IjSooa⁠⁠

Keep up with the Offerings and Votes Off: ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/451WJ9j⁠⁠

Find Us on Socials:

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok: ⁠⁠@ReturnToCamp⁠⁠

For more of your Hosts: @brydnstllmn @niamhhsherlock @avapirie

Help Fund This Cast:

Donate the price of a coffee to keep us going! ⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/returntocamp⁠⁠

Buy cool merch at Redbubble: ⁠⁠www.redbubble.com/people/onthevergepro/shop⁠⁠

Recommendations This Week:

The Other Two on HBOMax (now MAX)

Chapter Summary:

Meg and Apollo walk to Camp Half-Blood with the terrifying karpoi Peaches. Apollo hallucinates about a man and a woman telling him to find a mysterious gateway and faints, while ruminating on Daphne and Hyacinths. Waking at Camp Half-Blood, Apollo meets his demigod children Will Solace, Kayla Knowles, and Austin Lake. Apollo learns from them and Chiron that the Oracle of Delphi can longer foretell the future and the demigods are unable to communicate in and out of the camp. Even worse, campers have been mysteriously disappearing into the woods surrounding the camp. Apollo wants Chiron to prioritize his problems but learns that his fall and the events at the camp may be linked. The two also worry about who Meg may be.

Read On:

Buy Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle from an⁠⁠ independent book store⁠⁠

Credits:

Return to Camp Half-Blood is an independent podcast by Brayden Stallman, Niamh Sherlock, and Ava Pirie. Each week these friends from college dive deep into the books of the Percy Jackson universe by Rick Riordan, starting with Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, and now Trials of Apollo. While analyzing each set of chapters, the trio takes an english class approach while diving into how this effects their lives, relates to pop culture, and means about its relationship to literature and the Greek classics. Find out more about this podcast at ⁠⁠returntocamp.com⁠⁠

Music courtesy of Purple Planet Music: ⁠⁠https://www.purple-planet.com⁠⁠

This week Ava, Brayden, and Niamh are big fans of Sally cameos, dunk on Apollo, and get really deep with mortality discussions. Together the team analyzes Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle, Chapters 5 - 8 through the theme of Mortality.

Dive In More:

Listen to the Hidden Oracle Playlist: https://spoti.fi/3IjSooa

Keep up with the Offerings and Votes Off: https://bit.ly/451WJ9j

Find Us on Socials:

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok: @ReturnToCamp

For more of your Hosts: @brydnstllmn @niamhhsherlock @avapirie

Help Fund This Cast:

Donate the price of a coffee to keep us going! https://ko-fi.com/returntocamp

Buy cool merch at Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/onthevergepro/shop

Recommendations This Week:

The end credit scene of the Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief movie where Sally turns Gabe to stone.

Chapter Summary:

Percy and Sally Jackson clean Meg and Apollo up. Percy agrees to help the two get as far as the camp. On the way to Long Island the three are attacked by nosoi, or ancient plague spirits. Percy summons water to drench and dilute the power of the nosoi. Meg inadvertently summons a vicious grain spirit or karpos, who defends her fiercely. Since the karpos keeps repeating the word “Peaches,” Meg decides to call him by that name. Apollo suffers.

Read On:

Buy Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle from an independent book store

Credits:

Return to Camp Half-Blood is an independent podcast by Brayden Stallman, Niamh Sherlock, and Ava Pirie. Each week these friends from college dive deep into the books of the Percy Jackson universe by Rick Riordan, starting with Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, and now Trials of Apollo. While analyzing each set of chapters, the trio takes an english class approach while diving into how this effects their lives, relates to pop culture, and means about its relationship to literature and the Greek classics. Find out more about this podcast at returntocamp.com

Music courtesy of Purple Planet Music: https://www.purple-planet.com