Seaweed Brain: A Percy Jackson Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Joined by returning guest and true friend of the pod, Samantha Oh, we journey through Paris, visit the Louvre, portal all the way to Washington DC, and get to know a lot more about the mysterious past of our favorite Aunt Bast.

This episode contains a LOT of referenced media, here are links to some of the pieces mentioned or discussed:

Didi, a film by Sean Wang

Eighth Grade, a film by Bo Burnham

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

Jujutsu Kaisen (the manga and the anime)

Kilgore Trout, a character created by Kurt Vonnegut

Apeshit music video

The Louvre by Lorde

Reservation Dogs

Gravity Falls

Steven Universe

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Welcome to the pod first time guest, lifelong fangirl, and professional journalist Tamia Fowlkes! Join us as Sadie and Carter duel one another for the very first time, ISKANDAR CROAKS AND EVERYTHING CHANGES, and Carter asks Zia out?!?!!

Tamia's substack: https://tamiatalks.substack.com/

Tamia's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/15bNxwIXzBPSttQgng2ELt?si=40af07b4d2e34553Follow Tamia on Instagram @TamiaFowlkes

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Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway: https://www.maybehappyending.com/

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IT'S FINALLY TIME! THE MOMENT YOU DEMIGODS AND MAGICIANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!! WE ARE KANE BOUND! And to kick us off on this thrilling new journey (and most importantly, give everyone time to locate a local a copy of The Red Pyramid) we give you this introduction episode full of useful PJO comparative conversation, 2010 historical context, personal histories, stories from the furniture section of Costco, and more.

Get ready, get set, read Chapters 1-2 of The Red Pyramid for next week!

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We're back with the jubilant Jake Sweat to break down Nico's next POV... and oof, it's a big one. Nico is about to go total rage mode on Bryce Lawrence. We're witnessing peak Reyna/Nico bonding and thinking about ancestry. There's some adorable Hedge 2.0, "Coming Out Magic," and extreme hype for the upcoming Riordan/Oshiro novel.

Not to mention, the introduction of JULES-ABERT!

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We are back with returning guest Jake Sweat to talk about Jason and Percy's legendary bro-time underwater with Kymopoleia!!! Dark Depressed Percy is starting to show through, and we're thinking about the future we want, deserve, and owe others as burned out all-star demigods.

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This week we are back with Martha (@booksmarty) to discuss Reyna's POV in San Juan and the emergence of perhaps THE scariest villain in the Riordanverse-- Orion. More tender Reyna and Nico bonding, a serious sisterly reunion, SEVERAL queens getting together to maximize their GROUP slay, and beginning to confront our family ghosts.

Content Warning: This episode contains mention of sexual assault and violence against women within the myth of Orion the hunter.

It also contains light spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home, Daredevil, and discussion of cast leaks for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness!

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You can check out Legendborn and the upcoming sequel Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn here: https://www.tracydeonn.com/bloodmarked

You can check out Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers here: https://www.morgwrites.com/books

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Welcome back to Piper's POV! This week, we say GOODBYE to the cornucopia, and HELLO to a brand new guest, Martha! Carter dives into high school men's fashion culture of 2014 and we take a look at Piper and Annabeth's first ever side quest in Sparta, where Annabeth lets Piper take the lead and Piper steps into her power as a true emotionally attuned daughter of Aphrodite.

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You can check out Legendborn and the upcoming sequel Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn here: https://www.tracydeonn.com/bloodmarked

You can check out Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers here: https://www.morgwrites.com/books

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We're back with Jackson and Ola in NICO'S FIRST EVER POV!!!!! Navigating through dreams, checking in on Camp Half-Blood (spoiler: it's not going well), waking up in Portugal, and meeting with dad. Join us as we discuss systemic inequities in death, whether Nico may have brought a bit too much of the 1940s back with him, and the mythos of our upcoming mysterious Hunter. PLUS reintroducing a certain Mr. Solace...

CW: This episode contains mention of sexual assault involved with the myth of Orion the Hunter

Let's Talk about Myths Baby Mini Myth on Orion and Scorpion: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1BPE7rWPSG3YBnV4ovRChO?si=622410ce549c45a0

Support Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/

Follow Ola @bajerian, Follow Jackson @JacksonBunis

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We're back with returning guests Ola and Jackson, here in Leo's POV: pining for (and planning for?) a Calypso reunion, fighting the "crazy" goddess of Victory in Olympia, and hearing a #PercyApology.

SNL "What's That Name" Sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rImxuuD_kwM

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 2 Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMHz6FiRzS8

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We're back with Marianna and it's the moment we've all been waiting for-- REYNA'S FIRST EVER POV!!! Gods, it's thrilling to discuss her character, her budding relationship with Nico, the importance of queer mentorship, and our thoughts thus far on the set up for Blood of Olympus.

The aforementioned Civil Beat article: https://www.civilbeat.org/2017/07/man-gets-45-day-sentence-in-albatross-killings-im-disgusted-with-my-behavior/

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