Percy, Jason, and Piper face some battles of their own in this one. First, we deal with Piper's vision coming true, and also a whole chapter about a flood that is pointless. We discuss the Flood Myth and how it permeates a lot of religions, which is cool (link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth). They then find Nico in a jar! But it's not that easy - first they must fight two stupid giants. Bacchus/Mr. D shows up but doesn't help much. Percy and Jason defeat the giants with the power of ~...
Jun 20, 2022•57 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Things are getting intense for Annabeth this episode!! She beats some (kind of dumb) ghosts and earns the esteemed title of Big Mommy. We both flex our hubris muscles and claim that the Mark of Athena challenges don’t seem that hard. Annabeth finally meets the big boss of this book, Arachne, a gatekeeping queen. Arachne’s myth is real messed up and not a good look for Athena. We also get some Leo chapters were he uses the power of Technology to defeat robots. Public school has failed both Frank ...
Jun 13, 2022•57 min•Season 2Ep. 22
We start off this one with some Piper chapters that are more about Jason than Piper, which is disappointing. They meet Hercules, who has a story that is so fun and family friendly. Piper becomes Food Boy (please look up that movie). Percy has a lot of feelings about letting Annabeth go on her quest alone. They meet dolphin pirates, which are very exciting for Erin!!! Annabeth goes off on her own to meet spider lady…. things are finally getting very, very real. ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON...
Jun 06, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Manasa gets stuck with the big chapters this time. Annabeth and the girls have a girls trip to have tea with Aphrodite. Jason tries to defend the Romans for being confederate soldiers. Annabeth finds a special map to guide her on the Mark of Athena quest. We discover that eagles actually don’t have noses, so this book has at least one major plot hole. Leo, Frank, and Hazel have a whole underwater side quest that’s kind of pointless and is just to resolve some of the weirdness between them. Merma...
May 30, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 20
It’s time for an all about Percy episode! Rick makes a return to demigod dreams, and we meet our favorite giants thus far. We create a new character in the Riordanverse, the villain hairstylist. Nico is in a jar. Pomegranates are not like the other fruits. Annabeth and Percy have some ~alone time~ in the stables. Percy has clearly already named all their future children. Coach Hedge is kind of pointless. Percy and Frank go on a side quest and meet some random villains who run an evil aquarium. F...
May 23, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This week we’re returning to Leo and Piper for our narration, and they’re both insecure! Leo doesn’t know how to be around women. Brick x Jason begins. We meet Nemesis! Piper is constantly worried about Jason. Katoptris gives us visions now. Jason and Percy have a Fight, and the eidolons are honestly much scarier than any of the giants. We discuss spoons and pitch an idea for a new movie, The Haunted Spoon. We talk about exacting revenge and Manasa’s feminist revenge fantasy. We also reveal our ...
May 16, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Time for a new book!!! We adore this book. This episode is ALL about Annabeth, as all good things should be. Manasa is still trying to marry off Reyna. Percy and Annabeth reunite and we both just want to scream and cry about it. We discuss the judo-flip and the online discourse about it. Can you tell Erin works in relationships education? We get two (count ‘em!) prophecy recitations and finalize the magical 7. Since we’re all going to Greece the Mamma Mia references are only gonna get worse from...
May 09, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Popping in here to give y’all a quick little bonus episode where we talk about how excited we are for this casting! Congrats to Walker, Leah, and Aryan! And keep being the supportive and welcoming community we know the PJO fandom is capable of. Also, we are now all your legal guardians.
May 07, 2022•27 min
It’s time to finish Son of Neptune! We both really like this book. Frank embraces his morphing powers and impresses Hazel with them. Frank burns his stick and frees Thanatos. They beat up Alcyoneus (without a god??? SOMEHOW). Percy gets his memories all the way back, and is rightfully pissed at Hera. We wrap up this book with a battle and then a message from Leo - the Argo II is coming to New Rome! AND if you’re looking for the godly parent quiz Manasa made, take it here: https://uquiz.com/quiz/...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 16
We begin this episode by freeing ourselves from pronouncing Gaea the way the Google told us to. The gang makes it to Alaska, and Percy continues to get his memories back. Also, he FINALLY calls his mom. They make it to Hubbard Glacier and discover that death is actually kinda hot. We spent a really weird amount of time trying to decide if wings are hot. Alcyoneus makes a dramatic entrance and we hope he gives an evil villain monologue soon. ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://ww...
Apr 18, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 15
In which Rick doesn’t tell us why the Minotaur crossed the road. It was probably to see Erin. Or to get away from the female ogres wearing leather bikinis (why, Rick? WHY?). We talk about burden-sharing in friendships and how sometimes we gotta take on burdens for each other and that’s okay! The gang goes to home of CEO Entrepreneur Jeffrey Bezos. The Amazon headquarters is full of men chained up by hot women, which would be Leo’s personal paradise. Hazel adopts a rabid horse. Frank goes home, a...
Apr 11, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 14
This week we are joined by Robert from TheDamMemePage to talk chapters 21-28 of Son of Neptune! Erin starts spiraling about Frank’s Animorphing powers. Robert curses our brains about Frank’s stick. The gang goes to meet Ferb’s brother, Phineas. Manasa reveals herself to actually be Ferb. We don’t know how to pronounce all these words. Percy does the most Percy thing - winging it and risking his life! Ella is cute. We love Ella. Protect Ella. ————————————————————— Follow Robert @TheDamMemePage on...
Apr 04, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Nico is coming in hot with a black, goth, special toga. Thanatos is likened to border patrol, and we think it might be better if he’s chained then. The gang gets approved for a quest. The Romans have a navy. That navy is a single boat. We get more of Hazel’s backstory, and it is very sad (how much trauma can Rick fit in one girl???). Hazel is attacked by grain. We pronounce EVERYTHING wrong in this one. Manasa has invented a new ship. Erin hard disagrees. We both like this book a lot more than T...
Mar 28, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 12
We open up this episode with an impeccable performance by Nico, the boy with a secret family. All the new characters have Secrets. Hazel makes cool cursed rocks. We imagine Pluto as Pluto the dog. Frank ALSO has a curse, but it’s not as cool. Manasa wants to play war games. Percy refuses to bow to a god, like the bad boy he is. We love to see it. //////////// SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://anchor.fm/camp-half-pod
Mar 21, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Drumroll please…. It’s PERCY TIME!!! We are thrilled to once again be reading about our beloved Percy Jackson, our favorite cop car stealing boy (Jason could never). Percy gives us a bag tour. We get emotional about Percabeth. We wonder if our parents are secretly deities. Manasa makes the bold statement that all Romans are furries and, in a twist of events, comes down in defense of Freud. We learn about Camp Jupiter, meet some new friends, and talk lots about Percy. //////////// SUPPORT US ON P...
Mar 14, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 10
WE ARE FINALLY DONE WITH THIS BOOK. The actual final battle occurs. There are like 3 separate villain monologues in these 8 chapters. Evil Elsa strikes again. Jason fights the large green man. Chiron is a dick for never telling anyone about the bunker. We’re both really really ready for the next book. //////////// SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://anchor.fm/camp-half-pod
Feb 28, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 9
There are a lot of battles in this book. Jason gets all the good fight scenes, but somehow they are also lame. We miss the dramatic villains like Kruke, and think Gaea should take some acting classes. Zeus zaps Enchilada man. Piper and her dad have a nice moment. Rick says if you have trauma you should just forget it. Leo flies a plane! Hera is coming out of her cage, and she is (not) doing just fine. Also, we realize that the OG Trio is actually Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona. //////////// SUPPORT US...
Feb 21, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Both of us have fully lost our minds in this one. Manasa has an enemy now. This quest is honestly kind of confusing. Hedge and Mellie have a meet-cute. Aphrodite is a good parent for like one second. We don’t like the way Gaea is pronounced. The Greeks hate human legs. Rick loves knocking people out. Shrek and his family are slaughtered. We are in mourning. Also Shrek does NOT have a last name. //////////// SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AU...
Feb 14, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 7
There are a lot of side quests in this one. Like, a LOT. They meet Midas, whose curse is the worst. Jason gets lit with Lit. We wonder if Jason could be cool if he wasn’t boring. We meet the first ever werewolf, let’s go Team Jacob. Jason has a reunion with his long lost sister, our girl Thalia. Leo continues to be a trauma towel. Neither one of us wants Midas’s curse, not even a bit. Manasa is haunted by accidentally telling someone she hated them. Erin turns into a worm. ///////// SUPPORT US O...
Feb 07, 2022•57 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Everyone take a seat, it’s the Medea episode. Erin comes down in support of our murdering queen Medea. Manasa is not so sure. Jason is pretty dumb in these chapters. Piper does the MOST and is the only one with the brain cell. We say goodbye to our unhinged king, Festus. You may not have lived a long life, but it was very unhinged, and now you are free. We also discuss malls and how they’ve become evil. We entered the Bad Place when Limited Too became Justice. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www....
Jan 31, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Lots of chaos in these chapters, folks. For some reason, we take a stance against the French language. We wish Boreas was cool like the Ice King from Adventure Time. White men should stop trying to write about the experiences of women of color. Piper breaks her ankle. Leo has a lot of trauma still. We wish he got friendship instead of a girlfriend. Manasa supports arson. Erin was once called vanilla and will forever hold a grudge against [name redacted] [jk his name was Ian] [stupid boy] ///// S...
Jan 24, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 4
The original She-Wolf! The It Girl! Lupa! We find out that Jason was raised by wolves. Erin’s brain is cursed to forever associate wolves with Omegaverse. Piper and Drew have a charmspeak battle. Charmspeak is actually the coolest power. Leo falls in love the second a woman is mean to him. They really should all forgo the quest and drop Leo off at therapy. Also here is the hour long video that cursed Erin’s brain: https://youtu.be/zhWWcWtAUoY ///// SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/...
Jan 17, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Prophecies galore! Jason is called upon by Hera, and as usual, he’s confused. He’s the weird dude at camp that speaks Latin. Rachel works overtime with her prophecy delivery. Piper finds out she is, in fact, just like other girls. It’s Trauma Time with Leo, and he finds a dragon. Festus is a weird name for a dragon. We decide that Keith is a much better name. ///// SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://anchor.fm/camp-half-po...
Jan 10, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Kicking off season 2 with 6 chapters of a brand new series! We meet Jason, Piper, and Leo. We have a lot of opinions about them, and we address the “Jason in the room.” It is our god given right to make fun of him. Turns out Jason is actually Troy Bolton. Piper isn’t like other girls. Rick struggles to write from the POV of a woman of color. Leo has an evil babysitter. We miss Beckendorf, and we love the bronze dragon’s whole vibe. We’re excited to kick off season 2! //// SUPPORT US ON PATREON: ...
Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Another bonus episode? Hell yes. Manasa made a quiz, and we wanna share it with you all! Find out your fatal flaw with us, and hear us (gently) roast all the fatal flaws. We also spend way too long dissecting Taylor Swift lyrics, happy RED autumn. Thanks for listening and we’ll talk to you in season 2! TAKE THE QUIZ: https://uquiz.com/kuzFdw
Nov 22, 2021•47 min
Join us for this special episode where we read the three short stories in the Demigod Files! We talk about fanfiction for a while, discuss how Rick is bad at timelines, and make a stance against ants. Erin’s weird crush on Flick from Bugs Life is exposed. We’re sad about Beckendorf. We meet Bob, who will make a big return in House of Hades, and we talk ghost stories. Yay! Tune in in two weeks to hear us dive into our fatal flaw quiz.
Nov 08, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Come celebrate finishing PJO with us! We answer your Lightning bolt questions, we talk season superlatives, favorite episodes, and… *drumroll, please* we drop some merch!! We also fill you in on what’s next with Heroes of Olympus and a couple of pre-season bonus episodes coming your way. MERCH: https://www.zazzle.com/store/camphalfpod SEND A VOICE MEMO: https://anchor.fm/camp-half-pod
Oct 25, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 39
That’s right folks, we made it through the ENTIRE PJO series!! This episode, we get to hear Manasa’s new theory on fatal flaws. We talk about the best “they finally kissed!” moments. We discuss our favorite things from this book and fill you in on our plans for the next season! Tune in next week to hear our season finale! And if you’d like to submit an audio message, please do so here: https://anchor.fm/camp-half-pod/message
Oct 18, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 38
MARJOR MARK OF ATHENA SPOILER FROM 04:10 - 05:10. Please forward through if you haven’t read!! You’ve been warned. We have reached the ultimate climax of this book, and while some of these chapters may be short, we have PLENTY to talk about. Mostly, Luke, and our favorite SAT vocab word, nuance. We adore the gods’ theatrics. Kronos (Kruke?) is still a frat boy. We make a case for throne insurance. We finally get some very romantic passages after four books of ignoring feelings. We throw up a lit...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 37
// CONTENT WARNING: Unsupportive relationships in the context of discussing Luke and Annabeth // Here we are, once again, hating Luke. We’re nearly at the end, and in these chapters, things aren’t looking so good for Percy and the gang. Rachel shows up with some major main character energy. Persephone’s fatal flaw is “being a bitch.” We get angry at Clarisse. Luke sucks. Like, really really sucks. Yet somehow, we all have a little Luke on the inside. Hades and Nico definitely choreographed their...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 36
