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• If you or someone you know is a Black educator/teacher/librarian, Roseanne A. Brown has an opportunity for you!
• How well do you know these Heroes of Olympus quotes?
• The Empire State Building is a huge Percy Jackson fan.
• Did you see the trailer for Walker Scobell’s new movie, Secret Headquarters?

• We’ve talked a little bit about Medusa before, but let’s do a refresher on her origins.
• But what about Perseus? What do we know about him?
• Life hack: Do not swear on the River Styx.
• It’s hard enough to get ONE god’s attention, but Perseus was working with, like, four of them.
• Is it fair that everyone was always trying to kill the Gorgons?
• Why didn’t Athena just lift the curse herself???
• Should the gods be more merciful and able to show weakness?
• What if Medusa’s head could turn people into any kind of stone you wanted?
• How long was Medusa alive after she was turned into a monster?
• Some of these questions are outside the scope of this podcast.
• If you thought being pregnant for nine months was long enough…
• So, Percy is related to Blackjack in a very interesting way.
• Do we still feel bad for Medusa?
• Why were people so scared of her if she never left her cave!?
• Is there any sort of historical context that could have given birth to this myth?
• How do we feel about Freud’s psychoanalysis of Medusa’s story?
• What about modern feminist interpretations and what kind of symbol she’s become?
• If Medusa didn’t consent to Poseidon’s advances, would that explain why she doesn’t kill women in any of the myths?
• Do you have any further reading regarding Medusa’s transformation into a feminist icon?
• You can always rely on good old nihilism to put a little pep in your step.
• If you liked listening to our chat about Medusa, go check out the Medusa episode of the Monstrous Woman Podcast.
• It’s so interesting how Medusa went from a monstrous woman to a beautiful femme fatale.

• Stick around if you want to listen to us talk about Battle of the Labyrinth chapter 17.
• Look, Karen cried a lot. Please don’t judge her.
• We’re really trying not to take sides between Annabeth and Percy because they BOTH have very valid feelings.
• It’s nice to see Annabeth grieving Luke and not just pushing it aside.
• Thank goodness they decided to go after Grover and Tyson!
• That scene with Pan was…intense.
• Why didn’t Pan give Grover proof that they met?
• Go read The Lost Years of Merlin by T.A. Barron!
• There are also a ton of awesome nature documentaries on Disney+!
• Make sure you check out America the Beautiful, narrated by Michael B. Jordan.
• Let’s talk about Battle of the Labyrinth chapter 18.
• Does Percy have feelings for Rachel Elizabeth Dare?
• Why is Nico listening to Annabeth all of a sudden?
• Will anyone on the Council of Cloven Elders believe what Grover saw?
• We loved that every cabin had a job!!
• We discuss Chiron’s surprise at Luke and Kronos’ fusion, given what we know about the Kane Chronicles.
• This battle was INTENSE, and let’s just remember that Percy is only FOURTEEN.
• Nico is such a badass.
• Okay, but what was up with Grover’s cry at the end!?
• Did we feel bad for Daedalus in the end?
• The implication of all of this and what will happen after IS SO HEAVY.
• Karen explains the plot of Ghost. …Spoilers?

• Henry writes in to give us a little more insight into the Daedalus/Perdix/Icarus storyline.
• Should an entire episode of Percy Jackson and the Olympians be used to explore what happens on Ogygia?
• Did you know Nina Dobrev played FOUR doppelgangers?