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Unwise Girls
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a funny little PJO reread podcast! currently reading Trials of Apollo!

part of the Moonshot network!

https://www.patreon.com/c/unwisegirls
Sun and the Star finished! we learned to live with the darkness rather than excise it, to adapt to our inner trauma rather than conquering it, and to think twice about discarding our bad experiences-!
oh, that's the same moral ad nauseum. hope that doesn't foreshadow anything!
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223: Mussolini's Favorite Booster Pack
The Sun and the Star, ch. 47 to 51 I rthink i Hauve covid Come back next week for The Court of the Dead, ch. 1 to 6 Check out our Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/unwisegirls) Follow the show (ht...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
welcome to The Nico di Angelo Adventures! in this episode we discuss the pain of being outed, time limit alleviation, Star Wars boyfriends, centaur boyfriends, problematic Titan behavior, and just how grateful we are to not be reading another copy-and-paste Riordan story.

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215: You Must Listen! (to our podcast :D)
The Sun and the Star, ch. 1 to 5 Welcome back to Unwise Girls - and welcome for the first time to The Nico di Angelo Adventures! That's right, we've read every single series that had published before...
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September 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
just a quick update, episode is gonna be delayed until next week! we're cooking up some special stuff for the ToA retrospective, so we'll see you then!!
September 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
this week, a mixed bag! we celebrate some nailed predictions, some big triumphs, and a reading audience we have nothing but respect for! we also put the boot into an unsatisfying ending, criticise thematic incoherency, and decide Leo Valdez is no longer our #1 oomfie blorbo!

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213: Absolute Apollo
The Tower of Nero, ch. 36 to 39 This week on Unwise Girls, despite immense audience pressures, we decided to make some controversial statements. "This book was sometimes good and sometimes bad.&...
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August 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
so just out of interest how many people actually know we have a patreon with a bunch of bonus stuff on it lol
June 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Lord forgive us, for we are podcasters. this ep we don our wimples, veils and habits to talk about @xeecee.bsky.social's instant-classic VN, Misericorde! we discuss freaks full of black bile, women who are just autistic, put-upon prioresses, gay people, and Mabel. thanks God!

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203: Spring Break - Misericorde
Misericorde: Volume One Lord, forgive us, for we are podcasters. This week, Jane and Jacqueline don their tunics, veils, wimples, scapulars and habits in order to properly talk about the first chapte...
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June 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
hey all, sorry for the late notice but our misericord ep will be out next week!
June 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
wham bam kapow! this week, we've donned our masks, capes, and skintight bodysuits in order to discuss Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo et al's acclaimed Nightwing run! listen to us discuss our preferred configuration of Bat-relationships, epic doggos, therapyspeak and more!

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June 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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as a hamlet obsessive, this is probably the best podcast i have listened to this year. every time i would interject with a "well," one of the hosts says the thing i would be saying a few minutes later
we begin our Spring Tolerance Break with a story that's completely different than anything we've done before! an author taking mythical stories of the past and reinterpreting them through a modern lens to - ah, we fucked it up immediately, didn't we?

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199: Spring Break - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990 film) This week on Unwise Girls, we begin our Spring Tolerance Break with a story that's completely different than anything we've done before! This time,...
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May 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Jane and Jacqueline watched the best movie of all time
we begin our Spring Tolerance Break with a story that's completely different than anything we've done before! an author taking mythical stories of the past and reinterpreting them through a modern lens to - ah, we fucked it up immediately, didn't we?

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199: Spring Break - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990 film) This week on Unwise Girls, we begin our Spring Tolerance Break with a story that's completely different than anything we've done before! This time,...
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May 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
we begin our Spring Tolerance Break with a story that's completely different than anything we've done before! an author taking mythical stories of the past and reinterpreting them through a modern lens to - ah, we fucked it up immediately, didn't we?

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199: Spring Break - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990 film) This week on Unwise Girls, we begin our Spring Tolerance Break with a story that's completely different than anything we've done before! This time,...
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May 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
this week, we're questioning the basic execution of this series' premise! we also talk about adult babies, our weirdly high amount of remaining feelings about the Kane siblings, oestradiol jar moment, real traffic nightmares, and separating character lessons by age bracket!

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196: Ptolemaic Rizzler
The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 26 to 31 This week on Unwise Girls, we ask the question: how can you go from A to Z when you're already starting at X? That's right, folks, it's yet another week where we're st...
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April 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
this week on Unwise Girls we keep it short and sweet as we... uh... seven letters, starts with D.... you get it, right? we're stuck in a prophetic word vortex!

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February 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
oops! maybe we spoke too soon on liking the book. we discuss Rick's reliance on obscure music references to support character arcs, the Marvel movie that Rick was totally influenced by, monsters that matter (and monsters that don't), fish opinions, and nature's surprises!

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188: Joe Walsh's Last Stand
The Burning Maze, ch. 22 to 28 This week on Unwise Girls, oops! Maybe we spoke too soon on finally liking the book. We discuss Jane's quirky neuroses, the weak mysteries of love and the heart, broing...
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February 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
this week we finally decide we like one of these books! we discuss a really good fight, unstable emperors ready to tear each others throats out, mad dog shit, Rick's insecurity about possibly doing a racism, deflated Moneymakers, man crushes, and shooting on your ex's mom.

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187: Monarch Crush Monday
The Burning Maze, ch. 15 to 21 This week on Unwise Girls, we're putting the past behind us as we finally decide we like one of these books! We discuss a really good fight, unstable emperors ready to ...
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January 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
No. I refuse to share this episode. It was the lowest, most awful content in my four years of podcasting. Disaster. Heartbreak. I will not let you listen. Go away!

... but alas, I have no choice. Doubtless, Moonshot expects us to tell you the story of Apollo's punishment...

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185: Kneeless In Palm Springs
The Burning Maze, ch. 1 to 7 No. I refuse to share this episode of my podcast. It was the lowest, most awful content in my nearly-four-years of podcasting. Disaster. Heartbreak. I will not let you li...
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January 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this week we discuss the power of seething hatred, writing to the formula, one of the sicker uses so far of Apollo's temporary god magic, sonnets embodied and historical, Python pondering, and the surprise book we're expecting Rick to be drawing from for The Burning Maze!

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184: Pokemon Go to the Gas Leak
The Dark Prophecy, ch. 38 to 42 We've done it! After what felt like years (despite being, like, basically the amount of time we spend on any book) we've completed The Dark Prophecy! How'd we like it?...
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December 21, 2024 at 7:31 PM
this week on Unwise Girls, something a bit different! we mess around doing quizzes and also talk a bit about what's going on at Ground Control Baltimore RIGHT THIS SECOND!! :D

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180.5: The Road to Ground Control 2024
Read Riordan Quizzes - plus, Ground Control! This week on Unwise Girls we take a bunch of quizzes after talking about Ground Control. Come back this weekend for Ground Control on moonshot.mov at 12p...
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November 17, 2024 at 2:34 AM
after mentioning this account in the outro for maybe a year now we are finally using it lol
November 17, 2024 at 2:28 AM
we may have misjudged tj
October 12, 2023 at 1:22 AM
this week we discuss one-to-one parallels with Lightning Thief, Sun Tzu's advice for Ragnarok, Magnus's critical position toward militarism, Loki's motivations and proclivities, the grey areas of prophecy, Dark Elfs in fantasy, rogue einherjar, and the funny IKEA shark!

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132: The God of Rational Centrism
The Sword of Summer, ch. 19 to 22 This week on Unwise Girls, we're a bit lower energy but no less enthusiastic for this book than we have been! This week we discuss our surprisingly optimistic hopes ...
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October 6, 2023 at 11:58 PM
this week we discuss Magnus's narrative voice, 2010s Tumblr nerdiness, free-spirited bisexual moms in your area, The Gospel of Loki, Hotel Valhalla, locked doors, Thomas Jefferson, Jr., and double lives. then Jane and Jacqueline died. the end.

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130: Looking a Bit Saxony
The Sword of Summer, ch. 7 to 12 This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss a new proposal for Rick Riordan ghostwriter theory, how Magnus's narrative voice really distinguishes him from past protagonists...
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September 22, 2023 at 10:38 PM