The Court of the Dead, ch. 32 to 36

This week on Unwise Girls we discuss the problem with holding your cacodemon in public, total world-shattering changes to the status quo (and the best way to reverse them within 5 chapters!), Nico dabbling with plurality, short-lived judges, twins of a certain quality, and more!

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The Court of the Dead, ch. 27 to 31

This week on Unwise Girls we discuss the matter of minions, uncomplicated teenage sexuality, justice for thee but not for me, mothers from the mom factory, the line that won't be crossed within the Riordanverse, some pretty good bits, and how the gods have always been really good and supportive parents who are just trying their best.

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The Court of the Dead, ch. 22 to 26

This week on Unwise Girls we discuss conditionally granted acceptance, characters dissolving into ooze, the mist dissolving into ooze, metaphors dissolving into ooze, themes actively working against each other, royal history lessons from Professor Janey, why it's okay when the protagonists do it, and another failed source of nutrition for Tantalus.

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The Court of the Dead, ch. 17 to 21

This week on Unwise Girls we discuss court-approved courts, mythic-approved mythics, women equipped with big rods and sacks, demons and their special little travel methods, metaphors as broadly useful as rusty multi-tools, lawyersonas, and more!

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The Court of the Dead, ch. 12 to 16

Ehhh? Unwise Girls? Why, that podcast hasn't released an episode since last year...! But wait, speak up, I can't hear you! Because of my aging ears! Because we've reached five whole years of Unwise Girls and that's just enough time for my ears to have aged!!!! In our glorious 2026 return we discuss the double trap of respectability as a theme, upgrading communication methods, bigotry ret...

The Court of the Dead, ch. 7 to 11

This week on Unwise Girls we discuss the redemption of Lavinia, Mythic panic, how totally funny farts are, the continuous microwaving of Mr. D., an attempted CinemaSins, Survivor, becoming a productive member of normal society, and

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The Court of the Dead, ch. 1 to 6

So, we're now the most current we've ever been with the Rick Riordan books. Crazy! This week, we have a very measured discussion about The Court of the Dead. You may have noticed a recent trend of us "yelling" or "getting steaming mad" about these fun little novels - but no longer. Now, we are fair. We are impartial. We do not "blow our tops" when our favorite...

The Sun and the Star, ch. 47 to 51

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The Sun and the Star, ch. 41 to 46

So, we're nearing the end of The Sun and the Star. How about that? The book has had its ups and its downs, but at the end of the day, we're all just here to have fun, folks. Even if those lows are.... low. Really low. And it pisses us off a lot and we get mad and say swear words. Still! Fun fun fun.

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The Sun and the Star, ch. 35 to 40

People have been saying it couldn't be done, but we did it: we did a podcast wrong.

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Episode Notes

hi everyone! with Jacqueline at Ground Control this weekend (which you should totally watch at https://www.twitch.tv/moonshotnetwork)!, and with us coming up the final three episodes of Revolutionary Girl Utena, we thought we'd put the first episode of our coverage out publicly so everyone can get a taste of the sweet sweet nectar you could be sipping if you joined our patreon perhaps......... hope you enjoy!

The Sun and the Star, ch. 29 to 34

Happy Halloween - it's an Unwise Girls treat! In an episode that totally wasn't recorded over the course of two days, we discuss Gorgyra's final message, trying hard in your relationships and that meaning you're doing it wrong, making out with your opposite, manias, pining for Piper, the slipperiest timeline of all, and the strange contradictions that come up when you have to express all ...

The Sun and the Star, ch. 23 to 28

This week on Unwise Girls, we have to reckon with what might be the fundamental question of this whole book: what balance can the authors find between the typical fantasy road trip of a Riordanverse novel and the YA supernatural romance that lies at the heart of the story? It's something we'll have to contend with alongside superhero moments, lack of consequence, rivers that suck, and man...

The Sun and the Star, ch. 17 to 22

This week on Unwise Girls, we are truly red and steaming! We touch on the ways Riordan and Oshiro try and have it both ways with the Trogs, the sort of reverse-Guess Who's Coming To Dinner scenarios they've set up, strangely direct allegories for homophobia and transphobia, in-universe queer icons, fujoing out so hard you give away a boat, bisexuality, and the future streamers of the worl...

The Sun and the Star, ch. 11 to 16

This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss assuming pronouns, Tartarus troubles, lost chapters being recovered, Nemeses, the haunting of the narrative by Gaea, Care Bears, the civilized Trog, and more!

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The Sun and the Star, ch. 6 to 10

Look behind you - a new episode of Unwise Girls is out! Now you can continue on your journey and... wait a second, where's the episode? When I looked forward, it just disappeared, but I could've sworn it was in my podcatcher... did you see it, listener? No? You've never even heard of Unwise Girls? No, don't tell me... nobody's ever even listened to this show... and our analysis isn't succe...

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 Unwise Girls itself started. Now, all that's left is a bunch of stuff that happened after... including this book, co-written by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro! In this episode we discuss the pain of being outed, time limit allev...

The Trials of Apollo retrospective

We've had a lot of fun here, folks, but it's important to remember that the most important thing at the end of the day is to be kind to one another... or to roast the shit out of a book series that you spent nearly a year and a half reading! Well, whichever you choose, just remember to have fun. We discuss arcs, themes, new characters, villains - and we even do a brand new segment that Ja...

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." "Stories' endings should resonate thematically." "Leo Valdez may not be our top oomfie blorbo anymore." I know, I know! But hold your horses, it's not all negative. We celebrate some big triumphs, some...