Episode #126 – Look, Mom, No Hands!

Prophecy Radio episode #126 finds Karen and Kristen back for a third week in a row (even though it’s a little behind schedule). We share what we’ve been watching lately before discussing the latest news from Rick Riordan and Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Finally, we discuss chapters 22 and 23 of Chalice of the Gods. New episodes of Prophecy Radio will air every other week. All discussions are PG-13.

News and Updates (00:06:51)

• The 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Nominees are out, and Percy Jackson and the Olympians scored a bunch of them!
• Isn’t it exciting that Leah Jeffries has been nominated for an Emmy!?
• What exactly is a show open?
• They’ve got a great chance of getting an award for set dressing.
• It’s great to see a nomination for stunt coordination!
• Out of all the nominees, Percy Jackson and the Olympians is definitely one of the biggest and most popular shows.
• Here’s the Variety article Kristen was referencing.
• In case you missed it like we did, we discuss the November blog update on Rick’s website.
• Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan, Pahua and the Dragon’s Secret by Lori M. Lee, and The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin are all available now.
• A Touch of Blood, the Drop of Venom companion novel, by Sajni Patel is out on February 25
• We’re also getting a new Nico and Will novel!
• What could Book 2 possibly be about?? We have a few ideas.
• There will be another Senior Year Adventure Book, but it won’t be out in 2025.
• We try to figure out a timeline for when his next books will be coming out.
• We’re so excited he said Percy Jackson and the Olympians season 2 is “better, bigger, funnier, faster and wilder” than the first season.
• What other adaptations is Rick working on at the moment?
• Walker has gotten SO BIG in the last year or so.

Chalice of the Gods discussion (00:31:05)

• Let’s kick off our Chalice of the Gods discussion with chapter 22 today.
• We love a woman who hyphenates her last name.
• Annabeth taking up a culinary class and building famous landmarks out of cake makes SO MUCH SENSE.
• Karen has a theory as to why Annabeth chose to make green and purple cupcakes.
• Percy is a little shocked, but he takes Sally’s surprise news very well and is super happy for his mom.
• We discuss whether Sally is relieved that her second child is not a demi-god.
• It’s so cute that Percy wants to stick around to see his sibling grow up.
• We make sure to do our favorite lines and favorite moments.
• Next up is Chalice of the Gods chapter 23!
• Ho-Ho-Kus is a real place in New Jersey with a trade school.
• Is Rick making a statement on high school guidance counselors and how useless they are!?
• Turns out everyone wants updates from Percy today.
• We love all the timely references in this book and a lot of Rick’s other works.
• Percy visits the library even though he really doesn’t want to.
• Favorite lines and moments, as always!
• The reason Percy wants to help Ganymede is really sweet, actually.

Feedback (00:58:40)

• Wings of Legends left us some comments on Spotify.
• Kyle left us an email back in March that we’re just getting to, but it was WELL wor