To be honest, I'm more upset about Percy's panda pillow getting slashed up by Octavian than Lee Fletcher...

Oh, man. Im glad you got to Nico's name reveal, but I forgot Rick ebded the chapter *right* there. Can't wait until the next episode so you can actually see the interactions with Nico.

I've been WAITING for the Nico Di Angelo reveal since you started HoO! I was sitting, eating my lunch, cheering out loud as you put it together

A quick google search showed that Neptune was called Neptunus Equester, the moist or cloudy lord of horses.

3:00 sorry, did you say Tom Bombadil and Bombilo the two-headed coffee merchant going on an adventure together? this I would LOVE to see 50:00 The prophecy says "seven half-bloods" bc that's how Rick translated it from the Latin. He could've translated it as saying "seven demigods", but that's not the translation he chose (probs bc he was trying to fit a meter, thanks Mother) Also, Tyson doesn't have any mortal blood, his mother was a νύμφη (nymph), that's how κύκλωπες (cyclopes) are born

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It starts at 00:00:17! EDIT: he fixed it! Thanks Mike :)

The silence was DEAFENING

I thought something was wrong with my headphones 😅

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id imagine the conflict mirrored the civil rights movements since chiron says their conflicts mirror things like the civil war and other internal conflicts in history

It would make snese if the signage in the camp is person specific, cause not only does it say "certain death" which could be because Percy is a greek demigod, but it also says Hades and not Pluto right?

I'm devastated by the Clarisse/Reyna comparison! Reyna is my Empress, my Queen, the light of my life. She does no wrong! 🙏👑 I'm kidding, obviously. I love the pod and I can't wait to see more of your thoughts on SoN. However, to expand on my Clarisse/Reyna opinion, let's say they catch one camper stealing another camper's lunch money. Clarisse, at least at the start of her arc, would find it hilarious and side with the bully. Reyna would yell at the bully to give the lunch money back and give that person stable cleaning duty in perpetuity. Reyna uses her intimidation to assert orderliness and justice in a very militaristic and Roman way, whereas Clarisse stirs up fights to seem cool. That's my interpretation at least (As a slightly biased Reyna apologist 💜😊)

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10:00 "Demigods have a natural sense for Latin" - Hazel, Camp Jupiter, SoN "The dyslexia is because your brain is hard-wired for Ancient Greek" - Annabeth, Camp Half-Blood, TLT ... something seems off here /lh 40:00 The idea that the cheese and wieners thing is from a bet is hilarious! You need to go back to Canada for a later chapter in SoN, icr which one tho bc we don't have good chapter titles

I've never been so early!

I assumed the 1960s reference was the Cuban Missile Crisis, which (according to scanning the summary of the first google result) was 1962

My read for the Tristan part and how "Any 3 Questions" is a bad parenting thing is that any 3 questions is a bad thing... for Piper specifically. Tristan was a struggling actor who unexpectedly became a single father when Piper was born and I always assumed it was just something that he read in a parenting book and grasped on to far too tightly out of desperation. As you said, for Piper he could and should just have a regular conversation with her and be open. But if Piper had been a stereotypical moody, glum, silent teenager, then it could be a good game as an alternative e to 0 questions. And so now that he's sort of hit rock bottom, even if he doesn't remember it properly, he's able to recognize that some of his old habits aren't the healthiest. And therefore he's able to make progress. He's not suddenly just perfect, but he's better and hopefully in a mental state to be more open to guidance from Hedge or others

Like others are saying, Son of Neptune has to be my favorite book in the entire PJO/HoO universe. The trio (thats not a spoiler, its always a trio!) is top tier, and Percy's memory journey is so interesting. So so so pumped for the next 6-8 months of the podcast 😅

You keep saying the Feast of Fortuna is in 1-2 weeks... yeah, Percy wishes

oh my goodness the crossover i want i hope theres more of this

The downside of being busy for the last few weeks is that I'm way behind. The upside is that my gym playlist is set for like 2 months or however long until I catch up again

Everyone starts the book saying Who is Jason? and this book saying Who is Percy? (ok, so like no one says that but still) but no one asks the real question... How is Mike?

20:00 abt experiencing time differently, mortals explain it as Time Blindness being part of ADHD - we don't track time the way neurotypical people do 30:00 Campfire isn't compulsory, and you don't have to stay for all of it 35:00 Έρμης (Hermes) is the god of merchants and thieves, hence the money comment 40:00 Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodite) was born from the sea and the severed genitals of Οὐρανός (Ouranos), hence the seashell 1:00:00 Στύξ (Styx) was rewarded with being the river that the gods swear oaths on, she was already the goddess of the River of Hate (iirc)

Appreciate the detailed breakdown! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?

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What I love about the reference to Sonic Adventure 2's "Escape from the City" is that that level, City Escape, was based on San Francisco! (cause the developers had relocated there for a bit)

Yeah SON OF NEPTUNE! This was the latest book when I first read the series. Once upon a time a dream was to be on the podcast for this book, but I'm about a year out of the podcast game so I'd suck (such is how autocorrect wants it)

I know I don't usually talk about the books but this is quite possibly the most underrated one in Heroes of Olympus

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Posted 2 minutes ago!!! Let's gooooooo Son of Neptune time!!!! Ft. My second favorite trio :D

I read all of these books when I was over 50. I taught them to my fifth graders. I love the second five the most

Piper is from LA , which is a lot different from San Francisco area. I grew up in the Bay Area but now live in Orange County. Totally different vibe!

Piper is my favorite character.

Love this podcast I believe that Chris Columbus had them say Lightning Thief so much because he missed out on Harry Potter 6 having Snape say I am the Half Blood Prince. 41:43

I was wondering if you knew about the demigod diaries? It's a collection of short stories like the demigod files, but I'm pretty sure you can only read after finishing HoO. Rick Riordan kid wrote one of the stories I remember especially liking when he was a teenager.

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Love the podcast and I'm probably late commenting this, but Mike keeps saying Percy is failing at Latin,when it was established in like the first chapter that Latin is the only one that he ISN'T failing at, and he is relatively good at it and takes interest in greek mythology.

Anyone know where the episode for the 4th episode is?

So are you ready to do a podcast of reading Robert Jorden’s Wheel of Time

Cyclopes is the correct word the audiobook is right. Your guest is unfortunately wrong.

What is with the ads at the beginning

Ethan is Mr Collins

Oh hey, Taskmaster came up! Have you seen Junior Taskmaster yet Mike? Vague spoiler: Episode 1 is decidely Pro-Pigeon. Whole episode had me giddy because the kids were amazing, but that moment, wow.

Byyyyye Live Show Peeeeopeeeele!

I listened to the episode on Spotify, but I thought I would come over here to watch the rap battle lol and it was greattt

Not me listening to this while I'm driving between polling locations in rural Iowa to do exit polls for the local newspaper. Everyone go vote!!

Kelly mentioning "What happens in November" as I listen to the pod on Nov 5th..... thanks for the escpaism, Mike 😅 (im being more genuine than not)