Muses of Mythology

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Chapter 36: Talos Broke Our Brains with Owen (Through the Mist) Apr 26, 2022

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Listen.
This started out as a normal episode about Talos with Owen (he/him) from Through the Mist podcast.
But then somebody (Darien) had to go and ask if the giant robot was alive. And all Tartarus broke loose.
Other topics include who invented Mythomagic, Hephestaus being a big nerd, bronze men from the Bronze Age, maintenance hatch placement on giant robots, alive versus sentient, Oxford dictionary definitions, why Pinnochio wanted to be a real boy, and Transformer reproduction.
Find Owen and Through the Mist at https://linktr.ee/through_mist
Spoilers for Trials of Apollo, Call of Duty: Zombies, Titan Fall 2, DuckTales (2017), The Legend of Korra, The Iron Giant, Transformers, X-Men, Terminator 1, Terminator 2, Thomas the Tank Engine, Voltron: The Legendary Defenders, FernGully, Amphibia, Infinity Train, and Sonic the Hedgehog
Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about death, theft, artificial intelligence, sentience, and existentialism.
Trials of Apollo Full Discussion Bonus Episode up at Bunker 9: Patreon.com/musesofmythology
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Podcast of Poseidon was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.
Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Audrey Miller. Find her on Instagram @bombshellnutshellart
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No portion of this episode may be used for large language learning models or generative AI training purposes or to create derivative works without express written permission from the creators and co-hosts Darien Smartt or Davis Smartt.

Chapter 35: What Makes a Good Aphrodite? with Sam (The Chaos-Cast) Apr 12, 2022

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Time to celebrate the ultimate Messy Bitch™: Aphrodite! Sam (she/her) from The Chaos-Cast joins the pod to discuss Aphrodite as the goddess of self-love, beauty being in the eye of the beholder, and why a mortal man will NOT get away with stabbing a goddess.

Other topics include what reality TV shows the gods watch, horses vs wolves, quality character designs, when video game nudity doesn’t suck, and why Hercules the Animated Series deserves more love.

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See Sam’s cute cat and amazing needlepoint on Instagram Sam @wicked.stitch

Spoilers for Smite, Lore Olympus, Hades, Hercules the Animated Series, Heroes of Olympus, and Trials of Apollo

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about physical violence, reality TV, sex, sexism, infidelity, death, murder, animal violence, aphobia, and homophobia

Trials of Apollo for Dummies Bonus Episode up at Bunker 9: Patreon.com/musesofmythology
About Us

Podcast of Poseidon was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Audrey Miller. Find her on Instagram @bombshellnutshellart

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Chapter 34: The Lotus Eaters (Is Time a Cult?) Mar 29, 2022

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This week, Darien (she/her) and DJ (he/him) explore have a tiny piece of The Odyssey that became a massive plot point in the PJO books. We're finally talking about the Lotus Eaters.
Other topics include time distortions, false paradises, Narnia time, time travel, sleep conspiracies, justice for Bianca DiAngelo, and the definition of a cult.
Spoilers for Doctor Who, Labyrinth, Shadowhunters Chronicles, OnePiece, James Cameron's Avatar, Avatar the Last Airbender, and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about death, murder, terminal illness, brainwashing, and cults.
Annabeth Chase as a DnD Character Bonus Episode up at Bunker 9: Patreon.com/musesofmythology
About Us

Podcast of Poseidon was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Audrey Miller. Find her on Instagram @bombshellnutshellart

Find us @PoscastOfPoseidon on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at PodcastOfPoseidon.com

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Chapter 33: The 12 Memes of Hercules with Robert Gaymer (thedammemepage) Mar 15, 2022

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Discussing the Labors of Hercules is far too great a challenge for the siblings to take on alone. Fortunately, they've got Robert Gaymer (they/them) of @thedammemepage, Into the Riordanverse, and Entering Storybrooke to help them on this daring quest! The episode starts with an insightful trip through Greek mythology and ends with a new game that goes completely off the rails.
Topics include why you shouldn't piss off a goddess, when not to delegate your to-do list, what monsters reside at the base of Mount Olympus, how to kidnap the guardian of the Underworld, and Marvel comics.
Find Rober all over the internet!
@thedammemepage on Instagram
Into the Riordanverse
Entering Storybrooke
Spoilers for Smite, Popeye, DuckTales (2017), Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, God of War, Marvel Comics, and Star Wars

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about murder, mental illness, incest, sex, decapitation, violence against animals, rape, theft, domestic violence, genocide, and infidelity.
We Read Fanfic (Cause Our Patrons Voted For It) Bonus Episode up at Bunker 9: Patreon.com/musesofmythology
About Us

Podcast of Poseidon was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Audrey Miller. Find her on Instagram @bombshellnutshellart

Find us @PoscastOfPoseidon on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at PodcastOfPoseidon.com

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Chapter 32: Is There an Apollo in the House? with Maddy (Fatal Flaw) Mar 01, 2022

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This week, real medical professional Maddy, RN BSN (she/her), of Fatal Flaw joins the podcast to discuss mythological medical professional, Apollo! Meanwhile, DJ (he/him) desperately tries to stop himself from talking about Trials of Apollo, and Darien (she/her) brings up Lumberjanes for the third episode in a row.
Other topics include mythological medical maladies, Tumblr Wars, tea recommendations, and video game ults.
Check out Maddy on Fatal Flaw
Spoilers for Smite, Lumberjanes, Hades, and God of War

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about illness, plague, death, dismemberment, monogamy, body horror, drowning, COVID-19 pandemic, petrification, cannibalism, surgery, murder, diet culture, disembowelment, animal attack, animal death, and drug use.
Davis's Birthday Bonus Bunker Bine Bonus Episode up at Bunker 9: Patreon.com/musesofmythology

Learn more about UNICEF Ukraine at unicef.org/ukraine/en
About Us

Podcast of Poseidon was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Audrey Miller. Find her on Instagram @bombshellnutshellart

Find us @PoscastOfPoseidon on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at PodcastOfPoseidon.com

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Chapter 31: Hunting for Artemis with Skylar Barsanti Feb 15, 2022

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It's our first returning guest episode!
Skylar Barsanti (she/her) returns to the pod with a book of essays, lessons on goddess archetypes, and hot takes about the Riordanverse. Meanwhile, Darien desperately tries to pronounce the word "Artemisian." And DJ just wants to talk about Trials of Apollo.
Other topics include discovering your inner goddess, NASA, archetypes versus tropes, and the genius of Taylor Swift.
See Skylar (and Darien) climb rocks on Instagram @OnTheRocksBoise
The book Skylar referenced is The Artemis Archetype in Popular Culture: Essays on Fiction, Film and Television edited by Susan Redington Bobby, Eileen M. Harney
Spoilers for The Trials of Apollo, The Heroes of Olympus, The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Walking Dead, Firefly/Serenity, Battlestar Galactica, The Hunger Games, Zero Horizon Dawn, and Lumberjanes.

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about hunting, childbirth, murder, sex, virginity, infidelity, death, and gender roles.
This Episode Rocks (with Skylar Barsanti) Bonus Episode up at Bunker 9: Patreon.com/musesofmythology

About Us

Podcast of Poseidon was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Audrey Miller. Find her on Instagram @bombshellnutshellart

Find us @PoscastOfPoseidon on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at PodcastOfPoseidon.com

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Chapter 30: We Join the Hunters of Artemis with Fran McMahon Feb 01, 2022

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This week, we're casting aside the company of men—co-hosts and brothers excluded—and diving into the lore and legacy of the Hunters of Artemis. Podcaster, YouTuber, and author Fran McMahon (she/her) joins the pod this week to talk about girl groups, immortality, and the importance and finding a place to belong.
Other topics include the thematic differences between the Hunters and the Amazons, girl spies, what "falling in battle" means, and what we hope to see in the Disney+ adaptation.
Get your dose of Fran at https://francescamcmahon.com/
Pre-order Echoes of the Past: https://books2read.com/echoesofthepast
Listen to The Best Dam Camp Podcast: https://linktr.ee/thebestdamcamppod
Catch Fran on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJA5jf5VbixFult10RKU-ow

Spoilers for The Trials of Apollo, Birds of Prey (2019), Avatar: The Last Airbender, Sailor Moon, Gumiho series by Kat Cho, Horizon Zero Dawn, Newman, OnePiece, Galleghar Girls, and Lumberjanes

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about death, sex, virginity, misgendering, stabbing, blood, being crushed to death, murder, infection, infectious disease, and homophobia.
Learn more about Simply Cats at SimplyCats.org
Learn more about Extra Life at Extra-life.org
Myths, Grief, and AO3 Bonus Episode up at Bunker 9: Patreon.com/musesofmythology

About Us

Podcast of Poseidon was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Audrey Miller. Find her on Instagram @bombshellnutshellart

Find us @PoscastOfPoseidon on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at PodcastOfPoseidon.com

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Chapter 29: My Cousin Saw a Manticore at the Zoo Jan 18, 2022

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In Ancient Greek terms, the Hydra is like the Mothman and the Manticore is like a rhinoceros. Got it? No? Don't worry. Darien (she/her) and DJ (he/him) explain everything in this week's episode!
Other topics include respecting party gods, big feelings about Pixar worldbuilding, the cultural difference between Bigfoot and the Yeti, medieval bestiaries, ancient historians, and DJ's shocking revelation about James Cameron's Avatar (Spoiler Alert: He loves it).
Spoilers for Dante's Inferno, Adventure Time, and Onward

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about death, carnivorous animals, poison, body horror, xenophobia, death, physical violence, and sex
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Demigod Destinies of Disney Characters with Figment Bonus Episode up at Bunker 9: Patreon.com/musesofmythology
About Us

Podcast of Poseidon was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Audrey Miller. Find her on Instagram @bombshellnutshellart

Like the show? Ready for more? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology

Find us @PoscastOfPoseidon on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at PodcastOfPoseidon.com

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Chapter 28: The Titan's Curse, or Percy's Series of Big Mistakes Jan 04, 2022

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We're back for season 3 and the siblings are determined to get themselves kicked out of the fandom. Listen in horror as they confess their true feelings about Thalia, Annabeth's family, and dam jokes! Darien (she/her) and DJ (he/him) present their most chaotic episode yet as they try desperately to get through The Titan's Curse.
Spoilers for Trials of Apollo: The Dark Prophecy and The Lost Hero

Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about death, falling, imprisonment, abandonment, abusive relationship, gaslighting, physical violence, and animal sacrifice.

Disney Twisted Tales Bonus Episodes up at Bunker 9: Patreon.com/musesofmythology
About Us

Podcast of Poseidon was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt.

Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Audrey Miller. Find her on Instagram @bombshellnutshellart

Like the show? Ready for more? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology

Find us @PoscastOfPoseidon on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at PodcastOfPoseidon.com

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The Lightning Thief for Good Live Stream Dec 25, 2021

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Happy Holidays from Podcast of Poseidon!
On December 21, 2021, members of the Riodanverse Podcasting Community gathered together to watch a terrible movie. We also raised money for an amazing organization, The Red Nation, a coalition of Native and non-Native activists, educators, students, and community organizers advocating Native liberation.
Here is a recording of The Lighting Thief for Good Live Stream. Pull up your preferred way to watch The Lightning Thief (2010), get some spicey juice, and enjoy!
Support The Red Nation at thrednation.org/support/
Meet the rest of the Riordanverse Podcasters
Fran at The Best Dam Camp Pod
Owen at Through the Mist
Brayden at Return to Camp Half-Blood
Molly at Fatal Flaw
Erica at Seaweed Brain Podcast
Katie at Dam Snack Bar Pod
Samuel and Diego at The Half-Blood Report
Robert at Into the Riordanverse and The Dam Meme Page

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