Seaweed Brain: A Percy Jackson Podcast

CW: This episode features adult language! 

Ch. 14-20 featuring Molly and Maddy from Fatal Flaw Podcast! Please enjoy this chaotic journey from the morning after the Stable Scene to the Atlanta Aquarium, all the way to the epic Annabeth/Reyna showdown at the Battle of Fort Sumter!!!

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Ch. 10-13, featuring long-time listener, Blue Sitten! We cover the first Percy vs. Jason fight, and MOST IMPORTANTLY the STABLE SCENE!!! Join us as we take sacred time for this sacred Percabeth moment and over-analyze every sentence in Chapter XIII (look we know roman numerals now)

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Alright friends, we have FINALLY ARRIVED! The Mark of Athena Ch. 1-9 with our friend, the incomparable Percabeth content contributor Caitlin from @PercabethFeelsFandom. Join us as we dissect every bit of Annabeth's POV and fangirl about the PERCABETH REUNION we have been waiting 1000 pages for, plus more discussion on the Argo II group dynamic, alternate universe 7 pairings, and of course, Pipabeth.

Enjoy meeting some of our fantastic listeners (and fellow riordanverse podcasters) as we wrap up loose ends from The Son of Neptune and prepare to journey into our life's purpose: The Mark of Athena!

Ft. Theseus, Alex, Tamar, Olivia, Owen from Through the Mist, Samuel and Diego from The Half-Blood Report, and Molly from Fatal Flaw!

CW/TW: This episode briefly discusses violence against women. Join Erica, Carter, and Quinn from Floor 600 as they do a deep dive into the Amazons as they exist in the Riordanverse, greek mythology, real life history (!), and pop culture. That's right, Quinn is sharing her thesis on Wonder Woman throughout the many waves of American feminism!!! You don't wanna miss this.

Wonder Woman's comeback: https://msmagazine.com/tag/wonder-woman/

Amazons in pop culture: https://www.bustle.com/p/before-wonder-woman-these-were-pop-cultures-amazons-62266

The Real (?!) Amazons: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/amazon-women-there-any-truth-behind-myth-180950188/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/141029-amazons-scythians-hunger-games-herodotus-ice-princess-tattoo-cannabis

https://www.thoughtco.com/people-who-lived-in-ancient-steppes-118305

Matriarchies: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/international-womens-day-matriarchy-matriarchal-society-women-feminism-culture-matrilineal-elephant-bonobo-a8243046.html

The company Amazon: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/05/amazon-workers-protest-unsafe-grueling-conditions-warehouse

The Movie: https://www.thewrap.com/professor-marston-and-the-wonder-women-review-luke-evans-rebecca-hall/

Harvard: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1966/12/8/lamont-will-open-to-cliffies-after/

American Multiculturalism and the myth of the melting pot: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30029838?seq=1

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/multiculturalism/#PolRetMul

Book Rec from Erica: https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/helen-morales/antigone-rising/9781568589343/

Book Rec from Carter: https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-gift-of-freedom

Book Recs from Quinn: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/how-the-amazon-queen-fought-the-prince-of-egypt-by-tamara-bower/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/241159/the-secret-history-of-wonder-woman-by-jill-lepore/

CW and Spoilers: This episode contains adult language (lol) and spoilers for the WandaVision series finale.

https://www.readriordan.com/2021/02/11/5-favorite-percy-crushes/

https://www.readriordan.com/2021/02/09/spotlight-on-drew-tanaka/

The original tweet: https://twitter.com/readriordan/status/1367565558179393538?s=20

Fran's merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/adoseoffran

Also our merch while we're here: https://www.teepublic.com/user/adoseoffran?ref_id=21682

Carter and Erica chat about the introduction to Ms. Hazel Levesque: reliving trauma, incorporating Louisiana Voodoo, and stepping into your power as a horse girl.

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More on Voodoo in pop culture: 

https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/black-witches-why-cant-they-get-respect-in-pop-culture.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4amMTitO714

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Erica, Carter, and returning guest Alex Yam, live from Canada, discuss Frank "literary Panda Express" Zhang. Parenting stereotypes, shapeshifting analysis, Frazel, and of course, jasmine-scented everything.

More on Asian-American representation in tv/film:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/t-magazine/asian-american-actors-representation.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/10/28/358307426/a-timeline-of-51-family-sitcoms-with-people-of-color

https://www.academia.edu/43772191/The_Bourgeois_Cinema_of_Boba_Liberalism

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother: 

https://www.npr.org/2011/01/11/132833376/tiger-mothers-raising-children-the-chinese-way

An alternative Frazel timeline: 

https://flightfoot.tumblr.com/post/186863810212/so-i-was-thinking-about-the-age-gap-in-frazel-and

Show Merch: 

https://www.teepublic.com/stores/seaweed-brain-podcast?ref_id=21682

Alex’s grandpa’s Wikipedia page: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_Yuandao

Carter and Erica are joined by Samuel and Diego from The Half Blood Report to discuss their ultimate favorite book, The Son of Neptune! (HBR's favorite book, not exactly Carter and Erica's...) A delightfully well-constructed quest, brand new friendships, and the return of Mr. Percy himself!

Please take none of this seriously. Unless you're an exec from Disney+, in which case, we are totally. serious. With special guests Chloe Castro-Santos and Thomas Laub!