Darien Smartt 2/15/22 Darien Smartt 2/15/22

Chapter 31: Hunting for Artemis with Skylar Barsanti

Skylar Barsanti (she/her) returns to the pod with a book of essays, lessons on goddess archetypes, and hot takes about the Riordanverse.

Darien Smartt 1/5/21 Darien Smartt 1/5/21

Chapter 7: Let’s Get Fury-ous

Darien (she/her) goes HARD in this episode about the Furies. And DJ (he/him) is along for the ride.

Darien Smartt 12/8/20 Darien Smartt 12/8/20

Chapter 5: Chiron’s School of Rock

Darien (she/her) and DJ (he/him) discuss the greatest teachers of all time: a centaur and Jack Black.

Darien Smartt 11/24/20 Darien Smartt 11/24/20

Chapter 4: My Name’s Dionysus and I Like to Party

Darien (she/her) and DJ (he/him) discuss the many facets of Dionysus (who's totally more than a party god).

Darien Smartt 11/10/20 Darien Smartt 11/10/20

Chapter 3: The Minotaur

The Minotaur is secretly a really sad, frustrating story. Darien (she/her) and DJ (he/him) discuss why.

Darien Smartt 10/27/20 Darien Smartt 10/27/20

Chapter 2: The Fates

The Ancient Greeks believed the lives of all creatures were pre-determined, mapped out by three goddesses on a divine loom (which is NOT the same as a spinning wheel). Today, the question of destiny and fate has a lot more layers.

Darien Smartt 10/13/20 Darien Smartt 10/13/20

Chapter 1: The Lightning Thief

Darien (she/her) and DJ (he/him) start their quest for real by diving into The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. They have a lot of opinions about a certain pink poodle.