We start off this one by welcoming you all to our mob. Thank you for your creative answers. This episode, chaos reigns!! Rick steals from Star Wars in this one. This is a quest with three Han Solos. Apollo comes down hard against slavery. Meg rides an ostrich. Peaches returns! Commodus brings out all the stops in the arena. These chapters are very violent. Georgina is rescued and gives us a new prophecy! Apollo learns he has more children than he thought. We discuss the portrayal of the Hunters of Artemis in PJO vs ToA. Thanks for listening and don’t forget to join our mob here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCWKvVywF2Uvb9wxxQgXCUuhZqz4x-vXSSRFcLtBm2UW3LFw/viewform ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://www.speakpipe.com/Camphalfpod

This week we are joined by the amazing Phoebe from Monster Donut podcast!! We learn all about Heloise and Abelard, and their namesakes. We get to see the most iconic flashback of this book - Commodus’s death. Apollo commits what he believes is his first murder. Plagues don’t count. We rave about how good Commodus’s death scene is. Phoebe is way more knowledgeable about these books than us. Then, the most chaotic combo possible - Meg, Apollo, and Leo - set out on a quest to Commodus’s lair and travel via sewer. Be sure to check out Phoebe on Instagram (@phojoco) - her fanart is incredible! And she’s on Twitter @drawmaturg. And go give Monster Donut a follow @pjopod and listen wherever you listen to pods! ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://www.speakpipe.com/Camphalfpod

This episode is brought to you by AI-generated haikus. In these chapters, we get some background on Trophonious and Agamethus (aka cheese ghost). We also learn about Commodus, the emperor bad guy of this book. He is confirmed as a furry, since he’s Roman and wears lion skin. Then, Calypso and Apollo head to the zoo to rescue some griffins. Manasa’s favorite character, the talking arrow, makes a return. We give you ostrich facts that you didn’t ask for. Meg and Apollo are reunited!! Choo choo. #FindGrittysMom ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://www.speakpipe.com/Camphalfpod

Ever wondered how to create an angry mob? Us too. We invite you all to join our mob. This week, we make the switch from 4 to 6 chapters at a time, and it’s great. Waystation is confirmed as a lesbian house. We learn about Georgina and all the strange happenings in Indianapolis. Cheese ghost is still here. Apollo is an oblivious king. Leo and Calypso are bickering, and the internet makes it sound worse than it is in the text. Except Leo’s dialogue - that’s definitely as bad as the internet thinks. We end with a deep lightning bolt question about regret from Manasa. Also, slay is this generation’s yolo. ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://www.speakpipe.com/Camphalfpod

This week we start a new book - The Dark Prophecy. Manasa makes some prophecies for the plot. Calypso, Leo, and Apollo are the new trio for this book. Rick has no love for the state of Indiana. Festus is still the problematic king we know and love. We learn about the headless blemmyaes. A headless ghost leads them to a magic house that is clearly owned by lesbians. There is too much interpretive dance in this book already. ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://www.speakpipe.com/Camphalfpod

Percy is here to save the day - by insulting villains (he’s just like us!). Apollo faces down a giant statue of himself. He was his own enemy, all along. He’s still a narcissist, though. We’re both not sure how we feel about this ending. Leo and Calypso finally make their return, and everyone punches Leo. Including Chiron. We talk about our favorite moments from this book, and our least favorite (two words: ant mama). Manasa makes some predictions for the next books and then we wrap up with some Lightning bolt questions. ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://www.speakpipe.com/Camphalfpod

Manasa isn’t sure how she feels about this one. It’s because of the rapping. We realize that our earlier prediction of ToA being Glee was right. We’d like to arrest Rick for writing these haikus. Apollo raps again. There are too many ants and too many mommies in this book. This means you get more ANT FACTS!!! We hope one of you is an ant expert. If you’re an ant expert we’ll invite you onto the podcast. Camp is under attack by a giant statue. Manasa considers murdering an arrow. Apollo is sort of useless in battle. Luckily, we have Percy to save the day. And Will and Nico to save these chapters! ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://www.speakpipe.com/Camphalfpod

It’s time for the big reveal - Nero is The Beast, and The Beast is Meg’s Guardian. It’s also time for us to reveal the story we wrote in middle school and some (all) of high school. Nero has his villain speech moment. He has some German men with him. Meg is conflicted. Apollo sings again, unfortunately. Manasa is personally triggered by Nero. This book is about childhood trauma! We make fun of Nero so much that we realize we might be the villains. They have a sort of anticlimactic fight with Nero, and then Apollo runs towards the Grove. PS - New Phoebe Bridgers song, Crying In The Ant Enclosure, is going to drop any day now, we swear.————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://www.speakpipe.com/Camphalfpod

Apollo has a bit of a menty b, hallucinates about his tree lover, and then meets one of the many Greek mommies, Rhea. We discuss the actual myth of Apollo and Daphne, and how it’s not a great look for him. Women are always wronged in myths. We want revenge. Apollo uses the power of song to fight ants and make them depressed (maybe this season is an analogy for Glee?). Apollo also decides to rap and it feels like a fever dream. The ant mother is his new mommy (again with the mommies…). Apollo reunites with Meg, and we learn more about who the mysterious Triumvirate villains are. ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://www.speakpipe.com/Camphalfpod

Meg and Apollo set off on their quest to find the Grove of Dodona. We discuss how the Ancient Greeks had a weird thing about mommies going on. We meet some geyser gods who really want reviews and then Meg gets stolen by some giant ants. Apollo immediately breaks the stupid oaths he made. Manasa wants to use a piano as a weapon. If picked up by giant ants, she would drop her piano on them. We discuss bad reviews and the only book Erin has ever left a bad review for. ————————————————————— SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/camphalfpod?fan_landing=true SEND US AN AUDIO MESSAGE: https://www.speakpipe.com/Camphalfpod