Let's Unpack That

Another episode, another week of questioning what was going through Sally Jackson’s mind. Nenah and Lidia discuss chapter 5 of The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, the casting of Annabeth Chase, Percy’s childhood trauma, the origins of the Greek god Dionysus, and dismantle the concept of Western Civilization.

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Sources for this episode:

Rick Riordan: Leah Jeffries is Annabeth Chase

https://rickriordan.com/2022/05/leah-jeffries-is-annabeth-chase/

Britannica: Styx Greek religion

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Styx-Greek-religion

Wikipedia: Chiron

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

Stephen M. Walt, “The Myth of American Exceptionalism” published to Foreign Policy.com in 2011

https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/10/11/the-myth-of-american-exceptionalism/

Wikipedia: Ambrosia

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

Wikipedia: Pinochle

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

Britannica: Dionysus

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dionysus

Wikipedia: Dionysus

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

Wikipedia: Osiris

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

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Nenah and Lidia discuss chapter 4 of Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief, the various antics of Greek gods, messed up family structures, our man Daedalus truly doing anything for a paycheck, and Percy Jackson’s entry into the magical world.

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Sources for this episode:

Britannica: Hades

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hades-Greek-mythology

“The Three Fates in Greek Mythology” by Mike Greenerg on MythologySource

https://mythologysource.com/three-fates/

The Fates of Greek Mythology: Hanging by a Thread by Bethany Williams, BA Classics and English, MA in Literature, on The Collector

https://www.thecollector.com/fates-greek-mythology/

Britannica: Minotaur

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Minotaur

Wikipedia: Minotaur

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

Wikipedia: Perseus

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

Britannica: Prometheus

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Prometheus-Greek-god

Nenah and Lidia discuss chapter 3 of Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief, in which they consider the implications of an author using a city as a setting that they've never been in, how children really do get the short end of the stick in certain situations and the fact that Mr. Riordan is truly pushing the line of "foreshadowing".

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Sources for this episode:

Google Maps

Wikipedia: Poseidon

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

Wikipedia: Eagle of Zeus

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

We're back, and we're mad that Percy Jackson isn't getting the help he needs to succeed in school and, apparently, surviving life in general. In this episode we talk about chapter 2 of The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, discuss private and public schools, meet the Fates, and catch up on world events (aka we talk about the queen for a hot minute).

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Sources for the episode include:

US News and World Report, “Private School vs. Public School” by Emily Pierce, September 2021

https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/articles/private-school-vs-public-school#:~:text=The%20most%20recent%20NAEP%20data,peers%20in%20all%20subject%20areas.

"ADHD and Depression" by Peg Rosen on understood.org

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/adhd-depression

"Adolescent Mental Health" Fact Sheet from WHO, November 2021

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/adolescent-mental-health#:~:text=Depression%20is%20estimated%20to%20occur,affect%20school%20attendance%20and%20schoolwork

My Favorite Murder, Episode 241

One Last Stop, Documentary

"Juno Steel and the Clean Break" by the Penumbra Podcast

"The Fates: The Destiny Goddesses" from GreekMythology.com

https://www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/The_Fates/the_fates.html

Nenah and Lidia invite you to join them in their return to podcasting with Season 3 of Let’s Unpack That - Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief. In which, they discuss the draws that Rick Riordan’s masterful storytelling had for young readers in the early 2000’s, how ADHD as an underlying theme of the book is a meaningful and relevant topic, both then and now, and discover that the Titan Kronos had some major daddy issues.

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Sources for the episode include:

ADHD in girls and boys – gender differences in co-existing symptoms and executive function measures by Erik Winther Skogli et all

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827008/ — National Library of Medicine

Sex and age differences in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms and diagnoses: Implications for DSM-V and ICD-11 by Dr. Ujjwal P. Ramtekkar, M.D., M.P.E et all

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827008/

Cronus - Kronos

https://www.greekmythology.com/Titans/Cronus/cronus.html

Welcome back for Season 3! After the longest hiatus on record, we're back to reading books we read in middle school and analyzing them. This season: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Book 1: The Lightning Thief!

Chapter 1 will be out in a week and you can expect episodes every other Friday from there!

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“Mass Mania”

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The final episode of this season, where we analyze the last chapter of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and give our final thoughts on the book. Who is Caesar Flickerman, really? Why was this book made into a movie? What happened to the Internet in Panem? What will happen to us if we lose the Internet? Why is Peeta so annoying? All this and some bonus discussion of Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in this latest episode of Let’s Unpack That.

Come back in a few weeks for our bonus episode about The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

Got questions, comments, or corrections?

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Content warnings: brief mention of trafficking; trauma, abuse, gaslighting.

Sources and Resources:

https://blacklivesmatter.com/

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

https://eji.org/

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Lidia’s library science classes

Episode edited by Lidia Bayne. Special assistance by Hank the Dog.

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“Mass Mania”

The hiatus is over, at last. This week we analyze chapters 25 and 26 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and talk about racial justice initiatives resulting from George Floyd’s murder. The fight isn’t over; it’s just starting. All peacekeepers are bastards.

Content warnings for this episode: racism, rape, murder, character death, pet death, suicide.

Sources and Resources:

https://blacklivesmatter.com/

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

https://eji.org/

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

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

https://www.gedmatch.com/

https://dbknews.com/2019/04/16/notre-dame-cathedral-fire-social-media-instagram-paris-self-promotion/

Correction from last episode: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-father-kkk-1927/

Got questions, comments, or corrections?

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“Mass Mania”

The entire nation of Panem is severely traumatized, even if they don't realize it. Why is Haymitch the way he is? Why did Foxface have to die like that? What is the significance of Cato's name? All this and more as we analyze chapters 23 and 24 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

Content warnings: discussions of trauma, death, PTSD, murder, suicide.

Let us know your thoughts and if you're reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes!

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Audio Producer/Editor: Lidia Bayne

Special thanks to Dylan Forehand

Sources:

https://dmh.mo.gov/healthykids/providers/trauma

https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treat/essentials/complex_ptsd.asp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foil_(fiction)

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

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

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

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

Plutarch’s Parallel Lives Volume III (which includes Cato the Younger) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14140/14140-h/14140-h.htm#LIFE_OF_CATO

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“Mass Mania”

What does the love triangle contribute to the story? Why did Katniss really risk her life to get medicine for Peeta? Why does Thresh spare Katniss when he has the chance to kill her? We discuss all of this and more in chapters 21 and 22 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

Let us know your speculations about the prequel, A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, out May 19 in the US. And let us know if you were Team Peeta or Team Gale when you first read this!

Email us: [email protected]

Twitter: @letsunpackpod

Audio producer: Dylan Forehand

Sources:

https://www.cabinlife.com/articles/article/the-red-fox-survival-strategies-revealed

https://www.hungergameslessons.com/2011/06/whats-so-important-about-the-green.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/social_inequality.htm

The Panem Companion by V. Arrow

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“Mass Mania”