S11E1 - Zeus Ruins Everything - feat. Rick Riordan

About this episode

Rick Riordan joins the episode to explore humorous and questionable aspects of love and transformation in Greek mythology.

Oh Muses! A new Oracle is born as Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series, steps in while the Oracle of wifi is on vacation. In this episode we encounter moons, beautiful people, extremely questionable courting practices and inappropriate reactions to having a crush including kidnapping, transforming your crush into a herd animal, transforming yourself into a herd animal, and memorializing them through astronomy.

People in this episode

Guest: Rick Riordan

Topics covered

• Greek mythology
• romantic relationships
• transformation
• humor
• adventure

Keywords

• Zeus
• Oracle
• crush
• kidnapping
• astronomy
• courting practices
• mythology

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Percy Jackson

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