Best Magnus Apollo Podcasts (2025)

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213: Absolute Apollo 51:07

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The Tower of Nero, ch. 36 to 39 This week on Unwise Girls, despite immense audience pressures, we decided to make some controversial statements. "This book was sometimes good and sometimes bad." "Stories' endings should resonate thematically." "Leo Valdez may not be our top oomfie blorbo anymore." I know, I know! But hold your horses, it's not all …

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212: Canceled to an Impermanent End 54:09

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The Tower of Nero, ch. 31 to 35 This week on Unwise Girls, the Beast has been put down. The children of Nero have been placated. The snake has been constricted... and the Lester has died. Badly. But don't worry, it's fine! Right...? Come back next week for The Tower of Nero, ch. 36 to 39! Check out our Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/unwisegirls)…

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211: The Kerfuffle of Manhattan 47:43

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The Tower of Nero, ch. 26 to 30 This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss what it's like for something to just be okay. When something's okay, that means that you're largely disappointed in it, right? That's how we define okay? I guess it is. We talk about it all: Nero, The Beast, Meg's final grappling with her abuse, Nero's other kids, gas attacks, ha…

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210: Big Asterisk On That 47:15

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The Tower of Nero, ch. 21 to 25 This week on Unwise Girls, we open the prison bars of mediocrity into the holding cell of pretty good to discuss what exactly Rick is cooking up for Apollo and friends. Characters that should've been introduced three books ago? Yep, check. Nero being such a good villain that he truly makes the previous ones feel like…

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FactoidFriday: Peacocks with Frickin Lasers! 14:28

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We are wrapping up season 8 and moving onto season 9 of the Mind of Magnus! And we couldn't have done it without you! Listner factoid, Peacocks emit lasers from their tails!?! https://tinyurl.com/ycmysmvh bonus factoid: Why doesn't the wildfire smoke filling the city smell like campfire? ---------- Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do…

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209: You Really Trogged This One Up 42:18

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The Tower of Nero, ch. 16 to 20 This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss some of the most insidious stuff Rick Riordan has ever put to page. Like, seriously, what was he thinking?? Come back next week for The Tower of Nero, ch. 21 to 25! Check out our Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/unwisegirls) Follow the show (https://twitter.com/unwisegirls) Join…

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208: Now Let's Do a Silly One 47:05

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The Tower of Nero, ch. 11 to 15 This week on Unwise Girls, huh. Is that right? Cows? Weird... This one's mostly a lot of cows, I guess. And poop. But we don't really talk about cow poop at all, which is, frankly, a surprise. We also talk about prophecies and other stuff but to clarify, really, this is mostly a poop one. Come back next week for The …

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FactoidFriday with John Michael Godier 5:28

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My guest and factoid sharer for this episode is the host of the show Event Horizon found on Youtube, and is an American science fiction author, science communicator and futurist who produces documentary videos centered on future technology and the potential for advanced extraterrestrial life. If you haven't listened to his 2 part interview, definit…

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John Michael Godier - Part 2 37:49

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My guest for the show is the host of the show Event Horizon found on Youtube, and is an American science fiction author, science communicator and futurist who produces documentary videos centered on future technology and the potential for advanced extraterrestrial life. We chat about all sorts of awesome topics that went long into the night, enough…

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207: Honey She Gray 42:27

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The Tower of Nero, ch. 6 to 10 This week on Unwise Girls, we continue to tube down the river of good fortune as The Trials of Apollo continues to find its footing right at the end. We discuss Dionysus's antics (as well as the surprising pathos mined from his familiar relationship with Apollo), Smite That City, the return of the Gray Sisters, meme m…

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John Michael Godier - Part 1 1:01:33

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My guest for the show is the host of the show Event Horizon found on Youtube, and is an American science fiction author, science communicator and futurist who produces documentary videos centered on future technology and the potential for advanced extraterrestrial life. We chat about all sorts of awesome topics that went long into the night, enough…

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206: The Rise of Richolas 47:12

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The Tower of Nero, ch. 1 to 5 She's back, she's back, and most importantly, HE'S back!!! That's right, folks, the Rick Riordan content you've been gagging for is BACK and better than ever. So get right up close and cozy this week as we discuss the beginning of The Tower of Nero, how Rick is using this book's plot as a course-correction to the rest …

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205: Spring Break - The Cursed Carnival 1:04:16

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The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories About Mythic Heroes This week on Unwise Girls, we are... back to Rick Riordan? Wait, isn't it a week early? Ah, wait, no, I see - it's Rick Riordan Presents! We decided to try out a little sampler platter of what the Riordan-led book imprint featuring various authors telling stories of the mytho…

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204: Spring Break - Professional Wrestling 58:03

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Professional Wrestling One! Two! ... One! Two! ... One! ... One! Two! Three!!! Wahoo, yippee, Unwise Girls got the pin! And now that we've won podcasting gold, we're ready to talk about a little bit of professional wrestling. In this sort of rambly and off-kilter episode of Unwise Girls, we discuss our experiences going to indie wrestling shows, as…

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Pauly Guglielmo Show Crossover Episode 1:16:55

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Honored to jump on the mic with the larger than life sauce master, @googs0105, of the Pauly Guglielmo Show, another of the @LunchadorPodcasts Network. Pauly is one of the radio guys I heard on the air for years, armed with entrepreneurial curious mind, he makes positive ripples in the Rochester area. Check out this cross over episode, and I can't w…

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203: Spring Break - Misericorde 1:04:03

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Misericorde: Volume One Lord, forgive us, for we are podcasters. This week, Jane and Jacqueline don their tunics, veils, wimples, scapulars and habits in order to properly talk about the first chapter of Xeecee's instant-classic visual novel Misericorde. We try and cover at least some of the breadth of what this massively impressive game gives us i…

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FactoidFriday: Friday the 13th Fears and Factoid Show! 18:39

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Tune in for a spooky mix of Friday the 13th facts, fears, and folklore, straight from our listeners! From strange histories to quirky phobias, this episode is packed with eerie insights you won’t want to miss. Holly's Article from Atlas Obscura on the Thirteen Club can be found here: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/thirteen-club-superstition-…

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FactoidFriday: Boötes Void, the Hole In Space. 14:34

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Thanks to Dan, Ben, and Shannon for sending in facts to the Factoid Hotline! Their facts were all about The Boötes Void, a vast, roughly spherical region of space, 330 Million Light years wide that has almost nothing inside it. What could cause it, and is it from an angry ancient god? BBC Article: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/bo…

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202: Spring Break - Tom Taylor's Nightwing 1:02:13

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Nightwing (2016) #78-118 + a few others Wham! Bam! Kapow! This week on Unwise Girls, we've donned our masks, capes, and skintight bodysuits in order to discuss Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo et al.'s acclaimed run on Nightwing. What does a boy with the most perfect and pure heart on all of Prime Earth do when all of the money in the world lands in hi…

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201: Spring Break - A Memory Called Empire 56:43

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A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Another journey of unwise girlsPlanned, sketched, set out into the forestOf platformed pines that drop pods as spring continues.What, then? What path do we clear for empire?How lives interpretation in the legacy of footfall?And for how long will the winter ice's final vestige remain?Eventually, it ceases to …

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Just Can't Not - Magnus Photo Hunt at the Lilac Festival - Just Can't Not 27:27

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This episode of Just Can't Not features Chris Lindstrom (@stromie) chatting with Magnus (@magnusapollo) to learn about the interactive art he created for the 2025 Lilac Festival (@rochesterlilacfestival)! This project has everything - a photo scavenger hunt of animal art around the park, a giant Magnus along the entrance, laser artwork on rocks, an…

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200: Spring Break - Meet the Hosts 56:11

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Us! Jane and Jacqueline! It feels just like yesterday that we were talking about a Rick Riordan book and celebrating our 100th episode. Now, we're not talking about a Rick Riordan book and not celebrating our 100th episode! Things change so quickly! This week, we decided to bravely not discuss an interesting media property and instead share a littl…

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199: Spring Break - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead 55:39

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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990 film) This week on Unwise Girls, we begin our Spring Tolerance Break with a story that's completely different than anything we've done before! This time, we check out a hit work by an author who's taking mythical stories of the past and reinterpreting them through a more modern lens in order to speak to the…

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198: No Ships Have Sailed 1:02:24

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The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 38 to 43 This week on Unwise Girls, we say welcome back to one good heckin' praetorino ... and say goodbye to The Tyrant's Tomb! There's no getting past it: this book was a bit rough for us. But how did we really come out the other end feeling? Well, listen to the episode and find out - plus, listen to the end for a very impo…

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FactoidFriday - Dolphin Communications with AI 19:06

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Thanks to listeners who sent in the Factoids about the DolphinGemma project and the hope to talk to other animals using AI Large Language Models: Blog mentioned can be found here: https://blog.google/technology/ai/dolphingemma Learn about Alex the African Grey Parrot: @TheAlexFoundation Follow Apollo the African Grey: @apolloandfrens Hector D. Byrd…

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197: Frankanda Forever 53:51

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The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 32 to 37 This week on Unwise Girls, we say goodbye to a beloved character and give their death all of its due seriousness. One good heckin praetorino, am I right? We also discuss inappropriate chapter titles, debate over Lavinia, grumble about the mist, roll our ankles and snip our fingers, despise the MCU, compliment fight s…

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FactoidFriday - A Ramble about Dire Wolves 23:51

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Thanks to those that wrote in sharing the facts about Dire Wolves and De-extinction. Took some time for a 20 minute ramble on the topic of What a Dire Wolf is, What Early Man Might have Met, and also how crazy Man's Control of DNA is. ------------------ Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that y…

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196: Ptolemaic Rizzler 52:10

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The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 26 to 31 This week on Unwise Girls, we ask the question: how can you go from A to Z when you're already starting at X? That's right, folks, it's yet another week where we're starting to question the basic execution of this series' premise! But we also talk about funny adult babies, the best things to do on your phone, our wei…

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195: Just Date His Sister 44:12

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The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 20 to 25 This week on Unwise Girls, we're touching plenty of grass and breathing in the seeds of our discontent and whatever else Shakespeare said. We discuss a delicious amount of Riordan Content:tm:, including our conflicting opinions on where Lavinia is headed as a character, Reyna doing the world's most obvious pining, an…

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March Factoid Friday - Oak Trees and Villains 18:38

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Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest? Write us at [email protected] Send a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapollo Or call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473 The Mind of Magnus is a Proud Member of the Lunchador Podcast Network. To join the Patreo…

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194: Angry Girls World Premiere 52:37

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The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 14 to 19 This week on Angry Girls, we get real grumpy and pissed off. We talk all about STUFF WE NOTICED that we think SUCKS!!! Like, you ever think about how a lot of these books in the same children's franchise have a lot of similarities? Or how a lot of these characters are kinda surface level?? And there's not like, blood…

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Behind the Studio Door crossover episode! 49:35

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I was asked to jump on the mic to chat with Molly (@thedarlingrevolution) and Christian (@letsgocnote) from Behind the Studio Door podcast! A great chat was had, that could have easily gone on for hours. Like and follow @behindthestudiodoor to learn more about the amazing artists in the #Roc! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Do you have a cool factoid to …

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193: Power Trios 50:15

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The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 8 to 13 This week on Unwise Girls... eh? Who are you? Sorry, but I don't remember petty things like names or faces... it's all about vibes for me. This week, the vibe is pretty frickin' positive on the book - partially because we've been reading even better books at the same time. We discuss cyclops flesh, lesbian stereotypes…

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192: Oppa Pollo Style 48:26

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The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 1 to 7 Crack open a cold one, girlies, it's time for the penultimate book in Apollo's The Trials of! This week we're starting off our discussion of the novel with one long, continuous corpse party, several pushbacks on pushbacks, some reevaluating of Hazel Levesque and Frank Zhang, the world's most disastrous romance to look …

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191: The Cancellation of Porkpie 1:03:12

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The Burning Maze, ch. 42 to 47 This week on Unwise Girls, The Burning Maze dies and we're finally allowed to grieve. We discuss what Rick is doing with mortality and how Jason's death - and the more we hope to come - are actually making it mean something, what this convoluted acrostic is telling us about future books, wildfires continuing to stretc…

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Fatigued Brains dealing with Bad News 4:20

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Hi Folks, I felt like I need to send out a little something for the podcast feed. Lots of folks are feeling Mutual Aid Fatigue, Compassion Burnout, all while dealing with Collective Impoverishment... Take a moment to rest, and take care of yourself. Thanks, Magnus ------------- Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique st…

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Magnus India Recap 1:11:57

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Thank you to Stromie from the @FoodAboutTown podcast for playing host to interview me for to share the stories about my time in India and the wonderful experiences. Links from the show: Kala Ghoda Art Festival: https://kalaghodaassociation.com/ Elephanta Caves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephanta_Caves A hotel I can't recommend enough: https://…

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190: Teen Godlings Go! 49:38

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The Burning Maze, ch. 36 to 41 This week on Unwise Girls, we keep it short and sweet as we... uh... seven letters, starts with D.... you get it, right? We're stuck in a word vortex! Puzzles abound as we talk about that god who is known for music, poetry, and charioteering the sun and his goofy little adventures with Rogrev and Gem. Ah, this is all …

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189: Losing Our Spark 1:02:32

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The Burning Maze, ch. 29 to 35 This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss... huh. Well, who could have seen that one coming? We talk about pretty much one thing in this episode, y'all, and it's one of the best choices Rick has made in writing these books in a long time. For maybe the first time, Apollo has to deal with consequences as the promise of an …

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188: Joe Walsh's Last Stand 44:05

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The Burning Maze, ch. 22 to 28 This week on Unwise Girls, oops! Maybe we spoke too soon on finally liking the book. We discuss Jane's quirky neuroses, the weak mysteries of love and the heart, broing out, waiting for that damn Styx curse, total Leo memoryholes, Apollo's strange taste in partners across history, Black Dynamite, Rick's heavy reliance…

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Nectar of the Pods: Episode 142 - We Do a Revolution 1:01:16

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Revolutionary Girl Utena, ep. 1-3 (sorry y'all no new episode this week! please enjoy the beginning of our coverage of utena instead! if you like it and want to hear more, go to patreon.com/unwisegirls !!) (cw: discussion of domestic violence and racism) the bonus show is back! and this time, we've decided to cover a piece of media that isn't about…

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Phoning it in... from India! 4:58

7M ago4:58

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I'm really phoning this one in guys.... from Mumbai India! A short special #FactoidFriday for you from the Capital of India! Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest? Write us at [email protected] Send a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapollo Or call and …

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187: Monarch Crush Monday 48:10

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The Burning Maze, ch. 15 to 21 This week on Unwise Girls, we're putting the past behind us as we finally decide we like one of these books! We discuss a really good fight, unstable emperors ready to tear each others throats out, villains made entirely via flashback, mad dog shit, the finer points of mecha fiction, Rick's insecurity about possibly d…

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Factoid Friday January Listener Factoids! 15:47

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Thanks to all those that wrote or called into the show to share your cool factoids! Do you have a cool factoid to share on the air? Do you have a unique story of the strange that you just need to get off your chest? Write us at [email protected] Send a message on BlueSky or X: @magnusapollo Or call and leave a voice mail at: 585-310-2473 The M…

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186: Divorce That Demigod 1:00:09

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The Burning Maze, ch. 8 to 14 This week on Unwise Girls, we've been released from our cryostasis chambers to return to a world of... uh... raging wildfires. Hm. Well, this week, we'll discuss Rick Riordan's so-far tasteless and toothless incorporation of real life tragedy into the works of his fictional magic men, a satisfying turn in Piper and Jas…

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Factoid Friday with Noelle from Quite Unusual Podcast 13:58

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Noelle Kruppa, one of the co-hosts of the Quite Unusual Podcast joins us again this week to share some awesome facts! Mummies and ghosts and so many other fun topics for the first FactoidFriday of the year! Follow and listen to Noelle and Nicole on @QuiteUnusualPod, or Noelle's Personal page @no.kruppa ------- Do you have a cool factoid to share on…

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Noelle Kruppa from The Quite Unusual Podcast 1:45:33

8M ago1:45:33

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Happy New Year, and to celebrate I'm bringing the one and only Noelle Kruppa, one of the co-hosts of the Quite Unusual Podcast. Hearing all about the path that brought her to creating this wonderful show, talking about all sorts of fun weird topics, and she even does a 2025 Tarot reading for us to see what our future holds! Follow and listen to Noe…

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185: Kneeless In Palm Springs 1:07:07

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The Burning Maze, ch. 1 to 7 No. I refuse to share this episode of my podcast. It was the lowest, most awful content in my nearly-four-years of podcasting. Disaster. Heartbreak. I will not let you listen to it. ... Hey, why are you still here? Go away! But alas, I suppose I have no choice. Doubtless, Moonshot expects us to tell you the story of Apo…

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184: Pokemon Go to the Gas Leak 1:03:30

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The Dark Prophecy, ch. 38 to 42 We've done it! After what felt like years (despite being, like, basically the amount of time we spend on any book) we've completed The Dark Prophecy! How'd we like it? Let's see! This week on Unwise Girls we discuss the power of seething hatred, writing to the formula, one of the sicker uses so far of Apollo's tempor…

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Factoid Friday with Grant Baciocco and Toiley T. Paper 9:36

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Grant Baciocco talented puppeteer from the Jim Henson Company, MST3K, and more joins us again to share a cool #Factoid about the Henson Studios. Extra Bonus Guest: Toiley T. Paper joins us to share a factoid that is very on brand for him. Follow Grant here: https://mrgrant.com/ On Instagram @throwingtoasters Follow Toiley T. Paper on TikTok or othe…