Muses of Mythology

Muses of Mythology
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Join two siblings on an exciting journey as they dive into ancient myths and uncover how these tales shaped modern pop culture, all while reading Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians. New episodes every other Tuesday!

  1. Oct 20

    Story 134: Mars - From Farm to Flipping Tables

    “Rome was really into this ship.” Darien (she/they) and DJ (he/him) refuse to fall for military propaganda while discussing Mars (and STILL not deliver a proper Ares episode).  Other topics include a big shout out to Canada, a mini Vesta episode, Mars’ role in protecting agriculture, Rome’s divine OTP, a surprising sacred avian, an etymology tangent, and Darien's favorite Ares interpretation.  Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations warfare, violence, and animal sacrifice.  Spoilers for Heroes of Olympus  Bonus episode Darien vs Feminist Myth Retellings on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology About Us Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt. Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka  Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com -----------------------  Support the show No portion of this episode may be used for large language learning models or generative AI training purposes or to create derivative works without express written permission from the creators and co-hosts Darien Smartt or Davis Smartt.

  2. Oct 6 ·  Bonus

    The Wild Zone, or We Interview Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh!

    “Ditto.” Darien (she/they) and DJ (he/him) throw the episode schedule out the window to discuss The Wild Zone, the Boise book tour stop, and INTERVIEWING RICK RIORDAN AND ANNABELLE OH!!! Other topics include examining and reexamining Clarisse’s character motivations, camp activities, the Aphrodite Cabin rep we've always longed for, Darien overselling her current rock climbing skills, meeting Izzy, and OH MY GOODNESS DID WE REALLY GET TO INTERVIEW RICK RIORDAN AND ANNABELLE OH?! Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about kidnapping. Spoilers for Camp Half-Blood Book 1: The Wild Zone  Author Interview starts at: 56:58 Bonus episode We Got to See Coyote vs Acme on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology About Us Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt. Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka  Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com -----------------------  Support the show No portion of this episode may be used for large language learning models or generative AI training purposes or to create derivative works without express written permission from the creators and co-hosts Darien Smartt or Davis Smartt.

  3. Sep 22

    Story 133: Many Faces of the Gorgon

    “Would you say he's caked up? Darien (she/they) and DJ (he/him) examine too many images in a non-visual medium as they explore the history of the Gorgon sisters. Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about death, beheading, and petrification. Spoilers for The Heroes of Olympus, David Luber’s Weenies series, Monster High, American Dragon: Jake Long, Discworld, Wednesday, Hades, Hades 2, Once Upon a Time, and The Haunted Mansion (ride) Bonus episode We Got to See Coyote vs Acme on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology About Us Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt. Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka  Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com -----------------------  Support the show No portion of this episode may be used for large language learning models or generative AI training purposes or to create derivative works without express written permission from the creators and co-hosts Darien Smartt or Davis Smartt.

  4. Sep 8

    Story 132: The Son of Neptune, or There's Percy!!

    “We didn't get any of this for Jason because we don't know Jason. Rick doesn't know Jason.”  Darien (she/they) and DJ (he/him) jump into the next Heroes of Olympus book by asking a very important question: Why is The Son of Neptune so much better than The Lost Hero? Other topics include superficial similarities between the first two HoO books, the scene on the cover NOT happening on page, more support for DJ’s theory about how demigods get their gifts, how to successfully pull of a memory loss plot, Reyna and the Ace Experience™, examining Nico and Hazel’s sibling relationship,  Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about amnesia, drowning, death, war, physical violence, murder, and racism.  Spoilers for The Heroes of Olympus, The Sun and the Star, The Court of the Dead, Gwenpool, The West Coast Avengers, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep/Fragmentary Passage, Mort, Soul Music, The Trials of Apollo  Bonus episode 7 Quizzes to Get to Know Yourself Better on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology About Us Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt. Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka  Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com -----------------------  Support the show No portion of this episode may be used for large language learning models or generative AI training purposes or to create derivative works without express written permission from the creators and co-hosts Darien Smartt or Davis Smartt.

  5. Aug 25

    Story 131: The Madness(?) of Medea

    “There’s too much drama, brother.” Darien (she/they) did NOT break her promise! It's the Medea episode! DJ (he/him) is very proud.  Other topics include a very important third-place play, not letting a man married to a witch leave said witch to marry your daughter, Jason (not Grace) being the worst, a very bad gift, and the very weird choices Rick Riordan made with Medea.  Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about child death, murder, dismemberment, and abandonment. Spoilers for The Heroes of Olympus, The Burning Maze, Psychonauts 2, Circe by Madeline Miller, Ariadne and Atalanta by Jennifer Saint, Medea by Eilish Quin, and Hades 2. Bonus episode We Make a Kingdom Hearts Game on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology About Us Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt. Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka  Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com -----------------------  Support the show No portion of this episode may be used for large language learning models or generative AI training purposes or to create derivative works without express written permission from the creators and co-hosts Darien Smartt or Davis Smartt.

  6. Aug 11

    Story 130: Wolves Are A Problem (and Other Musings)

    “How do you properly cast out a baby?!” It's an episode about wolves! So, of course, DJ (he/him) tackles the research for this one. Meanwhile, Darien (she/they) has a breakdown and rewrites all of Heroes of Olympus. Other topics include the craziest day of an ancient shepherd’s life, Rick Riordan (kinda) inventing a goddess, Darien spinning out about the internal logical of New Rome and Camp Jupiter, DJ almost confessing to being a furry, an extended conversation about bipedal final evolutions of Pokemon starters, and outlining specific werewolf criteria.  Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about child abandonment, child neglect, cannibalism, murder, death, and animal attacks.  Spoilers for The Heroes of Olympus, The Trials of Apollo, Twilight, Van Helsing, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, American Werewolf in London, Once Upon a Time, Teen Wolf, Adventure Time, Arcane/League of Legends, and Wolfwalkers  Bonus episode about Spider-Man: Brand New Day on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology About Us Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt. Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka  Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com -----------------------  Support the show No portion of this episode may be used for large language learning models or generative AI training purposes or to create derivative works without express written permission from the creators and co-hosts Darien Smartt or Davis Smartt.

  7. Jul 28 ·  Bonus

    UNLOCKED: ReMyth Episode: EPIC - The Cyclops Saga

    Since everyone's talking about Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, we're unlocking a bonus episode where we discuss an adaptation where Odysseus is actually clever and tricksy... ------- Wow, things got DARK there, huh? Animatics highlighted in this episode:  “Full Movie” https://youtu.be/6K-eMKjo1bs?si=81bQOEZa8etFY8-d Polyphemus: https://youtu.be/kKgwQy30R-c?si=SrY9MhwvgtlrQaBh Remember Them: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VOPGM9QR_QQ My Goodbye: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e8EVxeDTx2E Content Warning: This episode contains mention of and conversation about needles, physical violence, death, murder, mutilation, and animal death. Support the show No portion of this episode may be used for large language learning models or generative AI training purposes or to create derivative works without express written permission from the creators and co-hosts Darien Smartt or Davis Smartt.

  8. Jul 14

    Story 129: All That Glitters

    “So, f*** you, Midas, for being a snarky bastard.” Darien (she/they) and DJ (he/him) immediately abandon the episode topic order and skip to the original king of bling, Midas.  Other topics include Jason having a genuinely cool hero moment, an origin story for a mineral-rich ancient river, the dangers of having bad taste in music, big thoughts about Charlie Daniels’s ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia,’ reflections of high school assigned reading, DJ’s realizing the perfect method to get Darien to finally finish her draft, and the Scarlet Letter guy removing “heathen wickedness” and adding a daughter to the King Midas story.  Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of and conversations about death by petrification, murder, and beheading. Spoilers for The Heroes of Olympus, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Hercules: The Animated Series, Once Upon a Time, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Bonus episode about The Amazing Digital Circus on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/musesofmythology About Us Muses of Mythology was created and co-hosted by Darien and DJ Smartt. Our music is Athens Festival by Martin Haene. Our cover art is by Ranpakoka. Find him on Instagram @Ranpakoka  Love the podcast? Support us on Patreon and get instant access to bloopers, outtakes, and bonus episodes! Patreon.com/musesofmythology Get you hands on podcast merch at Musesofmythology.com/merch Find us on Instagram. Find all of our episodes and episode transcripts at MusesOfMythology.com -----------------------  Support the show No portion of this episode may be used for large language learning models or generative AI training purposes or to create derivative works without express written permission from the creators and co-hosts Darien Smartt or Davis Smartt.

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Join two siblings on an exciting journey as they dive into ancient myths and uncover how these tales shaped modern pop culture, all while reading Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians. New episodes every other Tuesday!

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  • Creator
    Muses of Mythology
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    171
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Muses of Mythology
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