Zeus Ruins Everything - feat. Rick Riordan
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Zeus Ruins Everything - feat. Rick Riordan

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 18, 202626 min

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.

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Hey, Greeking Out fans, Kenny here with a quick update. First off, a huge thank you to all of you. Your love for Greek and world mythology is what makes this show possible and helps us keep growing.

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And because of that support, we are officially bringing this show back to the podcast universe. We'll be dropping a new episode right here every two weeks starting August 18th.

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Now, if you're like me and you don't And what a wait 14 days between legendary adventures you don't have to. Head over to Pina where subscribers can binge the full Greeking out catalog and get early access to new seasons right now.

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