This week we tackle Climax #1 of the Lost Hero, and what that implies for how the book is written. Brayden, Ava, and Niamh break down the way that Rick Riordan raises the stakes and if we find it effective or not! Together they analyze Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero Chapters 39 - 44 through the theme of Odds. Livestream Event Host Channel: https://youtube.com/c/AHealthyDoseofFran Support The Red Nation: TheRedNation.Org/Support More RTCHB The Lost Playlist: https://bit.ly/LostHeroPlaylist Offerings: https://bit.ly/RTCHBOfferings Buy us a Coffee! https://ko-fi.com/returntocamp Buy cool merch at Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/onthevergepro/shop Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @ReturnToCamp For more of your Hosts: @brydnstllmn @niamhhsherlock @avapirie Find out more at returntocamp.com Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

In this very exciting week Brayden is joined by scholars from the Our Mythical Childhood, an international project that studies "The Reception of Classical Antiquity in Children’s and Young Adults’ Culture in Response to Regional and Global Challenges". Together classics experts Kimberly MacNeill, Naci Santos, and Robin Diver aide Brayden in analyzing Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero Chapters 35 - 38 through the theme of Relation. More from Our Mythical Childhood: http://www.omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/ Robin is on Twitter @RobinDiver22 . The Our Mythical Childhood Survey: http://www.omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/myth-survey Robin's piece on how children's books set Medusa and Athena up as rivals over beauty: https://fass.open.ac.uk/sites/fass.open.ac.uk/files/files/new-voices-journal/issue13/robin-diver.pdf Robin's podcast on how children's books of Greek myth deal with rape (and sometimes end up implying it's not a big deal?): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-birmingham-university-robin-diver-on-child-friendly/id1557456092?i=1000532431334 Livestream Event Host Channel: https://youtube.com/c/AHealthyDoseofFran Support The Red Nation: TheRedNation.Org/Support More RTCHB The Lost Playlist: https://bit.ly/LostHeroPlaylist Offerings: https://bit.ly/RTCHBOfferings Buy us a Coffee! https://ko-fi.com/returntocamp Buy cool merch at Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/onthevergepro/shop Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @ReturnToCamp For more of your Hosts: @brydnstllmn @niamhhsherlock @avapirie Find out more at returntocamp.com Music: https://www.purple-planet.com