{"id":24782,"date":"2025-07-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/episode\/ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T20:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T01:01:09","slug":"ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3","status":"publish","type":"episode","link":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3","title":{"rendered":"S1E12: The Unexpected Ally (Part 3): Decoding Symbols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uncertainty remains about what was damaged in the library fire, so Marie, JJ, and Christian focus their efforts on looking for the symbol on the oldest buildings on Ahway Island. Marie has an unexpected and exciting stroke of insight that just might turn things upside down. The friends adventure deeper into the island secrets as hidden meanings finally come into focus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you for listening to <em>Adventures on Ahway Island<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re enjoying the adventure, please leave us a rating and review to help us grow!<\/p>\n<p>To hear more exciting stories and support our work, join us on<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/c\/ahwayisland\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u2060Patreon\u2060<\/a> for ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Looking for calming bedtime stories? Check out our companion podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/be-calm-on-ahway-island-bedtime-stories\/id1203289615\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u2060<em>Be Calm on Ahway Island<\/em>\u2060<\/a>, wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about our mission at Ahway Island and our <a href=\"http:\/\/ahwayisland.com\/meet-our-team\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u2060team\u2060<\/a>, please visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/ahwayisland.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u2060website\u2060<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See you next time!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Support this podcast at \u2014 <a rel=\"payment\" href=\"https:\/\/redcircle.com\/adventures-on-ahway-island\/donations\">https:\/\/redcircle.com\/adventures-on-ahway-island\/donations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertising Inquiries: <a href=\"https:\/\/redcircle.com\/brands\">https:\/\/redcircle.com\/brands<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Privacy &amp; Opt-Out: <a href=\"https:\/\/redcircle.com\/privacy\">https:\/\/redcircle.com\/privacy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24758,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[4762],"class_list":["post-24782","episode","type-episode","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventures-on-ahway-island"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>S1E12: The Unexpected Ally (Part 3): Decoding Symbols &#8211; Ahway Island<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"S1E12: The Unexpected Ally (Part 3): Decoding Symbols &#8211; Ahway Island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Uncertainty remains about what was damaged in the library fire, so Marie, JJ, and Christian focus their efforts on looking for the symbol on the oldest buildings on Ahway Island. Marie has an unexpected and exciting stroke of insight that just might turn things upside down. The friends adventure deeper into the island secrets as...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ahway Island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ahwayisland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-27T01:01:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AOAI_WebsiteCover-e1765923826790.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AhwayIsland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3\",\"name\":\"S1E12: The Unexpected Ally (Part 3): Decoding Symbols &#8211; Ahway Island\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/AOAI_WebsiteCover-e1765923826790.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-29T13:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-27T01:01:09+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/AOAI_WebsiteCover-e1765923826790.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/AOAI_WebsiteCover-e1765923826790.png\",\"width\":720,\"height\":480,\"caption\":\"Adventures on Ahway Island Podcast Cover Art\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"S1E12: The Unexpected Ally (Part 3): Decoding Symbols\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ahway Island\",\"description\":\"Home of Be Calm on Ahway Island\u00ae Podcast\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sheep Jam Productions\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/SJP-Facebook-Profile-Picture.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/SJP-Facebook-Profile-Picture.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Sheep Jam Productions\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ahwayisland.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ahwayisland\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/AhwayIsland\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ahwayisland\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@AhwayIsland\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"S1E12: The Unexpected Ally (Part 3): Decoding Symbols &#8211; Ahway Island","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"S1E12: The Unexpected Ally (Part 3): Decoding Symbols &#8211; Ahway Island","og_description":"Uncertainty remains about what was damaged in the library fire, so Marie, JJ, and Christian focus their efforts on looking for the symbol on the oldest buildings on Ahway Island. Marie has an unexpected and exciting stroke of insight that just might turn things upside down. The friends adventure deeper into the island secrets as...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3","og_site_name":"Ahway Island","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ahwayisland\/","article_modified_time":"2026-08-27T01:01:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":480,"url":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AOAI_WebsiteCover-e1765923826790.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@AhwayIsland","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3","url":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3","name":"S1E12: The Unexpected Ally (Part 3): Decoding Symbols &#8211; Ahway Island","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AOAI_WebsiteCover-e1765923826790.png","datePublished":"2025-07-29T13:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-27T01:01:09+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AOAI_WebsiteCover-e1765923826790.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AOAI_WebsiteCover-e1765923826790.png","width":720,"height":480,"caption":"Adventures on Ahway Island Podcast Cover Art"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?episode=ep-12-an-unexpected-ally-part-3#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"S1E12: The Unexpected Ally (Part 3): Decoding Symbols"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/","name":"Ahway Island","description":"Home of Be Calm on Ahway Island\u00ae Podcast","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/#organization","name":"Sheep Jam Productions","url":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SJP-Facebook-Profile-Picture.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SJP-Facebook-Profile-Picture.png","width":600,"height":600,"caption":"Sheep Jam Productions"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ahwayisland\/","https:\/\/x.com\/AhwayIsland","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ahwayisland\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AhwayIsland"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/episode\/24782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/episode"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/episode"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahwayisland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}