108 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians S1E1 w/ Sequoia Simone
The Newest Olympian
Mike Schubert
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2023
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! THE SHOW IS FINALLY HERE! And that means TNO episodes about the TV show episodes are here as well! Sequoia Simone joins to kick things off in this new era of The Newest Olympian and PJO fandom as a whole! Topics include: The Press, adaptations, DiCaprio, easter eggs, good bullying, $1 water, The Volume, dinky pens, friendship trades, Butterscotch Krimpets, Fus-Ro-Dah, The Mist Dial, the Chiron dynamic, font nitpicking, supers, John Wick, taking off shoes, Kronos (the villain), middle seats, and more!
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• Editor: Sherry Guo
• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle
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— About The Show —
Is Percy Jackson the book series we should’ve been reading all along? Join Mike Schubert as he reads through the books for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over Greek mythology. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!
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— Find The Newest Olympian Online —
• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com
• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon
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• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian
• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch
— Production —
• Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert
• Editor: Sherry Guo
• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle
• Art: Jessica E. Boyd
— About The Show —
Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!
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| 0:30.4 | Pigeons! There are pigeons outside the bed. |
| 0:33.1 | Mike yelled pigeons. |
| 0:35.9 | Wait, wait, what? It. It's like, full yelling. |
| 0:39.3 | You know, What's good? |
| 1:00.4 | Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of the newest Olympian. |
| 1:03.5 | My name is Mike Schubert. |
| 1:04.3 | I'm the titular newest Olympian. |
| 1:05.9 | I'm a 31-year-old man who never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid. |
| 1:08.8 | But I timed it perfectly to where I only |
| 1:11.6 | had to wait like a couple of months or so after reading all of the books. And then I got to watch |
| 1:18.2 | the TV show. I did it right. Apologies to everyone else who had to wait. I've done so much waiting |
| 1:23.8 | for the show. But at long last, we are here to discuss the Percy Jackson |
| 1:29.1 | television adaptation. At long last, there is an adaptation that exists and it's good, |
| 1:34.5 | and Rick doesn't have to write sassy emails about it. But I'm not on this journey alone. I'm |
| 1:38.3 | never on this journey alone as I make my way through the Percy Jackson series to see if this |
| 1:42.7 | is a series that has been slept on by |
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