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The Newest Olympian

134 | The Lost Hero Ch. 17–18 w/ Genna Buck

The Newest Olympian

Mike Schubert

Arts, Tv & Film, Percy Jackson, Tv Reviews, Pjo, Literature, Nerdy, Riordanverse, Comedy, Books

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

A new guest enters the TNO mix, and it's our newly appointed Designated Canadian, Genna Buck! Not only does she share her Canadian expertise to discuss these chapters, but she joins Mike to talk about the non-Canadian parts too! Hooray! Topics include: tube TVs, Quebecois, old slang, color theory, Baldur’s Gate III, collecting, The Beastie Boys, thought processes, Le Château Frontenac, Quebec winters, call men fiesty, privately intense people, TMI, Celine Dion, Letterkenny, Arctic Monkeys, personal style, language diversity, suitcase collabs, FB pokes, Baldur's Gate, pizzagetti, Montreal bagels, and more!


TNO Live: www.thenewestolympian.com/live

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Pages Past Podcast: Patreon, Spotify


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• 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 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

• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian

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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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Transcript

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You have perfect vision, don't you? So you don't know the struggle when I don't have my

0:32.9

glasses on. I can't see my glasses. You're straight-up Velma from Scooby-Doo. I am. Kelma.

0:37.8

Yes.

1:00.3

100%. What's good?

1:03.3

Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of the Newst Olympian.

1:04.2

My name is Mike Schubert.

1:05.5

I'm the titular Newst Olympian.

1:12.8

I am a grown man who is now a dad somehow, and I never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid, but I read them as an adult because I was on a quest to determine if this was a book series that society has

1:17.1

been sleeping on. I said, yes, and now I'm seeing if that's the case for the Heroes of Olympus series

1:22.5

as well. And I'm not on this quest alone. I'm never on this quest alone. And this time I'm joined

1:27.3

by a journalist, a college instructor, our designated Canadian for this episode. And the creator of the upcoming podcast Pages Past. It's Jenna Buck. Jenna. How's it going?

1:37.5

Hi. I am so happy to be here. I am very excited to have you here. We have crossed paths on the internet. We met in person at the Toronto

1:44.8

T&O live show. And I am glad that you are able to fill these Canadian shoes needed because

1:51.2

when they first alluded to going to Quebec, I thought, okay, got to get a Canadian in the mix.

1:57.6

And I believe someone had once sent me an email a really long time ago. Like maybe when I was on like book two or three and they were like, hi, you won't need to know this until years in the future. But at some point in one of the books, they're got to go international and you should get a person from that country. And I was like, okay, cool. So once I was there, I was like, I got to get someone. And funnily enough, in the episodes, people will have heard this already. And you and our messages will know that I was like, yeah, I'm pretty sure they're going to Montreal. Can you talk about Montreal? And then they go to the other major city in Quebec. So big egg on my face, but I still think you'll be able to give the

2:35.2

Canadian perspective. But before we get your Canadian creds, what's your Percy Jackson

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