153 | Mythology in The Lost Hero w/ Dr. Moiya McTier
The Newest Olympian
Mike Schubert
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
It's that time again, this time with thrice as many mythological backgrounds! Dr. Moiya McTier returns to talk about all the Greek, Roman, and Cherokee myths featured in the first Heroes of Olympus book! Topics include: Enceladus, The Gigantomachy, Calais & Zethes, Khione, Argonaut Town, Medea, burying teeth, Lityerses, Squid Game, Lycaon, Aphrodite, the original retcon, Porphyrion, Tsul Kälû, Holes, self challenges, and more!
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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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• 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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| 1:02.2 | Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of The Newest Olympian. |
| 1:03.0 | My name is Mike Schuber. |
| 1:04.2 | I'm the titular newest Olympian. |
| 1:06.8 | I'm a 32-year-old man who never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid. |
| 1:29.6 | I read them as an adult because I was determining if it was a book series that society had been sleeping on. I said yes. And now I'm seeing if society has also been sleeping on the Heroes of Olympa series. I finished the first book in that series, which means it's myth time. And if it's myth time, there is someone that we love to talk to about those myths. And we are joined once again by our official myth correspondent, Dr. Moy-McTier, who you might know from her writing, |
| 1:34.8 | the Milky Way book and the new book that is in production currently, or her podcasting efforts, |
| 1:40.7 | or her fight against AI, which I personally love. It's Dr. Moy-McTier. How is it going, |
| 1:44.8 | Moy-Moy? Oh, a lot better after that intro. Hey, Mike, thanks for having me. |
| 2:02.1 | I am happy to have you on the podcast. I am happy to talk about myths and such. That's more fun than what's going on in the world. We're recording this on November 6th. Ha ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. It's going to be a good time talking about things that do not exist. |
| 2:05.7 | Let's get into the myths. |
| 2:13.4 | So what's interesting this time around is that we have Greek stuff, but now Roman things have been introduced into the series. |
| 2:18.6 | And now we also even have a Cherokee myth that is on the discussion list. |
| 2:22.1 | So I sent you over a list of topics to discuss. |
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