166 | The Son of Neptune Ch. 27–28 w/ Robert Gaymer
The Newest Olympian
Mike Schubert
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Robert from The Dam Meme Page is back and we are here with some INTENSE chapters covering our Son of Neptune trio in Portland! Topics include: tap water, limited-use items, fast friends, fast enemies, strange names, The Mist, Central Park, Percy’s vendettas, macrobiotic beef jerky, Portland’s crunchiness, improv pun games, Hades heat system, extreme foods, The Powerpuff Girls, cornucopia of bad takes, The Monty Hall Problem, quintessential PJ, reading with the pod, monkey paws, Portland, Baja Blast, Squid Game, Dr. Strange, and more!
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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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| 0:30.0 | Oh, it's for Mom, you and Juliet. |
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| 0:32.9 | Fine. I prefer West Side Story, which |
| 0:34.7 | Shakespeare completely ripped off. |
| 0:36.6 | Just a complete, complete rip off. What's good? |
| 1:00.4 | Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of the Newst Olympian. |
| 1:03.2 | My name is Mike Schumer. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm the titular Newst Olympian. |
| 1:05.4 | I'm a 32-year-old man who never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid. |
| 1:08.8 | I read them as an adult because I was on a quest to determine if it was a book series that society had been sleeping on. And I said yes. And now I'm seeing |
| 1:16.4 | if that's the same situation for the Heroes of Olympus books. And I am joined on this quest by a very |
| 1:21.9 | special guest because I'm never on this journey alone. I am joined today by someone whose memes you may |
| 1:26.5 | have seen across the internet. And also you may have seen across the internet and also |
| 1:29.5 | you may have seen other coverage by our lovely guest. It's Robert from the damn meme page. Robert, |
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