174 | The Son of Neptune Ch. 46–47 w/ Alyssa Esteban
The Newest Olympian
Mike Schubert
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
The bus buddies are back, as Alyssa from Breakfast in Beauclair returns to TNO to break down Frank chapters, highlighting how she relates to his cultural experiences! Topics include: Leap Day, mangoes, Asian-American heritage, waiting, SNL, Waffle House, TV remotes, pockets, Animorphs, Norman Osborne, Pirates Of the Caribbean, tech aging, “WELCOME TO CANADA, IDIOT.”, trash-talk, Frank’s confidence, 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 | Everything okay lighting-wise? |
| 0:31.2 | The light that happens to be right above my head has decided it just wants to dance. |
| 0:36.1 | It's a party. |
| 0:36.6 | So we're not going to stare directly into it like I just did. |
| 0:39.5 | I'm going to stare directly into it like I just did. What's good. |
| 1:00.2 | Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of The Newst Olympian. |
| 1:03.1 | My name is Mike Schumer. |
| 1:03.9 | I'm the titular newest Olympian. |
| 1:05.3 | I am a 33-year-old man who never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid. |
| 1:08.4 | I read them as an adult because I was determining if it was a book series that we had all been sleeping on as a society. And I said, |
| 1:14.1 | yes. And now I'm seeing if society has also been sleeping on the Heroes of Olympus series. |
| 1:18.0 | And I am joined by someone who you've heard on the podcast many of times, who I have known for |
| 1:22.9 | a high percentage of my life. It is the creator of Breakfast in Boclair and the person you know from other |
| 1:31.6 | podcasting things like lengthy tangent. It's Alyssa Esabon, Alyssa. How's it going? I'm good. How are you? |
| 1:38.0 | When you said 33, it like shakes me because we both turned 33 at the same time. |
| 1:43.7 | Correct. |
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