177 | Mythology in The Son of Neptune w/ Dr. Moiya McTier
The Newest Olympian
Mike Schubert
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Our coverage of a book has ended, meaning it's time for Dr. Moiya to provide answers to all the times Mike went "DR. MOIYA!?" across the Son of Neptune episodes! Topics include: the word biannual, Xena, The Karpoi, 4 AM, bull-horned centaurs, Periclymenus (SPELLING?), the Amazons, Bellerofon, killing your brother, appendices, French food, Battle of Carrhae, war strategies, Mars vs. Ares, basketball gods, ogres and starch, The Yule Lads, gryphons, 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, sorry, I'm getting a call from Spam likely. |
| 0:33.1 | So many. |
| 0:34.2 | So many. |
| 0:34.9 | I think really, in this week, it's like really ramped up. |
| 1:00.1 | And I wonder what happened. What's good? |
| 1:03.1 | Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of The Newest Olympian. |
| 1:04.0 | My name is Mike Schubert. |
| 1:05.3 | I'm the titular newest Olympian. |
| 1:07.6 | I'm a grown man who never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid. |
| 1:15.1 | I read them as an adult because I was determining if it was a series that society had been sleeping on. I said yes. And now I'm seeing if society has also been sleeping on the sequel series, The Heroes of Olympus Books. And now we are joined for a very special episode. It's the |
| 1:20.9 | classic, I don't know how to call it because it doesn't happen at a regular time interval, but it happens |
| 1:25.8 | at a regular reading interval. And I usually take about six months to cover a book on this show. |
| 1:31.4 | So let's say it's our regular biannual, but not the biannual that means every two years. |
| 1:36.1 | The biannual that means twice a year chat with a person who knows way more about mythology than me. |
| 1:41.7 | It is our myth correspondent. |
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