180 | The Demigod Diaries: Leo Valdez and the Quest for Buford w/ Sherry Guo
The Newest Olympian
Mike Schubert
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2025
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
T-N-O. 1-8-0. Sher-ry Guo. IT'S TIME. Our lovely editor is also our lovely guest for this episode, as we break down the third stories in the Demigod Diaries! Topics include: Cupola balconies, curtain walls, Facebook Official, self-charmspeak, productive procrastination, Iron Man, cleaning solutions, Taco Claus, mahogany, #grindlife, wine service, egg nog, RETURN OF CRISPY CHEESE N WEINERS, Psych, Baguette, fandom boundaries, Club Penguin, New Jersey, mandated fun, The Hokey Pokey, two-stepping, 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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| 0:30.3 | Oh. |
| 0:31.4 | Well, yeah, so this does say... |
| 0:33.1 | Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| 0:33.9 | Wait, sorry, no, you're right. |
| 0:35.0 | Let me just take this all over. |
| 0:36.2 | So, sharing you. |
| 0:37.4 | I'll have later. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Wait, sorry, no, you're right. Let me just take this all over here. So, sharing you. |
| 1:00.0 | And it was out later. 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. |
| 1:05.4 | I'm the titular newest Olympian. |
| 1:08.4 | I'm a 33-year-old man who never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid. |
| 1:14.9 | I read them as an adult because I was on a quest to determine if society had been sleeping on the series. I said yes. And now I'm seeing if society has been sleeping on every other part of the Ryordan verse. And I am here today for a special episode covering |
| 1:21.4 | a particular story that this person called dibs on. So obviously had to say us because it's our |
| 1:26.4 | very own editor, extraordinary Sherry Grow. |
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