182 | The Mark of Athena Ch. 1–3A w/ Johnny Frohlichstein (LIVE in Des Moines!)

The Newest Olympian

Mike Schubert

Arts, Tv & Film, Percy Jackson, Tv Reviews, Pjo, Literature, Nerdy, Riordanverse, Comedy, Books

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

THE MARK OF ATHENA ERA HAS BEGUN! To kick things off, Johnny joins Schubes live on stage in Des Moines, Iowa in front a of a PACKED crowd to cover the intro of the third book in the Heroes of Olympus series! Topics include: Field of Dreams, Des Moines chat, mid 2000s hip-hop, Dublin Step, neutral clothing, boundaries, Chuck-A-Puck, emo girl, anniversaries, stomachaches, Remember the Titans, iPod video, Lipstick Jungle, CatDog, vulnerability corner, tattoos, enthusiasm, The Random 7, Fast & Furious, Pride & Prejudice, Rice University buildings, card games, The Midwest, snoring strategies, NIL sponsors, Shrek, film franchises, bachelor/bachelorette parties, 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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0:29.7	For you, when you come out here and shake your little tush? How dare you? My tush is
0:33.4	quite large. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Shake your bodacious tush.
0:36.9	A lot. Yeah, sorry, sorry, sorry. Shake your clodacious to a shit. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Des Moines, Iowa, and everybody else watching the stream all over the place,
1:05.1	What is God?
1:19.6	It is an absolute delight to be here in this city, in this state, because... And no disrespect to the people watching the stream, we're going to be a Iowa chat first.
1:26.1	We put up the tickets live for a whole bunch of the shows and there were a lot of people
1:29.6	buying tickets on the first day and Des Moines blew everybody out of the water instantly to which
1:38.6	when that happened I was like they're getting the beginning of Mark of Athena they're getting
1:41.8	the stream this is going to be hype as hell. So I'm very, very excited.
1:48.7	It has been so much fun.
1:50.5	Me, Johnny, and Eric, have been having an absolute blast in your state, in your town.
1:54.4	We went to the field of dreams field.
1:56.2	We had an emotional catch.
1:57.9	It was great.
2:00.7	We went to a Des Moines
2:02.4	Buccane Buccaneers game last night.
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