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The Newest Olympian

209 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians S2E7 w/ Liam Crowley

The Newest Olympian

Mike Schubert

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

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

It's about to get DISTINGUISHED! The master of press junkets, Liam Crowley, returns to The Newest Olympian to break down the penultimate episode of the Sea of Monsters season of the show! Some great BTS nuggets in this one. Topics include: peeks behind the curtain, zinc, Suez Canal, Charmspeak, yoinking, Luke’s half-measures, Blackjack, language ratings, Palpatine, uni matchups, getting stabbed, Clarisse on a plane, Paul Blofiss, Logan Lerman, journalistic prep, Hayden Christensen, Stanley Tucci, junket advice, 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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0:28.7

There's a loud siren going.

0:30.2

I haven't had to pause for sirens since so long.

0:32.2

Oh my gosh, this is taking me back to when I lived in Midtown.

0:34.9

Wow.

0:35.3

That's an appropriate pause for C of monsters. What's good? Thank you so much for tuning into another episode of The Newest Olympian. My name

1:03.0

is Mike Schubert. I'm the titular Newst Olympian. I'm a grown man who never read the Percy

1:06.3

Jackson books as a kid, but I read them as an adult because I was on a quest to determine if society

1:10.2

had been sleeping on the series. I said yes, and now I'm seeing if society has been sleeping on the TV show, which they shouldn't be. We're talking about episode seven today, and it's really good, and there's only eight episodes of the season, which breaks my heart. I would love a plot to a surprise that's actually a 10 episode season, but alas, we're going to be breaking down that seventh episode with a very special guest, someone you've heard on the pod many a times. They're a host and a producer at ScreenRant.

1:30.3

It's Liam Crowley.

1:31.1

Liam, how's it going? We're going to be breaking down that seventh episode with a very special guest, someone you've heard on the pod many of times.

1:28.5

They're a host and a producer at ScreenRant. It's Liam Crowley. Liam, how's it going?

1:31.9

Mike, I'm doing fantastic. It's funny. Every time I hear you do that intro, especially in the context of the TV show, I'm like, this time you're not the newest Olympian. You're the earliest Olympian because like, we can peel back the curtain a little bit. We're seeing the episodes earlier than anyone else.

1:45.6

We are indeed. Olympian because like, we can peel back the curtain a little bit. We're seeing the episodes earlier than anyone else.

1:45.7

We are indeed, which is nice. And then hard because you can't talk about them. And yeah, we're recording this one on January 9th for context. It'll be coming out in the future. But it's a really good one. These episodes are really solid for even more peaking up the curtains. We were given screeners, at least for me, I was given one through four and then five through seven. I still have not received access to eight. Yeah, I don't know if anyone has. I don't, I don't know if there's like some elite crew, but from everyone that I've talked to who normally get screeners, they also have not seen the finale. So truly don't know what's ahead.

2:01.0

Yeah, I'm in the dark there too. It's also funny because there's no alert. Like typically you'll get an email. Like again, peeking behind the curtain, early access to anything, usually get an email. Hey, this is in your inbox or this is in your account. The Percy stuff was like, did it ever get added in like three days before the junket, I check. And I was like, oh, it's been there.

2:34.2

Just no one told me. So yeah, I guess we'll have to refresh as we get closer to the big finale. But part of me too is like, I kind of want to watch it live, you know? Yeah. If I didn't have to try and like preload with the work, I think it would be fun to to watch it live and just be of it. But I got to get in and do all these podcasts and breaking down stuff and all. And I like to watch it multiple times and, you know, with the subtitles on and taking notes and blah, blah, which I've done all for this episode. So I think we should get into it. You've been on the pot a bunch. I feel like I've asked you a good chunk of the repeating guest questions. I've asked you your fatal flaw, right? I feel like I've asked you that one. I think you have, and I can't remember what my answer is. Yeah. I'll see what my

3:08.1

fatal flaw is right now in this here and present moment. The air quality in January. Addressed

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