222 | The House of Hades Ch. 27–28 w/ Johnny Frohlichstein (LIVE in Virginia!)
The Newest Olympian
Mike Schubert
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 122 minutes
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Summary
The Maturity Corner boys have returned to Vienna (Virginia, not Austria) to cover some more House of Hades in their favorite event venue/bar/pizza place in a strip mall. Topics include: Dinosaur, 60 Minutes, climbing, Trolley Frohlichstein, the Virginia State Flag, Twilight, the SpongeBob movie, Esquiron, Malcom Gladwell, The Highway Rat, Brickbreaker, pug shirts, Captain Morgan, bunions, Pluribus, Necromansion, Trenton, improv, Monopoly, Fathead, college advice, picture books, Hades II, reality TV, cities, animal companions, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | You know the |
| 0:02.0 | M. |
| 0:03.0 | Wow! |
| 0:04.0 | Oh, I'm gonna be. |
| 0:07.0 | And we're gonna be. Vienna, Virginia, Virginia, not Austria. |
| 0:34.6 | What is good? |
| 0:36.6 | It is a delight. not Austria. What is good? |
| 0:42.8 | It is a delight to be here. |
| 0:44.9 | Once again in Jaminjava, |
| 0:46.2 | I am so stoked. |
| 0:48.1 | This venue is the best. |
| 0:50.2 | These crowds are always the best. |
| 0:52.0 | Our day here has been the best. |
| 0:53.3 | Are you ready for a show that's going to be the best? |
| 0:59.0 | Good. Good, good, good. It has been a fun time here. I took the Amtrak in this morning, but made an important pit stop before boarding the train, which is I saw the giant pigeon statue. It's been in New York for like a year, and I keep telling myself, oh, and I take the Amtruck train, |
| 1:14.8 | I'll go a little early, and then I'll see the pigeon statue, and then I'll board the train, |
| 1:18.7 | and then every time something happens. |
| 1:21.7 | If anyone else is a parent, you know there is a time vortex that exists at your door. |
| 1:26.9 | There's always something that happens in the world of parenting before you're trying to leave. A booby diaper, something else you've got to do, a snack, whatever. And every time it's failed. But this time, it worked. Sherry met me there at 8.15 in the morning. And we observed the giant pigeon before it goes away. They're replacing it with some other statue, which won't be as cool, |
| 1:46.0 | but that energy is now coursing through my veins as I have witnessed the giant pigeon, |
| 1:52.0 | which is called dinosaur. |
| 1:54.0 | That's the name of the art exhibit, which is great. |
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