51 | The Titan’s Curse Ch. 13 w/ Steven Parra (LIVE in NYC!)
The Newest Olympian
Mike Schubert
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2022
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Steven Parra joins Schubes live on stage in New York City for the first ever TNO live show to discuss the very spicy Ch. 13 of Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse! Plus, Sherry Guo makes an appearance for the Q&A at the end! Topics include: Riordan Wiki, old farts, The Brave Little Toaster, Pride & Prejudice, stargazing, learning English, the Death Star, The Darrin Line, The West Wing, Roosevelts, Back to the Future, trap doors, The Formula of Tacos, Pink Floyd, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, Compaq monitors, mesas, Atlanta Falcons, Bonobos, Rock Band, barking, basketball teams, NYC recommendations, Spider-Man, tortilla structure, New Jersey, and more! For a video version of this live show, go to www.thenewestolympian.com/merch Thanks to our sponsor, Inked Gaming! For 10% off use code "TNO" at www.inkedgaming.com/tno — Find The Newest Olympian Online — • Website: www.thenewestolympian.com • Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon • Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian • Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian • Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian • Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian • Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch — Production — • Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert (https://schub.es) • Editor: Sherry Guo • Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle • Art: Jessica E. Boyd — About The Show — Is Percy Jackson the book series we should’ve been reading all along? Join Mike Schubert as he reads through the books 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 Greek mythology. 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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• Editor: Sherry Guo
• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle
• Art: Jessica E. Boyd
— About The Show —
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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| 0:00.0 | And before I was thinking, Kyron might call in and be like, no, the plot! |
| 0:05.0 | We can't go to Las Vegas again! New York City, what is good? |
| 0:33.6 | New York City, what is good? |
| 0:39.3 | There's so many people here, this is wild. |
| 0:42.8 | Thank you so much for coming out to the first ever live show of The News Olympian. |
| 0:51.2 | This is very fun. I'm very happy to be here. We have quite a lot to discuss. We are going to be covering chapter 13 of a little book called Percy Jackson and the Titans Curse. It'll be a very, very fun time. But I'm not going to be doing it alone. I can never do it alone. I am joined by someone who's been on the show a lot, easily has risen to the status of fan favorite guests. |
| 1:13.0 | Please, everyone, welcome to the stage, Stephen Parra. |
| 1:31.0 | They didn't, well, I didn't get chance. |
| 1:31.6 | I don't know. |
| 1:33.5 | Sorry, let me get rid of them. |
| 1:35.2 | There are a lot of you. |
| 1:36.4 | Hello. |
| 1:43.7 | What's very fun is that not only, we may have sold all 160 seats here, which is very cool out. |
| 1:48.4 | There's also over 500 people watching via live stream. |
| 1:50.4 | So hello to the live stream, folks. |
| 1:56.1 | Whether you're watching it live, whether watching it after, and shout out to all of the people listening to this now on the podcast after the fact. |
| 1:59.4 | Thank you for listening to that too. But also shout out to the people who are very concerned. Some people reach out on social media or email and they were like, wait, if you're covering Chapter 13 at the live show, do I have to buy a live stream ticket? What if I don't live in New York City? What if I can't attend? Like, I was just going to skip chapter 13. We're like, |
| 2:19.2 | suck it, nerds. Pay me $10 to listen to this chapter. Otherwise, 12, 14A. Here we go. |
| 2:28.1 | So, no, thankfully, we are having it recorded by the sound team here. So it's all good. |
| 2:33.1 | Now, Stephen, we have definitely already asked you the whole, how did you find the books situation? Have we asked you the godly parent thing, or was that established after? Okay, so take the floor real quick. Do you know what your godly parent is? Have you done one of the quizzes? Of course. I know what my godly parent is. |
| 2:52.0 | Who is that godly parent? I took the Rick quiz and then I went and found a much more robust one. |
| 2:56.9 | Same God each time, though. I am a child of Apollo. |
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