58 | Greek Mythology in The Titan’s Curse w/ Dr. Moiya McTier
The Newest Olympian
Mike Schubert
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 21 November 2022
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Our Myth Correspondent, Dr. Moiya McTier (@goastromo), is back to recap all the mythological references made in Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse! Naturally, the episode ends with Mike share some silly language-based stories. Topics linclde: Focus mode, Orion’s Belt, Artemis, immortality, Uncle Rick creations, the Hesperides, Puss in Boots, booping snoots, 101 Dalmatians, Game of Thrones, video games, Tony Hawk’s Underground, serpent heads, keto, Ovid’s Ophiotaurus, Hercules’ Labors, Mt. Othrys, McCauley Caulkin, Bacchanalia, French stories, and more! Fate and Fabled constellation ep link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HejyXGQN-wk Fate and Fabled Gaia ep link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4njsy_VrhE TNO IN MELBOURNE, CHRISTCHURCH, AND AUCKLAND: www.thenewestolympian.com/live Thanks to our sponsor, Athletic Greens! Get 5 free travel packs and 1 free year of Vitamin D at www.athelticgreens.com/newestolympian — 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 • 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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| 0:33.9 | like wherever books are sold, Sherry can edit it back in. Go to a store store where you can buy some stores. What's Good. |
| 1:00.4 | Thank you so much for tuning into another episode of The Newst Olympian. |
| 1:03.0 | My name is Mike Schubert. |
| 1:03.8 | I'm the titular Newst Olympian. |
| 1:05.2 | I'm a 30-year-old man who has never read the Percy Jackson books before, but I'm reading them now for the first time as an adult because |
| 1:11.5 | I'm on a quest to determine if this is a book series that society has been sleeping on. I'm not on |
| 1:15.7 | this quest alone. I am joined for this very special episode by repeat guest and our myth correspondent. |
| 1:22.0 | It's Dr. Moia McTeer. Dr. Moia, how is it going? It's going all right. You know, life happens outside of podcasting, |
| 1:29.5 | but I am very grateful to have podcasting to come to as a distraction from the life happening. |
| 1:34.2 | As someone who also is in a life happening situation, I agree. It's nice when it's like, |
| 1:39.6 | you know what, for the next hour and a half, I'm talking to Dr. Moia about myths and no one else is allowed to say anything to me. I have my phone set to focus mode, which I've repurposed the driving mode to text anyone instead of driving since I live in New York and I don't have a car. It says, I'm podcasting. I'll talk to you later. That's incredible. I want to figure out how to do that. It's very easy. We can talk after the recording. Or you know what? Just in case anyone wants to know. If you have an iPhone, you have your settings in focus. I believe that you can set the custom message for the driving one to say whatever you want. I think they have some default one. But you can make it say whatever you want. And mine says, hello, I'm currently recording a podcast. I will talk to you afterwards. And that's that. And even with the new iPhone thing, you can like do it from your homepage. So my normal background is Kelly, this artistic rendition of Kelly in the art style of a prayer candle that my friend Gracie Canaan did. Gracie, who also did the pro pigeon podcast TNO shirt, which you can get at the Newsflopian. |
| 2:35.4 | com slash merch. |
| 2:36.1 | It's very pretty. Gracie's very talented. The one when I'm in work mode is Kelly holding up a bunch of envelopes from when she helps you me with Patreon stuff. So when it's in work mode, that's what the phone looks like. So yeah, that has been Apple fun tips from Mike Schubert. pay me money, Apple. Let's go. Get that sponsorship money. |
| 2:51.9 | Please, you have so much money. Give some to me, Apple. Let me just hold a couple. |
| 2:55.1 | Have more money than they need. |
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