BONUS | PJO TV Interviews w/ Becky & Rick Riordan, Jon Steinberg, Dan Shotz, James Bobin, and Tish Monaghan
The Newest Olympian
Mike Schubert
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
BONUS EPISODE WOO! Thanks to me being considered a member of the press *adjusts monocle*, I was able to interview some folks involved in the production of the upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians Disney+ series! This batch of interviews are ones that aren't about specific upcoming episodes, but just about the series as a whole. Topics include: PJO humor, walking like a goat, horse smells, Muppet Percy Jackson, horse angles, The Met geometry, The Plaid Process, and more!
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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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— Find The Newest Olympian Online —
• Website: www.thenewestolympian.com
• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon
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• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian
• 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 —
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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| 0:49.3 | W What's good? Thank you so much for tuning into this bonus episode of the newest |
| 1:04.5 | Olympian. My name is Mike Schumer. I'm the titular newest Olympian. I am a 31-year-old man |
| 1:08.8 | who never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid. I read the main |
| 1:11.4 | series so far as an adult because I was on a quest to determine if this is a series that |
| 1:15.9 | society has been sleeping on. I have determined that, yes, society has been sleeping on it. But now |
| 1:19.8 | there's a Percy Jackson TV show that hopefully will be helping the world to wake up and realize |
| 1:24.5 | how perfect this franchise is. And I am here on this bonus episode because I was |
| 1:29.7 | able to do some press opportunities with the TV show team. I was able to interview some folks |
| 1:35.8 | from the production staff, including two very notable people for this all existing, Rick and |
| 1:40.7 | Becky Ryorden. But in addition to them, I was able to speak with some other folks from production, such as John Steinberg, the executive producer and co-creator, Dan Schott's, the executive producer, James Bobin, the director of the first two episodes, Dan Hena, the production designer, Tish Monaghan, the costume designer, Eric Henry, the VFX supervisor, and Jeff White, the ILM VFX supervisor. I was able to |
| 2:03.0 | speak to all of these folks. And for this episode and for some future episodes, I will be |
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