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The Newest Olympian

BONUS | Shae Worthy on Writing for Percy Jackson Season 2!

The Newest Olympian

Mike Schubert

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

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

I spoke with Executive Story Editor for Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2, Shae Worthy, about writing Episode 4, being in the writers' room for the entire season, their unbelievable premiere fit, and so much more!

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Thank you. I'm I'm I'm The What's good?

0:59.0

Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of the Newst Olympian.

1:02.1

My name is Mike Schubert.

1:03.0

I'm the titular Newst Olympian.

1:04.3

I'm a grown man who never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid,

1:06.6

but I read them as an adult because I was on a quest to determine if society had been sleeping on the series.

1:10.7

I said yes. Now I'm seeing if society has been sleeping on the ongoing second season of the Percy Jackson and the Olympian TV show. They shouldn't be sleeping on it, though, because it's really good. And here I am joined by someone who is in works and is part of the reason why it's so good. It's an executive story editor of season two and a co-producer of season three. It's Shay Worthy. Shea, how's it going? I'm good. How are you? Thank you for having me on. I'm doing very well. I'm excited to have you here. I am excited to talk about all things season two because pulling up your IMDB page, it has you listed, at least, as the executive story editor for episodes one through four and written for television by for episode four.

1:47.1

Is that correct?

1:48.3

Is IMDB wrong?

1:49.6

How would you describe your work on the show?

1:51.7

I don't know how IMDB works.

1:54.0

I really should.

1:55.0

I was the executive story editor for all of season two, and I wrote episode four.

1:59.2

Okay.

1:59.6

But I think it's because they're slowly coming out maybe that it's like it'll adjust in real time. So I think that's what it is. But yeah, that's me. Awesome. Yeah. For context, we're recording this one on depending on what time zone you're in. I am in the future. It's January 1st. I'm in Auckland, New Zealand. You are in the past in 2025.

2:20.3

Living in the future. It's January 1st. I'm in Auckland, New Zealand. You are in the past in 2025.

2:23.6

Living in the past. Living in the past. Yeah.

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