139 episodes
The Newest Olympian Mike Schubert
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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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125 | The Lost Hero Ch. 1–2 w/ Michael Hollis (LIVE in Charlotte!)
AT LONG LAST, THE HEROES OF OLYMPUS ERA OF THE NEWEST OLYMPIAN HAS BEGUN! Schubes and Michael Hollis take to the stage in Charlotte, NC to break down the first two chapters of The Lost Hero to ponder everyone's favorite question, "WHO THE H*CK IS JASON?!" Topics include: snowboarding jackets, narrators, eye color, height, Holes, spit-wad, special boys, Dallas Cowboys, The Lizzie McGuire, Draco Malfoy, Chekov’s baseball bat, The Grand Canyon, nightmares, K-dramas, cupcake, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, the god of rubber, smoke physics, Brickface, Butch McManliness, summoning, Disney World, Meddling Adults, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Dara Ó Briain, JJ Redick, and more!
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— 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 th
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124 | Joe Tracz on Writing for the Lightning Thief Musical & Percy Jackson TV Series
To complete our coverage of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Schubes chats with Joe Tracz, who wrote the book for the musical! They also talk about Joe’s work on the Disney+ series. Topics include: Border’s, book vs. lyrics, songs capturing ideas, The Godfather, the (heathen) Shuberts, more toilet paper, Joe Trash: Private Eye, rough magic, R&D, expanding the cast, the Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket, Consensus, “you up?” texts, the Council of Cloven Elders, Josh the pit scorpion, Puffs, #BlameZeus, future changes, and more!
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— 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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123 | The Lightning Thief Musical Act 2 w/ Ashlee "Mx. Thief" Latimer
Mx. Thief themself, Ashlee Latimer, returns to The Newest Olympian to detail the work she did running the @LTMusical social accounts before breaking down Act 2 of The Lightning Thief Musical with Schubes! Topics include: figuring your life out, RiordanWiki, Mx. Thief, emergency dresses, The New York Times, grammar snobs, High School Musical, earworms, Percabeth, bonus songs, quick changes, pronunciations, Perky Jackson, Josh Groban, sassy Elvis, Green Day, doof Poseidon, and more!
NYT Article about Ashlee: https://archive.is/LU0d0
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— 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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122 | The Lightning Thief Musical Act 1 w/ Morgan Danielle
PJO superfan & cosplayer, Morgan Danielle (@imaginmatrix), joins Mike this week to discuss the first act of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical! Morgan saw the touring production, her partner was in a local production, and she's listened to the soundtrack countless times. Topics include: recess, AOL, slime tutorials, library cards, Peter and the Starcatcher, musical textbook songs, Scorpius Malfoy, “SWORD!”, Luke & Annabeth, toilet paper guns, changing lines, and more!
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— 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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121 | Chris McCarrell on Playing Percy Jackson in The Lightning Thief Musical
We're sliding into TNO Musical Month with an interview with Percy Jackson from the Off-Broadway, US Tour, and Broadway runs of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical! Actor Chris McCarrell talks about his personal history in the role as well as the history of the entire musical. Topics include: TheaterWorks USA ,getting slapped, sounding like a kid, differences of theater, the Treacherous Waters of Broadway, playing young, The Shape of Water, Chess (the musical), being cool, cast recording, theater from the heart, pedaling the toilet, Stephen Brackett, mementos, costumes, Chameleon Stage, and more!
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— 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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120 | Sea of Monsters Movie (Part 3) w/ Meghan Fruehauf & Kelly Schubert (LIVE in Dallas!)
To the most garbage part of this garbage film, Mike brought on his sister Meghan (non-PJO reader) and his wife Kelly (new PJO superfan) to break it all down! Topics include: a gaggle of guys, digestion monsters, Finding Nemo, latitude & longitude powers, Disney’s Hercules, Sahara, Super Carlin Bros., pine branches, Circe, Gringotts, Chris Columbus, It’s a Small World, The Little Mermaid, googley eye, Tom & Jerry, gatling crossbow, Voldemort, Dora the Explorer, talking Riptide, acquired taste, Cyclopes, enemies to lovers, Clafleece, Michael’s, Moana, Annabelle’s Wish, Broadway, Tyson, Buccee’s, breakfast cereal, Hillary Duff, mermaids, mood rings, and more!
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— 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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Customer Reviews
I LOVE YOUR SHOW SO MUCH
Hi I’m Claire and I just am OBSESSED with your podcast and can’t wait for your next episode and I think you should read the hero's of Olympus I’m on the third book and I love the series but not as much as I love you guys and want to be a guest on the show.Love,Claire Ruffino age nine love you both soooo much by guys.from Percy:so,my hair is on fire 🔥(:🏺🗡️🛡️
Best podcast ever!
I’ve been listening to Mike’s podcasts for a while and this one is definitely the best! I really enjoy the show
Great show!
Great show! Been catching up on this and it is enjoyable to hear the predictions and reactions from someone who has not read it. I will say a pet peeve is that consistently Hades is referred to as evil. Hades is not inherently evil in mythology. He’s just another one of the gods, for better or for worse.
Shows like disneys Hercules have portrayed him as a bad guy, and there are some interesting analysis of the perception changing with Christianity. People started associating hades, who in Greek mythology was just the ruler of the underworld, not evil, to Satan, ruler of demons and the bad afterlife. Just even in Percy Jackson Hades isn’t any worse than other gods. In fact he’s one of the better ones sometimes? So he’s not one to be mentioned in the same breath as the real bad guys of the series.
Well that was a silly rant and there might be a change as the series goes on. I’m only in the reading of the Titans Curse so we’ll see lol.
Still, great show. Super enjoy