The Newest Olympian

Erin and Manasa from Camp Half-Pod are back, this time to cover some more chapters of Son of Neptune! I thought we would talk about all the Seattle shenanigans our trio gets up to, but OPE it's a warehouse adventure! Topics include: ahopping locally, ceremonial cabins, babies, aspects, gw, Gulman, The Berenstain Bears, horse girl tropes, The winter soldier, Lady Whistledown, Amazon Dash, adult fri...

When in Connecticut, you gotta get the Connecticut-born podcasters on the show! Emily and Phoebe from Monster Donut return to cover some more chapters from The Son of Neptune! ALSO THERE IS A SPECIAL GUEST FOR THE Q&A!Topics include: Amazon’s disruption, Inter-CT rivalries, Dark Connecticut, Claire’s, Jane Austen (North Anger Abby?), corny jokes, Charon’s range, Jason Stratham, British English...

Robert from The Dam Meme Page is back and we are here with some INTENSE chapters covering our Son of Neptune trio in Portland! Topics include: tap water, limited-use items, fast friends, fast enemies, strange names, The Mist, Central Park, Percy’s vendettas, macrobiotic beef jerky, Portland’s crunchiness, improv pun games, Hades heat system, extreme foods, The Powerpuff Girls, cornucopia of bad ta...

While you all meet our new guest, Niharika, our team in these Son of Neptune chapters meets Phineas! Topics include: Norway, the new MUNCH museum, next steps, “metrosexual”, water powers, phantom sensations, the Mercator Projection, suggestions, solstices, perfect timing, glaciers, flat tops, Polartech, beef jerky, pan fried ice cream, wool smells, dude bags, Toy Story, pigeons, and more! TNO Live...

Sherry returns as guest with a set of chapters she called dibs on far in advance, for good reason! We cover 4 fun Frank chapters as we follow along our team's continuing journey in The Son of Neptune! Topics include: film cameras, Florida, Dance Moms, recording timelines, snack time, trading, Butterscotch Krimpets, birth certificates, being ripped, languages, goosing, ROFL, Galaxy Quest, Business...

Holy schist does this episode SLAP. We're back in Vienna, VA in front of another hyped crowd, this time covering chapter of the Son of Neptune where our heroes have to deal with a whole lot of schist! Topics include: Austria, Fun & Spicy, Reeks of Gia, The Pit, The Masked Singer, Albert C. Onious, Spire, trap door fever, the Lad of Poseidon, PhD in Weird, Pokémon, parkour, pounamu, schist, Ste...

Steven and Schubes are back in Doylestown* in front of a fun crowd to cover a good chunk of the second book in the Heroes of Olympus series! Topics include: Wawa, Chekov’s jelly beans, ring sliding, Pikachu, Percy Jackson and the Gaggle of Mercenaries, pirates, the quiet car, Babe Ruth, airport dads, directions, the BART, McFlurries, SEPTA, Dark Percy, Kingdom Hearts, Admiral Crunch, NPCs, Blake S...

Beth Eyre of Wooden Overcoats, 20toMidnight, and more, makes her TNO debut to cover some incredible pre-quest chapters of The Son of Neptune, but also to go on some GLORIOUS tangents. Topics include: maths, Reyson, Gabriel Urbina, Zelda, The Silver Surfer, chess, bunk beds, Natalie Imbruglia, black pudding, The Pomeranian Line, Julia, pant lengths, OCD, Arabella, The New York Yankees, podex, “I to...

Kelly makes her return to TNO, this time live in Louisiana to discuss more Frank chapters in The Son of Neptune! Topics include: TNeaux, Taylor Swift, portcullis, Medieval Madness, Trials of Apollo, Bug Juice, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Lord of the Rings, harpoon head logistics, Centurion Shishkabob, Mars vs. Ares, punch ups, Wingdings, hangry, eras, clowning, video games, Taylor Swift, and more!   TNO Merc...

Liam Crowley of ScreenRant is back on stage in Boston alongside Mike to break down the first set of Frank narration chapters! Topics include: The back of the book, cinnamon toast, s’mores duty, runaway blenders, blinking, don’t touch signs, Frank’s grandma, Avengers: Endgame, shaving, Captain Underpants, loot, Mark Ruffalo, Vitellius cooking, Greek vs. Roman, Percy’s and Jason’s confidence, Justin...

Mike finally returns to Boston for a podcast live show, and he's brought Massachusetts' own Liam Crowley as the guest! They conclude the first set of Hazel chapters in front of a lovely early show crowd. Topics include: Braintree, Sonic the Hedgehog, the graphic novels, The Toilet Kids, Amtrak, refrigerators, Rice tour guide, “eating sandwiches,” the cover, claiming, abuse of power, Greek life, Dr...

J'Neia Stewart of the upcoming Fandom Fixations Archives podcast makes her TNO return, this time for a set of Son of Neptune chapters for which she is the perfect guest: the first two Hazel narration chapters! Topics include: New Orleans, new phone who dis, weird mascots, Magic School Bus, ananas, Michael Fassbender, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The Chiron School of Plot Protection, Snoop Dogg...

Much like Hannah Montana, this episode has the best of both worlds, as it's made up of Act 2 of the 2024 Toronto live show AND a proper studio recording! Both incredible, both with our designated Canadian, Genna Buck. Topics include: Bombilo the Two-Headed Coffee Merchant, camp sorting, young alumni, acknowledgizing, Italy, East Side Mario’s, Revenge of the Nona’s, homeless tropes, Coffee Time, Ja...

TNO's Designated Canadian, Genna Buck, joins Mike live on stage IN CANADA (Toronto, specifically) to break down Ch. 3 of HoO Book 2! Topics include: Black Toonies, second Ts, Greek food, The Canadian House Hippo, Elf on a Shelf, The Royal Ontario Museum, Chekhov’s jelly beans, zed, Hera’s folder management, polygraphs, cheesy dog bite, tuna enchiladas, The School of Chiron’s Plot Protection, tatto...

NEW EPISODE, NEW ERA, NEW YORK! Johnny returns as he and Mike kick off TNO's coverage of the second book in the Heroes of Olympus series live in front of a raucous crowd in New York City! Sherry leads a fun Q&A as well. Topics include: the cycle, belts, the map, dry ice, Tilden Park, West Coast bagels, Jack in the Crack, floozies, Sweet Summer Child, Spidey-Sense, Dusa, Little Red Riding Hood,...

It's that time again, this time with thrice as many mythological backgrounds! Dr. Moiya McTier returns to talk about all the Greek, Roman, and Cherokee myths featured in the first Heroes of Olympus book! Topics include: Enceladus, The Gigantomachy, Calais & Zethes, Khione, Argonaut Town, Medea, burying teeth, Lityerses, Squid Game, Lycaon, Aphrodite, the original retcon, Porphyrion, Tsul Kälû,...

In September 2023, Schubes was joined by Delia in Vienna, VA to cover one of the wildest official installments of the PJO series. Also, Sherry led quite possible the best Q&A we've ever done! Topics include: Vanna White, The Flap, Uncle Rich, middle school cafeteria pizza, Chuck E. Cheese, handwriting, Clotho, Larry the Cable Guy, Cosmo, Scholastic Book Fair, Fight Club, Samwise Gamgee, Hot He...

Kelly is here for another book conclusion, this time, The Lost Hero! It's been a wild ride and the ending of this book got me ALL SORTS OF AMPED UP. Topics include: closets, CHIRON, black and white cookies, The Cold War, World History class, election sausages, Krispy Kreme, Avengers; Endgame, trireme, Renesme, Glorfindel, theory time, loud sneezes, Latin glossaries, Gilmore Girls, nerdy trash talk...

Steven returns for our penultimate episode covering tThe Lost Hero! I promise we talk about the chapters, but this episode is the Bug Juice episode and you will understand what that means later. Topics include: Backpack, stethoscope stickers, true form glasses, Arthur, Mama Mia, aspects, The Fates, BUG JUICE, *NSYNC, sassy math, The New York Yankees, softball, accidental trash talk, computer rooms...

Morgan aka Imaginmatrix returns to TNO, this time for a standard book episode about some battle chapters of The Lost Hero! CLIMACTIC MOMENTS AHEAD, STRAP IN! Topics include: fallen heroes, compliments, fall clothes, Denver weather, Greek hospitality, GOP Khione, Minthara, attractive villains, wind horses, Legolas, Charmspeak’s limits, teamwork dynamics, steeds, Queen of the Beans, Lincoln Douglass...

Reporter Gillian Blum (@GillianBlum) makes her TNO debut to break down the chapters of The Lost Hero that precede the big battle! Topics include: Spider-Man 3, Table of Contents, Jack London, school assigned books, naps, linked friends, mufflers, Beauty Queen, movie plans, Lumberjack Billionaire, The Knights of Ren, narration tones, Hera hatred, Snape, lady, Star Wars pronouns, cow puns, ballpoint...

Get ready for DOUBLE THE NORMAL DOSAGE OF CHAPTERS with Mike and Michael from our live show in Atlanta! With pristine audio and a killer crowd to go along with the juicy drama of the chapters, this ep truly has it all. Topics include: SIx Flags, Brad, Big Waterbed, interviewing Rick, destroying Cleveland, ma’am, Rocky IV, the science of lightning, 2-key turn system, Muhammed Ali, improvised bullho...

September is a 5-Monday month, so I'm taking the week off, but I've still got a little something for your ears this week! First, I share the details from our most recent charity donation, second I give a September Patreon round up, and finally I've got a clip from the most recent bonus episode posted on the Patreon. Fun stuff all around! CHARITIES SUPPORTED: World Central Kitchen - https://wck.org...

Michael Hollis is back to cover some more chapters of The Lost Hero, this time live with Schubes in Tennessee, and this time we've got ACTION PACKED... ACTION. Topics include: plane troubles, time jumps, Magnum P.I., Chuy’s, Fern Gully, basketball hoops, The Olympics, Ray Gun, Dormamu, glowing teeth, Shaq, Power Rangers, toddlers, pantomime, T’Challa, BAMF clouds, alive dads, black and white cooki...

Pod & Prejudice's Becca makes her TNO debut to talk about some chapters of The Lost Hero in what certainly will become a landmark episode of the podcast in this Heroes of Olympus era. You'll see (hear) why. Topics include: tabletop Jane Austen, Tumblr spoilers, Gilbert Godfried, blow driers, negative riz, game, Mist direction, entrances/exits, Gia, sneezing, Wizards of Waverly Place, chunky be...