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Kelly Beckman Schubert (@VoteForMeKellyB) makes her return to TNO live in Philadelphia to first cover the penultimate chapter of Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse, and then to answer some Q&A with Mike! Topics include: indigo, Dominion, floating water spheres, iPod Video, glowering, PB&J trees, seatbelts, Kelly’s loophole, Mrs. Meyers, newtennant, tic-tac-toe, vouching, silent discoes, c...

WE ARE DOING LIVE SHOWS IN NOVEMBER IN AUSTRALIA. TICKETS: www.thenewestolympian.com/live In what would normally be an off-week, we've instead got a bonus episode! Steven Parra was trying to be a nice guy and help me move out and due to confusing signage and a faulty app, was hit with a ludicrous amount of parking-related fees by the NYPD. As a response, we've put together this bonus episode in wh...

J'Neia Stewart (@TheLady_Artemis) makes her triumphant return to talk about two of the most action-packed and emotion-packed chapters of Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse! Topics include: Haikus, ATLA, reading chapter titles, self-given nicknames, umlauts, End of Ze World, leagues, Draco Malfoy, Steve Nash, Stromile Swift, Frasier, turbulence, Atlas, petty little things, the book title reveal, s...

Leah Cornish (@Leah617) makes her TNO debut, possibly as our first Greek guest, to discuss more Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse! Topics include: Grëék stuff, Thanos’ knife, Flight of the Conchords, Bessie’s name, RPGs, Bay Area weather, zippers, sacrifice rules, Hunkules, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Bionicles, stepparents, Muir Woods, pancake hikes, Let Me Blow Ya Mind, Zooboomafoo, Schoolhouse R...

Sherry Guo (@overnighttotes on TikTok) is back and there's some spicy Titan's Curse content to cover! Topics include: Kinecht Ruprecht, SF, Target, The Good Place, pigeons, homelessness, Sea World, cows, calendars, trick arrows, knots, interpreting, reheating pizza, Ian McShane, hangovers, Vecna, SF biking, Marin hiking, overnight oats, and more! MIKE'S NEW D&D STREAM: www.20tomidnight.com Tha...

Our lovely editor and newly-minted Tik Tok account runner, Sherry Guo, makes her TNO return to cover a highly-anticipated chapter of Percy Jackson Book 3! Topics include: the NYC live show, Pokémon, famous dams, empathy links, animal hiking, Chuck E. Cheese, John Wick, drachma logic, reaching the pedals, Ted Lasso, Brett Goldstein, The Hoover Dam, The Gateway Arch, Skate (the video game), guardian...

Steven Parra joins Schubes live on stage in New York City for the first ever TNO live show to discuss the very spicy Ch. 13 of Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse! Plus, Sherry Guo makes an appearance for the Q&A at the end! Topics include: Riordan Wiki, old farts, The Brave Little Toaster, Pride & Prejudice, stargazing, learning English, the Death Star, The Darrin Line, The West Wing, Roo...

Melissa Anelli (@melissaanelli) is back to cover more Titan's Curse, but also we delve into various games chats as well! Topics include: Horizon: Zero Dawn, Texan winter activities, Harry & Hermione, Amtrak, Lord Rattington, talking with your hands, The Golden Compass, Chekov’s Rat, firing ranges, I Think. You Should Leave, animal onomatopoeia, Crash Bandicoot, Kingdom Hearts 3, Halloween cost...

Mischief Management's Melissa Anelli makes her TNO debut to discuss Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse and the response of YA fans when the series began! Topics include: closets, The Percy Jackson Latte, Lightning Dolt, alternate show titles, DC Metro, Georgetown, Dikembe Mutombo’s GEICO commercial, people experiencing homelessness, The Apollo Express, Dumb & Dumber, School of Rock, Led Zeppe...

Bobby Wagner (@bwags) is back for another episode of Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse discussion, and if you like the early 2010s, you are in for a TREAT. Topics include: Ke$ha, Mario Kart 64, Thanos, Jason and the Argonauts, evil LinkedIn, Brad Pitt, Warm Bodies, Mysterio, Bobs, Home Alone, alley cats, sponsored content, wet socks, Canada goose, Nestor Cortes Jr., Horizon: Zero Dawn, the Barry...

Tipping Pitches' Bobby Wagner returns to help us meet new characters and learn more about old ones in Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse! Topics include: Jersey Shore, Sister Natalie’s Grammar Podcast, the Ungodsly Movement, Masterclass, Yankees vs. Mets, fundraising emails, A Star is Born, skate shoes, TikTok, camp currency, wind dudeship, Godly Yellow Pages, bulletin board material, hundreds an...

Sarah Barra (@hellredsky, Herosgrafia) returns to TNO for an emotionally intense set of scenes from Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse! Topics include: Godly parentage, Silly Putty, vosotros, shounen anime, 24, tracker songs, The Bronx, Disney merch opportunities, #JusticeForSatyrs, Classic Chiron, pinot noir, Patrick Page, Trans icon Blackjack, and more! HELP US GET TO 1,000 PATRONS FOR THE HADE...

Marissa Tandon (@MarissaKumari) of You Are What You Love joins as guest to continue TNO’s coverage of Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse! Topics include: Border’s, Grossver, cyber security, Crime and Punishment, flowers, all-girls school, Leroy, The Will Smithcast, The Hunger Games, Holes, Gertrude’s Nose, farts, workshopping insults, Vanessa Carlton, and more! TNO LIVE on 8/24 and more: www.then...

Well this is a podcast about books, so it’s about time we got a library technician in the mix! Erin Bark helps us hit that quota as she joins as guest for more PJO and the Titan’s Curse coverage! Topics include: PodCon, renaissance fairs, learning to drive, sibling dynamics, sassy 10-year-olds, winter skins, Snape, Mythomagic, board games, NBA2K, tough subjects, garlic, audiobook narrator issues,...

Poet, author, and Potterless UK Correspondent, Dottie James (@dotttiejames) makes her TNO debut to discuss more of Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse! Topics include: “New” lands, judicial fears, luxury cars, Jim Agreement, The Treequel, Vincent Van Gogh, Hot Rod, twin jokes, fiancés, Theseus from Hades (the video game), teenage maneuvers, Ireland, Edward Cullen, field hockey, Roman gods, Discwor...

Erin and Manasa from Camp Half-Pod make it a PJO podcast crossover event as they join to cover more of the opening of PJO Book #3! Topics include: being 26, Hannah Montana, backward(s), Pixar’s Onward, Dungeons and Dragons, DragonBall Z, Percy Jackson and the Summer Where Nothing Bad Happened, celestial bronze whatever-the-hecks, Captain Crunch, Super Smash Bros., small rage, helicopter questions,...

TIME TO START BOOK THREE! And what better way to do it than with fan-favorite, Steven Parra? THERE IS NO BETTER WAY, LET'S BEGIN PERCY JACKSON AND THE TITAN'S CURSE! Topics include: favorite PJO books, combo breakers, embarrassing stories, Jedi mind tricks, The Laugh Bloods, red hats, vice principals, permanent records, fashion style, dancing, Backyard Baseball, goat boy privileges, architecture p...

We've finished Book 2 but we haven't closed our coverage of it just yet because Dr. Moiya McTier (@GoAstroMo) is back to further explain the myths we met along the way in The Sea of Monsters! Topics include: Aegis, The Golden Fleece, The Colchis Bulls, yoking, whiskey sours, Tantalizing, peanut butter filled pretzels, loopholes, earwax,ENTs, Circe, Madelyn Miller, paella, Captain Planet, Scylla &a...

*very Europe (the band) voice* IT’S THE FINAL PODCAST! For the sec-ond… book in PJO… Kelly’s back and… she’s brought her wit and charm! Here we go! Time for the last SoM episooooOoooOoooode. Topics include: Indian pigeons, the koel, envelope output, strawberry pies, James Bond, en-Tys-ed, watches, stress dreams, trash talk, Greek Fire, Game of Thrones, “come through,” SpongeBob, positive furloughs...

We're nearing the end of another PJO book, meaning it's time for Kelly to return! The creative mind behind Magic Shop Patches hops in the guest chair to continue our Sea of Monsters coverage. Topics include: Perceptive friends, Horcruxes, Thor’s hammer, water hotels, business expenses, “ouchie!”, Comanche warriors, Uncle Buck, TEA TIME, the Atkins Diet, Steeplechase, Chi-Non Answers, PJ’s 16th Bir...

Ashlee Latimer, author and Riordanverse social media manager, makes her debut as guest on The Newest Olympian! The book is nearing its conclusion, and things are heating up! Topics include: The Lightning Thief Musical, social media management, video game bosses, olive pizza, butt stab, anime action scenes, Rainbow’s friends, Pitbull, Miami Vice, varsity jackets, accepting YA logic, John Wick, airp...

Joel Rochester (fictionalfates) calls in from Wales to discuss whales- err, kind of - we talk The Sea of Monsters! Topics include: Welsh, BeastQuest, Animorphs, sheep dimensions, piranhas, the Disney+ casting, sheep taxi, Jack Black, The Odyssey, Hamlet, Pride & Prejudice, “Who do you think you are? I am!”, cafeteria cups, D&D, storyboarding, whisper giggles, She Serrano, Spider-Man: No Wa...

Everyone's favorite med student, Steven Parra, is back to discuss more of the second book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series! Topics include: a cappella, Baby Shark, Finding Nemo, dad status, fish gossip, hummus, fatal flaws, Chekhov’s Rope Bridge, Pokémon respect, mooring, Free Solo, The Powerpuff Girls, Dungeons and Dragons, TED talks, satyry bits, Grover’s growth, Bon Appetite, and m...

Alyssa Esteban of Breakfast in Beauclair returns to TNO as Percy and Annabeth return to The Sea of Monsters for more mayhem! Topics include: Hadestown, Zooptopia, Timothy Hughes, massage sales pitches, Ron’s Gone Wrong, MLMs, Marty McFly, Our Flag Means Death, Heartstopper, NBA Playoffs, Oscar Isaac, Blackbeard, Mise en place, Olympic events, BROOKLYN, Green Goblin, spirit fingers, cheerleading, g...

Chilean Percy Jackson fan artist and podcaster, Sarah Barra (@hellredsky), gets in the mix as a guest to help us further navigate The Sea of Monsters! Topics include: Mean unicorns, silver linings, 7up, translation changes, the pocket dynamic, Facebook status updates, seagulls & pigeons, yachts, massages, Loony Tunes, fancy fabrics, Cookie the guinea pig, dental imperfections, strawberry milks...