The Newest Olympian

The tour continues as does our coverage of The Mark of Athena! Eric Schneider is back on stage with Mike to break down the next installment of The Heroes of Olympus series in front of a lively crowd in Ohio! Topics include: the Rust Belt, Thomas the Tank Engine, identity theft, Hell in a Cell, HOODSLAM, hair color tropes, Anchorman, Midwest vs. Northeast, The Home Depot, Antelope Island, bit characters, listing, DirecTV, R...

I was told the intro to Mark of Athena was intense. In these chapters, I learned why! Come listen as I'm joined by Eric Schneider, co-creator of The Last and the Curious, live on stage in Chicago not only to cover these chapters, but also to do a live-reading of the end of Ch. 4! Topics include: Open Midwest, Culver’s, Casey’s, audiobook changes, failed moves, forgiving a boyfriend, Avengers: Endgame, international travel,...

THE MARK OF ATHENA ERA HAS BEGUN! To kick things off, Johnny joins Schubes live on stage in Des Moines, Iowa in front a of a PACKED crowd to cover the intro of the third book in the Heroes of Olympus series! Topics include: Field of Dreams, Des Moines chat, mid 2000s hip-hop, Dublin Step, neutral clothing, boundaries, Chuck-A-Puck, emo girl, anniversaries, stomachaches, Remember the Titans, iPod video, Lipstick Jungle, Cat...

The always-lovely Kelly Schubert stays up past her bedtime to make her triumphant return to the podcast so we can conclude our coverage of The Demigod Diaries! This short story was written by Rick Riordan's son, Haley, which is so freaking cool. Topics include: Board-form concrete, Rice University, DOCTORS, NY geography, Misery, slamming phones, lucid dreaming, teenage boys, coffeeshop puns, The Pour is Java, Mysterio, law...

T-N-O. 1-8-0. Sher-ry Guo. IT'S TIME. Our lovely editor is also our lovely guest for this episode, as we break down the third stories in the Demigod Diaries! Topics include: Cupola balconies, curtain walls, Facebook Official, self-charmspeak, productive procrastination, Iron Man, cleaning solutions, Taco Claus, mahogany, #grindlife, wine service, egg nog, RETURN OF CRISPY CHEESE N WEINERS, Psych, Baguette, fandom boundarie...

Liam Crowley, entertainment journalist and host, returns to TNO to cover the second story in The Demigod Diaries! Topics include: REAL ID, narration, The Great Lawn, olive pizza, combo holidays, cleats, fashion trends, hernias, network TV, PJO TV production, 420, EOD, Gandalf, Loki, D-list gods, Chekov, the High Line, claw games, The Fairly Oddparents, the second movie, NY monuments, timelines, teenage relationships, garba...

Who else could be the guests for this episode other than the #1 Luke stans, the Monster Donut duo? Emily and Phoebe join to discuss the earliest chronological PJO story yet! Topics include: midnight releases, AI, signatures, curlicue, Pepsi, golf, going commando, Scooby Doo, whodunnit, hyenas, Luke + Thalia, greeting kisses, crushes, prophecies, math tests, Goosebumps, ACAB Luke, and more!

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Our coverage of a book has ended, meaning it's time for Dr. Moiya to provide answers to all the times Mike went "DR. MOIYA!?" across the Son of Neptune episodes! Topics include: the word biannual, Xena, The Karpoi, 4 AM, bull-horned centaurs, Periclymenus (SPELLING?), the Amazons, Bellerofon, killing your brother, appendices, French food, Battle of Carrhae, war strategies, Mars vs. Ares, basketball gods, ogres and starch, ...

*very Europe (the band) voice* It's the final! The Son of Neptune! Episode of! The Newest Olympian!

Mike is joined by TWO lovely goofballs on stage in Milwaukee, WI to break down the ending of Heroes of Olympus Book 2! Topics include: Art Smart’s Dart Mart (and Juggling Emporium), Tuna, world’s colliding, Queen Hylla Twice Killa, branding, cleaning strategies, Kintsugi, Frank’s tone, teen dating, Dune 2, Jason’s room, glue ...

Johnny is back to kick off the 2025 Midwest Tour with Mike and bring us ever closer to the conclusion of Heroes of Olympus Book 2! Topics include: Jucy Lucy, giants vs. Giants, loons, Wilt Chamberlain, Mr. Brightside, towels, Game of Thrones, checked bags, upside the head, MUSTER, whistles, GEICO commercials, bibs, eagles, Space Jam, 300, Count Chocula, Rocky IV, ice fishing, tornado sirens, high school fights, Under The S...

The bus buddies are back, as Alyssa from Breakfast in Beauclair returns to TNO to break down Frank chapters, highlighting how she relates to his cultural experiences! Topics include: Leap Day, mangoes, Asian-American heritage, waiting, SNL, Waffle House, TV remotes, pockets, Animorphs, Norman Osborne, Pirates Of the Caribbean, tech aging, “WELCOME TO CANADA, IDIOT.”, trash-talk, Frank’s confidence, and more!

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We're off this week, but instead of leaving you with nothing to listen to, I proudly present the first episode of my new Fast & Furious podcast I co-created with Eric Hamilton Schneider, The Last and the Curious! If you like what you hear from this first episode and want to hear the rest of the podcast, you can access all 13 episodes completely ad-free at thelastandthecurio.us for just $5! We've been working on this po...

Joel Rochester aka fictionalfates makes his long-awaited return to TNO to dive into some Son of Neptune chapters where the real hero is trash talk. Topics include: electric cars, peak horse girl, nautical miles, Arion One, nickering, Goel Rochester, boss fights, expand/expound, glistening, DnD, life’s fairness, Alcyoneus’ perfection, Rule of Threes, synergistic moment, trash talk, black olives, and more!

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Sequoia Simone, the co-creator of the upcoming podcast Professional Talkers (of which Mike is the other co-creator!), returns to TNO and is ready to cover the next leg in our team's Alaska expedition! Topics include: holiday gifts, the Northern Lights, titles, waking hours, cruise ships, quicksand, paleontology, touring, muskeg, Muskrat Love, curbing dogs, deconstructed mimosas, beignets, Yzma, Yo Mama, Christopher Walken,...

Kelly Schubert is back on the pod and back in her hometown to discuss more Son of Neptune chapters live on stage with Mike! The trio is ready to eat breakfast and fight monsters, and they're all out of breakfast. Topics include: The Houston Rodeo, flattened pennies, Texas 4000, turbulence, losing things, rough air, Rice University, “Sure.”, ellipsis, Mufasa, Wicked, air fresheners, revisiting hometowns, ACME, breakfast for...

Johnny is back, this time live on stage with Schubes in Richmond, VA (definitely not Quantico, VA) for some juicy Heroes of Olympus Book 2 chapters, where Frank FINALLY learns the details of the Zhang family gift! Topics include: Oatmeal Creme Pies, chess, Quantico, LotR fun facts, Wicked, three-pointers, dolt, Reverse Shrek, Crazy Rich Asians, Muhammad Ali, Frank’s clothing, fun facts, Jeopardy!, state mammals, VR, roofs,...

Baltimore's own Sherry Guo makes her TNO live show guesting debut in her hometown to break down some more Frank chapters of The Son of Neptune! Topics include: The Super Bowl, lactose, Maryland, horses, camping, Canadians, jealousy, sprat, Gray’s theatrics, Wicked, Kendrick, spelling bees, The Baltimore Colts, 4DX, Mars vibes, car sickness, Pokémon, Guo, Schitt’s Creek, Severance, Wikipedia, Google, kid/punk, Clocky, BUG J...

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 friendships, mischievously, p...

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, Cerberos, Team Hazel’s M...