The Newest Olympian

It's the most Percabeth ep of the season so far, so I had to bring in the Percabeth experts, Carter and Erica from Seaweed Brain! Topics include: PhDs, editing & directing, episode structure, filming, foley work, extras, easter egg names, the wedding carriage, guinea pig audio, #TrustTheProcess, weaponizing therapy, theaters, MoviePass, The Shape of Water, pomegranate juice, Madeline Miller, Avatar the Last Airbender, ...

As the kids say, this one was a movie! It at least felt like it, and reporter extraordinaire, Gillian Blum, is here to break it down with me while I mainly focus on the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Topics include: New York Comic Con, note-taking, Lance Reddick’s legacy, Babybeth, party favors, Thaluke, Clarisse’s arc, adaptations, Mythomagic, Yankees sweater, out of body knowledge, Rainbow, the credits, Percabeth, mak...

More interview content ahead! I've got a Episode 3 relevant clip from the Season 2 press junket as well as ALL the interview questions I asked the cast and crew at San Diego Comic Con 2025! Come for the Percy Jackson content, stay for me gloating about the Knicks to the EPs (and Dan roasting me for it).

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Well, it's the Princess Andromeda episode, so we simply must have the world's top Luke Castellan experts on the pod to cover it! Topics include: Luke Experts, visiting set, slow sardonic melodies, Princess Andromeda tour, chess set, water repelling powers, The Ironclad, tour spoilers, spit, DNCE, basketball, Bow Huntress Magazine, Condé Nast, hair flips, pulling the chair, VoiceOver roles, Kronos color schemes, walls, and ...

In this bonus episode, Mike shares footage from (and the story behind) the Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 Press Junket he did the night before the World Premiere in Los Angeles!

INTERVIEWS START AT 11:20

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Johnny is back and we're here to talk about the second ep of the second season of Percy Jackson! Topics include: Ms. Dimple, Timothy Simons, audiobook, On Top of Spaghetti, New Jersey, Lincoln-Douglass debates, Lorem Ipsum, Encyclopedia Brown, Hades boons, 12 Ways to Deflect a Conversation and Not Actually Give an Answer to Anybody, Holes, See Gee Eye, Beer Bike, The Bronte Sisters, Wuthering Heights, Barbarian, The Housto...

Fresh off of attending the WORLD PREMIERE of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 in Los Angeles, Mike and Kelly hop on the mic to break down the first episode of the Sea of Monsters SEAson of the PJO TV show! Topics include: premiere pastries, Jason Mantzoukas, changed things, gross teenage boys, cereal, coin metaphor, Daniel Diemer, New York Nitpicking, Trans Icon Blackjack, pegasus galloping physics, Smash Mouth, vi...

It's the final book episode about The Mark of Athena, AND I LIVE READ THAT PART ON STAGE! It was a true party, with Steven and Sequoia joining me as guests and Sherry and Robert running the Q&A! Topics include: predictions, Rhode Island, New York Systems, Hades II, Roman numerals, knees, Spider-Man, dinosaurs, improv brain, Katie Ledecky, cringe, WiFi, geometry, Spider-Goddess, Glenn Burke, I Am Legend, Miss Congeniali...

WELL, FOLKS! IT FINALLY HAPPENED! We got Uncle Rick on the pod! Please enjoy this bonus episode which features a few “if I ever get Uncle Rick on the podcast…” questions! Full video version available on Spotify and YouTube, and stay tuned for more Season 2 interviews. 

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Did you honestly think I could do an episode about a set of chapters where Percy CAN SEE WHY LUKE REBELLED and NOT get the folks from Monster Donut on as guests? The choice was obvious, and the result was a lovely episode! Topics include: Nightcrawler, hydra math, Futarama, bards, Alan Menken, New Game+, Munchkins from Hell, Monster Donuts, cereal, justified hatred, kids liking theater, tourists in NYC, Beastie Boys, Coke/...

TNO? More like "TEENAGE, YO!" with the return of Niharika to the podcast! We cover some captivating chapters towards the end of the third Heroes of Olympus book, while also going on some tangents that truly make me (Mike) feel like a fossil. Topics include: YA formulas, Tim Burton, Noah, dogs, Norway, Field of Dreams, niches, lifeguard tips, brooches, YouTube vocabulary, Hillary Duff, Norwegian, localizations, Poseidon’s J...

J'Neia makes her glorious return to cover the final Leo chapter and the start of the last Piper chapter set from The Mark of Athena! Topics include: horoscopes, tattoos, petty Nemesis, outlet plugs, Casper the Friendly Ghost, dances, Soulja Boy, hazing, Twilight, Kpop Demon Hunters, death predictions, Nico being shadowy, Spirit Airlines, New Girl, auspicious, Jerkules, Burn Centers in the U.S., vampires, and more!

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Mike is joined by Morgan aka Imaginmatrix once again, this time to cover the Leo chapters that immediately follow the recent, dramatic Annabeth chapters, THAT ARE STILL SO CAPTIVATING. Topics include: Dafne Keen, Houston drivers, idk my BFF Jill, funy commercials, people acting off, Pizza Zizza, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, The Parthenon, All Da Ladies Love Leo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Twin Sisters, rhythmic learnin...

The Michael tag-team is back in action, this time for my first ever performance in Kansas City, MO! These chapters of MoA cover Annabeth’s build up to her big battle, and thankfully we have sadness expert, Michael Hollis, for the wallowing in despair chapter. Topics include: Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, missing train prats, DEADalus, Arachne & Ariadne, into/onto, Larrys, BAH and GAH, capstones, WHEE, ambrosia effectiven...

Hello! This is an off-week for TNO, but I didn't want to leave you with NOTHING, so here's a little bonus episode that has info about our upcoming live show in Sant Monica, the charity we're supporting this break, and what the podcast will look like when the TV show returns in December. Finally, I end this episode with a preview of a recent Patreon bonus episode! I've started a series where I go through old TNO Reddit post...

You know I couldn’t do a show in St. Louis without bringing Kirkwood’s own, Johnny Frohlichstein! We break down 2.5 chapters of the third Heroes of Olympus book, dive deep into the local cuisine, and get Johnny’s mom involved in the show as well. Topics include: Imo’s, Lord of the Rings, turbulence, Imposter Syndrome, being a kid, The Trolley Problem, Ertha Kitt, Holes, Chess Capital USA, Dr. Seuss, murder mystery parties,...

[Ch. 31 stopping point is after an unexpected liquid fills the boat] Sherry is back with the some Mark of Athena chapters she called dibs on many moons ago (a-Guo?), and I can clearly see why! Topics include: scheduling chaos, multi-hyphenates, Halloween costume ideas, multitasking, Webkins & Neopets, gin, 12-season athlete, Mrs. Woodman, spilt vs. spilled, comparative anxiety, The Princess Diaries, dolphins, New Jerse...

Sequoia Simone AKA the co-creator of our new podcast, Professional Talkers, makes her glorious return to TNO to discuss our heroes meeting THE HERO in Heroes of Olympus Book 3! Topics include: Jeremy Bearemy, podcast logistics, Salt Lake City, Coney Island, Snakes by the Ocean, Mayor of Tangent Town, tromping, The Avril Lavigne Theory, Canadian Thanksgiving, Cornucopia, mosquitos, image conjurers, reading, The Princess Swi...