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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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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BONUS | Azriel Dalman on Playing Young Percy Jackson, Joel Rochester on the UK Premiere
114 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians S1E7 w/ Johnny Frohlichstein
BONUS | Jet Wilkinson on Directing Ep. 6, Mike on Ep. 6 Discourse
113 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians S1E6 w/ Phoebe Corde & Emily Garber
BONUS | Jet Wilkinson on Directing Episode 5
112 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians S1E5 w/ Sherry Guo
BONUS | Suzanne Cryer on Playing Echidna, Jon Steinberg & Erik Henry on S1E4
111 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians S1E4 w/ Liam T. Crowley
BONUS | Cast & Crew on S1E3, Liam T. Crowley on the NYC Premiere
110 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians S1E3 w/ Dr. Steven Parra
BONUS | Dior Goodjohn on Playing Clarisse & Percy Jackson Production Team on Eps. 1–2
109 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians S1E2 w/ Erica Ito
108 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians S1E1 w/ Sequoia Simone
BONUS | PJO TV Interviews w/ Becky & Rick Riordan, Jon Steinberg, Dan Shotz, James Bobin, and Tish Monaghan
107 | Greek Mythology in The Last Olympian w/ Dr. Moiya McTier
BONUS | PJO TV Show Interviews and More from New York Comic Con
106 | THE UNCLE RICK EMAILS w/ Melissa Anelli & Meghan Fitzmartin
105 | The Lightning Thief Movie (Part 2) w/ Adam Mamawala & Sequoia Simone (LIVE in NYC!)
104 | The Lightning Thief Movie (Part 1) w/ Adam Mamawala & Steven Parra (LIVE in Philly!)
103 | The Last Olympian Ch. 23 + Q&A w/ Kelly Schubert
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