About this episode

Kevin McKain returns to discuss chapters 40-42 of Heroes of Olympus Book 4 in front of a live audience, covering various pop culture topics.

Kevin returns to TNO in front of a lively crowd in North Carolina to discuss three stellar chapters of Heroes of Olympus Book 4 that lead up to the return of one of our favorite baddies! Topics include: last name misspelling, Shoulder Buddies, Patrick Warburton, The Guestion, Tammy the Security Guard, Go Dog Go, Small Bob’s bag, time loops, Shrek, the ocean, The Ultimate Showdown (of Ultimate Destiny), Neil Cicierega, sleeping in meetings, VOOWAH, Axe Body Spray, Texas water, Nightcrawler, BLAM!, Stranger Things, the NY Sirens, Deer Park, Chuck Norris, Jak II, the Oxford comma, the Gilmore Girls, Zhu Zhu Pets, children’s books, food combos, babysitting, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, theater roles, space travel, Hades II romance, Duke/UNC, the PWHL, sports, and more! Get the Nico reveal stream: https://www.patreon.com/posts/house-of-hades-w-159436942 TNO live in the Northeast U.S.: https://www.thenewestolympian.com/live — Find The Newest Olympian Online — • Website: www.thenewestolympian.com • Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon • Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian • Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/newestolympian.bsky.social • Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian • Reddit…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Shubert

Guest: Kevin McKain

Topics covered

• Heroes of Olympus
• live podcast
• North Carolina
• pop culture
• literature
• comedy
• sports

Keywords

• House of Hades
• live podcast
• North Carolina
• Heroes of Olympus
• Kevin McKain
• pop culture
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PWHL

Books & works: Heroes of Olympus Book 4, Shrek, The Ultimate Showdown (of Ultimate Destiny), Jak II, Gilmore Girls, Go Dog Go, Hades II, Stranger Things, VOOWAH, Zhu Zhu Pets

Places: North Carolina, Duke, UNC, Raleigh

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