Mount Olympus - The Hercules And Xena Podcast

Sometimes everyone just has to agree something never happened like Xena Episode 66 - Vanishing Act.  A very large yet also very normal sized statue is stolen and the King of Thieves has to reverse thief it back! The premise is the only thing solid as Xena, Gabby, and Autolycus quest for peace.  This is an episode where everyone 'makes choices' The podcast crew recommends podcasts and nearly comes to blows over pie, and pie adjacent desserts. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas Find us on Facebook or Twitter @MountOlympusPod Email the show: MountOlympusPod@gmail.com Check out our website: www.retrogradeorbitradio.com

We bid a fond farewell to Alcmene as her death gets shortchanged to a Young Hercules episode as Daoud steals the pilot chair from Brian for a special guest host appearance. Mount Olympus is an episode by episode review of the smash 90s television programs "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and its spinoff "Xena: Warrior Princess," which still enjoy unparalleled cultural relevance today! Or ... at least they do in the hearts of our hosts. Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Renee O'Connor and friends (along with fan favorite Bruce Campbell!) stomp, fight, and flirt their way through the New Zealand countryside - and we break it down week by week. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Producer Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas  

  We still haven't paid the lease off on that boat in Xena Episode 65: Tsunami.  Autolycus is here getting sent to the Diamond Mine on purpose, as is his future Jack of All Trades Costar in a throwaway subplot. Also swimming into volcanic geysers is totally safe and the panel explores what tropes do we always fall in love with no matter how poorly done. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas Find us on Facebook or Twitter @MountOlympusPod Email the show: MountOlympusPod@gmail.com Check out our website: www.retrogradeorbitradio.com  

  Veterans finally get back from the Trojan War in this discombobulated mess of Hercules: Episode 78 War Wounds.  Join us watch CGI land sharks and try to figure out if this movie is more Tremors or The Rock. Also listen as Brian describes how his love for BBQ leads to discovering a new sick burn. Mount Olympus is an episode by episode review of the smash 90s television programs "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and its spinoff "Xena: Warrior Princess," which still enjoy unparalleled cultural relevance today! Or ... at least they do in the hearts of our hosts. Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Renee O'Connor and friends (along with fan favorite Bruce Campbell!) stomp, fight, and flirt their way through the New Zealand countryside - and we break it down week by week. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Producer? Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Dev

Everyone, this one is kind of a trainwreck with Xena: Warrior Podcasts Episode 64: Fins, Femmes and Gems A diamond company doesn't get a good return on investment in its ad buy as Xena loves fishing, Gabby loves herself, Joxer loves being Tarzan, and the writing loves to not make sense.  Also Xena launches a fish into space. Joxer's a little skeevy with being an apeman and all. The panel takes strong positions on nuts, bigfoot, and zombies. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas Find us on Facebook or Twitter @MountOlympusPod Email the show: MountOlympusPod@gmail.com Check out our website: www.retrogradeorbitradio.com

We delve into the complicated romantic thieving life of Autolycus in Hercules Episode 77: My Fair Cupcake.  Hercules is off trying to stop a civil war or some such nonsense about burning a bakery while Iolaus finds himself with Autolycus who is running a scam that only he knows about with our dear dancer Cupcake.  Also a prince clearly is running his country badly. Also wall to wall ice cream and wall to wall musical talk. Mount Olympus is an episode by episode review of the smash 90s television programs "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and its spinoff "Xena: Warrior Princess," which still enjoy unparalleled cultural relevance today! Or ... at least they do in the hearts of our hosts. Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Renee O'Connor and friends (along with fan favorite Bruce Campbell!) stomp, fight, and flirt their way through the New Zealand countryside - and we break it down week by week. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit

  It's clip show time and yet an improvement over the podcasts recent past with Xena Episode 63: Forget Me Not Gabby has bad Spirit Guide Ares to try and deal with bad memories. Joxer's a little skeevy with Memory Empty Gabby The Podcast panel is deep into comic books as always and finds again a way to talk briefly about the Filmation Ghost Busters Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas Find us on Facebook or Twitter @MountOlympusPod Email the show: MountOlympusPod@gmail.com Check out our website: www.retrogradeorbitradio.com

  Mistakes were made in Hercules Episode 76 - One Fowl Day.  Hear what happens when the show thinks they can top Porkules. Digressions this week include candy, especially in the form of tobacco products.  Don't smoke kids. Mount Olympus is an episode by episode review of the smash 90s television programs "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and its spinoff "Xena: Warrior Princess," which still enjoy unparalleled cultural relevance today! Or ... at least they do in the hearts of our hosts. Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Renee O'Connor and friends (along with fan favorite Bruce Campbell!) stomp, fight, and flirt their way through the New Zealand countryside - and we break it down week by week. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Producer? Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas  

  We come off that Porkules high and delve into Xena Episode 62: When in Rome... Rome looks like perhaps discount Rome and the core of the episode is mostly Karl Urban doing Caesarean flourishes.  And the panel can't shake the idea that maybe this episode just isn't that good. Early discussions highlight playing board games and accidentally walking into the darkest corners of Sesame Street. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas Find us on Facebook or Twitter @MountOlympusPod Email the show: MountOlympusPod@gmail.com Check out our website: www.retrogradeorbitradio.com

Everything is downhill after this.  This is the high water mark.  Friends - Hercules Episode 75: Porkules. Too many digressions to possibly count, and Hercules is a pig.  This is why this show was made.  This is why the medium of television exists. Mount Olympus is an episode by episode review of the smash 90s television programs "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and its spinoff "Xena: Warrior Princess," which still enjoy unparalleled cultural relevance today! Or ... at least they do in the hearts of our hosts. Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Renee O'Connor and friends (along with fan favorite Bruce Campbell!) stomp, fight, and flirt their way through the New Zealand countryside - and we break it down week by week. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Producer? Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas

  Joxer the Mighty loses all his fighty, Got scammed from casino cash, then thugs in his face they bashed, its Xena: Ep 61 King Con.  Join us for what is admittedly Baron Con at best, when Xena Gabby and some con men con a casino man out of everything.   Stay to join the wild world of Mary Todd Lincoln.  Meanwhile the panel offers their thoughts on sincerity when they aren't interrupting the episode to fawn over Apollo, despite being continually reminded that he absolutely does not appear in the episode. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas Find us on Facebook or Twitter @MountOlympusPod Email the show: MountOlympusPod@gmail.com Check out our website: www.retrogradeorbitradio.com  

    We've finally reached the real point of doing this podcast because its Hercules Ep 74 - Yes, Virginia, There is a Hercules.  We investigate what happens to the lesser known spin off of Mario is Missing with Kevin Sorbo is Missing.  Create our own headcanon to explain how Strife is around, spend still more lovely time with Not-Dirce, and try to explain what is one big in-joke. Also Meg recommends time travel romance novels, and Brian is shown to have not carefully considered his opinion on whether or not musical episodes ever went away. Mount Olympus is an episode by episode review of the smash 90s television programs "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and its spinoff "Xena: Warrior Princess," which still enjoy unparalleled cultural relevance today! Or ... at least they do in the hearts of our hosts. Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Renee O'Connor and friends (along with fan favorite Bruce Campbell!) stomp, fight, and flirt their way through the New Zealand countryside - and we break it down week

  Cody comes back and joins Mark and Brian to finally successfully review The Loves of Hercules or Hercules vs. The Hydra. The boys think back fondly about the days of video rental, while Hercules longs for Jayne Mansfield.  See Hercules struggle to lift long objects!  See Jayne Mansfield have two colors of hair! Listen as Hercules gets his own hero theme for the marching proletariat. Mount Olympus is an episode by episode review of the smash 90s television programs "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and its spinoff "Xena: Warrior Princess," which still enjoy unparalleled cultural relevance today! Or ... at least they do in the hearts of our hosts. Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Renee O'Connor and friends (along with fan favorite Bruce Campbell!) stomp, fight, and flirt their way through the New Zealand countryside - and we break it down week by week. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of R

Xena sees something of herself in a troubled youth and Gabrielle sees something of her ear also in that troubled youth in Xena Episode 60: Forgiven Meanwhile the panel offers their thoughts on sincerity when they aren't interrupting the episode to fawn over Apollo, despite being continually reminded that he absolutely does not appear in the episode. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas Find us on Facebook or Twitter @MountOlympusPod Email the show: MountOlympusPod@gmail.com Check out our website: www.retrogradeorbitradio.com

Callisto and Iolaus spend time in the past trying to alternately fireball Herc's Mom or save Herc's Mom.  Warlord Xena also Warlords, and Hercules can't stop hitting himself. Also so much Fantastic Four Talk. Mount Olympus is an episode by episode review of the smash 90s television programs "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and its spinoff "Xena: Warrior Princess," which still enjoy unparalleled cultural relevance today! Or ... at least they do in the hearts of our hosts. Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Renee O'Connor and friends (along with fan favorite Bruce Campbell!) stomp, fight, and flirt their way through the New Zealand countryside - and we break it down week by week. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Producer? Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas

    Gabby matches Xena's mad flips with bad flips and apparently everything we learned about the battle of Marathon is wrong in Xena: Episode 59: One Against an Army! Xena fights the Persians while Gabby tries to deflect poison arrows with her back! Lucas arrives to take over for Mark who left to go to his home planet in the middle of the episode.  Brian's parents are currently rushing to his house to deal with his absolutely not an adult emergency I don't know what you're talking about water situation. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas Find us on Facebook or Twitter @MountOlympusPod Email the show: MountOlympusPod@gmail.com Check out our website: www.retrogradeorbitradio.com  

  Hercules gets trapped in a nether dimension with The Soverign, Callisto runs amok through time, Strife dies!  Ares sends Iolaus back in time for reasons, and Dahak is starting to muck around in the Herc side of the universe. Also Mark is taken in by the sultry sound of s-foils locking into attack position. Mount Olympus is an episode by episode review of the smash 90s television programs "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and its spinoff "Xena: Warrior Princess," which still enjoy unparalleled cultural relevance today! Or ... at least they do in the hearts of our hosts. Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Renee O'Connor and friends (along with fan favorite Bruce Campbell!) stomp, fight, and flirt their way through the New Zealand countryside - and we break it down week by week. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Producer? Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts:

So everyone has deceased loved ones and that means its Xena: Episode 58: The Bitter Suite.   Mood whiplash all over the place as the episode grieves in a surprisingly musical theatre way. Meg and Lucas list things that happen on vacation, which to Brian sounds suspiciously like a reason to never go on vacation. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas Find us on Facebook or Twitter @MountOlympusPod Email the show: MountOlympusPod@gmail.com Check out our website: www.retrogradeorbitradio.com

Hercules is nowhere to be seen but Salmoneus and Autolycus get in a jam that can only be solved by the power of dance herself the Widow Twankey and the power of not quite love with Cupcake. Also belated Eurovision discussion and a lot of feelings about cake, the dessert. Mount Olympus is an episode by episode review of the smash 90s television programs "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and its spinoff "Xena: Warrior Princess," which still enjoy unparalleled cultural relevance today! Or ... at least they do in the hearts of our hosts. Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, Michael Hurst, Renee O'Connor and friends (along with fan favorite Bruce Campbell!) stomp, fight, and flirt their way through the New Zealand countryside - and we break it down week by week. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Producer? Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas

Abandon all Hope, ye who enter here. Mount Olympus is a product of Retrograde Orbit Radio, and is brought to you by the following Retrograde Orbit Radio players: Our Own Hercules of Radio: Brian His Faithful Sidekick: Producer Mark The Xena of Podcasts: Meg Her Devoted Partner: Lucas Find us on Facebook or Twitter @MountOlympusPod Email the show: MountOlympusPod@gmail.com Check out our website: www.retrogradeorbitradio.com