Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
Daunted by complex continuity? Can’t tell a mutate from a warpie? We are here for you. We have trained for this responsibility for decades. We have the backissues, the calluses, and a really detailed map of the Summers family tree.
We’ve been explaining the X-Men informally for years–to our friends and family, to the Internet, and, occasionally, to patient strangers on the street. Now, we’re making it official, with Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men: a weekly podcast dedicated to unpacking the weird, wonderful world of our favorite superhero soap opera for newcomers and die-hard fans alike.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 537
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
291 – Eat Malarkey and Die
In which we celebrate a birthday; nuclear war is never a good Plan A; every Logan is Old Man Logan; we are underwhelmed by the Pretty Boys of Earth-295; Jean Grey is one hell of a pilot; there are so…
01:05:35 |
Mon 13 Apr 2020
290 – The Obvious, the Silly, and the True
In which it’s kind of a relief to be talking about a fictional apocalypse right now; Joe Madureira defines the look of the mid-late 1990s; Sunfire is less cheesecake than crepes Suzette; it all comes…
01:04:54 |
Mon 06 Apr 2020
HAWK TALK – Social Distance Special
Normally, this would be a skip week and there wouldn't be an episode - but things are pretty weird in the world right now. Let's talk X-Men comfort reads - with bonus complete lack of editing!
00:30:30 |
Mon 30 Mar 2020
289 – Unsolved Mysteries
In which this episode is way more topical than it was when we recorded it; Apocalypse makes a terrible Statue of Liberty; there are no reliable narrators; Robbie Robertson and Carmen Sandiego are you…
01:06:16 |
Mon 23 Mar 2020
288 – Cape Citadel Remix
In which Magneto is a drama llama in any universe (but a remarkably decent parent in at least one); the soap opera hits the Age of Apocalypse; Weapon X is a man made of red flags; Gambit has an OT3; …
01:00:37 |
Mon 16 Mar 2020
287 – Welcome to the Age of Apocalypse
In which we enter the Age of Apocalypse!
01:11:34 |
Mon 09 Mar 2020
286 – Family Before Continuity
In which Sunspot is a bad enough dude to save the president; Black Air is nowhere near as fun as WHO; we reach the end of Fabian Nicieza’s X-Force run; Rictor and Shatterstar talk about feelings; Gam…
01:05:21 |
Mon 24 Feb 2020
285 – Immediately if Not Sooner
In which Goldballs is still a better name than Egg; we continue our progress towards Earth-295; Legion pulls a Stryfe; we’re still pretty shaky on how to pronounce “M’Kraan”; Xavier and Magneto were …
01:02:31 |
Sun 16 Feb 2020
284 – Precious Baubles, feat. Chip Zdarsky
In which we sit down with writer Chip Zdarsky to talk crossovers, continuity, metaphors, and X-Men/Fantastic Four!
00:58:23 |
Mon 10 Feb 2020
283 – Legion Quest Quest
In which Jay is writing a Cyclops one-shot; It is honestly truly almost Legion Quest; Mystique plays the long game; sometimes filler is a good thing; Havok is a geophysicist, not a geographer; Lila d…
01:02:45 |
Mon 03 Feb 2020
282 – The Tide Takes the Castle
In which the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning should really be the setting of a stoner comedy; Garrabed Bashur’s brain is probably 90% porn by now; the tide always takes the castle; William Drake…
01:09:25 |
Mon 27 Jan 2020
281 – Memories
In which Warpath and Colossus should start a support group; X-Force gets a new HQ; we make an unprecedently large number of musical-theater references; Cable is a highly qualified individual; tranq d…
00:59:07 |
Mon 20 Jan 2020
280 – Business-Casual Basilisk
In which the future is not great at codenames; spot foil is cool as hell; Mountjoy is bafflingly business-themed; Bishop goes full Point Break; Jean Grey and Lorna Dane should absolutely be friends; …
00:52:33 |
Mon 13 Jan 2020
279 – Giant-Size Special #8
In which Jay would absolutely fight Christmas; we welcome guest X-Perts Christina Strain and Chip Zdarsky; a gift arrives; we consider the relationship of Generation X to Generation X; it is really n…
02:37:42 |
Mon 30 Dec 2019
278 – A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing
In which Moonstar really wasn’t fooling anybody; Bird Brain is somehow still alive; Cassidy Keep is weird; Gene Ha draws excellent Storm; Reeva Page makes her sole comics appearance; and Shinobi Shaw…
00:54:20 |
Mon 23 Dec 2019
277 – Hedgehogs of Cairo
In which Sauron is a huge nerd; the Savage Land is where Marvel stores the weird stuff; an etymology detour does not come from the X-Pert you’d expect; and Storm will straight-up stab you.
00:48:54 |
Mon 16 Dec 2019
276 – Wizard Problems
In which Excalibur gets a regular writer again; we judge a book against against its covers; nothing good ever comes from being sexy on Muir Isle; and the soul sword’s real power is cutting through co…
00:53:36 |
Mon 09 Dec 2019
275 – End of the Summer
In which Professor is too cool for the Phalanx; fatphobia is significantly more dangerous than Fred Dukes; Strong Guy catches a plane; Emma Frost will not let you coast; Jubilee says goodbye to the X…
01:00:47 |
Mon 02 Dec 2019
274 – The Red Shoe Prophecies (feat. Chris Eddleman)
In which Chris Eddleman joins us for a close look at House of X and Powers of X; Doug Ramsey is highly relevant; resurrection is problematic in a universe with a documented afterlife; there is no rea…
01:03:47 |
Mon 25 Nov 2019
273 – The Back-End Creep (The Phalanx Covenant, Part 3 of 3)
In which we have been on All the Podcasts; Full Shred Thrash is easier to say that it sounds; the Phalanx uses dial-up; Cable is a very large man; Larry Hama writes excellent banter; Cyclops has been…
01:00:40 |
Mon 18 Nov 2019
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