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
479 – Nancy Drew and the Secret of Carrion Cove
In which Genosha gets better and/or worse; Fabian Cortez is the Secretary of Betrayal; having an action figure of yourself is the path to immortality; and Hammer Bay sounds like a sex toy company.
X…
00:48:45 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
478 – The Monologue Tube
In which Alan Davis is Team Cyclops; everyone gets depowered; it’s hard to connect with kids your age when you’re a superhero; Sinister’s gotta sinister; everyone gets repowered; and the ‘90s were mu…
00:57:03 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
477 – Ages of Apocalypse
In which reality shatters; Ghost Rider wants friends; Jay’s toddler weighs in on the X-Men; the Phoenix costume is pretty much perfect; Caliban puts all his resources into an epic mount; and the futu…
00:59:32 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
476 – The Moppets Take Manhattan
In which we remain adamant pro-POG advocates; Artie and Leech have adventures; Firestar and Emma Frost get some resolution; Santa Claus may or may not be the avatar of Cyttorak; Black Tom Cassidy exc…
00:43:43 |
Mon 03 Feb 2025
475 – Cross-Time Crisis
Meet Dani, Dani, Dani, and Dani. (X-Force #99)
In which we wrap up John Francis Moore’s run on X-Force; the Demon Bear returns (kinda); four Moonstars are not in fact better than one; the Queen of S…
00:53:48 |
Mon 27 Jan 2025
474 – Giant-Size Special #13 (feat. Anthony Oliveira)
Classic (x2). (Warlock #2)
In which the Warlock ongoing series is fun, and fun is good; people should maybe leave Doug Ramsey’s grave alone; Tony Stark is probably not in touch with the Indigo Girls…
02:10:45 |
Mon 20 Jan 2025
473 – The Baker’s Dozen (The Twelve, Part Three)
In which you know it’s serious business when a logo gets smashed; the prophecy of the Twelve is an elaborate prank; we have a lot of Summers family feelings; Apocalypse is not a very good planner; an…
00:55:33 |
Mon 30 Dec 2024
472 – Leave Room for Magneto (The Twelve, Part Two)
In which the Twelve should really be twelve chapters long; Archangel has issues; we continue to bemoan the absence of captions; the X-Men ditch their crossover event for a side quest; Magneto is Geno…
01:01:45 |
Mon 23 Dec 2024
471 – Eyebrows and Powers (The Twelve: Part One)
Survival of the Toothiest (Cable #75)
In which we begin our coverage of The Twelve; Scott and Jean get sucked back in AGAIN; Apocalypse probably doesn’t tip; and we have become awfully fond of Cable…
00:56:49 |
Mon 16 Dec 2024
470 – Large Adult Men
In which Cable may or may not have been a spokesperson for AT&T it’s impossible to draw a CD dramatically; Wolverine gets his adamantium back; Apocalypse says the thing; and we probably can’t keep pu…
01:00:52 |
Mon 02 Dec 2024
469 – Killed by Death
In which the Shattering officially concludes; you can’t swoop over the phone; toddlers are engines of pure chaos; the X-Men do some processing; and we are mildly scandalized by the absence of footnot…
00:46:38 |
Mon 25 Nov 2024
468 – Sasquatch Road Trip
In which St. Croix History reminds us of a Martian with a big butt; Penance’s escape is ambiguous; Avengers Academy Infinity Comic successfully reinvents Emplate; you should not learn to flirt from V…
00:46:19 |
Sun 17 Nov 2024
467 – Disorganizing Principle
In which Nightcrawler has a type; the Hill is a bad place to raise your kids up; Colossus introduces Marrow to art; we come out against autotrepanation; Mikhail Rasputin never learns; Destiny leaves …
00:56:55 |
Mon 04 Nov 2024
466 – A Rogue’s Tale, feat. Lenore Zann
In which Lenore Zann joins us to talk Rogue, Canadian politics, and her upcoming memoir!
00:39:56 |
Mon 28 Oct 2024
465 – Right in the Fabric
In which “Astonishing X-Men” is something of a misnomer; Death has a good look; sometimes you just need a guy who swoops; Miles stops worrying and learns to love Nate Grey; Telekinesis is silly looki…
00:58:39 |
Sun 20 Oct 2024
464 – The Cigarettes of Damocles
In which X-Force is kind of silly; that really isn’t what “quantum” means; polite and lawful are two entirely different things, and Sam Guthrie is only one of them; Selene vogues; and the Hellfire Cl…
00:52:40 |
Mon 30 Sep 2024
463 – The Fart Ghost That Walks Like a Manhattan
In which Gambit is fundamentally goofy; t’ieves love research; Magneto was ripped; Professor Xavier remains a jerk; Miles attempts to convey something very fundamentally visual in an audio format; Ma…
00:56:16 |
Mon 23 Sep 2024
462 – Angst and Continuity
In which the 1990s were very long; if you die in the simulation, you die in real life; Adrienne Frost is a bad person with good clothes; we judge the number 57; things just keep happening; and Penanc…
00:58:25 |
Mon 16 Sep 2024
461 – Things to Do in Denver When You’re X-Force
In which Magneto may be right but is also wildly impractical; X-Force goes on a sneaking mission; Magneto isn’t mad, he’s just disappointed; Rictor and Shatterstar return; Strong is not a common surn…
00:53:58 |
Mon 02 Sep 2024
460 – Setting Sons
In which Synch is better with your powers than you are; Generation X gets some actual training; Artie and Leech are fully feral; everyone gets the hots for Paladin; Zeus has probably fucked a motorcy…
00:56:17 |
Mon 26 Aug 2024
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