Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Dec 01 2024 509 ep. 57 mins 19k
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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.

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470 – Large Adult Men

Dec 01 2024 60 mins  
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 putting off The Twelve forever. X-PLAINED: One way to dispose of a corpse Cable #73-74 Wolverine #145 Cable (more) (again) Poor font choice Sarcophagus nipples Caliban (more) (

469 – Killed by Death

Nov 24 2024 46 mins  
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 footnotes. X-PLAINED: Rama-Tut Evan Sabahnur Uncanny X-Men #375 X-Men #95 X-Men Unlimited #25 Skrull problems One very upsetting way to identify a traitor Skrullverine Fiz and Jaq The Ally

468 – Sasquatch Road Trip

Nov 17 2024 46 mins  
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 Vanilla Ice; Jubilee fires two fireworks blasts into the air whilst going aaahhh; and we go in through the ears. X-PLAINED: Apocalypse’s influence The Big House (about which we are

467 – Disorganizing Principle

Nov 03 2024 56 mins  
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 clues from beyond the grave; and The Twelve looms. X-PLAINED: That one universe where Mystique raised Nightcrawler in an attic An event in name only Some shit that went down a while a

466 – A Rogue’s Tale, feat. Lenore Zann

Oct 27 2024 39 mins  
In which Lenore Zann joins us to talk Rogue, Canadian politics, and her upcoming memoir! Lenore’s memoir, A Rogue’s Tale, will be out November 1! You can preorder it here.   Find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do

465 – Right in the Fabric

Oct 20 2024 58 mins  
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 looking; “Wolverine” dies; and nothing really changes. X-PLAINED: Astonishing X-Men (miniseries) Ambience Nina (again) Mannites (again) The third-best way to get out of awkward con

464 – The Cigarettes of Damocles

Sep 29 2024 52 mins  
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 Club plays the dead girlfriend card. X-PLAINED: Blackheart The Damocles Foundation (more) (again) Lucas Bartholomew Guthrie The difference between prisons and jails X-Force #98-98

463 – The Fart Ghost That Walks Like a Manhattan

Sep 22 2024 56 mins  
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; Marrow is adorable; the X-Men pretty much disband (again); and a miniseries is the opposite of a vacation. X-PLAINED: Where Wolverine went Gambit Annual 1999 Uncanny X-Men #372 X-Men

462 – Angst and Continuity

Sep 15 2024 58 mins  
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 Penance somehow gets even more complicated. X-PLAINED: Bevatron Generation X #55-57 The Hellions and their untimely demise (again) Uncanny X-Men #281 A continuity conundrum Many allusions a

461 – Things to Do in Denver When You’re X-Force

Sep 01 2024 53 mins  
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 surname in the Marvel universe; and being a mutant on TV doesn’t mean you’re one in the comics. X-PLAINED: How Jubilee became a vampire The most X-treme youth of them all X-Force