Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

By Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes

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The podcast currently has 558 episodes available.

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men episodes:

November 10, 2025505 – The Amulet of Ass
In which Widget takes a heel turn; there is some confusion over sword identification; we appreciate Sir Benedict of the Falls; the Braddock family has a lot going on; and Otherworld changes hands.
X-PLAINED:
Names for flying horses
Excalibur (2001 miniseries) #1-4
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (briefly) (again)
The Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
Darkmoor Research Facility
Sword and amulet distribution
Strider the Horse
Why all the horses of Asgard have Tolkien names
Sir Benedict of the Falls and his many axes
One way to win a bridge fight
Sword pops
Several continuity errors
Holographic James Braddock
The Dad Cave
Otherworld eugenecists
A coronation
A twist
Some potential X-Factor lineups
Life expectancies of mutants with healing factors
NEXT EPISODE: Cable fights some guys.
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52min
November 03, 2025504 – One Day, Four Ways
In which Banshee is chronically hapless; the team gets new costumes (again); Chamber is a self-fulfilling prophecy; toddlers will sell you out in a hot minute; Moira MacTaggert is definitively not in; we are frustrated by excessive ambiguity; and it’s not Rashômon, but it’ll do.
X-PLAINED:
Banshee post-Generation X
Generation X #71-74
Interior decorating
New costumes (again)
Chamber, but a housecat
A meet-cute
Teen angst
Fashion
An extremely awkward conversation
A brief history of boba in the United States
A fracas
Fun things to do with extra skin
Evolving teacher-student relationships
Poor interrogation technique
Husk vs. international terrorism, in general
Ghosts of the Massachusetts Academy
Villains and heroes we think would be neat as the reverse
A world in which Peridot of Steven Universe imprinted on X-Men
NEXT EPISODE: Fast times in Otherworld!
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56min
October 20, 2025503 – Dream’s Anticlimax
In which history repeats itself; Senator Kelly prevaricates (and then dies); Magneto keeps the cape on; Mystique does evil science; Post remains irrelevant (and then dies); Pyro saves the day (and then dies); Cable is a large man; Moira MacTaggert does the astral nasty (and then dies); and we really, really, really want to go to Froggy World.
X-PLAINED:
Moira MacTaggert’s mutation
A dubious plan
Evidence that we are in the wrong universe
Other crossovers named “Dream’s End”
A significant disclaimer
Uncanny X-Men #388
Cable #87
Bishop: The Last X-Men #16
X-Men #108
A surprise presidential platform
Sir Gordon Phillips and his guests
The new Brotherhood of Mutants
Cable’s hair
A lot of movie allusions
An ambiguous explosion
A deeply pointless retcon
An illusion
Cable’s psimitar
Pyro’s last stand
Dickalogue
Astral sex
The (apparent) death of Moira MacTaggert
A weird bonding moment in a cemetery
How to identify a time traveler
The (actual) death of Senator Robert Kelly
Mutant-free parts of the Marvel Universe
Froggy World
NEXT EPISODE: Generation X!
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1h 1min
October 13, 2025502 – Milkshakes of Despair (Maximum Security, Part 2 of 2)
In which t’ieves and assassins dress to impress; Bishop returns; Rogue and Carol Danvers have a moment; and the revolution will be stored on compact disc.
X-PLAINED:
The New Son
The First Half of Maximum Security
Gambit #23
X-Men #107
X-Men Unlimited #29
Maximum Security #3 (briefly)
Several of Gambit’s buddies
How to dress for… stealth? I guess?
Heth’sa of the planet Culth
Where Carl the X-Cutioner got his silly outfit
A heist
How to restore your lost honor without messing up the timeline
12-18 milkshakes
What Colossus is into these days
Vampire clowns (maybe)
Z’Cann
The Blood Brothers
Vibes memories
A big fight
A touching moment of touching
Mechamage, briefly
Quasar, superficially
Cadre K
The Skrull cows
Writing for the trade vs. podcast pacing
Limits of power-cancelling accessories
NEXT EPISODE: Dream’s Rather Anticlimactic End!
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47min
October 06, 2025501 – A Bag of Cloacae (Maximum Security, Part 1 of 2)
In which an event begins; Earth is problematic; the Phoenix Force is an unreliable narrator; Max Power just wants to make safer party drugs; and we miss Opal Tanaka.
X-PLAINED:
The fate of the D’Bari
Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet
Maximum Security #1
Uncanny X-Men #387
Iron Man #35
Bishop the Last X-Man #15
Voting in space
A bad plan
U.S. Agent (John Walker)
A peculiar marketplace
A dangerous hat
Starhammer
Space romance problems
Breaking into Earth
Max Power
Magic dirt
Littletown, Nebraska
An extremely upsetting baby
A very impressive crash landing
What Bishop’s been up to
Human X-characters we’d like to see more of
Some kid named Michael
Trading cards we’d like
NEXT EPISODE: Maximum Security concludes!
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46min
September 22, 2025500 – People Who Stick Together
In which we sure did that.
X-PLAINED:
Miracles of magnetism
Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
NEXT EPISODE: Maximum Security!
Special thanks to:
Producer, fellow musketeer, and all-around mensch Matt Hunter
Episode 500 guests David Maybury and Josephine Riesman
David’s blog and upcoming Vegas trivia tournament
Josie’s website and Morrison run-focused podcast
Illustrator David Wynne
Producers Emeritus Bobby Roberts, Kyle Yount, and Kurt Lloyd
Parental-leave pinch hitters Al Kennedy and Dylan Higgins
Everyone who’s made the X-comics what they are
Our families, friends, and enablers
Our kickass patrons, who make this podcast possible
All of our listeners, who make this podcast worthwhile
Please consider this to be the visual companion to episode 500.
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2h 10min
September 15, 2025499 – Light Me, Boy!
In which we meet some delightful monsters; Cannonball is a man who knows how to wear overalls; Domino is the Leslie Knope of X-Force; red liquid babies deserve love, too; and not all British authors know each other.
X-PLAINED:
A murder
X-Force #110-113
Peak butts
Domestic bliss
Misplaced guilt
Several monsters
Comics Codium
Warborgs and/or Rawborgs
Poison problems
Additional monsters
SHIELD business
Large guns
Still more monsters
How monsters interact with the Bechdel Test
Cuckoo
Prescribed narcotics
Life Model Decoys (more) (again)
X-major arcana
NEXT EPISODE: Apparently we’ve made 500 of these?
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56min
September 08, 2025498 – Home Depot Ossuary
In which the Twisted Sisters are vanquished by water; there is no way to make Stryfe cool; and the X-Men fight a hurricane.
X-PLAINED:
Ego the Living Planet and his dysfunctional family
X-Men #105-106
Uncanny X-Men #386
The Neo (more) (again)
The state of Psylocke and Archangel’s relationship
The Twisted Sisters
Helix
Coil
Gyre
Ringlet
Torque
Pelicans
Bad decisions of past Jay and Miles
A mysterious stranger
Unrealized plans
Mystique and Wolverine’s forgotten friendship
Neo infrastructure
Big Casino’s name
An unlikely hybrid
A surprisingly large femur
The new Brotherhood
Lee Forrester (again)
Weather
Fan history
NEXT EPISODE: X-Force vs. Warborgs
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54min
August 25, 2025497 – Stranger Things
In which Prosh’s plans sort of come to fruition; we do not know very much about movies; Iceman dies (but is fine); The Stranger gets around; and Toad learns nothing.
X-PLAINED:
The Stranger
X-Men Forever #4-6
Prosh (more) (again)
The story so far
Astra (again)
The Black Womb Project
Toad’s secret origins, possibly
Fashion
Hazard
Amanda Mueller (a bit)
Anguirus
The end of human civilization
Foreshadowing
A dramatic reveal
Several makeovers
Darth Toad
Fighting arenas / community theaters
NEXT EPISODE: Mystique reassembles the Brotherhood!
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48min
August 18, 2025496 – Time After Time
In which Prosh assembles a peculiar team; the cosmic forces are somewhat paranoid; Mystique gets shit done; and we are very into the concept of Toadland.
X-PLAINED:
The Black Womb Project
X-Men Forever #1-3
Prosh
Several custom-grown people
A motley crew of mutants (and one human)
Cataclysm keys
The assassination of Graydon Creed
Several poignant reunions
The cosmic construction worker (Death)
Why the Phoenix Force chose Jean Grey
How much continuity is too much continuity
Pyro’s romance novels
NEXT EPISODE: The rest of the series!
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1h 1min

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How many episodes does Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men have?

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