Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Join us for an X-beginner-friendly, mutant-metaphor-focused, live episode of Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men: presented by LC-GLOBE, the LGBTQ+ organization of employees of the Library of Congress! ---------------------------------------- When: 6:00 PM on Friday 06/06/25 Where: The Mumford Room (LM-649) [https://www.loc.gov/visit/maps-and-floor-plans/special-events-spaces/mumford-room/] in the James Madison Building of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC ---------------------------------------- If you’d like to join the staff in attending, you’d be very welcome – to reserve seats, please email us [xplainthexmen@gmail.com?subject=LC-GLOBE Event Attendance] so we can get a headcount and make sure you’re on the list. Hope to see you there! [https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/LCGOBE-June6-Flyer_Staff2.jpg]https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/LCGOBE-June6-Flyer_Staff2.jpg

[https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/X488-1024x553.png]https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/X488.png In which we reap the consequences of our choices; possession is 18/10 of the law; Sinister dresses for the occasion; Hank gets his groove back; Havok of Earth-1298 is a jerk; Hank loses his groove; Captain America blows up the moon; the Beyonder experiences a stirring; Dracula makes a deal; and Mutant X May comes to an end. X-PLAINED: * The aftermath of Mutant X * Mutant X #19-32 * Mutant X Annual 2001 * The story so far * Character color coding * Some telepathic misdirection * Apocalypse of Earth-1298 * Charles Xavier of Earth-1298 * Professor X’s Juggernaut-fightin’ mullet * A whole lot of possession * Fake Galactus * Several fears * X-Man of Earth-1298 * Child batteries * The worst place for a portal to the Negative Zone * How Hank McCoy became the Brute * Vampire problems * The Marauders of Earth-1298 * The Outcasts of Earth-1298 * Cloak & Dagger of Earth-1298 * James Hudson of Earth-1298 * The Avengers of Earth-1298 * The Beyonder of Earth-1298 who is also kind of the Goblin Force * Several additional superheroes * A last stand * The appeal of alternate timelines * Earth-1298’s best glow-ups NEXT EPISODE: Attack of the Meatspore Stormtroopers! ---------------------------------------- Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog [https://www.xplainthexmen.com/2025/05/as-mentioned-in-episode-488-there-goes-the-moon-mutant-x-may-part-3]! Find us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jay-miles-x-plain-the-x-men/id862258051] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3dB4KyeOeylfiIVImshFY2?si=ee5e912a53114820]! 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 that right here [https://www.patreon.com/xplainthexmen]! Buy rad swag at our Dashery shop [https://xplainthexmen.dashery.com/]!

[https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/X487-949x1024.jpg]https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/X487.jpg In which Mutant X May continues; the X-Men return from space; it’s okay not to fill in every detail of a world; Havok leans into parenthood; we meet the only well-adjusted Cyclops in the multiverse; in any universe, Forge has terrible judgment; and the Six get some new members. X-PLAINED: * Several notable upcoming events in Mutant X * What’s happened so far * Mutant X #9-18 * Mutant X Annual 2000 * The Morlocks of Earth-1298 * The Mole Man of Earth-1298 * The Yancy Street Underground * Magneto of Earth-1298 * Superhero costume color theory * Polaris of Earth-1298 * The X-Men of Earth-1298 * Magneto * Polaris * Nightcrawler * Rogue * Mystique * Quicksilver * The Goblin Entity * Doctor Doom of Earth-1298 * Namor of Earth-1298 * The origin of Bloodstorm * Dracula’s fellas * The Starjammers of Earth-1298 * Cyclops * Binary * Nova * Lockheed * Silver Surfer * Space alien problems * A fairly literal deus ex machina * Captain America of Earth-1298 * A terrible idea * The United Guild of Thieves and Assassins * Gambit of Earth-1298 * Raven LeBeau * The origin of Vampire Gambit * Mister Sinister of Earth-1298 * Jean Grey of Earth-1298 * Where Scott Summers of Earth-1298 ranks on the Cyclops Has a Good Day scale * Where to put X-logos on a costume NEXT EPISODE: Mutant X May concludes! ---------------------------------------- Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jay-miles-x-plain-the-x-men/id862258051] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3dB4KyeOeylfiIVImshFY2?si=ee5e912a53114820]! 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 that right here [https://www.patreon.com/xplainthexmen]! Buy rad swag at our Dashery shop [https://xplainthexmen.dashery.com/]!

[https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/X486.jpg]https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/X486.jpg In which we embark on a Great Work; it remains hard to be Alex Summers; and it’s also always Inferno on Earth-1298. X-PLAINED: * Mutant X May * Mutant X #1-8 * Mutant X Annual 1999 * Havok (Alex Summers) (more) (again) * Earth-1298 * The Six * The Brute (Hank McCoy) * Ice-man (Bob Drake) * Bloodstorm (Ororo Munroe) * The Fallen (Warren Kenneth Worthington III) * Marvel Woman (Madelyne Pryor) * Bannerman Castle * The original five X-Men of Earth-1298 * S.H.I.E.L.D. of Earth-1298 * Scotty Summers * Elektra of Earth-1298 * The Swarms of Moot * The Fantastic Four of Earth-1298 * Canada of Earth-1298 * The Pack * Logan * Sabretooth * Wild Child * Demon problems * The Goblin Queen of Earth-1298 * Kitty Pryde of Earth-1298 * Forge of Earth-1298 * Man-Spider * Some murders * Alligators of the Night * National politics * Cerebro of Earth-1298 * Dr. Strange of Earth-1298 * The Nexus of All Realities * Stingray of Earth-1298 * Yellowjacket of Earth-1298 * Doc Sampson of Earth-1298 * Vendetta * Firestar of Earth-1298 * A coincidence * Adam X and Vulcan of Earth-1298 ---------------------------------------- Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog [https://www.xplainthexmen.com/2025/05/as-mentioned-in-episode-486/]! Find us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jay-miles-x-plain-the-x-men/id862258051] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3dB4KyeOeylfiIVImshFY2?si=ee5e912a53114820]! 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 that right here [https://www.patreon.com/xplainthexmen]! Buy rad swag at our Dashery shop [https://xplainthexmen.dashery.com/]!

[https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/X485-1024x705.png]https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/X485.png In which we go back to the future of Generation X; Jay once again gets pedantic about lettering; Generation X takes on the carceral state; we take a deep dive into the late ‘90s; Jubilee does her best Nick Fury; and superpowers should be noisier. X-PLAINED: * Earth-14042 * Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers * Generation X #63-66 * Revolution and Counter X (more) (again) * An evil Oyster * Warden Coffin * The Decency Defecit * Some shit we wish was fictional * Underpants * Souped up powers * Newsgroups * The Columbine school shooting * The Grid * Cable vs. ISDN Internet * Jonathan Somers * Generation X’s new costumes * The House of Correction * Hacking * Trophies * Baxter * ‘90s X-Men outside of comics * How superpowers sound NEXT EPISODE: Mutant X May begins! ---------------------------------------- Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog [https://www.xplainthexmen.com/2025/04/as-mentioned-in-episode-485-the-house-of-correction]! Find us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jay-miles-x-plain-the-x-men/id862258051] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3dB4KyeOeylfiIVImshFY2?si=ee5e912a53114820]! 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 that right here [https://www.patreon.com/xplainthexmen]! Buy rad swag at our Dashery shop [https://xplainthexmen.dashery.com/]!