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501 – A Bag of Cloacae (Maximum Security, Part 1 of 2)

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Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 9d

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 501 - A Bag of Cloacae (Maximum Security, Part 1 of 2) www.xplainthexmen.com/2025/10/501-...

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.

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Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 9d

Maaaaybe someday. -J

Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 15d

I WANT TO GO THERE -J

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 22d

This episode is so great.

Come for magnetism expert @davidcmaybury.bsky.social justifying Magneto's powers in ways you never thought were possible, stay for @edidin.bsky.social referring to trans existence as "retcons that happen in real life."

Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 23d

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 500 - People Who Stick Together www.xplainthexmen.com/2025/09/500-...

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cranky ol’ Auncle Allie @turtlesoup.bsky.social · 22d

Not only is my favorite podcast 500 whole episodes long, but the milestone episode contains an AMAZING segment with a guest expert discussing Magneto's "mastery of magnetism" and whether some of his more ... far-fetched applications are remotely plausible. (Some of the answers may surprise you!) 🤓

Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 23d

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 500 - People Who Stick Together www.xplainthexmen.com/2025/09/500-...

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misandrist fujoshi @likeadeuce.bsky.social · 17d

Catching up on the @xplainthexmen.bsky.social 500th episode and what a show, what a project. @edidin.bsky.social + Miles + their consistently amazing roster of guests make me feel good about the possibilities of critism + creativity.

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Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 23d

We should note also: this isn't a continuity-based episode, so if you're concerned about catching up before listening, you can jump straight to it without worrying that you'll miss anything!

Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 23d

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 500 - People Who Stick Together www.xplainthexmen.com/2025/09/500-...

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Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 23d

Once more for the daywalkers!

Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 23d

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 500 - People Who Stick Together www.xplainthexmen.com/2025/09/500-...

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krisis (also, see @CrushingComics!) @krisis.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations on hitting 500 episodes to one of the coolest, smartest, and most inclusive podcasts about ANY comic book - Jay & Miles X-Plain The X-Men!

(also, let's have show of hands if @xplainthexmen.bsky.social in some way queered or transed you 😂 👋)

Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 23d

we talk a lot in ep500 about setting the tone of dialogue and celebrating things while we examine them critically; but i think the real most important accomplishment of @xplainthexmen.bsky.social is how many people we've transed

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Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you!!

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 23d

we talk a lot in ep500 about setting the tone of dialogue and celebrating things while we examine them critically; but i think the real most important accomplishment of @xplainthexmen.bsky.social is how many people we've transed

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Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 23d

Special thanks to guests Master of Magnetism @davidcmaybury.bsky.social and Interviewer Extrordinaire @josie.zone!

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Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 23d

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 500 - People Who Stick Together www.xplainthexmen.com/2025/09/500-...

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Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 23d

Looking back at the podcast after 500(!) episodes.

Two comic-book panels. In the first, an adult Iceman and his teen self stare intently at each other. In the second, both yell, "aaaaagghhh!!"

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Jason K Jones @jasonkjones.bsky.social · 26d

I was listening to @xplainthexmen.bsky.social this morning and got inspired.

Digital painting of Wolverine of the X-Men as the Fool arcana from the Rider Waite tarot deck. He’s wearing a yellow jumpsuit with blue gloves and boots. He’s frolicking on the edge of a cliff with a beer can in hand and his claws popped out while an actual wolverine tries to warn him.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 25d

. @xplainthexmen.bsky.social has lasted more than twice as long as the Confederacy and is based on much better ideas

that's my secret cap I'm always in mugatu mode @1001cranes.bsky.social · Sep 14

jokes about the confederacy are always funny, but you gotta think about it in terms of "Supernatural lasted 5x longer than the Confederacy", which is absolutely hysterical

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Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 26d

Thank YOU! We're so glad you could come along for the ride!!

Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 26d

Nah, there's no continuity happening there.

X-Men, Krakoa, and Linguistic Sovereignty

Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 26d

This is extremely specifically our jam.

Erika’s (Too) Online @erikas.online · Sep 15

Do you like comic books and want to think more seriously about the linguistics of them?

Are you a social scientist or a linguist who wants to know more about nation-building or language planning in fiction?

HAVE I GOT EXACTLY THE ARTICLE YOU NEVER ASKED FOR, on CAMP Anthropology. 🐦🐦

by Erika Alpert Krakoan national co-founder Magneto explains to diplomats at the new Krakoan Embassy in Jerusalem why mutants have decided to create their own language, from House of X #1 (Hickman …

campanthropology.org

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Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you! this is great to know.

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 author…

Jay & Miles @xplainthexmen.bsky.social · Sep 15

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 499 - Light Me, Boy!

www.xplainthexmen.com/2025/09/499-...

499 – Light Me, Boy!