Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

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532 – No Regrets (feat. Matt Hunter)

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In which we wrap things up.

X-PLAINED:

  • Krakoa (mostly)
  • The True Secret History of Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
  • The True Secret History of Matt Hunter
  • Live shows
  • The “WHAT”s
  • Audio production through transition
  • Adapting to long-distance recording
  • Proximity
  • Our retirement plans
  • The means of production
  • Our favorite voice effects
  • Sound design considerations for Dazzler’s shows
  • What we’ve learned from making Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
  • Regrets
  • Where to find Matt online
  • Our evolving feelings about the X-Men
  • Stories we would’ve liked to have covered
  • The evolving podcasting landscape
  • X-Men analogues
  • Our theoretical Magic: The Gathering mechanics
  • What X-Men is really about
  • How to read like Jay and Miles

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308 – No Story Is the Whole Story

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In which writing X-books requires a somewhat different approach to continuity than writing about them; time is weird; Jay overthinks fictional publications; Scott Summers is (at least sometimes) Autistic; Sinister is not subtle; and no story is the whole story.

X-PLAINED:

  • Marvels
  • Marvels Snapshots
  • X-Men: Marvels Snapshots #1
  • Why Cyclops is worth caring about
  • Collaboration
  • Fictional publications
  • Intent vs. ownership of characters
  • Research
  • The difference between writing X-books and writing about X-books
  • The irreconcilable continuity tangle of Scott Summers’s childhood
  • Limitations of plaid pants
  • What ended up on the cutting room floor
  • Parallels
  • Other pitches
  • Cyclops’s best outfit

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