History Podcast / RachelAndMilesXPlainTheXMen

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-> Because it's about time someone did!

''Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men'' (originally ''Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men'') is a weekly {{podcast}} hosted by [[Blog/WorstMuse Jay Rachel Edidin]] and Miles Stokes, covering the "ins, outs and {{retcon}}s" of their favorite {{superhero}} SoapOpera, the ComicBook/XMen.

Each episode sets out to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin explain the X-Men]] for listeners, usually covering a specific story arc in the team's extensive history, starting from their very first issue in 1963 onwards --- though they sometimes break from their usually scheduled programming with creator interviews, live episodes, and even one TabletopRPG special.

Some noted creators with experience writing X-Books who've appeared on the show include Creator/AnnNocenti (''Longshot''), Creator/GregRucka (''[[ComicBook/{{Cyclops2014}} Cyclops]]''), Si Spurrier (''X-Men: Legacy''), Greg Pak (''X-Treme X-Men'', ''ComicBook/{{Storm}}''), Dennis Hopeless (''X-Men: Season One'', ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'') and G. Willow Wilson (''X-Men'').

You can find [[http://www.xplainthexmen.com/ here]].

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!! Jay and Miles have explained (and provided examples of) the following tropes:

* AscendedFanon: Miles and Jay are both prone to adopting personal interpretations as canonical, although they are also very clear about the difference between that and actual canon.
* BigWhat: Miles closes out every ColdOpen (in which Jay describes a particularly convoluted X-Men story element) with one of these.
* BriefAccentImitation: The second Giant-Size Special features Miles and guest host Tina pulling commendable impressions of ComicBook/{{Rogue}} and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} respectively, right down to their signature VerbalTic[=s=].
* ButtMonkey: Jay and Miles often remark on how members of the Summers family tend to lead crappy lives.
* CanonImmigrant: As of the SecretWars2015 tie-in ''X-Men '92'', versions of Jay and Miles exist in Battleworld, if not the Marvel Universe proper.
* CrossOver: Many storylines covered on the show feature these, crossing over with titles such as ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' and ''ComicBook/PowerPack'', among others.
** A meta example: this show is one of the podcasts involved with the ''Secret Convergence On Infinite Podcasts'' crossover show.
* FlatWhat: When rarely Jay is closing the cold open their "What?" tend to this type.
* HappilyMarried: Jay and Miles are a married couple, which they've had to explicitly state to confused listeners on at least one occasion.
* {{Homage}}: The podcast's official cover art --drawn by Ming Doyle-- is an homage to the cover of [[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20051201150047/marveldatabase/images/2/25/X-Men_Vol_1_137.jpg X-Men #137]].
* IconicItem: Jay is always seen wearing sunglasses in the ''Jay & Miles Review the X-Men'' video series, perhaps reminiscent of one of their favorite characters, ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}.
** The one time that Jay didn't wear the sunglasses was for [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness a very personal announcement]].
* LargeHamAnnouncer: Supporters of the show's Patreon account receive personalized spiels in the style of ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}, an angry comic book narrator, et. al.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: The cold open of episode 96 presents the secret origins of the High Evolutionary as a game of madlibs and Jay feels the need to clarify in the episode proper that, yes, everything they said about him is canon.
* OnceAnEpisode: The ColdOpen and listener questions, bookending the main discussion of each episode.
* PurpleProse: Chris Claremont, one of the ''biggest'' TropeCodifier[=s=] of this, is often celebrated. Their opinion on Creator/AlanMoore's Captain Britain is that it passed purple right into ultra violet prose.
* RunningGag: Each episode's cold open involves the hosts talking about some point in the X-Men history in as confusing and convoluted a way as possible, to highlight ''why'' someone needs to X-Plain the X-Men
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Various special episodes. Form an informal talk with assorted guests to a tabletop [=RPG=] session.
* TakeAThirdOption: In their video reviews of the current X-Men titles ("Jay and Miles Review the X-Men" originally "Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men") they'll occasionally, when the books were especially weak, give "Pick of the week..." to things not even remotely X-Men related. From the Siege tie-in of Comicbook/SecretWars2015 to the pizza they had for dinner.
* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: Jay's personal interpretation of the High Evolutionary is that the High is intended to be descriptive.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: The title of the podcast emulates the title of ''X-Treme X-Men'', which utilizes this trope.
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!! Rachel and Miles have explained (and provided examples of) the following tropes:

* IconicItem: Jay is always seen wearing sunglasses in the ''Rachel & Miles Review the X-Men'' video series, perhaps reminiscent of one of their favorite characters, ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}.

* TakeAThirdOption: In their video reviews of the current X-Men titles ("Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men") they'll occasionally, when the books were especially weak, give "Pick of the week..." to things not even remotely X-Men related. From the Siege tie-in of Comicbook/SecretWars2015 to the pizza they had for dinner.

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''Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men'' is a weekly {{podcast}} hosted by [[Blog/WorstMuse Jay Rachel Edidin]] and Miles Stokes, covering the "ins, outs and {{retcon}}s" of their favorite {{superhero}} SoapOpera, the ComicBook/XMen.

* PurpleProse: Chris Claremont, one of the ''biggest'' TropeCodifier[=s=] of this, is often celebrated.

* XtremeKoolLetterz: The title of the podcast emulates the title of ''X-Treme X-Men'', which utilizes this trope.

* BriefAccentImitation: The second Giant-Size Special features Miles and guest host Tina pulling commendable impressions of ComicBook/{{Rogue}} and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} respectively, right down to their signautre VerbalTic[=s=].

* BigWhat: Miles closes out every ColdOpen (in which Rachel describes a particularly convoluted X-Men story element) with one of these.

* ButtMonkey: Rachel and Miles often remark on how members of the Summers family tend to lead crappy lives.

* HappilyMarried: Rachel and Miles are a married couple, which they've had to explicitly state to confused listeners on at least one occasion.

* IconicItem: Rachel is always seen wearing sunglasses in the ''Rachel & Miles Review the X-Men'' video series, perhaps reminiscent of one of their favorite characters, ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}.

** A meta example: this show is one of the podcasts involved with the ''Crisis On Infinite Podcasts'' crossover show.

* IconicItem: Rachel is always seen wear sunglasses in the ''Rachel & Miles Review the X-Men'' video series, perhaps reminiscent of one of her favorite characters, ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}.

''Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men'' is a weekly {{podcast}} hosted by [[Blog/WorstMuse Rachel Edidin]] and Miles Stokes, covering the "ins, outs and {{retcon}}s" of their favorite {{superhero}} SoapOpera, the ComicBook/XMen.

* PurpleProse: Chris Claremont, one of the ''biggest'' TropeCodifier[=s=] of this, is often celebrated.

Some noted creators with experience writing X-Books who've appeared on the show include Creator/AnnNocenti, Creator/GregRucka, Si Spurrier, Greg Pak, and G. Willow Wilson.