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For every X-Men fan who’s wanted to get their partner into the conversation and every friend or family member who just doesn’t want to read the comics, welcome to “The X-Wife Podcast.” Justin’s wife Alicia has never read an X-Men comic and she plans to keep it that way… for now! Join as they dive in, break down and question Jonathan Hickman’s new vision of Marvel’s merry mutants on Krakoa. House of X, Powers of X, and the Dawn of X all kick off a story that’s billed as a perfect jumping-on point for new readers, but with more than 50 years of continuity that overwrites and contradicts itself, can there ever be a seamless start?
For every X-Men fan who’s wanted to get their partner into the conversation and every friend or family member who just doesn’t want to read the comics, welcome to “The X-Wife Podcast.” Justin’s wife Alicia has never read an X-Men comic and she plans to keep it that way… for now! Join as they dive in, break down and question Jonathan Hickman’s new vision of Marvel’s merry mutants on Krakoa. House of X, Powers of X, and the Dawn of X all kick off a story that’s billed as a perfect jumping-on point for new readers, but with more than 50 years of continuity that overwrites and contradicts itself, can there ever be a seamless start?
Episodes

Saturday Jun 05, 2021
The Hellfire Gala - Part 1
Saturday Jun 05, 2021
Saturday Jun 05, 2021
We're jumping into real-time dahlings! Alicia had wanted to read the Hellfire Gala as it was coming out and has been BINGEING comics for the last week to make some sense of it all. We talk about the first three issues of the new Hellfire Gala story arc. Y'all she's reading comics that came out this week!! She wanted to do it!!!
Thanks for listening to our second episode of Season 3! We're doing a time jump and talking about what's happening now in the X universe with The Hellfire Gala! Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Monday May 31, 2021
Dawn of X - Opening Arcs Vol. 1-6
Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
For our fiftieth episode, we've made it giant-size folks! We laid the foundation with Volume 1 of Dawn of X and now Alicia has read the other 5 volumes of the opening arcs. That's 36 comics! Justin has succeeded!! And she enjoyed it all... to varying degrees.
Thanks for listening to our first episode of Season 3! This is a high-level conversation and breakdown of the opening arcs of the Dawn of X. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Thursday May 27, 2021
Seminal Moments: New X-Men (2001) - It Goes Extinct Part 2
Thursday May 27, 2021
Thursday May 27, 2021
The end is near! Ms. Cassandra Nova has predicted the downfall of homo sapiens unless something drastic is done and she's recruited the perfect fall guy to carry out her plan for genocide. Did you know there were 32 million mutants? Were being the keyword... holy Genosha it's our surprise Season Finale!
Thanks for listening to our thirty-second episode of Season 2! This is part two of the fifth and final of our Seminal Moments series, the game-changing stories throughout X-Men history. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Monday May 24, 2021
Seminal Moments: New X-Men (2001) - It Goes Extinct Part 1
Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
Sweet mummudrai we've got ourselves a doozy of a story! Grant Morrison's epic New X-Men run kicks off with our final Seminal Moment. It seems Alicia's developed a Secondary Mutation and it involves an inability to be left on a cliffhanger... so be on the lookout for Part 2!
Thanks for listening to our thirty-first episode of Season 2! This is a standalone episode, great for any listener. It's the fifth and final of our Seminal Moments series, the game-changing stories throughout X-Men history. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Monday May 17, 2021
Marvel Legends - History, Age of Apocalypse and House of X
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
It's a legendary episode as we dive into Justin's other Marvel obsession! Comics may have lit the nerd spark, but Marvel Legends added fuel to the fire. Little does Alicia know, she had a hand in causing the madness of the full-blown collection that currently takes over the Room of Requirement. We talk through the history of the toy line, open the Age of Apocalypse wave while discussing the characters, and check back into the House of X.
Thanks for listening to our thirtieth episode of Season 2! This is a standalone episode, great for any listener. It's the first time we've done an episode entirely about Marvel Legends. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Monday May 10, 2021
Seminal Moments: Age of Apocalypse (1995) - It Gets Apocalyptic
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
A new age is upon us! And Legion has some serious explaining to do. We kick off the 1995 smash hit Age of Apocalypse with X-Men: Alpha #1. Charles is dead? Magneto is leading the X-Men? Apocalypse is in charge!? Everything's different!! Alicia loves it.
Thanks for listening to our twenty-ninth episode of Season 2! This is a standalone episode, great for any listener. It's the fourth of our Seminal Moments series, the game-changing stories throughout X-Men history. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Monday May 03, 2021
X-Books: First Team by Robbie MacNiven
Monday May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
It's our second foray into X-Men novelizations with the action-packed adventure, First Team! Things are looking grim as Purifier rallies intensify across the nation. Anole, Greymalkin, and Cipher are just students at the New Charles Xavier School, feeling the weight of these dangerously historic times. Author Robbie MacNiven has a background in building out worlds through his tie-in novels and he brings that experience full force into the X universe. We had a whole ton of fun talking with him.
Thanks for listening to our twenty-eighth episode of Season 2! This is a standalone episode, great for any listener. It's the second of our X-Books series, deeper narrative dives into specific characters and events. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Thursday Apr 29, 2021
DoX Vol. 1: Fallen Angels #1 (2019) - Wayward Warriors
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Newfound freedom following a decades-long caged existence - what do we really know about this Psylocke before us? Her visions are pulling her away from the security of Krakoa towards the mysterious Apoth. Cable and X-23 join in for the ride, because, well, safety sucks!
Thanks for listening to our twenty-seventh episode of Season 2! This is a standalone episode, great for any listener, knowing that it builds off of House of X and Powers of X, Season 1 of the show. It's the sixth and final of our Dawn of X Vol 1. series, the fresh starts of this new mutant world. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Monday Apr 26, 2021
Retcon Wranglers - Psylocke
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Talk about an out-of-body experience! When most people hear Psylocke, they think of a deadly ninja assassin in tights. But, Betsy Braddock began her life as an Englishwoman, the twin sister of Brian Braddock - Captain Britain. Throw in a magical relic, a meddling feud between Japanese crime lords, and a mysterious woman named Kwannon and you'll start to be able to piece together this multilayered retcon.
Thanks for listening to our twenty-sixth episode of Season 2! This is the fourth of our Retcon Wranglers series, the stories that add a little extra new continuity into our X history. We talk through some of the introduction of Betsy Braddock and her entanglement with the woman named Kwannon! Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Retcon Wranglers - Cable
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Nathan Christopher Charles Summers is here to muck up your timeline and blow your mind wide open! Gigantic guns and a grizzled attitude are all key components to this boy of Summers. He's a baby, an old man, and then a teenager... time travel!
Thanks for listening to our twenty-fifth episode of Season 2! This is the third of our Retcon Wranglers series, the stories that add a little extra new continuity into our X history. We talk through some of the chronological introduction of the character Cable! Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!