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In which Jay and guest X-Pert Connor Goldsmith explore approaches to podcasting about X-Men; difficult characters; costume preferences; our mutual mistrust of horses; owning our perspectives; and good on-ramps.

X-PLAINED:

• The ghost of Madelyne Pryor
• Cerebro (podcast)
• Good Selene stories
• Potential vs. payoff
• Costume opinions
• Fashion in comics
• Horse problems
• The Maple Hill Farm books
• Science vs. magic
• Learning to love X-Force
• Speaking ~as~ vs. speaking ~for~
• Twitter
• The (fairly uncomplicated) ethics of liking things
• Reading as a prosecutor
• Catching up to the modern X-Men
• Critical perspective

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