Art by David Wynne. Contact David to purchase the original!\n\nIn which Miles gets an etymology lesson; Nightcrawler is the most dateable guy in the X-Universe; Meggan is basically all the cryptids; Michael Higgins must be stopped; Alistair Stuart is terrible at adulting; we really hope Brian wasn't too attached to that airplane; and in retrospect, there probably should have been a Spalding Gray joke in there somewhere.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tThe Montesi Formula\n \tExcalibur #28-31\n \tThe Gilded Lady\n \tThe quintessential post-college experience\n \tThe word "cooter"\n \tRelative gullibility\n \tA generally unacceptable issue\n \tLoungewear\n \tVampires, kind of\n \tSome uncomfortably colonial imagery\n \tKrakoa, Jr.\n \tThe Vega Men\n \tThe aftermath of Axis\n \tColossus's probable politics\n\nNEXT EPISODE: Talking Iceman with Sina Grace!\n\n\n\nYou can find a\xa0visual companion to this episode\xa0on our blog.\n\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\n\nJay\xa0and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to\xa0help support the podcast\u2013and unlock more cool stuff\u2013you can do that\xa0right here!\n\nWe\u2019re in the process of migrating our\xa0official shop to TeePublic!\xa0Click over to check it out!\xa0(You can still find the designs we haven\u2019t moved yet\xa0at Redbubble.)\n\n\nShare this: