177 The Less You Know

Published: Dec. 18, 2017, 10:30 a.m.

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!\n\nIn which we discuss several Very Special Issues; the real cautionary tale is not to trust Hank McCoy; horses are vehicles of lies and heartbreak; the X-Men shill for a state fair; whatever you're doing, Cyclops is here to stop you; smoking is a gateway to some really weird vices; and we want YOU to design the latest X-Men PSA!\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tThe alternate-timeline terrible choices of Hank McCoy\n \tOur wholly unfounded theories about Spongebob Squarepants\n \tBe X-Tra Safe With Blockbuster KidPrint and the X-Men\n \tVHS tapes\n \tBlockbuster KidPrint\n \tMariano Nicieza\n \tSome Fundamental Problems With Superhero PSAs\n \tA man who may or may not be D-Man\n \tTerrence\n \tWhy Cable should deliver more PSAs\n \tWhy D.A.R.E. doesn't work\n \tVarying coherent cautionary tales\n \tThe Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas\n \tA tragic lack of carnies\n \tDanny the centaur and his very intense feelings about horses\n \tSeveral exciting attractions at the State Fair of Texas\n \tBig Tex\n \tActivities\n \tSmokescreen\n \tBret Jackson\n \tSome of the lesser-known danger of smoking\n \tWhether Danny Rand can turn into a centaur\n \tHanging out and other gateways to delinquency\n \tThe South Side Social Club\n \tJake\n \tEtiquette of following teenagers around\n \tA villainous plan so ineffective that it's actually kind of sad\n \tX-Men you should hire for your PSAs\n \tOur thoughts on the Disney/Fox merger\n \tWhere to find Bloodstorm\n \tBaby Jumping\n\nNEXT EPISODE: Giant-Size Winter Special!\n\n\n\nLISTENER CHALLENGE: Send your X-Men PSAs to XPlaintheXMen@gmail.com with the subject PSA by December 27!\n\n\n\nYou can find the visual 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.)