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Art by David Wynne\n\nIn which special guest Kurt Busiek is the J. Robert Oppenheimer of X-Men, Rachel and Miles learn to love the Silver Age, Cyclops gets a job, Bernard the Poet falls from grace, we really wish X-Men: The Secret Years was a real book, everyone recites poetry, and we still don\u2019t get around to Marvels.\n\nX-Plained:\n\n \tMETOXO, the Lava Man\n \tThe true, secret purpose of Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men\n \tThe Phoenix retcon\n \tArchival pocket dimensions\n \tEnid Blyton\u2019s X-Men\n \tEarly-to-mid-20th Century American Jewish Socialism\n \tWhy the X-Men are terrible mutant P.R.\n \tBand names of the Silver Age\n \tAn X-Men series that might have been.\n \tWhy Cyclops should be the Rachel Maddow of Marvel\n \tQuicksilver\u2019s childhood dreams\n \tThe Coffee-a-Go-Go\n \tBernard the Poet\n \tZelda Kurtzberg\n \tThe Barefoot Beats\n\nNext week: The wedding of Scott Summers and Jean Grey!\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to the episode \u2013 and links to recommended reading \u2013\xa0on our\xa0blog.\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\nSupport us on\xa0Patreon!