In which Dean and Morgan answer the question "does the world really need another X-Men podcast?" Every other Tuesday, join your "professors" as they examine the themes, characters, and stories of the long-running Marvel Comics series through the lens of academic theories and scholarship.
Summer Sessions: X-Men 97 Eps 3 & 4 w/Justin Jordan
Better late than never, students! We are finally getting our X-Men 97 coverage up on our feed for ya! Justin Jordan returns to discuss everything episodes 3 and 4!
15 Sept 2026
BONUS: No One Escapes The Dialectic w/ Spencer Ackerman
Alright, time to lock in and get organized students! For this special BONUS Episode, your hosts are joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning National Security reporter and comics writer Spencer Ackerman (Reign of Terror, Iron Man, Waller v. Wildstorm, Forever Wars) to talk about his new book from Boom! Studios NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC.
Topics include: How the book functions as a tool guide for fighting fascism, comics as copaganda, the difficulty of writing a book like this, how it uses the form in interesting ways, basketball, and Dean being stuck in a package room in Toronto, Ontario.
You can find Spencer @attackerman on Bluesky and at forever-wars.com. You can find Morgan @beakerbarnes and Dean @deancoburnld. You can find the show on Instagram @mutantstudies101. Links to our show notes, transcripts, and citations can be found at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com.
As always, we'd like to thank Ollie Pritchard and Hayden Kierkeide for our music and graphic design, respectively.
31 Aug 2026
BONUS: An Interview with the Hivemind
Welcome into the terrifying world of adulthood, students! For this week's BONUS episode, your professors are joined by returning guests Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, better known as the Hivemind, to talk about their upcoming creator-owned book YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE ALIVE. Final order cutoff is TODAY, so get the order in and then give the ep a listen!
You can follow the Hivemind @hivemindactual on TikTok, Instagram, and Bluesky. You can follow the show @mutantstudies101 on Instagram and Bluesky and @mutant101pod on Twitter and TikTok. Links to our show notes, transcripts, and citations can all be found at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com.
As always, we'd like to thank Ollie Pritchard for our theme music, Hayden Kierkeide for our graphic design, and Anneliese Gelberg for their research assistance.
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