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146 episodes
Language
EnglishPublisher
Seamus and Candice ColbertExplicit
No
Date created
2011/02/27
Latest episode
2022/03/07
Average duration
62 min.
Release period
75 days
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X-Aspirations is an issue by issue history of the X-men, starting with the Sept. 1963 X-Men #1 and meandering forward towards the present day. A husband and wife team recount the action, discuss comic book history, and generally just try to have fun with the endlessly absurd world of Marvel's Mighty Mutants.
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X-Aspirations Ep. 146, Uncanny X-Men #157, May 1982
2022/03/07
A Charlie Xavier X-mas!
In Which We Discover That Hard Vacuum Pushes Piotr Into Another Potential Pushkin, That Kittys Chaotic Costuming Suggests That There May Be Such A Thing As Too Much Creative Freedom, And That Alien Industrial Design Is Mostly Gtalia-Based Because They Just Nasty!
Cool Kat Cyclops Might Just Be Trying Too Hard To Impress His Dad!
" Hide-N-Seek "
Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Dave Cockrum, Inks by Bob Wiacek, Lettered by Janice Chiang, Colors by Don Warfield, Edited by Louise Jones.
And Then Check us out at
www.x-aspirations.com
And send us comments at [email protected]
The closing music is "Bog Songs" by The Blaggards,
provided by Mevio's Music Alley. Check it out at music.mevio.com
X-Aspirations Ep. 145, Uncanny X-Men #156, April 1982
2021/06/29
NFT Safe For Work?!
In Which We Find That Bikini-Clad Avengers Have Serious Pocket Problems, That Kitty Is Being Corrupted By The Nihilistic Relativism
Of European Pseudo-intellectual Morality And, Also, She Likes
Colossus' Badonkadonk, And That The Three Keys To Extraterrestrial
Name Creation Are Apostrophes, Apostrophes, Apostrophes!
While Storm May Struggle With the Ethics of Euthanasia on a Galactic
Scale, We Struggle Equally On The Watchability of The Movie, Stowaway!
" Pursuit!"
Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Dave Cockrum, Inks by Bob Wiacek, Lettered by Janice Chiang, Colors by Don Warfield, Edited by Louise Jones.
And Then Check us out at
www.x-aspirations.com
And send us comments at [email protected]
The closing music is "Bog Songs" by The Blaggards,
provided by Mevio's Music Alley. Check it out at music.mevio.com
X-Aspirations Ep. 144, Uncanny X-Men #155, March 1982
2021/03/23
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Colorist Scorned!
In Which We Discover That It Is Nigh Impossible To Repair The Trauma
Of Fractured Familial Bonds Under The Constant Assault Of Alien
Incursion, That The Shi’Ar Admiral Always Proudly Displays His
Daughter’s Tentacle Art On The Dreadnaught Refrigerator, And That
Deathbird Would Have Long Ago Conquered The Galaxy If She Could Stop
Buying All Her Weaponry From "As Seen On TV!"
The Shi’ar Are Slaves To The Whims Of Whomever The Empress Be Banging!
" First Blood"
Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Dave Cockrum, Inks by Bob Wiacek, Lettered by Joe Rosen, Colors by Glynis Wein, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter.
And Then Check us out at
www.x-aspirations.com
And send us comments at [email protected]
The closing music is "Bog Songs" by The Blaggards,
provided by Mevio's Music Alley. Check it out at music.mevio.com
X-Aspirations Ep. 143, Wolverine #4, December 1982
2020/12/07
Holy Xenophobia, Miller!
In Which We Learn That When You Care To Send The Very Best Send A Bloody Ninja Hood, That Yukio Shares The Same Weakness For Netting As Crustaceans, And That Mariko Should Have Skipped Out On Lord Shingen’s "Take Your Daughter To Work Day!"
Places not to be sword stabbed, in order of brutality: love handles, soft faces, neck ties, and finally neck ties that are metaphorically not neck ties at all, if you know what I mean.
"Loss"
Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Frank Miller, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Lynn Varley, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter.
And Then Check us out at
www.x-aspirations.com
And send us comments at [email protected]
The closing music is "Bog Songs" by The Blaggards,
provided by Mevio's Music Alley. Check it out at music.mevio.com
X-Aspirations Ep. 142, Wolverine #3, November 1982
2020/09/21
Rated M - For Miller!
In Which We Find That Ninja Is One of The More Overlooked Positions In The Hospitality Industry, That There Are Very Few Times Appropriate For Calling Out Your Ex's Name And After Killing Five Ninjas Is Still Not It, And That When The Mangled Corpses Are All Aligned Along The Garden Rake Tracks That Is Actually Maximum Zen!
Can't Get Enough Summer In Our Spectacular! Literally! We Are Going To Say The End Of September Still Counts!
"Loss"
Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Frank Miller, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Glynis Wein, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter.
And Then Check us out at
www.x-aspirations.com
And send us comments at [email protected]
The closing music is "Bog Songs" by The Blaggards,
provided by Mevio's Music Alley. Check it out at music.mevio.com
X-Aspirations Ep. 141, Wolverine #2, October 1982
2020/09/10
It Was A Dark And Returny Knight!
In Which We Discover That While Ladies Dig The Abs They Are Turned Off By Murder Sprees, That From Nefari- To Treacher-, Lord Shingen Has All the -Ous's, And That It's Raining Ninja Men! Halllejah, Amen!
The Summer Series Continues! Yes, I Am Sure It Is Still Summer! It Ends On The Equinox! Go Ahead, Google It!
"Debts and Obligations"
Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Frank Miller, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Glynis Wein, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter.
And Then Check us out at
www.x-aspirations.com
And send us comments at [email protected]
The closing music is "Bog Songs" by The Blaggards,
provided by Mevio's Music Alley. Check it out at music.mevio.com
X-Aspirations Ep. 140, Wolverine #1, September 1982
2020/09/03
It's Miller Time!
In Which We Learn That If You Got Junk In The Trunk You Don't Like Poisoning Bears With Gunk, That If You Name It Logan Can Clench It, And That In Japan You Can't Walk Ten Feet Without Hitting A Shuriken Shower!
It's Our Summer Spectacular! And Yes, September Is Still Summer!
"I'm Wolverine"
Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Frank Miller, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Glynis Wein, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter.
And Then Check us out at
www.x-aspirations.com
And send us comments at [email protected]
The closing music is "Bog Songs" by The Blaggards,
provided by Mevio's Music Alley. Check it out at music.mevio.com
X-Aspirations Ep. 139, The Uncanny X-men #154, February 1982
2020/07/09
Less Bigotry, More Birding!
In Which We Find That You Should Definitely Call The X-Men for Any Demonic Hellscapes You Would Like To Renovate and Flip, That Wolverine Knows Chicks With Damage Give Logan The Hammage, And That The Sidri Can Only Be Defeated With Fire... and Presumably a Glue Trap Baited with Sugar!
Bad Boys, Bad Boys, What's You Gonna Do When The Cops Dive Bomb Their Chopper On You!!! Helicopter COPS!
"Reunion"
Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Dave Cockrum, Inks by Josef Rubinstein and Bob Wiacek, Lettered by Joe Rosen, Colors by D. Warfield, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter.
And Then Check us out at
www.x-aspirations.com
And send us comments at [email protected]
The closing music is "Bog Songs" by The Blaggards,
provided by Mevio's Music Alley. Check it out at music.mevio.com
X-Aspirations Ep. 138, Avengers Annual #10, Summer 1981
2020/04/24
The Captain Marvelous Ms. Marvel!
In Which We Discover That The Only Things More Nefarious Than Evil Mutants Are Long Distance Fees, That The Blob Lets His Little Blobs Dangle And You Can't Unsee It, And That Storm Is Not Sure What Exploding Relays Stimulate, But She'll Take Two Of What Kitty Is Having!
Fertility Is Intensely Personal, But We Can All Agree That Trans-Dimensional Implantation (TDI) Is Too Risky And Too Likely To Result In Megalomaniac Transfers Of The Father.
"By Friends -- Betrayed!"
Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Michael Golden, Inks by Armando Gil, Lettered by Joe Rosen, Colors by Michael Golden, Edited by Chris Claremont and David Kraft, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter.
And Then Check us out at
www.x-aspirations.com
And send us comments at [email protected]
The closing music is "Bog Songs" by The Blaggards,
provided by Mevio's Music Alley. Check it out at music.mevio.com
X-Aspirations Ep. 137, The Uncanny X-Men #153, January 1982
2020/03/28
Apocalypse Now? Ask Me How!
In Which We Learn That Even The Sugariest of Sugar Daddies Might Not Have Enough Sugar For Routine Sentinel Damage, That Muppet Dolls Are Probably Not Vessels Hosting Spirits of the Damned, Yearning to Return to Our Realm Through The Weak Will of a Storyteller, And That Bilbo Could Have Saved Everyone A Lot of Trouble If He Had Just Jabbed Smaug In The Ass!
Some Day Soon, There Will Have To Be A Smurf/Snork/Bamf Reckoning… There Can Be Only One!
"Kitty's Fairy Tale"
Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Dave Cockrum, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Glynis Wein, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter.
And Then Check us out at
www.x-aspirations.com
And send us comments at [email protected]
The closing music is "Bog Songs" by The Blaggards,
provided by Mevio's Music Alley. Check it out at music.mevio.com
X-Aspirations Ep. 136, The Uncanny X-Men #152, December 1981
2019/12/24
Festival of Comic De-Lights!
In Which We Find That You Can't Keep Your Emmas Straight From Your Ororos Without A Program, That Kitty Pryde Does Not Just Wake Up Looking This Good, And That Sebastion Shaw Is One Corset Short Of A Rocky Horror Picture Show!
Now That I Really Think About It, It Might just Have Been a Drunk Homeless Man Who Looked Like Adam Sandler... But He Definitely Said It Was Ok!
"The Hellfire Gambit"
Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Bob McLeod, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Janice Chiang, Colors by Don Warfield, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter.
And Then Check us out at
www.x-aspirations.com
And send us comments at [email protected]
The closing music is "Bog Songs" by The Blaggards,
provided by Mevio's Music Alley. Check it out at music.mevio.com
X-Aspirations Ep. 135, The Uncanny X-Men #151, November 1981
2019/12/09
Oh Ignatz, You Dahlink George Hairy-Man!
In Which We Discover That Kitty Pryde Is Not A Girl and Not Yet a Woman But She Might Be A Really Old Woman, That In The X-Mansion Swim Wear IS Formal Wear, And That Hellfire Guards Need Their Uniforms For A Lot More Than Just Guard Duty!
Bonus Bobbit Worm Nightmare Facts: They have up to 7 pairs of jaws, consisting of a mix of mandibles and maxillae while their bodies are covered in stinging, nerve-damaging bristles! Never swim again!
"X-Men Minus One!"
Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Jim Sherman and Bob McLeod, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Bobbie Wilford, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter.
And Then Check us out at
www.x-aspirations.com
And send us comments at [email protected]
The closing music is "Bog Songs" by The Blaggards,
provided by Mevio's Music Alley. Check it out at music.mevio.com
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astin42 2020/10/09
The Next Genetic Leap in Mutant Podcasts!
If you ever wondered what it would be like to sit down with those fun, smart friends who are just as nerdy as you are and re-read all of your X-Men co...
Properly Inebriated 2019/04/26
Awesome
Absolutely terrific podcast on the history of The X-Men, comics, things not related to comics and just random tangents. The hosts have a great talent ...
Weeden13 2018/10/26
Excelsior!
A very informative and fun podcast. I started with the first episode a couple months ago and can’t stop listening. Great for those new to X-men and th...
Burning_Loin 2015/09/26
Hooked.
Started with "Rachel and miles explain the X-Men" but after I burned through all those I found this podcast not as professional but just as satisfying...
Doom bot tater tot 2015/06/09
UNCANNY!!!
I just started listening to your podcast a few days ago and I'm hooked! Please keep up the fantastic voices for the characters...especially the villai...
Almost as good! 2015/05/20
The most informative and funny X-Men podcast available!
I have listened to many X-Men podcasts and X-Aspirations is the best! Seamus and Candace have an effortless/hilarious raport that makes the podcast f...
rhymeswithtree 2014/07/01
X-Aspirations
Would strongly recommend to anyone who is interested in the X-Men. Even as someone who has been reading X-Men comics for a while, I have learned a lot...
Griggle990 2014/05/21
Awsome Podcast
A great podcast to listen too on my way to work.
Zoe.Winter. 2013/11/14
Super Fun
This show is super fun, super cool, and super awesome.
LordRhombus 2013/11/04
Best X-Man Podcast!!!
Love it. They are soooo funny.
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