Mutant Studies 101

Become the Ghost in the Machine with us today, students! For this week's lecture, your professors are talking the origins of one of the most bizarre and punchy characters in modern X-Men, the living Danger Room known as Danger! And joining them for this discussion is none other than the great Matt and Alison Parent of Escape the Mojoverse!Topics of this lecture include: The deep-seeded dangers of AI, what made Danger a fascinating creation of Joss Whedon in the first place, her relation to the classic Harlan Ellison short story "I Have No Mouth and Yet I Must Scream", a VERY fun Is It A Dazzler Song, and if we believe the sins of the father can truly be redeemed.Content Warning: This episode deals heavily with both an in-story and very real suicide at the hands of an AI.You can follow Matt and Alison over at @escapethemojoverse on all socials and their show on all podcast platforms!You can follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101 and on Twitter and TikTok @mutantstudiespod. You can also find links to our show notes, transcripts, and citations at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can follow Morgan @beakerbarnes.As always, we'd like to thank OlliePhresh and Hayden Kierkeide for our theme music and graphic design.

Check into Answers, Students! For this special BONUS episode of Mutant Studies 101, your professors are joined by the team behind the upcoming Dark Horse Horror Comic Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, writer Connor Goldsmith (CEREBRO, The Kibitz) and artist Josh Cornillon (Young Men in Love, Pool Boys)!Topics for this lecture include: The process of creating a creator-owned book, what was challenging about creating this story, what cancel culture and being problematic really means in 2026, how this work differs from the work both of them had done previously, body image, and a LOT of talk about Dazzler.Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of eating disorders, body horror, misogynistic attacks against women, and fatphobia.You can preorder Did You Hear About Mimi Green? at your local comic shops now! Preorders close on 4/20 so get it in now!You can follow Connor on Instagram @ConnorGoldsmith and his shows @Cerebrocast and @kibitzcast and Josh anywhere and everywhere @JoshCornillon. You can follow the show on Twitter and TikTok @mutantstudiespod and on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101. You can follow Morgan on socials @beakerbarnes and Dean at deansoscarrambles.substack.com.

Welcome back to Office Hours, students! For this session, your professors are joined by someone truly qualified to teach the class Mutant Studies 101, Dr Ramzi Fawaz (The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics, Queer Forms). They discuss his work, the current state of modern comics studies, how we can imagine what the world could be through the lens of psychedelics, and generally have a great time!You can follow Dr. Fawaz's work on his website ramzifawaz.com and @nerdfromthefuture on social media. You can follow the show @mutantstudies101 on Instagram and Bluesky and @mutantstudiespod on Twitter and TikTok. You can find links to our show notes, citations, and transcripts at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can follow Morgan on all platforms @beakerbarnes. As always, we'd like to thank OlliePhresh and Hayden Kierkeide for our music and graphic design, respectively.

Get ready to craft some bloodstones and summon your soulswords, students! For this lecture, your professors are deep diving into Ilyana Rasputina, aka Magik, specifically through her original 1983 miniseries.Topics of this lecture include: What does this miniseries do so well with Claremont's own tendencies? How does the allegories of this tale work in context of then and now? How has Magik changed as a character since this miniseries, and specifically after her resurrection? And how can we connect this to Twin Peaks?Content Warning: this episode contains discussions of grooming, sexual violence towards children, and removal of bodily autonomy.You can follow the show on Twitter and TikTok @mutantstudiespod and on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101. You can follow Morgan on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @beakerbarnes, and can follow Dean's film writing at deansoscarrambles.substack.com. Links to show notes, transcripts, and citations for this and all our episodes can be found at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. As always, we'd like to thank OlliePhresh for our theme music and Hayden Kierkade for our graphic design.

That's right, it's the fanfic episode! Dean is away so the mice get to play. The mice, in this instance, meaning Morgan and returning guest Eileen, finally get to talk about fanfic. What is it? We'll find out!Topics include: Some of the origins of fanfic; false reports of Dean's death; a lot of discussion about gay hockey yaoi; TWO games; some fanfiction recommendations; very tenuous connections to the X-Men; and more!You can follow the show @mutantstudies101 on Instagram and Bluesky and @mutant101pod on Twitter and TikTok. You can follow Morgan @beakerbarnes and our sister podcast, Anatomy of an Oscar, @anatomyofanoscar. You can find links to our show notes, citations, and transcripts at mutantstudies101.tumblr.comAs always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@OlliePhresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our theme music and graphic design.

EVERYTHING is Romantic, students! For this Valentines guest lecture, your hosts are joined by cosplayer Olivia DeFillipo (@thelibraliv) and content creator Nikhil Clayton (@NikhilClayton) to discuss one of the longest-lasting couples in X-Men: Rogue and Remy LeBeau, aka Gambit!Topics for this lecture include: How Rogue and Gambit's relationship has changed over the years, what the shifting nature of Rogue's powers mean for their relationship, how Gambit's attitude is more a front than anything else, a breakdown of Mr. and Mrs. X by Kelly Thompson (2018), what has given this couple the staying power to last this long, and how much Morgan hates bird people.You can follow the show @mutantstudies101 on Instagram and Bluesky and @mutant101pod on Twitter and TikTok. You can follow Morgan @beakerbarnes and our sister podcast, Anatomy of an Oscar, @anatomyofanoscar. You can find links to our show notes, citations, and transcripts at mutantstudies101.tumblr.comAs always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@OlliePhresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our theme music and graphic design.

Hear us, students! No longer are we the professors you knew, we are Academia and Unseriousness Incarnate! That's right, to kick off this new semester we are diving into arguably the most seminal text in the history of the X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga! Specifically, we will be taking a look at the story through the lens of the Monstrous Feminine and Jean Grey!Topics for this lecture include: We're back and better than ever! How this story treats the character of Jean Grey through her abuse, What to do when Claremont is Like ThatTM, and examining Jean and Scott's love life before, during, and after she becomes a monster.Content Warning: This episode contains explicit discussions of sexual assaultYou can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter and TikTok @mutantstudiespod and on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101. You can find links to our show notes, transcripts, and citations at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com.As always, we'd like to thank Ollie and Hayden Kierkeide for our music and graphic design, respectively

Get ready to boldly go, students! For this lecture, your hosts sit down with the writing collective known as "The Hivemind" Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing (NYX, Giant Size Ms. Marvel, Star Trek: The Last Starship, and more) to discuss not just their work on Star Trek and the X-Men, but their unique perspectives on how to fight against fascistic regimes.Topics for this lecture include: How The Last Starship presents a new way to move forward through a mass regime change, what the Kardassians of Deep Space Nine and Star Trek (2022) show us about humanity's natural move toward fascism, the smaller revolutions that the characters of NYX fight lead to social change, and what these books together can tell us about how we move forward today. Also... Bones Syndrome.Content Warning: This episode deals with humanity's descent into fascism on the whole and also makes references to genocide, the killings of black and queer youth by the police, and general bigotry.You can follow the show on Twitter and TikTok @mutantstudiespod and on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101. You can follow Morgan on social media @beakerbarnes and Dean on Bluesky @deanofx. You can follow Collin and Jackson's work on social media @hivemindactual and can pick up Star Trek: The Last Starship wherever comic books are sold.

Time to focus our totality, students! for this lecture, your hosts dive deep into the themes of Psylocke (2024) before being joined for an interview with the writer of the series Alyssa Wong (Psylocke, Deadpool, Doctor Aphra).Topics for this episode include: How Kwannon has evolved over the course of her publication history, what this series is doing that allows it to find clear footing in the -post Krakoan age, what does it mean to be "redeemed", the importance of side characters, and more!Content warning: This episode contains discussions of violation of bodily autonomy and cults.You can follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101 and on Twitter and TikTok @mutant101pod. You can follow Morgan on all socials @beakerbarnes and Dean on bluesky @deanofx.Links for our show notes, transcripts, citations, and more can be found on mutantstudies101.tumblr.com.As always we'd like to thank Ollie (@Olliephresh) and Hayden for our theme music and graphic design, respectively.

Get ready to fall in love again and again, students! For this weeks lecture, your hosts are joined by Dr. Anna Peppard (Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero, Sequential Scholars, Oh Gosh Oh Golly Oh Wow) to discuss the ways in which romance and romance comics have changed and shaped around the character of Jennifer Walters, the Sensational She-Hulk!Topics include: A close analysis of Rainbow Rowell's She-Hulk (2022) and Sensational She-Hulk (2023), how Jennifer Walters is defined as a sexual symbol throughout history, what happened to the modern romance comic, her relationship status with Jack of Hearts, complicated female friendships, and more!Content warning: This episode contains discussions of loss bodily autonomy, sexual assault, and misogynyYou can follow the show on Twitter and TikTok @mutant101pod and on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101. You can follow Morgan on all platforms @beakerbarnes and Dean on Bluesky @deanofx. Links to show notes, transcripts, and citations can be found on our website mutantstudies101.tumblr.comAs always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@OlliePhresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively.

Time to lock in, students! For this episode, your hosts are joined by returning guests Ollie and Emily to discuss one of the trickiest topics we've ever delved into: The court case of the International Justice Court vs. Erik Lensherr, also known as Magneto!Topics for this lecture include: A close-reading of Uncanny X-Men 200, discussing and diving deep into the (DEEPLY complicated) character of Gabrielle Haller, why we shouldn't divorce characters from their origins, and... a digression about Dale Cooper! I guess!Content Warning: This episode, by nature of the characters it discusses, deals heavily with the Holocaust and discussions of other genocides throughout history. Gabrielle Haller's story includes coercion in a catatonic state and implied sexual abuse. Additionally, Gabby is a prominent Israeli character which means discussions must inevitably turn to Israel's colonial history as well as the modern genocide of Palestinians. This podcast stands firmly with a free Palestine and believes Palestinian liberation is the only answer.You can follow the show @mutantstudies101 on Instagram and @mutant101pod on Twitter and TikTok. A link to transcripts, show notes, and citations for this and all our episodes can be found at mutantstudies101.tumblr.comAs always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@OlliePhresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively.

Welcome back to class students! For this lecture, your professors are joined by special guest Priya Saxena (comics editor and critic) to discuss Leah Williams and Carols Gomez's X-Terminators (2022)!Topics for this lecture include: A discussion of Laura Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema", how comics fandom reacts to provocative works, how much fun this book is, and grappling with perception as a viewer. Content warning: This episode generally speaking discusses a lot of potentially misogynistic views on media discussion and women as sexual objects.You can follow the show @mutantstudies101 on Instagram and @mutant101pod on TikTok and Twitter. Links to all of our show notes and citations can be found at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com.As Always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@Olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively.

Put on your philosophy hats, students! For this lecture, your hosts are examining the current line of Ultimates comics through the lens of the ship of Theseus: what remains, what has changed, and what does this mean for the medium as a whole.Topics for this episode include: How is Jonathan Hickman and Marco Cecchetto's Ultimate Spider-Man still very recognizably Spider-Man? In contrast, what does Peach Momoko's Ultimate X-Men saying with the deviations it's making? Finally, how does Denis Camp and Juan Frigeri's Ultimates provide an interesting fusion of the two perspectives.Content warning: This episode contains discussions of the American government's treatment of Indigenous peoples, victims of nuclear testing, and suicide.You can find links for the show notes, transcripts, citations and more at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can follow the show @mutant101pod on Twitter and TikTok and @mutantstudies101 on Instagram. You can follow Morgan on social media @beakerbarnes.As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively.

Hope you're ready to reckon, students! For this lecture, your hosts dive back into the deep mine that is Alison Blaire, the Dazzler. It's Dazzler Studies 301! This time, we're trying ton answer the question: Is Dazzler bad, actually?Topics for this episode include:Dean's adventures at Flame Con, Dazzler as a symbol for progressive or regressive politics, a close reading of Brian Johnson's essay "Dazzler, Melodrama, and Shame", how Alison is a product of Reagan-era politics, what do we do in order to reclaim our queer icons, and pop divas! Then, Dean and Morgan embark on an ambitious journey: Creating Dazzler: Sparkle, Alison's Greatest Hits Album!You can follow the show on TikTok and Twitter @mutant101pod and on Instagram @mutantstudies101. Links to our show notes, transcripts, citations, and sources can be found at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can follow Morgan on social media @beakerbarnes and Dean on Instagram @deancoburnld.As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@OlliePhresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively

Dia duit, Students! On this episode, Dean gets to take a student role as Morgan flexes their knowledge of Irish post-modernism as we look at the X-Men villain Black Tom Cassidy through the lens of James Joyce's Dubliners!Topics for today's episode include: What distinguishes Joyce's writing from his contemporaries? How does one care for a homeland while also being drawn out of it? Can we relate Black Tom's power set back to his relationship to Ireland, and how much did Krakoa influence him? And Morgan stops being aloof and mysterious!Content Warning: this episode contains discussions of the Irish Civil conflict known as the troublesYou can find links and information for our show, including show notes, citations, and transcripts, at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can find Morgan on socials @beakerbarnes and can follow Dean's Substack at deansoscarrambles.substack.comAs always, we'd like to thank Hayden (@mcuwaititi) and Ollie (@OlliePhresh) for our graphic design and music, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strap in, Students! For today's field trip, professors Dean and Morgan discuss a highly anticipated release for both of them: Fantastic Four: First Steps!!Topics for this lecture include: Morgan loving this movie and Dean... liking it! Your hosts getting a divorce, what works and what doesn't, a failed Doechii needle drop, and what this movie could mean for the future. Also Jamie Lloyd's Sunset Boulevard.You can find links for the show notes and citations at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can follow Morgan @beakerbarnes.As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliphresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sharpen your swords, students! For this lecture, your hosts dig deep into one of the most fascinating X-Men series over the last few years: Peach Momoko's Demon Days and Demon Wars!Topics for this episode include: The X-Men as fairy tales. The Ship of Theseus in these comics. How do we handle talking about a work that is such a radical departure from the norm? And some words of encouragement for Marvel Comics!You can find links to all our show notes, including transcripts and citations, at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can follow Morgan on socials @beakerbarnes.As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Once again wishing you a Happy Pride, Students! For this lecture, your hosts examine queer theory as it relates to the body and the mutant metaphor with an extremely exciting special guest: PhD in Literature and current writer for Marvel Comics Anthony Oliveira!Topics include: How do you navigate writing queerness in rooms where you aren't allowed full creative control? When does the mutant metaphor work with queerness and when does it work against it? What do two mutants, Iceman and Rogue, have that relate to queerness both literal and metaphorical? Should Rogue and Siryn kiss on the mouth? (yes) And a lot of incredible conversations surrounding Anthony's current run of Avengers Academy!Content Warnings: This episode includes difficult conversations around queerness and violence done to the LGBTQ community, including forced repression, being ostracized from family units, and the AIDS crisis. There is also a conversation around the current detention of immigrants by government agencies.You can find links for the show, including social handles, show notes, citations, and transcripts, at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can find Morgan on socials @beakerbarnes. You can find Anthony's work on Marvel Unlimited, at your local comic and bookstores, and on socials @meakoopa.As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our theme music and graphic design, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Pride Month, Students! For this session, your hosts uhhhhhhhh queen out about our favorite lesbian terrorists Mystique and Destiny!Topics include: How old are these ladies? Was Mystique John Hinckley, Jr.?, Were they in Gertrude Stein's salon? and radical queer activism through X-Men Podcasting! Also Oh, Mary!!Content Warning: This episode contains discussions on state sanctioned violence against queer people and immigrants.You can find links for the show notes and sources at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com.As always we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're falling back in love students! On this sort of Episode 1.5 of season 2, your professors sit down with one of the smartest people they know to discuss how we should approach art going forward. That person? Fern of Star Wars English Class!Topics for this episode include: A lot of talk about Star Wars! Approaching media on its own terms! And how we can find ways to move forward in this beautiful landscape!You can find all the podcast links including show notes and transcripts at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com and can follow Morgan @beakerbarnes and Fern @alwaysfern.As always, we'd like to thank our friends Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back students! For the new semester, your professors wanted to examine an important subject: What is happening in the From the Ashes era?Topics of this episode include: Why aren't these books working? What does it mean when they DO start working? How come we can't connect with these new characters but also don't understand what's happening with out old friends? and how we think we can fix some of these issues.You can find links for the show notes and sources at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com.As always we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"There's no use living with it. The killing. There’s no going back from it. Right or wrong is a brand. A brand sticks. There’s no going back. Now, you run on home to your mother and tell her … tell her everything’s alright. There aren’t any more guns in the valley."Topics for this episode include: An analysis of theme, character, and cinematic language in James Mangold's Logan (2017), this film's bizarre but successful FYC campaigns, and a game where Morgan tortures Dean!Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of immigration attacks, the opioid crisis, mental deterioration, and a lot of swearing.You can find links to show notes and transcripts for this episode and all our episodes at mutant studies101.tumblr.com.As always we'd like to thank Ollie (@Olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our theme music and graphic design, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello again, students! For the penultimate lecture of MARCH MUTANT MOVIE MADNESS, your hosts explore the creepy boarding school of The New Mutants with special guest Justin Jordan (@freddiesroommate).Topics of this episode include: The crazy-ass production timeline of this movie! We recorded this back in January! The Return of Is It A Dazzler Song?! Dean crashes out about Sam Guthrie and Morgan discusses lesbians!Content warning: this episode contains discussion on sexual abuse, religious abuse, and the loss of a parent.You can find links to the show notes and transcripts at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com! You can find Morgan @beakerbarnes.As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our theme music and graphic design, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get ready to break the fourth wall, students! For this episode, your professors are joined by Morgan's friend and writer Jason (@simplewrites_2.0) to discuss their very complicated feelings on the Deadpool movies!Topics in this episode include: Ryan Reynolds as an auteur, the crazy journey to get these movies to the big screen Nathan Christopher Charles Summers, how do we handle art that makes us feel bad, and a tangent about Dazzler!You can find links to the show notes and transcripts for this and every episode at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. You can find Morgan @beakerbarnesWe'd like to thank Ollie (@olliphresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello again, students! This week, your professors are joined by a special guest who you for sure know the work of: Ollie! (@olliephresh) They join us to discuss two much maligned movies in the franchise: Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix.Topics include: What happened to these movies, why are there so many characters, which of these is worse or better, a lovely tangent about Wolverine and the X-Men, and the Eraserhead baby!You can find all links to show notes and transcripts for the podcast at mutant studies101.tumblr.com.As Always we'd like to thank Ollie (@Olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get ready to go to the Great North, Students! For today's episode of MARCH MUTANT MOVIE MADNESS, your professors are joined by their friend Eileen to discuss X-Men: Origins-Wolverine, and The Wolverine!Topics for this episode include: These movies are bad, Hugh Jackman getting nominated for an Oscar and flopping, Orientalism AGAIN, fun facts about real wolverines, and a fun game!You can find links for all of our show notes and transcripts at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com!As always we'd like to thank Ollie (@Olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our theme music and graphic design, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Round 2, Students! For this episode, the professors are joined by returning guest Emily (@stardustem) for a new discussion on the first two films of the "reboot" series, First Class and Days of Future Past!Topics include: These movies being good but having no politics, why Kevin Bacon isn't playing Mr Sinister, the Cuba Beach Divorce, being gay, and SO much about the Kennedy's!You can find links for our show notes and transcripts on mutantstudies101.tumblr.com!As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Round One, Students! On this, the first proper episode of March Mutant Movie Madness, your professors are joined by friend Des (@movieswithdes) to discuss the first three X-Men movies!Topics for this episode include: How these movies came to be, our love affair with Scott Summers, how the Mutant Metaphor evolves over the course of these movies, a really fun game, and Morgan's hatred of James Cameron!You can find the show notes for the podcast as well as transcripts and other links at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com! You can follow Morgan on socials @beakerbarnes!As always we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliphresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our theme music and graphic design, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back, students! We're back with season 2 of Mutant Studies 101, with the beginning of our miniseries MARCH MUTANT MOVIE MADNESS! That's right, we're talking about the movies. But before we talk about that, we wanted to have a bit of coverage around some of the difficult topics we will have to discuss regarding a few of the creatives and the extensive allegations against them.Content Warning: This episode contains discussion around authors and directors that have performed or stated harmful actions or views. A few of these discussion will surround sexual assault, homophobia, transphobia, racism, and antisemitism.You can find all of the links for the show notes and transcripts at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com! as always we'd like to thank Ollie (@Olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Finals Week, Mutants! On this SEASON 1 FINALE Episode, your professors are here to talk about their single greatest passion as well as usher in the next semesters topic with a discussion of how they would bring Marvel's Merry Mutants to the big and small screen.Topics of this lecture include: The DeanMorgan X-MCU, Jack Schlossberg as the Lisan Al-Gaib, How to fix the Claremont Run, The 82nd Annual Golden Globes, and more!You can follow the podcast on Twitter and TikTok @mutant101pod and on Instagram @mutantstudies101. You can find Morgan on all those places @beakerbarnes.As always we'd like to thank Ollie (Olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome Back Students! On this episode, your hosts are back and not only are they back but they have a special guest: Our good friend Emily aka StardustEm!Topics for today's episode include: A deep Dive of Zen Wells' Hellions (2020), the nature vs nurture debate, Alex Summers' terrible horrible no good very bad days, our love of Psylocke and Greycrow, and play some of the silliest games we've ever played!Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of brainwashing and emotional manipulation, as well as discussions of the prison industrial complex. In addition, we talk a lot about Mr Sinister's past as a Nazi scientist and his unethical experiments.You can follow the podcast on Twitter and TikTok @mutant101pod and on Instagram @mutantstudies101 and Morgan on those sites @beakerbarnes. You can follow Emily on Twitter @stardustem and on TIkTok and Instagram @_stardustem!As Always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello again students! This week, your professors are talking all about THE mother of mutantkind, Ororo Munroe, the hero known as Storm!Topics for this lecture include: Storm (2023), Storm (2024), How Ororo has evolved as a character over the last 50 years, her relevance to the culture at large, our hatred of flashback mini-series by legacy writers, and a brief tangent about her greatest love interest: Craig from NASA!You can follow the show on Twitter @Mutant101pod and on Instagram @MutantStudies101! You can follow Morgan on all socials @beakerbarnes.As always, we'd like to thank our friends Ollie (@Olliephresh) and Hayden (@MCUWaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hope you're ready to face the music, students! On this episode, your professors dig deep once again into Dazzler, but this time with a more cultural lens.Topics of this lecture include: Chappell Roan and rapid rises to fame, how the mutant metaphor works (and doesn't work) in the context of fame, why we keep placing celebrities in positions to make political statements, a diatribe about the DFW venue map, and Dazzler: the Movie!You can follow the podcast on Twitter and TikTok @Mutant101pod and Instagram @mutantstudies101 and Morgan on all socials @beakerbarnes.As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@OlliePhresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Reading, Students! This week, your professors dive into the August releases for the new X-Line, including: Exceptional X-Men 1, X-Men 2 and 3, Uncanny X-Men 1, X-Force 1, Phoenix 2, and NYX 2.Topics of this episode include: Kitty Pryde being back in Chicago and feeling it, protecting Black children, espousing the gospel of Victor LaValle's Sabretooth work, Dean crying about Cyclops, Morgan not playing about the lesbians, and Dazzler eras!You can follow the podcast on Twitter, TikTok, and now Instagram @Mutant101POD and Morgan all those same places @beakerbarnes!As always, we'd like to thank our friends Ollie (@OlliePhresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our theme music and graphic design work, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome Back To Class, Students! For todays lecture, your professors are kicking off the semester with a close reading of one of our favorite under appreciated gems of the Krakoa era: Vita Ayala, Bernard Chang, and Paco Medina's Children of the Atom!Topics in this episode include: Who are the Children of the Atom? How can the Mutant Metaphor evolve when placed under the lens of those without an X-gene? Are the youth okay? How can someone be an ally while still perpetuating harmful views? And more!Content Warning: Discussions in this episode briefly mention homophobia.You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter and TikTok @Mutant101POD and Morgan @beakerbarnes!As always, we'd like to thank Hayden (@mcuwaititi) and Ollie (@Olliephresh) for our graphic design and theme music, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to a new semester, students! Your professors are gearing up for this new era with a read-along of X-Men, Phoenix, and NYX #1!Highlights of this lecture include: Mourning the era that was while celebrating the new one, things we are excited about for this era, how we're feeling about the X-line as a whole, and who will be Marvel's first gay divorce!Content warning: some of the discussions in this episode briefly mention topics of school shootings and the dangers of young boys falling down the alt-right pipeline.You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter and TikTok @Mutant101POD and Morgan @beakerbarnes!As always we would like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design work, respectively Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hope you have all your memories Students! Your professors are BACK and this time they're talking about one of the great loves of their lives: Logan Wolverine and his time as the elusive Patch!Highlights of this lecture include: Examining the issues of Orientalism surrounding Wolverine, how he fits into archetypal pop culture roles in the 20th century, exploring what it means to have a Japanese writer take these Orientalist elements, and running off into the woods!Content warning: some of the discussions in this episode briefly mention topics of domestic abuse, the brutal killings of women, and a tangent about the Canadian government's treatment of First Nations people. Additionally, as stated in the episode, Orientalism is a complicated topic with no clear answers on how to handle it but often leads to the exploitation of the cultures and people it is discussing.You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter and TikTok @Mutant101POD and Morgan @beakerbarnes!As always we would like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design work, respectively Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome Back Students! after a brief hiatus, your favorite professors are back and ready to take office hours again. Tune into the first episode of our series Recitations, where we bring on a friend and explain a crazy X-Men plot to them! This week: The Mojoverse featuring our good friend Claire (@clairekryze)!Highlights of this lecture include: What is the Mojoverse? How does Longshot's story and the Mojoverse as a whole function as a trans allegory? Is it possible to not even KNOW who Wolverine is? And a special performance of spoken word from Prof. Morgan!You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter and TikTok @Mutant101POD. You can find Morgan @beakerbarnes on Twitter and TikTok and Dean strapped to the prow of a ship, slowly experiencing all of time and space at once.As Always, we'd like to thank our friends Ollie (@olliephresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our music and graphic design work, respectively Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Pride, Students! In today's lecture, in honor of her new solo series coming this September, your professors confess their love, admiration, and slightly too convoluted feelings about one of the greatest cultural exports of mutant kind: Alison Blaire, the Disco Dazzler!Topics in this episode include: Who is Dazzler and why should you care? What is Morgan doing that will get this show cancelled? Where does Dazzler's career stand in regards to being a flop OR having an EGOT? A brief queen-out session about Storm, and, most importantly: Which member of The New Directions is a mutant???You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter and TikTok @Mutant101POD and your hosts Morgan (@beakerbarnes on Twitter and TikTok) and Dean (@Dean_of_X on Twitter).As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) for our theme music and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our graphic design work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome Back Students! In today's lecture, the first in a miniseries we will do that we are affectionately calling "Everything Is X-Men", Morgan lets Dean ramble on about one of his great loves: professional wrestling and how it is connected to the X-Men!Topics for this episode include: What is professional wrestling? How does professional wrestling use the same storytelling techniques as comics books? What do I mean when I say heel turn? Is Daniel Bryan circa 2013 Bendis-era Cyclops, and your hosts taking a massive amount of psychic damage!You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter @Mutant101POD and your hosts @beakerbarnes and @dean_of_x.As Always We'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) for their theme music and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for her graphic design work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome Back Students! In today's lecture, we take a deep dive into one of the most complicated characters in the story of the X-Men, Madelyne Pryor and her journey leading up to and through the classic story Inferno. Topics in this episode include: Who is Madelyne Pryor and why should you care? How she both plays into and subverts tropes that have historically been used against women, how different writers interpret characters, what happens when girls want to stop being nice and summon demons, and putting Anne Hathaway in a red wig!Content Warning: This episode includes discussions of removal of bodily autonomy, mild discussions of body horror, and the death of children. There are also spoilers for Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo near the end of the episode.You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter @Mutant101POD and your hosts @beakerbarnes and @Dean_of_X.As always we'd like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) for their theme music and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for her graphic design work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome Back Students! For today's lecture, your esteemed professors take a deep dive into a seminal text of The X-Men and a foundational reading of this podcast: Jonathan Hickman's 2019 dual-comic series House of X/Powers of X.Topics in this episode include: How this comic plays with both the form and content of a superhero story, Moira McTaggert's lives and how this was the most radical change Hickman made, mutantkind as community, transhumanism, why we love this book so much to the point it makes us cry, and and more!Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of genocide.You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter @Mutant101POD and your hosts at @beakerbarnes and @Dean_of_X.As always we would like to thank Ollie (@olliephresh) for their music and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for her art. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Class is in session! Welcome students to Mutant Studies 101, a podcast where Dean (@Dean_of_X) and Morgan (@beakerbarnes) answer the question, "does the world really need another X-Men podcast???" Join two of your fellow mutants as they break down everything they love (and some things they hate) about the X-Men.ON THIS EPISODE: Our origin stories with the X-Men! How EVERYTHING is the X-Men! What's the status of Dazzler as a disco star?!?! All these and more in the introductory episode of Mutant Studies 101!!!Special Thanks to Ollie (@olliephresh) for providing our theme music and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our graphic design work. You can follow Mutant Studies 101 on Twitter @Mutant101Pod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.