Referential Dr. Khaliden Nas

Crossover pt. 9!



We’re joined by actress, drag performer, rapper and activist Jiggly Caliente (Drag Race Philippines judge, Pose, Rupaul's Drag Race Season 4, All Stars 6, co-host of Translations! ) to talk through all our feelings on X-Men '97 Episode 9, Season 1 ‘Tolerance is Extinction - Part 2’.

Come listen to us dig into this episode with an icon in the room!

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X-Men '97 as that one ex you keep coming back to
Jiggly Caliente's history with the X-Men
Comics as a young immigrants' teacher
Veronica Lodge with superpowers
Social Parallels
Discrediting revolutionary ideas
Sisterhood, adaptation, Jean Grey & Ororo Storm Munroe
Jean gets her Naruto on
I try to get Ash and Jiggly to fight
The return of a regular segment
Can Storm do something again please?
Marvel Vs Capcom
Sitting on Lilandra's eggs
Shut up Charles
Bonding over violence
Queers against assimilation
Fatal (attractions) Matters
Xavier's not like us
XopXopXopXopXop
The return of the cosmic chicken




We'll be alternating episodes on both our feeds so make sure to follow both REFERENTIAL and Immortal X of Words!

Make sure to subscribe to IMMORTAL X OF WORDS and we’ll see you back on REFERENTIAL to review Episode 10. And stay tuned for a special mailbag in two weeks!

Keep up to date with Dr. Khaliden Nas by checking out www.alsopurple.com and following @AlsoPurp on all socials.

Find Ash @Vanthefirst on all socials and his podcast X of Words everywhere you find your podcasts.

Find Marvin Britt @jigglycalienteofficial on Instagram !

Hosted by Ash Alleyne and Dr. Khaliden Nas.

Produced by Dr. Khaliden Nas

Music by PamperedFists & Anzahlung.

Podcast Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.



*'Tangents' are REFERENTIAL's shorter bonus episodes. Slightly different from the main monthly episodes. Expect quick reviews, edited bonus out content, collabs, mailbags, live audio, and whatever else I might think of + They take less time to make so I can update the feed frequently!*



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Crossover pt. 8(ish)



We’re joined by Marvin Britt (Storyboard Artist for X-Men ’97, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Blood of Zeus, The Legend of Vox Machina) to go behind the scenes on X-Men '97 Episode 8, Season 1 ‘Tolerance is Extinction - Part 1’.



Come listen to us dig into all the behind the scenes secrets of the making of this episode’s most iconic scenes

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Return of the Children of Toonami
Is Bishop okay?
Losing someone’s baby
Khaliden develops name blindness
Bastion got the Ash bass
Destroying Marvin’s love of X-Men in one sentences
Knitters
Where is Emma Frost?!
The X-Mansion as a tax shelter
Don’t mess with Michael Mouse
The ‘pinks’
Someone get Magneto a robe
NEIN!


We'll be alternating episodes on both our feeds so make sure to follow both REFERENTIAL and Immortal X of Words!

Make sure to subscribe to IMMORTAL X OF WORDS and we’ll see you back on REFERENTIAL to review Episode 9 next week.



Find Ash @Vanthefirst on all socials and his podcast X of Words everywhere you find your podcasts.

Find Marvin Britt @marvin_b_britt on Instagram !

Keep up to date with Dr. Khaliden Nas by checking out www.alsopurple.com and following @AlsoPurp on all socials.

Hosted by Ash Alleyne and Dr. Khaliden Nas.

Produced by Dr. Khaliden Nas

Music by PamperedFists & Anzahlung.

Podcast Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.



*'Tangents' are REFERENTIAL's shorter bonus episodes. Slightly different from the main monthly episodes. Expect quick reviews, edited bonus out content, collabs, mailbags, live audio, and whatever else I might think of + They take less time to make so I can update the feed frequently!*



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Crossover pt. 7!



For Episode 7 we’re joined by two chairs (Valentine Smith and Sundi!) to talk all about X-Men '97 Episode 7, Season 1 ‘Bright Eyes’ (written by Charley Feldman and JB Ballard)!



Come listen to us dig into our favourite episode so far



+ Find out how we've fit the following in:



The Debut of a brand new segment
The return of Trifiling Trish Tilby
Appropriate funeral attire
Team Rogue did nothing wrong
Days of Genocides past
Wading into Captain America discourse
Jubilee’s earrings
Ash vs Khaliden continues as new contenders enter the ring
Western conceptions of ‘The Closet’
Ms. Bastion’s Blues
The many failures of Charles Xavier
Sibling shade
The quiet firing of Dr. Khaliden Nas
More brief musical interludes
Passé Politics
Two Dumb Bitches: “EXACTLY!”
Shout out to Bella Donna
Are the X-Men heroes for humans or heroes of mutants


We'll be alternating episodes on both our feeds so make sure to follow both REFERENTIAL and Immortal X of Words!

Make sure to subscribe for next week's recap/review of Episode 8 on Ash's podcast IMMORTAL X OF WORDS and then head back to REFERENTIAL to listen to us review Episode 9 the week after that (and so on!).



Find Ash @Vanthefirst on all socials and his podcast X of Words everywhere you find your podcasts.

Keep up to date with Dr. Khaliden Nas by checking out www.alsopurple.com and following @AlsoPurp on all socials.



Find Valentine @ValentineSm1th

Find Sundi @SundiInThePark/@Sundi.in.the.park



Hosted by Ash Alleyne and Dr. Khaliden Nas.

Produced by Dr. Khaliden Nas

Music by PamperedFists & Anzahlung.

Podcast Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.



*'Tangent' are REFERENTIAL's shorter bonus episodes. Slightly different from the main monthly episodes. Expect quick reviews, edited bonus out content, collabs, mailbags, live audio, and whatever else I might think of + They take less time to make so I can update the feed frequently!*



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Crossover pt. 6(ish)



For Episode 6 we’re joined by our first ever returning third chair Tiffie Starchild o talk all about X-Men '97 Episode 6, Season 1 ‘Lifedeath - Part 2’.

Come listen to us dig into it



+ Find out how we've fit the following in:



THE BREEZE IS BACK!
Galaxy of white refrigerators
Bird ass people and bussing bald bussy
Stop the Sinister Steal 2025
The return of our now regular segment
Storm can’t catch a break
Alison Sealy-Smith you will always be famous
The galactic swirl agenda
A little bit of race play
Idealism killing everyone
Ash reads a letter he wrote Gladiator on the radio
So she just left Forge there?


We'll be alternating episodes on both our feeds so make sure to follow both REFERENTIAL and Immortal X of Words!

Make sure to subscribe to IMMORTAL X OF WORDS for the full episode + our recap/review of episode 8 in two weeks, and we’ll see you back on REFERENTIAL to listen to us review Episode 7 next week (and so on!).



Find Ash @Vanthefirst on all socials and his podcast X of Words everywhere you find your podcasts.

Find Tiffie Starchild @TiffieStarchild across social media!

Keep up to date with Dr. Khaliden Nas by checking out www.alsopurple.com and following @AlsoPurp on all socials.

Hosted by Ash Alleyne and Dr. Khaliden Nas.

Produced by Dr. Khaliden Nas

Music by PamperedFists & Anzahlung.

Podcast Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.



*'Tangent' are REFERENTIAL's shorter bonus episodes. Slightly different from the main monthly episodes. Expect quick reviews, edited bonus out content, collabs, mailbags, live audio, and whatever else I might think of + They take less time to make so I can update the feed frequently!*



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Crossover pt. 5!



For Episode 5 we’re joined by Matthew Bordenave (Assistant Director & Storyboard Artist for X-Men ’97, Young Justice, The Boys Present: Diabolical, Invincible Fight Girl) to talk all about X-Men '97 Episode 5, Season 1 ‘Remember It’.



Come listen to us dig into all the behind the scenes secrets of the making of this instantly iconic episode.



+ Find out how we've fit the following in:

The return of our new regular segment
Trifiling Trish Tilby’s bumpit
A too brief Young Justice tangent
Khaliden discovers emotions
The Trial of Matthew Bordenave
Khaliden vs Matthew (Round 1)
Brief musical interludes
Ash vs Khaliden (Round 2)
Mutant trauma and Black audiences
Omar Holmon presents a Cyclops Ether
The Trial of Hank Mccoy (cont.)
Nayhooo
Whities are back
Clone with a Hard C
I know Genosha smells crazy


We'll be alternating episodes on both our feeds so make sure to follow both REFERENTIAL and Immortal X of Words!

Make sure to subscribe for next week's recap/review of Episode 6 on Ash's podcast IMMORTAL X OF WORDS and then head back to REFERENTIAL to listen to us review Episode 7 the week after that (and so on!).



Find Ash @Vanthefirst on all socials and his podcast X of Words everywhere you find your podcasts.

Keep up to date with Dr. Khaliden Nas by checking out www.alsopurple.com and following @AlsoPurp on all socials.

Hosted by Ash Alleyne and Dr. Khaliden Nas.

Produced by Dr. Khaliden Nas

Music by PamperedFists & Anzahlung.

Podcast Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.



*'Tangent' are REFERENTIAL's shorter bonus episodes. Slightly different from the main monthly episodes. Expect quick reviews, edited bonus out content, collabs, mailbags, live audio, and whatever else I might think of + They take less time to make so I can update the feed frequently!*



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PREVIEW

Crossover pt. 4!(ish)



On a whim Ash and I decided to review/recap the just premiered 'X-Men '97'!

For Episode 4 we’re joined by my friend Victor Alexander (REFERENTIAL’s own video producer (follow us on Youtube and Tiktok!). We talk X-Men '97 Episode 4, Season 1 ‘Motendo / Lifedeath – Part 1’.



Find out how we've fit the following in:

The debut of a new regular segment
The debut of JubilAsh
Nostalgia
The trial of Victor Alexander, Beast Defender
Lorna looking RIKAN
Bzzt vs Pfft
An ASMR recap
Ash holds our hands
Mojo’s Drag Race
White dungarees
Sunsplat


We'll be alternating episodes on both our feeds so make sure to follow both REFERENTIAL and Immortal X of Words!

Make sure to subscribe for next week's recap/review of Episode 5 the week before we head back to the X Of Words feed for Episode 6 (and so on!).



Find Ash @Vanthefirst on all socials and his podcast X of Words everywhere you find your podcasts.

Find Victor @Clevvergirl on TikTok



Keep up to date with Dr. Khaliden Nas by checking out www.alsopurple.com and following @AlsoPurp on all socials.

Hosted by Ash Alleyne and Dr. Khaliden Nas.

Produced by Dr. Khaliden Nas

Music by PamperedFists & Anzahlung.

Podcast Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.



*'Tangent' are REFERENTIAL's shorter bonus episodes. Slightly different from the main monthly episodes. Expect quick reviews, edited bonus out content, collabs, mailbags, live audio, and whatever else I might think of + They take less time to make so I can update the feed frequently!*



Remember to leave a rating and review if you liked the episode!

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