Mutant Studies 101

Dean Coburn and Morgan Ward
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  • Arts
  • Semiweekly

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.

  1. Oct 20

    Summer Sessions: 'X-Men '97' Season Two Recap with Justin Jordan

    Somehow, we made it out of the distant past, we're still in the summer, and it is still 1997. You know what that means, we're finishing up 'X-Men '97' with Justin Jordan. Topics Include: The future of the X-Men in the MCU, a lot of discussion around gay Morph, not enough discussion about the actual plot of the episodes, and of course, time travel. You can follow the show @MutantStudies101 on Instagram. Links and transcripts are availiable at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com Justin can be found @freddiesroommate. Morgan can be found @beakerbarnes and Dean can be found @deancoburnld on Instagram.

    Summer Sessions: 'X-Men '97' Season Two Recap with Justin Jordan

  2. Oct 8

    Summer Sessions: Murder at the Mansion

    We are back again students, and we decide when Summer is over! For this episode, your professors dig deep into Muder at the Mansion! Dean goes into full Emma Frost psychosis, Morgan projects onto Jean Grey, we (lovingly) make fun of Sage. It's a grand old time. You can follow the show @mutantstudies101 on Instagram. Links to the transcripts, show notes, and citations can be found at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. Morgan can be found anywhere @beakerbarnes and Dean can be found on Instagram @deancoburnld.

  3. Sep 20

    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!

  4. Sep 15

    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.

  5. Aug 31

    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.

  6. Aug 27

    Summer Sessions: RIOT AT XAVIERS w/X-Men True Friends

    It's time to RIOT, Students! For this lecture, your professors are joined by the absolutely LOVELY hosts of the X-Men True Friends podcast Kyle Gibson and Joshua Catone to dive DEEP into Quentin Quire-related shenanigans Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of school shootings, teenage drug use, and the alt-right You can follow the show @mutantstudies101 on Instagram. You can follow the True Friends @xmentruefriendspodcast. You can find links to our show notes, transcripts, and citations at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. As always we'd like to thank Ollie Pritchard for our theme music, Hayden Kierkeide for our art, and Annelids Gilbert for our research assistance

  7. Jul 28

    Summer Sessions: New Worlds w/Chapman Blake

    Be prepared to start our psychic affairs and absorb the sins of the father, students! For this week's lecture, your professors are diving REALLY deep into New X-Men 127-133, titled New Worlds. Joining us is comics scholar and host of the SubteXt-Men podcast Chapman Blake! Topics for this lecture include: Diving further into what Xorn means and represents in this run, unpacking what exactly is the deal with Fantomex, a psychoanalysis of the O5 (but who's shocked), the beginnings of the psychic affair, our VERY complicated feelings on Sooraya Qadir, and more! Content Warning: This lecture contains discussions of genocide, the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, and sexual manipulation. You can follow SubteXt-Men on Instagram and Bluesky @subtextmenpod and Chapman @chapmancblake. As always, we'd like to thank OlliePhresh for our theme music, Hayden Kierkeide for our art, and Anneliese Gelberg for their research assistance

  8. Jul 22

    BONUS: NO GODS NO MASTERS

    Be prepared to fight some kaiju, students! For this BONUS interview, your professors are joined by Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo, the creative team behind NO GODS NO MASTERS for an interview all about the book. They dig deep into the new book, their previous collaborations, talk all about big monsters and teenage angst, and more! You can preorder NO GODS NO MASTERS #1 at your local comic shop until Monday July 27. Julio can be found @julioanta and Jacoby can be found @jacobysalcedo. You can follow the show on Instagram and Bluesky @mutantstudies101 and on Twitter and TikTok @mutant101pod. You can find our show notes, citations, and transcripts at mutantstudies101.tumblr.com. As always, we'd like to thank OlliiePhresh for our theme music, Hayden Kierkeide for our artwork, and Anneliese Gelberg for their research assistance.

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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.

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  • Creator
    Dean Coburn and Morgan Ward
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    58
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Dean Coburn and Morgan Ward 2024
  • Show Website
    Mutant Studies 101

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