Episode 216 - X-Amining X-Factor (feat. Dr. Andrea Letamendi)

== Episode Description ==
In which Dr. Andrea Letamendi of Arkham Sessions joins us to analyze some analysis; Doc Samson has major scope-of-practice issues; Ren & Stimpy references continue to fail to age well; it’s hard to be Quicksilver; Val Cooper is not your friend; Polaris pretty much always deserves better; Charles Xavier should not be allowed to inhabit positions of power; and labels are often not the best tools for good representations of mental illness and neurodivergence.
== X-Plained ==
* A very high-stakes 3-D puzzle
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* Doc Samson
* Making talking heads interesting
* Wolfsbane’s relationship to pop culture
* Appropriate boundaries
* Several remarkable fashion choices
* Pietro Maximoff in perspective
* Therapeutic assessment vs. intervention
* The extremely tragic backstory of Jamie Madrox
* Imposter syndrome
* A brief history of Polaris’s brushes with possession
* A really poorly planned and presented sequence
* Consequences of armchair diagnosis
* Interactions of telepathy and psychology
* Legion as a portrayal of mental illness
* Writing mental illness in fiction
== Listener Questions ==
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