We Want To Believe

Mar 07 2025 77 ep. 51 mins 13

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Join us each week while we re-watch the X-Files and discuss the science and culture behind each episode and how much we still love Mulder and Scully (spoiler: a lot).

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Episode 73: The Gravel Potluck

Mar 07 2025 43 mins

Helen and Liz discuss "Teso dos Bichos," along with SimCity, Helen's ideal rave, and being primed for capybaras.

Episode 72: Liz's Shameless Cash Grab

Feb 28 2025 10 mins

Liz talks about her debut novel, Mighty Millie Novak. Have you bought it yet? Go on, buy it.

Episode 71: The Hypnotizer

Feb 21 2025 51 mins

Liz and Helen discuss "Pusher," along with unicorn haircuts, dog slumber parties, samurai, and a fascinating study involving psychics and schizophrenics.

Episode 70: Big Cesar Chavez Vibes

Feb 14 2025 43 mins

Helen and Liz discuss "Apocrypha," along with boy archeologists, glowing people to death, filling Mulder and Scully with concrete, and the build-up to talking about MRI machines.

Episode 69: Salvage Brokers Broker Salvage

Feb 08 2025 37 mins

Liz and Helen discuss "Piper Maru," along with goblin mode, flashlight tag, and the return of the series' most punchable character.

Episode 68: Very Poorly Lit

Jan 31 2025 38 mins

Helen and Liz discuss "Grotesque," along with the hole in Helen's floor, the reason for gargoyles, and the art class medium their mother would never allow.

Episode 67: Things That Die in the Woods

Jan 24 2025 56 mins

Liz and Helen discuss "Syzygy," along with dog skeletons, Helen's lingering Elijah Wood issue, and a terrible combination of the Monty Hall and the trolley problems.

REVIEW DAY: Helen Werner, Slightly Psychic

Jan 10 2025 37 mins

Review Day! We're still taking a break for the holidays, so today you can listen to our old episode about X-Files season 1 episode 23, "Roland." Plus you can enjoy some brand-new audio of Liz mangling the very few sentences she has to read during the intro.

REVIEW DAY: Is Robert Smith the Jersey Devil?

Jan 03 2025 40 mins

Liz is sick, and it's the week of New Year's Day, so we're taking a break from recording this week, and instead sharing one of our first episodes. In this one, Helen talks Liz through X-Files season 1 episode 5, "The Jersey Devil," and Liz is nearly destroyed by laughter when shown a key drawing from the episode.

Episode 66: A Violent Suitcase-throwing Machine

Dec 28 2024 59 mins

Helen and Liz talk with author Mallory Marlowe about her 2024 paranormal romance, Love and Other Conspiracies, along with "War of the Coprophages," a demonic horse statue, unsettling candy bar analogies, and jazz hands. And, yes, Liz continues talking about "Muskrat Love."