Podcast
We Want To Believe: An X-Files Podcast
Hosted by Helen Werner and Liz Holden · EN
Sisters, scientists, and lifelong X-Files fans. Join bioarcheologist Helen and physicist Liz each week as they discuss the science and culture behind each X-Files episode. Come for the science and 90s nostalgia, stay for the detours into absurdity.
19episodes
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Summer Rerun - Where's Nebraska? ("Aubrey")
5d ago01:09:07Tap to summarizeNow with bonus content!💚👽💚👽💚Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.comFollow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePodEmail us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.comBuy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.htmlSupport Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
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Summer Rerun - Aristocracy ("Fire")
2w ago01:02:09Tap to summarizeWith new bonus content! (And trust me, you really need to hear this bonus content.)💚👽💚👽💚Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.comFollow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePodEmail us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.comBuy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.htmlSupport Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
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Summer Rerun - Archipelago ("Ice")
3w ago00:48:10Tap to summarizeThere's new bonus content, too!💚👽💚👽💚Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.comFollow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePodEmail us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.comBuy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.htmlSupport Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
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108 - An Interview with Susan Blommaert
4w ago00:21:20Tap to summarizeLiz and Helen talk with Susan Blommaert, the incredible actor who portrayed Mrs. Paddock in the terrifying X-Files episode "Die Hand Die Verletzt." We particularly love her take on Mrs. Paddock's nature, plus, listen for a great story about a note she sent to Dan Butler when they were in Vancouver to film. Thank you again, Susan!💚👽💚👽💚Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.comFollow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePodEmail us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.comBuy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.htmlSupport Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
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107 - An Extra-Fuzzy Australian ("Redux II")
May 501:09:29Tap to summarizeHelen and Liz discuss "Redux II," along with cool slang for water, the legit jaguar spirits, and an important new arrival.💚👽💚👽💚Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.comFollow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePodEmail us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.comBuy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.htmlSupport Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
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106 - Get Down, Giardia Poodle ("Redux I")
Apr 2801:04:48Tap to summarizeLiz and Helen discuss "Redux I," along with the best water-skiing video ever, new fluke worm discoveries, and what to do when you're hiding in the dark in someone's house. Also, Little Rock listeners, drink some beer and help us out!And here's the water-skiing video you all need to see:https://youtu.be/8Zgys8Vn-4Y?si=h8bkV1KtBbn_oRri💚👽💚👽💚Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.comFollow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePodEmail us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.comBuy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.htmlSupport Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
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REVIEW DAY - Things That Die in the Woods ("Syzygy")
Apr 2100:58:32Tap to summarizeWe're doing a review day, class! Enjoy this episode from Season 3, in which Liz and Helen discuss "Syzygy," along with dog skeletons, Helen's lingering Elijah Wood issue, and a terrible combination of the Monty Hall problem and the trolley problem.💚👽💚👽💚Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.comFollow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePodEmail us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.comBuy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.htmlSupport Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
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105 - G is for Snowman (The Simpsons "Springfield Files")
Apr 1400:41:30Tap to summarizeHelen and Liz discuss the Simpsons episode "The Springfield Files," along with perfect names, glowing stuff, and more on bee assassins.💚👽💚👽💚Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.comFollow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePodEmail us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.comBuy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.htmlSupport Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
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104 - Juicy ("Gethsemane")
Apr 801:01:32Tap to summarizeHelen and Liz discuss "Gethsemane," along with digging as a superpower, launching Helen into space, Seventh Saga, and scrunching out the crunch.P.S. Sorry for the weird metal noises that are sometimes in the background in this episode! Liz was recording from a different table than usual and kept shifting around in place, and the metal bits of the table kept creaking.💚👽💚👽💚Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.comFollow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePodEmail us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.comBuy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.htmlSupport Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
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103 - It's Always Head Day ("Demons")
Mar 3101:09:18Tap to summarizeLiz and Helen discuss "Demons," along with Helen's appearance in someone else’s X-File, interpretive dance with a knife, and Monty Hall (again). Plus, Helen might look at the goblin men, but she will not be taking ketamine.💚👽💚👽💚Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.comFollow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePodEmail us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.comBuy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.htmlSupport Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
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