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.
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101 - Floating Tackle Box of Sex Stuff ("Zero Sum")
Mar 1700:57:20Tap to summarizeLiz and Helen discuss "Zero Sum," along with the championship of our X-Files Villains Bracket: Mrs. Paddock versus the Eve Clones! Plus intubation updates, stripy insect parody songs, and the challenges of carrying people around.💚👽💚👽💚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.html
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100 - Popcorn ("Synchrony")
Mar 1001:34:30Tap to summarizeIt's our hundredth episode! Liz and Helen are joined by Dr. Katie Lupo, a chemist and good friend, to discuss "Synchrony," along with science scandals, imaginary mass, and the outcome of the battle between the Eve Clones and Terri & Margi. Remember, Helen does not falsify data!💚👽💚👽💚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.html
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99 - Boats of the Sky ("Max")
Mar 300:55:58Tap to summarizeHelen and Liz discuss "Max," along with uncovering the answers to what Scully must be hiding, what makes Catholicism so scary, and where you put the tube. Also, "what is the real story anyway?"💚👽💚👽💚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.html
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98 - In the q ("Tempus Fugit")
Feb 2400:48:05Tap to summarizeLiz and Helen discuss "Tempus Fugit," along with penny flipping, little Roman ghost boys, and accidentally stealing accents. Plus, Terri and Margi take on Eddie van Blundht in our Villains bracket!💚👽💚👽💚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.html
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97 - Three Teeth ("Unrequited")
Feb 1700:47:24Tap to summarizeHelen and Liz discuss "Unrequited," along with orc facts, Liz's cell phone bathroom incident, and the electromagnetic phenomenon that would make Helen "expire on the spot." Plus, an insightful listener comment solves another listener's mystery—with physics!💚👽💚👽💚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.html
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96 - Clayboy ("Kaddish")
Feb 1001:00:24Tap to summarizeLiz and Helen discuss "Kaddish," along with a sexy magazine for historic monsters, a clever goat, and a Gargoyle vs Tooms penalty shoot-out.💚👽💚👽💚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 stories here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.comBuy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
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95 - West Virginia Tourism Strategy ("Memento Mori")
Feb 300:51:27Tap to summarizeHelen and Liz talk about "Memento Mori," along with Reynard the Fox, the horrors of Punch and Judy, and the latin for taking a brief break from knowing that you will die. Also, a very quick discussion of the first Round of Eight match-up in our X-Files villains bracket: Mrs. Paddock vs the Flukeman.💚👽💚👽💚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 stories here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.comBuy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
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94 - LeBron for a Day ("Small Potatoes")
Jan 2700:55:35Tap to summarizeLiz and Helen discuss "Small Potatoes," along with general body-swapping strategy and a perhaps-controversial outcome in the Pfaster vs. van Blundht match-up.💚👽💚👽💚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 stories here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.comBuy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
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