We Want To Believe: Recent Episodes
Helen Werner and Liz Holden
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).
Now with bonus content!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
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Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Now with bonus content!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Now with bonus content!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Now with bonus content!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Now with bonus content!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Now with bonus content!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Now with bonus content!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Now with bonus content!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Now with bonus content!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Now with bonus content!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Now with bonus content!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
With new bonus content! (And trust me, you really need to hear this bonus content.)
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
There's new bonus content, too!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Liz 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!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Helen and Liz discuss "Redux II," along with cool slang for water, the legit jaguar spirits, and an important new arrival.
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Liz 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
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
We'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.
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Helen and Liz discuss the Simpsons episode "The Springfield Files," along with perfect names, glowing stuff, and more on bee assassins.
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Helen 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.
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Liz and Helen discuss "Demons," along with Helen's appearance in someone elseβs 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.
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/
Helen and Liz discuss "Elegy," along with the plague hag and the Yule lads, Helen's bowling number, and further details on Scully's medical education. Plus, we have a VERY EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Liz 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.
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
It'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!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Helen 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?"
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Liz 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!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Helen 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 mysteryβwith physics!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Liz and Helen discuss "Kaddish," along with a sexy magazine for historic monsters, a clever goat, and a Gargoyle vs Tooms penalty shoot-out.
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style stories here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Helen 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.
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style stories here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Liz and Helen discuss "Small Potatoes," along with general body-swapping strategy and a perhaps-controversial outcome in the Pfaster vs. van Blundht match-up.
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
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REVIEW DAY! We're taking a few weeks off for the holidays, so today we're replaying our Season 2 episode "The Crown Prince of Russia," where we discuss the Season 2 episode "Irresistible." This is your chance to brush up on your Donnie Pfaster knowledge in advance of his battle with Eddie van Blundt in our villains tournament, which we'll be talking about in our new episode next week!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style stories here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
REVIEW DAY! We're taking a few weeks off for the holidays, so today we're replaying our Season 3 episode "Muskrat Love." We discuss the Season 3 episode "2Shy," along with bad dates, bad screen names, and bad songs. Next new episode coming January 13!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style stories here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
REVIEW DAY! We're taking a few weeks off for the holidays, so today we're replaying our Season 2 episode "Bagpipes Can Mean Anything." We discuss the season 2 episode "Duane Barry," along with the first appearance of Krychek, Mulder in a speedo, and threats posed by musical instruments. Plus Helen quickly debunks Liz's "sentient liquids" theory. Next new episode coming January 13!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style stories here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Helen and Liz discuss "Never Again," along with the villain match-up of one creepy dude vs two snarky teens, plus a listener story with a possible time loop.
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style stories here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Helen and Liz are joined by Courtney of That Nostalgia Show to discuss "Leonard Betts," along with the "Betts vs L'Ively" fight, a book with Liz's long-sought-after scenario of crushing someone in library stacks, and Helen's absolutely horrifying dream.
Follow Courtney and Hannah of That Nostalgia Show on Instagram at @ThatNostalgiaPod
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style stories here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Liz and Helen discuss "El Mundo Gira," along with the Mothman's favorite album, spurious correlations, and the exciting reveal of El Chupacabra's birthday. Plus, the match-up of Tooms vs Boggs!
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Find more info about Helen and Liz at our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com
Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod
Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style stories here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com
Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
Helen and Liz discuss "Paper Hearts," along with bog people, midnight vacuum cleaner investigations, and if the Mad Hatter is a serial killer. They also discuss the match-up of The Gargoyle vs the Peacock Family. Plus, a special guest pops in at the end!
Liz and Helen discuss "Terma," along with the Paddock v Incanto showdown, words to describe muscles, and the beloved tea-steeping scene.
Helen and Liz talk about the episode "Tunguska," along with this week's Villians Bracket match-up, DPO vs. the Eve clones. Plus, diplomatic kangaroos, name-based small-scale revenge, and the obvious fact Liz had been missing until last week.
We are shifting our schedule so new episodes will come out on Tuesdays. While you wait for next Tuesday's episode, enjoy this rerun from all the way back in 2022, discussing the episode "Eve" from Season 1 of the X-Files.
Liz and Helen discuss "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man," along with the first match-up in their X-Files villains bracket: Robert Patrick Modell vs the Flukeman. Plus, writing advice, spy likelihoods, and the realization that CSM should just go to therapy for his daddy issues instead of assassinating so many people.
Helen and Liz discuss the X-Files episode "Sanguinarium," along with a salmon costume, all the five-sided shapes, poor tattoo decisions, and an obscure Catholic holiday. Plus, we're kicking off our X-Files Villains Tournament! Next week we'll discuss the first match-up, Pusher vs Flukeman, so let us know your thoughts now!
Helen and Liz discuss "The Field Where I Died," along with emo goldendoodles, a spooky mermaid book recommendation, and the intolerable rice cooker monologue. Plus, a fan theory suggests Liz and Helen harbor a dark secret. Maybe we're hiding in plain sight? Finally, sorry Zach!
Welcome Brazilian listeners?? Liz and Helen discuss "Unruhe," along with an update to Book Corner, a crucial dog name correction, and the use of teeth as a disguise.
Helen and Liz discuss the X-files episode "Teliko," along with Liz's expectations for the locations of paperbacks and Helen's eventual discovery of the green glass chicken! Plus, another episode of Smart Sister, Dumb Sister.
Liz and Helen discuss "Home," the all-time scariest episode of the X-Files. Plus, other stuff! Definitely other stuff! Look, Liz is still recovering from knee surgery and cannot remember a damn thing right now...
We're back! Season 4 begins! Helen and Liz discuss the X-Files episode episode "Herrenvolk," along with other stuff Liz can't remember cuz she had knee surgery yesterday and is currently taking oxycodone as she types this.
SUMMER RERUN: Helen and Liz discuss "Soft Light," plus unicorns made of dark matter, coatimundis ruining the vibe, and two separate occasions of drunk science education.
SUMMER RERUN: 50th episode special: All about Mars! With guest Matt Siegler. Plus, space cocktails, the best type of fake dirt, and vegemite.
SUMMER RERUN: Helen and Liz discuss "The Calusari," and Helen is filled with righteous anger. Plus, the search for gluten-free samosas, why the TSA stops Helen and not Liz, and the Fluke Man's identity.
We're in Munich, and we have updates! Goldhorn, ShipGoo001, and a lack of space algae. Plus, a surprise for Helen about the summer reruns. Also, Liz edited this episode; don't blame Zach.
SUMMER RERUN: 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."
SUMMER RERUN: Liz and Helen very briefly discuss "Fearful Symmetry," but mostly it's time to talk about "Agent of Chaos," the young adult novel about a teenage Mulder, which came out in 2017. Also, recommendations for shorts, bone arrows, and a video game Liz is NOT okay with.
SUMMER RERUN: Helen and Liz hit the road! A trip to the famously haunted Drake Hotel in Chicago involves the typical nonsense, including blocking the closet door with a chair-ironing-board-shelf-cushion combo, deciding who we'd most like to be haunted by, and Liz swearing at Chicago traffic.
SUMMER RERUN: Liz and Helen discuss the episode "Aubrey," the Mysterious Ghost, werewolf lights, bone identification, and the one person/mouse allowed to call someone "Little Sister." Plus, some struggles with geography.
SUMMER RERUN: Liz and Helen discuss dubious chemistry, a town chock full of blood drives, the "boss," plus Helen's plumber shows up.
Liz and Helen are live! We livestreamed our discussion of "Talitha Cumi," so you'll get to hear listener questions and opinions throughout the episode, along with our discussion of secret neighborhood tunnels, animal mascots, and glueing bones together. Plus, 1.5 people shame Helen about movies.
Also, oops, let the record show that it was Liz's friend Cori who came up with the idea of an Empire Records live experience, not her friend Sandi.
Helen and Liz discuss "Wetwired," along with a new Loch Ness Monster theory, horse milk, our declining ability to speak, and the link between deceased senator Ted Stevens and Whitby, England. Plus, JOIN US LIVE, Tuesday, May 6, at 2pm Central, for the recording of our Season 3 finale. We'll be discussing "Talitha Cumi," answering questions, and surely going off on plenty of tangents. Grab the link for the livestream in our Instagram bio, or just copy and paste this: https://youtube.com/live/7Y5wKgXN8sY?feature=share
Liz and Helen discuss "Quagmire," along with abnormally nice dentists, too many alligators, the green cylinder, and 50 pounds of rice.
Helen and Liz discuss "Avatar," along with other media recommendations, inspirational tattoos, and an update on Helen's nails. Plus, where's Smoking Man?
Helen and Liz discuss "Jose Chung's From Outer Space," along with hitting each other with sticks, eating avocados recreationally, and the Feynman-Frey connection. Plus, Helen learns the truth about Communion. My meter just jumped two points!
Liz and Helen discuss "Hell Money," along with blood types, the link between James Hong and Buster Bluth, and the point at which being burned alive in a crematorium becomes a public health crisis. Plus, Liz screws up a name in a way she'll never live down.
Helen and Liz discuss "Teso dos Bichos," along with SimCity, Helen's ideal rave, and being primed for capybaras.
Liz talks about her debut novel, Mighty Millie Novak. Have you bought it yet? Go on, buy it.
Liz and Helen discuss "Pusher," along with unicorn haircuts, dog slumber parties, samurai, and a fascinating study involving psychics and schizophrenics.
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.
Liz and Helen discuss "Piper Maru," along with goblin mode, flashlight tag, and the return of the series' most punchable character.
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.
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! 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.
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.
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."
Liz and Helen discuss "Revelations," along with Helen's childhood fear of stigmata, Liz's obsession with Jason Mantzoukas, the Crunchers, science history, and vending-machine egg salad sandwiches.
Helen and Liz discuss "731," along with the Rolling Stones, turquoise bacteria, Liz's shin, and Mr. Hansen and his disease research facility. Plus, of course, sea lions.
Liz and Helen discuss "Nisei," along with objet d'arts, the chicken dance, and our upcoming episode with guest star Mallory Marlowe (author of Love and Other Conspiracies)! Plus, more about Muskrat Love. Helen's Venmo is @Helen-Werner88. (The 88 is solely because she was born in 1988.)
Helen and Liz discuss "Oubliette," along with physics riddles, terrible presentations, the disappearing kayaker, and, obviously, the aforementioned bucket.
Itβs a review day, class! We're taking a one-week break, so enjoy this "review day," and hear our discussion of the Season Two episode "Three." (This is the terrible, terrible vampire episode. It's basically Liz ranting for an hour straight.)
Liz and Helen discuss "The Walk," along with our favorite horror movies, haunted televisions Part Two, and Liz's attempt to astrally project.
Helen and Liz discuss "2Shy." Plus, bad dates, bad screen names, and bad songs. And: snuggles?
Liz and Helen discuss "The List," along with their proposed "Jesus: The Revenge" action movie, the X-Files fake maggot budget, and the cutest dog in the world. Plus, find out if Liz can count to five!
Helen and Liz discuss X-Files season 3 episode 4, "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose." They also talk about ways psychics have lied to them, people who are ghost-adjacent, and what your Zodiac sign says about your investment strategy.
Liz and Helen are back! Today they discuss X-Files Season 3 Episode 3, "DPO," along with the threat of coprnices, fly eyes, Helen's foray into Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and people they don't care for.
Our season finale! Liz and Helen discuss "Paper Clip," plus they consider 'man vs bear' question, have fun with statistics in the Monty Hall problem, and recall a classic story of an old friend, a random family, and a tree that did not serve as a good hiding spot.
Helen and Liz hit the road! A trip to the famously haunted Drake Hotel in Chicago involves the typical nonsense, including blocking the closet door with a chair-ironing-board-shelf-cushion combo, deciding who we'd most like to be haunted by, and Liz swearing at Chicago traffic.
It's a review day, class! We're taking a two-week break, so enjoy this "review day," and hear our answers to listener questions from two years ago. (This is the origin of the idea of Liz hoping she could learn to dunk a basketball.) Also, submit your questions for us, for a future episode!
Helen and Liz discuss "The Blessing Way," plus the Peewee Herman hypnosis experiment, inspirational posters, and the name Turtle.
Liz and Helen discuss "Anasazi." Plus, some linguistics update, Louie the raccoon, the question Helen won't ask a friend's brother, and the reason Liz got married.
Helen and Liz discuss the X-Files episode "Our Town," along with talking yourself into fatal insomnia, sinister rock tumblers, and determining when it's safe to eat your friends. Plus, Helen's haunted hotel experience.
Helen and Liz discuss "Soft Light," plus unicorns made of dark matter, coatimundis ruining the vibe, and two separate occasions of drunk science education.
All about Mars, with our guest Dr. Matt Siegler. Plus, space cocktails, the best type of fake dirt, and Vegemite.
Liz and Helen discuss "F. Emasculata," an episode perfect for someone who studied parasitology and epidemiology. Alas, Liz did not study those things.
Helen and Liz discuss "The Calusari," and Helen is filled with righteous anger. Plus, the search for gluten-free samosas, why the TSA stops Helen and not Liz, and the Fluke Man's identity.
Liz and Helen discuss "Humbug," along with Sweatin' to the Oldies, geeks, when a bookshelf is a pantry, and the correct number of people to know who want to hang from hooks. Plus, Liz tries to sell you something. You should listen to her.
Helen and Liz discuss "DΓΈd Kalm," along with time-traveling bison, black holes, Malaysia Flight 370, and Liz's theory regarding who, exactly, is chewing through their friend's car's wiring.
Liz and Helen very briefly discuss "Fearful Symmetry," but mostly it's time to talk about "Agent of Chaos," the young adult novel about a teenage Mulder, which came out in 2017. Also, recommendations for shorts, bone arrows, and a video game Liz is NOT okay with.
Helen and Liz discuss "End Game," along with Florida alien sightings, clone science, snitching, and Liz's habit of cutting up little pieces of paper. Plus, Helen fails to understand Amazon's on-screen options.
Liz and Helen discuss "Colony," spiritualists, anime, being confused about geography (as usual), and that it does, indeed, hurt to be hit by a car. Plus, an eerie woodland listener story!
Helen and Liz discuss the episode "Fresh Bones," along with Haitian history, puffer fish, the Highgate Vampire, somersault lessons, and Liz's lack of household maintenance. Also, Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!
Liz and Helen discuss the episode "Die Hand Die Verletzt," along with squirrel nests, false memories, and Dee Snider. Plus, Liz makes Helen play a game.
Helen and Liz discuss "Irresistible," and the show's scariest villain. Also, Taskmaster for dogs, romantasy, the weird noise in Helen's office, The Gift of Fear, and Peak Yogurt.
Liz and Helen discuss the episode "Aubrey," the Mysterious Ghost, werewolf lights, bone identification, and the one person/mouse allowed to call someone "Little Sister." Plus, some struggles with geography.
Helen and Liz discuss "Excelsis Dei," teaching philosophies, the best taco filling, and some brand-new X-Files Twitter gossip. Plus, look, Liz really can't pronounce "Dei" and she knows this.
Helen and Liz discuss the mind-blowing episode "Red Museum," the virtues of not eating meat, Helen's terrifying flight experience, and synonyms for "museum." Plus, why does Scully recognize that man? Why???
After a week off, Helen and Liz discuss "Firewalker," aka Season 1's "Ice" but a few hundred degrees warmer. Baseball-bat-sized asparagus kill people, Helen extolls the virtues of spring-loaded hair clips, Liz forgets the existence of hallucinogenic mushrooms, and, once again, both sisters decry Mulder's terrible judgement. Plus, geese! This podcast mentions geese. Got it, algorithm?
Helen and Liz discuss the episode "One Breath." Scully is back, Liz hates a dental hygienist, and Helen masters the lightning round. Plus, was that guy Liz briefly dated in a coma in her living room?
Liz and Helen discuss the X-Files episode "3," overly dramatic goths, the film Basic Instinct, and Liz's blood phobia. Plus, leprechauns. Twice.
Helen and Liz discuss "Ascension," the continuation of the story started in "Duane Barry." Also, Galveston, Texas, is clearly "chock full of ghosts." And have they uncovered further proof their mother might be psychic?
Helen and Liz discuss a truly scary hostage-negotiation episode, consider the threat posed by various musical instruments, and appreciate Mulder in a speedo for no reason. Plus, Helen quickly puts to rest Liz's "sentient liquids" theory.
Liz and Helen discuss the appearance of Krycek, giant novelty stomachs, a Dwight Schrute nightmare, and Liz's capacity for murder. And as promised, here's Liz's 2010 short story that still scares Helen: https://tinyurl.com/49da7ydt
Liz and Helen discuss dubious chemistry, a town chock full of blood drives, the "boss," plus Helen's plumber shows up.
Flatworm education, public pool concerns, and tattoos of your own name. Helen has a lot to teach Liz this week.
We're back! Season 2 begins! Mulder lives for Bach, Scully monologues during an autopsy, Helen's hair looks great, and is this actually a Lord of the Rings podcast?
Helen and Liz watch the Season 1 finale, The Erlenmeyer Flask! A quality X-Files, really firing on all cylinders. They also discuss (at length!) how to describe actual erlenmeyer flasks.
Roland is not a great episode of the X-Files, but this was a pretty excellent episode of our podcast. Plus--find out about our psychic sister powers (or lack thereof).
Liz and Helen discuss Born Again. This is Liz's first time learning how to upload the podcast episode! She is very tired and can't think of anything clever to say.
Liz recaps the disaster that was the recording of Episode 21 and shares two spooky stories.
Liz and Helen discuss a recent hearing by the US government regarding the presence of alien life.