We Want To Believe: An X-Files Podcast

Helen Werner and Liz Holden

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.

Episodes · 25

Summer Rerun - Big Cesar Chavez Vibes ("Apocrypha")

Jun 23, 2026 · 48m

Summer Rerun - The Hypnotizer ("Pusher")

Jun 16, 2026 · 54m

Summer Rerun - The Autopser ("The List")

Jun 9, 2026 · 48m

Summer Rerun - Where's Nebraska? ("Aubrey")

Jun 2, 2026 · 1h 9m

Summer Rerun - Aristocracy ("Fire")

May 26, 2026 · 1h 2m

Summer Rerun - Archipelago ("Ice")

May 19, 2026 · 48m

108 - An Interview with Susan Blommaert

May 12, 2026 · 21m

107 - An Extra-Fuzzy Australian ("Redux II")

May 5, 2026 · 1h 9m

106 - Get Down, Giardia Poodle ("Redux I")

Apr 28, 2026 · 1h 4m

REVIEW DAY - Things That Die in the Woods ("Syzygy")

Apr 21, 2026 · 58m

105 - G is for Snowman (The Simpsons "Springfield Files")

Apr 14, 2026 · 41m

104 - Juicy ("Gethsemane")

Apr 8, 2026 · 1h 1m

103 - It's Always Head Day ("Demons")

Mar 31, 2026 · 1h 9m

102 - Making Fetch Happen ("Elegy")

Mar 24, 2026 · 33m

101 - Floating Tackle Box of Sex Stuff ("Zero Sum")

Mar 17, 2026 · 57m

100 - Popcorn ("Synchrony")

Mar 10, 2026 · 1h 34m

99 - Boats of the Sky ("Max")

Mar 3, 2026 · 55m

98 - In the q ("Tempus Fugit")

Feb 24, 2026 · 48m

97 - Three Teeth ("Unrequited")

Feb 17, 2026 · 47m

96 - Clayboy ("Kaddish")

Feb 10, 2026 · 1h 0m

95 - West Virginia Tourism Strategy ("Memento Mori")

Feb 3, 2026 · 51m

94 - LeBron for a Day ("Small Potatoes")

Jan 27, 2026 · 55m

REVIEW DAY - The Crown Prince of Russia ("Irresistible")

Jan 6, 2026 · 1h 8m

REVIEW DAY - Muskrat Love ("2Shy")

Dec 30, 2025 · 1h 13m

REVIEW DAY - Bagpipes Can Mean Anything ("Duane Barry")

Dec 23, 2025 · 1h 3m