We Want To Believe: An X-Files Podcast
Helen Werner and Liz Holden
Show overview
We Want To Believe: An X-Files Podcast has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 131 episodes. That works out to roughly 120 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 4th season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 45 min and 1h 3m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language TV & Film show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 23 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 40 episodes published. Published by Helen Werner and Liz Holden.
From the publisher
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).
Latest Episodes
View all 131 episodesSummer Rerun - Big Cesar Chavez Vibes ("Apocrypha")
Summer Rerun - The Hypnotizer ("Pusher")
Summer Rerun - The Autopser ("The List")
Summer Rerun - Where's Nebraska? ("Aubrey")
Summer Rerun - Aristocracy ("Fire")
Summer Rerun - Archipelago ("Ice")
108 - An Interview with Susan Blommaert
107 - An Extra-Fuzzy Australian ("Redux II")
106 - Get Down, Giardia Poodle ("Redux I")
REVIEW DAY - Things That Die in the Woods ("Syzygy")
105 - G is for Snowman (The Simpsons "Springfield Files")
104 - Juicy ("Gethsemane")
S4 Ep 27103 - It's Always Head Day ("Demons")
Liz 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: [email protected] 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/
S4 Ep 26102 - Making Fetch Happen ("Elegy")
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!💚👽💚👽💚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: [email protected] Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
S4 Ep 25101 - Floating Tackle Box of Sex Stuff ("Zero Sum")
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.💚👽💚👽💚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: [email protected] Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
S4 Ep 24100 - Popcorn ("Synchrony")
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!💚👽💚👽💚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: [email protected] Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
S4 Ep 2399 - Boats of the Sky ("Max")
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?"💚👽💚👽💚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: [email protected] Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
S4 Ep 2298 - In the q ("Tempus Fugit")
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!💚👽💚👽💚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: [email protected] Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
S4 Ep 2197 - Three Teeth ("Unrequited")
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 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: [email protected] Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html
S4 Ep 2096 - Clayboy ("Kaddish")
Liz 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: [email protected] Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html