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We Want To Believe: An X-Files Podcast

We Want To Believe: An X-Files Podcast

Written by: Helen Werner and Liz Holden
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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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Episodes
  • 106 - Get Down, Giardia Poodle ("Redux I")

    106 - Get Down, Giardia Poodle ("Redux I")
    Apr 28 2026

    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/
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • REVIEW DAY - Things That Die in the Woods ("Syzygy")

    REVIEW DAY - Things That Die in the Woods ("Syzygy")
    Apr 21 2026

    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/
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    59 mins
  • 105 - G is for Snowman (The Simpsons "Springfield Files")

    105 - G is for Snowman (The Simpsons "Springfield Files")
    Apr 14 2026

    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/
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    42 mins
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