We Want To Believe

About We Want To Believe

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.

Publisher

Helen Werner and Liz Holden

Category

science · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Feb 2022

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

205 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Oct 2026

   114 - Suck It, Tooms! ("Kitsunegari")

   Helen does not recommend "Kitsunegari." She and Liz also discuss hemodynamics, hypothetically angering Keith Ranieri, and the minotaur inside Liz's computer. Also, we have merch! Go buy it! You can find the shop on our website and at the link in our Instagram bio. Recommendations: Book: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Podcast: We Want to Believe Episode 87: "Celebratory Fluke Noises" (for Helen's excellent assessment of a Flukeman vs. Pusher match-up) 💚👽💚👽💚 Find more info about Helen and Liz on our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com (http://wewanttobelievepod.com) Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod (http://instagram.com/wewanttobelievepod) Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com (mailto:wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com) Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/ (https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/) Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html (http://elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html) Now you can leave us a voice message! Just click here! (https://rss.com/podcasts/wewanttobelievepod/voicemail)

2. 

   14 Oct 2026

   113 - And Then We See the Herring

   Liz and Helen discuss "Emily," along with the Barbuda Triangle, clones of Gillian Anderson, and the importance of college friends. Plus, Liz sends Helen an email attachment. It's surprising the two of them are so normal looking! Recommendations Book: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Movie: The Mummy (1999) App: Stay Focused Clothes for the Hypermobile: Jelly Bend 💚👽💚👽💚 Find more info about Helen and Liz on our podcast website: wewanttobelievepod.com (http://wewanttobelievepod.com) Follow us on Instagram: @WeWanttoBelievePod (http://instagram.com/wewanttobelievepod) Email us with your questions, thoughts, or your own spooky X-files-style experiences here: wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com (mailto:wewanttobelievepod@gmail.com) Support Helen and Zach's charity, The Marigold Foundation: https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/ (https://www.themarigoldfoundation.org/) Buy Liz's young adult novel, Mighty Millie Novak, anywhere you buy books, or start here: elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html (http://elizabeth-holden.com/millie.html) Now you can leave us a voice message! Just click here! (https://rss.com/podcasts/wewanttobelievepod/voicemail)

3. 

   7 Oct 2026

   BONUS - The Search for the Chicken

   Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. (https://rss.com/podcasts/wewanttobelievepod/voicemail) Want something less serious than Episode 112 about "Christmas Carol"? Enjoy 17 minutes of Liz searching her house for the green glass chicken that Helen hid there. There IS a resolution at the end!

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

77

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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