An X Files rewatch podcast with Edwin Davies and Michaela Livingstone-Banks. Watch along as we delve into the dark heart of the American psyche via a TV show from the 90s. We’ll look at history, science, and maybe a bit of our own nostalgia. Whether this is your first time watching, or your tenth time watching, grab your flashlight, trust no one and strap in for the ride.
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The conspiracy crashes into this episode like a small plane into a field. Michaela and Ed talk about an extremely disjointed episode that started out life as a crossover with Picket Fences, and probably would have been better off if it had stayed that way. They also prove that this podcast canonically takes place inside the mind of Tommy Westphall.…
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Homesickness, impressive strength and sci-fi's obsession with things popping out of peoples' bodies are all part of this week's discussion.Von The File Room Pod
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We discuss this beautiful, emotional episode, plus the artistic merits of obsolete video technology. Edit: The original version of this episode was missing the synopsis, please re-download for the updated file!Von The File Room Pod
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What can go wrong when you have sexy vampires on a religious rampage across Los Angeles?Von The File Room Pod
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What podcast about the X Files being recorded in July 2024 would be complete without a bit of football chat? Ed declares his love for Nick Cave (not for the first time), Michaela's house move is in sight, PLUS we big up David Duchovny's performance, and note that all the important men are in the room.…
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We discuss an incredibly intense and consequentlial episode.Von The File Room Pod
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Michaela goes method, politics happens, and we meet Krycek.Von The File Room Pod
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Ed and Michaela discuss their childhood fears, confess to pranks of yesteryear that they regret and how this episode still feels relevant in our current age of paranoia and fears of misinformation.Von The File Room Pod
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Darin Morgan makes his X Files debut in one of the most disgusting episodes ever created for TV.Von The File Room Pod
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We’re back! The X Files reintroduces itself for the season opener, with a dishevelled Mulder, a few palm trees and a cameo for SETI. We share our love for the Arecibo Observatory.Von The File Room Pod
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0.1 - Season 1 Recap
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We've been tracking our ratings in a spreadsheet so you don't have to. We reflect on how season 1 has met our expectation in this special bonus episode.Von The File Room Pod
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24 - Erlenmeyer Flask
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Ed makes a pitch for why you should watch a 7 hour film, and we discuss the final episode of the season featuring a healthy dose of paranoia and naked people in tanks.Von The File Room Pod
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What do My Little Pony, Dragonball Z and this episode of the X files have in common? Listen in to find out, plus our discussion of the rise of origami, why familiar is fine sometimes, plus pagan rituals and politics.Von The File Room Pod
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Before we get to the return of our favourite stretchy serial killer and how we feel for poor Dr Monty, we catch up on the festival of silly names and Ed starred in an observational documentary.Von The File Room Pod
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We discuss how to accidentally make an environmental message, why rain sucks, and Ed shares his love of hanging around with horses.Von The File Room Pod
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This week we dig into Native American lore, why Mulder was uncharacteristically slow off the mark, and why it only takes one Gatorade to scupper credit card fraud.Von The File Room Pod
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Michaela was buzzed to hear what Ed had to say about Mulder and Scully’s investigation into a faith healer. And why Jesus is Japan’s Thor.Von The File Room Pod
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Michaela breaks the weather, Scully stalks a lorry, and Deep Throat educates Mulder about sharks. Oh yeah and big love for the world's favourite conspiracy theorist squad. Plus extra movie club chat (spoiler alert for The Favourite and Poor Things).Von The File Room Pod
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16 - Young at Heart
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Existential crises, the salamander hand and the unfolding curse that is being one of Mulder’s past colleagues. If this one sounds like Michaela didn’t realise she was recording this via her laptop’s mic, that’s because that is the case.Von The File Room Pod
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Freaky Friday Frankenstein cop drama, with a terrible tattoo.Von The File Room Pod
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Our experiences of finding magazines in bushes might differ from Brother Martin's...Von The File Room Pod
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13 - Beyond the Sea
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The perfect episode of the X Files? And the perfect day of cleaning loos.Von The File Room Pod
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We learn all sorts of things in this episode, like not to play with fire, smokers are jokers, Mulder has a totally rational fear of fire, and Ed's mum was a raver.Von The File Room Pod
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Big ideas, little sips, psychotic eight year olds and a deep government conspiracy.Von The File Room Pod
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10 - Fallen Angel
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Top secret lies, Taylor Swift conspiracies, hovering meteorites, dancers in body socks... If you're not listening for that then, we can't help you.Von The File Room Pod
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Was it ghosts? Was it aliens? We welcome a very special guest onto the show to give their verdict.Von The File Room Pod
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This week we delve into how to cook up a perfect recipe for tension and put Mulder and Scully's relationship under the magnifying glass. Then of course there's the poop jar incident.Von The File Room Pod
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7 - Ghost in the Machine
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A time capsule look at 90s tech, we discuss the finer points of a building's dull personality and how to turn a lunchbox into a laptop.Von The File Room Pod
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From Lauren's protective ghost boss to Michaela's spooky experience with a prudish ghost, and how all it takes is 1.4 megabytes to bring down a corporate conspiracy to support terrorists.Von The File Room Pod
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Womanhood, evolution, the breakdown of society. We attempt to say some things about what the episode was attempting to say things about. And Mulder draws some knockers on Big Foot.Von The File Room Pod
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Do we really need to talk about Kevin? Ed and Michaela debate whether the writers even wanted you to believe there were aliens.Von The File Room Pod
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We're already at an absolutely iconic episode with stretchy serial killer, Tooms. Ed and Michaela go head to head with childhood playtime brags.Von The File Room Pod
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We're back and so are the government conspiracies. Or is it just Jerry from HR?Von The File Room Pod
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It all starts here. How well does the pilot set our expectations for what's to come? We unpick every last morsel. But whose buttocks were trembling?Von The File Room Pod
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0: Welcome to the File Room
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Before we dive into our watch-along marathon, listen to this special episode to meet and get to know us, your hosts, Edwin and Michaela, our personal relationships to the show and what drew us to this iconic series. We'll explore the cultural backdrop that gave birth to Mulder and Scully's investigations, we'll share our hopes and fears for this am…
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