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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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Journalist Angie Fiedler Sutton covers fandom culture and geek media, interviewing people about why people do what they do and how they got where they are. Be prepared: Contents May Vary. (Formerly "G33K Out with Angie Fiedler Sutton.")
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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.By The File Room Pod
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Michaela goes method, politics happens, and we meet Krycek.By 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.By 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.By 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.By The File Room Pod
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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.By The File Room Pod
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Episode 63: Writing is a 'Mystery' for Author Jeri Westerson
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Los Angeles native Jeri Westerson writes a Tudor series, the King’s Fool Mysteries, and a Sherlockian pastiche called An Irregular Detective Mystery. She wrote fifteen Crispin Guest Medieval Noir Mysteries, a multi-nominated series. She also wrote several paranormal series and standalone historicals. She has served as president of the SoCal chapter…
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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.By 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.By 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.By The File Room Pod
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Episode 62: 2024 Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards
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On April 25, 2024, the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, California, was the home of the 40th Writers of the Future Awards and 35th Illustrators of the Future Awards. I wrote up the event for The Geekiary, but there were some interviews that didn't quite make the final cut. So, consider this a 'behind the scenes' extra for the Awards.…
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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.By 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.By 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.By 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).By The File Room Pod
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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.By The File Room Pod
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Episode: 61: Academic J. Caroline Troy Takes a Fan Pilgrimage
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J. Caroline Toy (she/her) is Learning Experience Manager in the Center for Learning & Teaching at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, and Adjunct Professor in the College's humanities Core. Her research and teaching focus on religion, popular media, and fan cultures, specializing in how fans use types of ritual and narrative practices that ar…
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Freaky Friday Frankenstein cop drama, with a terrible tattoo.By The File Room Pod
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Our experiences of finding magazines in bushes might differ from Brother Martin's...By The File Room Pod
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The perfect episode of the X Files? And the perfect day of cleaning loos.By 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.By The File Room Pod
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Big ideas, little sips, psychotic eight year olds and a deep government conspiracy.By The File Room Pod
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Episode 60: Costumer and Propmaker Andrea Davis
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This episode's guest is Andrea Davis. Her background is in the film & television industry where she's worked on both television series & movies, from creating/designing costumes & specialty wardrobe, building sets & displays and making props. Additionally, she has crafted numerous costumes, accessories, props and set pieces for commission work. She…
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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.By 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.By 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.By The File Room Pod
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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.By The File Room Pod
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Episode 59: VFX Artist Michaela Weissburg
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This episode's guest is Michaela Weissburg, an LA native. Mickie and I worked briefly together at a media organization in the YouTube space. After working in the field for 6 years, Michaela’s experience in VFX production management has given her depth as well as breadth of knowledge. From zombies, to vampires, to aliens, to dragons, there has been …
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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.By 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.By 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.By 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.By The File Room Pod
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We're back and so are the government conspiracies. Or is it just Jerry from HR?By 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?By The File Room Pod
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Episode 58: Author and Screenwriter J.M. Frey
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This episode's guest is author, screenwriter, and lapsed academic J.M. Frey. She has a BA in Dramatic Literature and an MA in Communications and Culture and has discussed all things geeky through the lens of academia. J.M. grew up in the comic book convention circuit, consuming copious amounts of scifi and Japanese TV, spending all her pocket money…
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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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Episode 57: Audio Producer Myke Dodge Weiskopf Talks Podcasts and Music
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This episode's guest is Myke Dodge Weiskopf. I met Myke through KCRW's Independent Producer program, as he's the senior producer in the Music Department. He's been publicly writing, thinking, and obsessing about music since age 13, when he published his first fanzine on a hand-me-down Apple IIe and a dot-matrix printer. He is the founding producer …
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Episode 56: Screenwriter Josephine Green Zhang
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Josephine Green Zhang is a storyteller who aspires to empower characters to rise above their circumstances and create their own happy endings – with a special focus on misfits and flawed, funny women. Josephine has been a tv writer on Season 2 of Hulu's "Dollface" and on Seasons 2 and 3 of "First Wives Club" on BET+. She has also developed an unpro…
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Episode 55: Author Chivaun Oldes and Her Anxiety Monster
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This is one of the interviews I did on June 21, 2022, when I participated in the Alzheimer's fundraiser "The Longest Day", although we had to do a redo because the audio was unsalvageable. Chivaun Oldes is a 30-something wife and mother of two. She is a craft enthusiast, dabbling artist and pet lover. A self-identified 'ball of anxiety,' she is a m…
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Episode 54: Animator and Artist Jennifer Shiman
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This is one of the interviews I did on June 21, 2022, when I participated in the Alzheimer's fundraiser "The Longest Day". Jennifer Shiman is best known for being behind the hilarious 30-Second Bunnies Theatre, a Flash animated series of shorts that ... well, re-enact movies (and some TV episodes) in 30 seconds, but with bunnies. When COVID hit, sh…
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Episode 53: Sean Cawelti, Artistic Director of Rogue Artists Ensemble
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On June 21, 2022, I participated in the Alzheimer's fundraiser "The Longest Day". This had me livestreaming interviews (with the goal of them winding up podcast episodes) from 6 am to 9 pm. I interviewed all sorts of fun people, and got a lot of good content out of it. One of the interviews was with Sean Cawelti, the artistic director of the Rogue …
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Episode 52: 2021 Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards
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In October 2021, I attended the ceremony for both the 2020 and 2021 Writers and Illustrators of the Future Award. I did a write-up of the event, which you can read on my website. However, there were some great pieces I got via audio that didn't transfer well to the written word, so I wanted to do an extended edition. It also includes some snippets …
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I can't believe this podcast has lasted 50 episodes, nor that it's been going strong since (technically) 2013. The past 8 years and 50 episodes have been varied, and also sporadic. I discuss the history of the podcast, the current situation with COVID, and my thoughts on where I want it to go in the future. Visit my website for full show notes and …
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Jody Lynn Nye is a fantasy and science fiction writer that has been active since 1987. I met her thanks to the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards, where she's been a judge since 2016. She has over 40 books and 120 short stories published, and is still going strong. We talk about the contest, her writing inspirations, and more.…
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Episode 49: Another Well Kept Secret Exposed
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I first was introduced to the artwork of the artist known as Another Well Kept Secret thanks to Tumblr and Sherlock. Her artwork shows a stylized humanity with very animated features - and she has a romantic flair that shows that love is indeed at the heart of everything she does. Her real name is Kelley and she's from Tennessee. She's been on my l…
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Alex DeVore is a culture editor for the Santa Fe Reporter. Additionally, Alex is the guitarist for the punk band Fibber: he's played music for over 20 years, but Fibber is a relatively new creation. We talk about his writing, why he plays (and plays punk specifically), and gaming as a medium and art form. For complete show notes, go to my website.…
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Episode 47: Sav Rodgers Chases 'Chasing Amy'
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While living in Kansas City, I volunteered with the all-volunteer performing arts magazine KC Stage. We covered not only theatre, but any of the performing arts -- which included the surprisingly strong independent film scene (partially thanks to the, and faculty member Kevin Wilmott). Additionally, I also (unsurprisingly) participated in a lot of …
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Episode 46: Alisa Stern of 'Doctor Puppet'
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Back in February, I attended my second Gallifrey One convention here in Los Angeles. While there, I managed to snag 30 minutes of time with animator and artist Alisa Stern, the woman behind the YouTube web series Doctor Puppet. We talk about what got her into animation, why she chose to do a Doctor Who-based series, and what's next on her plate now…
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