Episodes

  • S1 Ep17 'EBE' with visual artist Emma Macleod

    S1 Ep17 'EBE' with visual artist Emma Macleod
    Mar 31 2024
    Hello Believers.
    On today's episode, Chris speaks to Isle of Lewis born visual artist Emma Macleod.
    Emma's work explores absurd and uncanny qualities in a variety of ways through sculpture, video, performance, photography, drawing and model-making.
    Emma has exhibited at The Neverending Glen, Art Walk Porty, Hidden Door Festival, Sett Studios, Royal Scottish Academy, Talbot Rice Gallery amongst others and has achieved several awards for her work.
    Emma talks growing up on Lewis, theatre production design, spirituality, making a mess, off-kilter influences and naturally we chat about X Files S1 Ep17 EBE.
    Follow Emma on Instagram at @emmamacleod1
    Follow us on X at @BelieveMeXFiles
    It's an X Files podcast... sort of. See you out there.
    Some links:
    Emma's website and work
    Dancer Suzi Cunningham


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    1 hr and 1 min
  • S1 Ep16 'Young at Heart' with comedian and writer Hatty Ashdown

    S1 Ep16 'Young at Heart' with comedian and writer Hatty Ashdown
    Mar 25 2024
    Hello Believers.
    On today's episode, Chris speaks to UK comedian, writer and podcaster, Hatty Ashdown.
    Hatty is a regular on the London & UK comedy circuit. She co-wrote and created the Comedy Central sitcom 'Give Out Girls', started in BBC radio 4 Sitcom 'Romance and Adventure'. She presents the Funny Mummies Podcast and hosts Screaming with Laughter comedy club.
    Hatty talks about trying to keep it all together as a performer and a parent, clowning, break-ups, grief chat, sofa dwelling and we get on appropriately enough for someone with so much energy we get to speaking about X Files S1 Ep16 Young at Heart.
    Follow Hatty on Instagram at @hattyashdown
    Follow us on X at @BelieveMeXFiles
    It's an X Files podcast... sort of. See you out there.
    Some links:
    Hatty's website


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    55 mins
  • S1 Ep15 'Lazarus' with civil servant and creative Lazarus Tom McCaskil-Baxter

    S1 Ep15 'Lazarus' with civil servant and creative Lazarus Tom McCaskil-Baxter
    Mar 18 2024
    Hello Believers.
    On today's episode, Chris speaks to civil servant, former advertising creative, educator, guitarist, Dad of 5 and former bandmate, Tom McCaskill-Baxter. Lazarus is right!
    Originally from Guildford, Tom studied American Studies before winning a D&AD young creatives competition at an early stage in his career. Tom then went on to teach English, play guitar in the London punk band Pipes (great band) and now lives and works in Manchester with his family including triplets!
    Tom talks about judging family and work responsibilities, wonderfully titled trade magazines, how advertising creatives work together, getting a chest-ripping guitar sound on stage, Metallica, Isis (the band), Mark Snow dance tracks and The X Files S1 Ep15 Lazarus.
    Follow Tom on Instagram at @tommcbax
    Follow us on X at @BelieveMeXFiles
    It's an X Files podcast... sort of. See you out there.

    Some links:
    Interview with Pipes in Loud & Quiet Magazine
    That Isis track we mention - First Light
    Mark Snow X Files Theme Terrestrial Mix

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    56 mins
  • S1 Ep14 'Gender Bender' with arts communicator Joe Crerar-Blythe

    S1 Ep14 'Gender Bender' with arts communicator Joe Crerar-Blythe
    Mar 11 2024
    Hello Believers.
    On today's episode, Chris speaks to arts, theatre and film comms professional, X Files fan and esteemed colleague, Joe Crerar-Blythe.
    Joe is at the coalface of championing the transformative power of culture and has worked all over the Scottish cultural sector from running the doors at Glasgow gig nights to working with some of the country’s leading cultural organisations such as National Theatre of Scotland, Glasgow Film Festival, Glasgow Short Film Festival, The Arches, the Edinburgh Mela and many more. He is a trustee of the brilliant film charity, Take One Action who believe that shared cinematic experience can catalyse lasting change.
    Joe talks about taking a birds eye view of education, the benefits of journaling, the Scottish culture scene, confrontational experimental theatre, imposter syndrome and we try very hard to navigate The X Files S1 Ep14 Gender Bender.
    Follow Joe on Instagram at @weegiejoe
    Follow us on X at @BelieveMeXFiles
    It's an X Files podcast... sort of. See you out there.


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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • S1 Ep13 'Beyond the Sea' with actor and producer Simon Weir

    S1 Ep13 'Beyond the Sea' with actor and producer Simon Weir
    Mar 4 2024
    Hello Believers and welcome back to the show.
    On today's episode, Chris speaks to Glasgow based actor and producer Simon Weir.
    Simon has appeared in over 50 television shows from High Road, River City, Monarch of the Glen and Target to Crime, Guilt and Patrick Melrose. You'll have seen him in films such as The Football Factory, The Acid House and T2 Trainspotting as well as on stage in a multitude of roles.
    Simon talks about treating acting jobs like football, typecasting, shifts in the film, TV and theatre industry, acting alongside Charlie Sheen, eyebrows, where he finds his energy from, Bollywood, dealing with rejection and of course X Files S1 Ep13 Beyond the Sea.
    Follow Simon on X at @SimonWeir1
    Follow us on X at @BelieveMeXFiles
    It's an X Files podcast... sort of. See you out there

    Some links:
    Simon's website
    Remnants short film
    That Charlie Sheen film


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    1 hr and 1 min
  • S1 Ep12 'Fire' with games publicist Tom Green

    S1 Ep12 'Fire' with games publicist Tom Green
    Jan 29 2024
    Hello Believers.
    On today's episode, Chris speaks to Surrey-born, LA based games publicist Tom Green.
    Alongside an appreciation for wrestling and action cinema, Tom has worked on a whole range of major entertainment releases from comics to studio flagship film titles and now some of the biggest games on the market.
    We chat about how to launch a new game, life in California, accessing filth in the early days of the internet, dogs, dealing with anxiety, and unsurprising we speak a lot about how much we loved S1 Ep12 of The X Files entitled ‘Fire’.
    Follow Tom on X at @TomGreen1283
    Follow us on X at @BelieveMeXFiles
    It's an X Files podcast... sort of. See you out there


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    51 mins
  • S1 Ep11 'Eve' with cabaret performer, host and trash fanatic Trixie Malicious

    S1 Ep11 'Eve' with cabaret performer, host and trash fanatic Trixie Malicious
    Jan 22 2024
    Hello Believers.
    In today’s episode, Chris speaks to Canadian performer, cabaret host, online cocktail connoisseur and all round trash fan, Trixie Malicious.
    Trixie has been a mainstay on the cabaret scene in London, working out of Bethnal Green Working Mens and is the mastermind and MC of SLEAZE Cabaret Clubnight, a brilliantly enthusiastic b-movie reviewer, internationally loved burlesque dancer and model.
    She talks about growing up uncensored, Canadian public access TV, Bad taste versus good taste, the benefits of being punk, links to Vincent Price, Tommy Wiseau appreciation, make-shift burlesque, performance in general and of course S1 Ep11 of The X Files entitled ‘Eve’.
    Follow Trixie on Instagram at @trixie_malicious
    Follow us on X at @BelieveMeXFiles
    It's an X Files podcast... sort of. See you out there.


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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • S1 Ep10 'Fallen Angel' with broadcaster and artist Madeleine Culp

    S1 Ep10 'Fallen Angel' with broadcaster and artist Madeleine Culp
    Jan 15 2024
    Hello Believers.
    In today’s episode, Chris speaks to Australian broadcaster, comedian and artist Madeleine Culp.
    If you’ve travelled across Oz you may have seen Madeleine’s I Heart Art TV programme or seen her pop up as a roving presenter for CTV Plus or heard her on Radio Triple J. Reviews of her stand-up shows have called her like Fark where she’s been described as 'genre-busting' and 'shambolically charming'. Two things which we very much embrace on this podcast.
    Madeleine talks hairy tornado stories, motherhood, art and comedy and arty comedy, broadcasting and naturally there's some chat about X Files S1 Ep10 'Fallen Angel'.
    Follow Madeleine on Instagram at @madeleineculpart
    Follow us on X at @BelieveMeXFiles
    It's an X Files podcast... sort of. See you out there.


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    46 mins