Fox in the Hell House

This week, the gang looks at a genuinely good, plot-twist filled episode: EVE. There really is an absurd amount of chaotic content in the episode. From cattle mutilation, nuclear weapons, fracking, the Boys from Brazil, cloning, eugenics, and the popular sentiments towards autism and vaccines... look, it's a lot. We're here to explore and explain it all, if you are willing to go on a ride...

This is the second half of our conversation about a very strange, yet deeply moving episode about death, the hereafter, grief, and Mulder being punished for trying to be skeptical. Enjoy! Cohosts: Bill Eldridge (he/him) John Watson (they/them) Mae Barnes (she/her)

We are back with the first half of a two-parter! The holiday season is upon us, so why not get a bit Dickensian with it and talk about the potential psychic blowback of the spirit world--starring famous character actor Brad Dourif. We discuss the impact of grief, death, life, David Lynch, dream-logic, and whether or not Dourif has more than one character type in his repertoire. We'll return ne...

On this episode the gang analyzes and discusses just about every possible thing you could imagine when it comes to AI, transhumanism, and the philosophical implications of artificial entities. Also there's an episode of X-Files that approaches the topic with... less philosophical rigor. But that's what we're for!

This week, we go to the great state of Wisconsin with Fox Mulder, channelling his inner Jason Bourne, and Dana Scully, channelling her inner exasperated 3rd-grade schoolteacher. While we debate the finer points between divorced vs. incel energy (whatever that means) we explore what happens when we take the Fox method seriously: shouting the truth at people who know better, and those people not act...

This week, the gang kind of just loses it watching perhaps the most 90s episode of the X-files ever made: The Jersey Devil! Yes, bring your moisturizer as we examine Mulder and Scully's adventures in the pine barrens of New Jersey, Mulder's great homelessness weekend, and Scully's terrible dating life. Look, this episode is a mess, and while there is something to be said for what they...

This week, the gang takes a look at another monster-of-the-week episode--this one a little more religion flavored. Mulder and Scully head on down south to investigate a faith healer who may be tied to a series of wrongful deaths. Is it murder most foul? Is it divine intervention? And how does it all tie in to our larger conversation about conspiracy? Hang on to your prayer shawls, it's going t...

This week, the gang goes to Iowa to investigate the weird stuff going on at Lake Okobogee. Okobogee. Okobogee. That's so much fun to say. Anyways, A girl disappears, a little boy hears messages in the TV static, and aliens are most likely involved. Good times! Your hosts: John Watson (they/them) Bill Eldridge (he/him) Mae Forrest Barnes (she/her)

This week on Fox in the Hell House, John takes Bill and Mae into the deepest unknown: Idaho! They explore the episode "Deepthroat," make some ribald jokes, and talk a bit about the historical and real-world conspiracy lore surrounding UFOs and the militaries who love them. Your cohosts: John Watson (they/them) Bill Eldridge (he/him) Mae Forrest Barnes (she/her)

A prologue, of sorts, in which we discuss stigmatized knowledge, a basis from which we will analyze the show, and our own history with conspiratorial thinking. No episode discussion, but a useful foundation for what the show will be. Your hosts: John Watson (they/them) Bill Eldridge (he/him) Mae Forrest Barnes (she/her)

We kick off the rewatch, for real this time! Mulder and Scully investigate a disappearance that might be an alien abduction. Basically a thesis statement for the kind of monster-of-the-week mystery vibe that we all know an love. Cohosts: John Watson (they/them) Bill Eldridge (he/him) Mae Forrest Barnes (she/her)