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The File Room

The File Room Pod

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.

tv & film

All Episodes

64:38

4.21 - Zero Sum

The File Room ·

2025/12/01

Michaela and Ed discuss the very nature of horror itself as Walter Skinner finds himself trapped in the web of the Cigarette Smoking Man.

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64:49

4.20 - Small Potatoes

The File Room ·

2025/11/24

Ed and Michaela discuss Vince Gilligan's homage to Darin Morgan, starring none other than Darin Morgan himself.Heads up about content: if you've watched the episode you know it touches on sexual assault. We'll be discussing that in this episode.

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63:39

4.19 - Synchrony

The File Room ·

2025/11/17

The X-Files tackles time travel (yay!) but it's not as fun as you'd hope (boo!). Michaela and Ed try to figure out what's missing from an episode that on paper should be really good.

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64:10

4.18 - Max

The File Room ·

2025/11/10

Ever heard of Horace Pinker? No, neither had we. Michaela and Ed chat Tickle Me Elmo, Headbanger's Ball and classic cinema inspo in this week's episode.Plus why Michaela once had to wear someone else's underwear. We promise this is a podcast about the X Files.

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67:08

4.17 - Tempus Fugit

The File Room ·

2025/11/03

Mulder and Scully investigate a plane crash involving Max Fenig, previously seen in Season One's "Fallen Angel", and Ed and Michaela get to enjoy a mythology episode which is mostly free of the usual hybrid/colonisation baggage.

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62:36

4.16 - Unrequited

The File Room ·

2025/10/27

Michaela finds dogs and an Alien in some dude's house in London, and we discuss whether this episode is an effective snapshot of 90s America with Ed's Historian Help.Apologies for the echo-y audio - we had some microphone issues that weren't apparent until after we had recorded.

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64:17

4.15 - Kaddish

The File Room ·

2025/10/20

Ed and Michaela discuss a very emotionally and thematically rich episode, one which draws upon Jewish folklore and mysticism for a story that remains potent almost 30 years later.

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67:58

4.14 - Memento Mori

The File Room ·

2025/10/13

Should we be calling this a 'Messology' episode? We catch up with Scully's cancer journey, some more hybrids, PLUS Ed has a time in an airport carpark.

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61:03

4.13 - Never Again

The File Room ·

2025/10/06

Ed is back from traveling seemingly the entirety of the UK by train, so he and Michaela catch up before talking about a very fun episode of The X-Files that came close to being a very different kind of episode entirely.

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58:12

4.12 - Leonard Betts

The File Room ·

2025/09/29

Michaela and Ed tackle the most-watched episode of The X-Files ever, a fact which is very funny when you consider what the episode is actually about. They also talk about whether the episode's blending of monster of the week and mythology might be a good blueprint for the new X-Files.

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62:16

4.11 - El Mundo Gira

The File Room ·

2025/09/22

In the ignominious tradition of "Jersey Devil", this episode finds The X-Files taking a popular cryptid (in this case the Chupacabra) and just using the name to do something else entirely. Michaela and Ed discuss problems with striking the right tone, the X-Files' clumsy attempts at social commentary, and what a good job the special effects department did on all that fungus.

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60:36

4.10 - Paper Hearts

The File Room ·

2025/09/15

Vince Gilligan uses a manipulative serial killer to distort central X Files canon, but does it work? Join Ed and Michaela as we discuss this and more, plus catch up on our indulgences or attempts to moderate.Apologies for the rougher-than-usual audio in this episode.

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60:37

4.9 - Terma

The File Room ·

2025/09/08

"Tunguska" left Mulder stranded in a gulag and asked 'how will he get out?' This episode replies 'Surprisingly easily.' Michaela and Ed discuss the ever-growing number of problems with the mythology, and the dangers of trying to set up the plot for a movie that isn't going to come out for two years.Also, sorry that the audio is a little rough in this episode.

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60:25

4.8 - Tunguska

The File Room ·

2025/09/01

Ed has a nice cup of tea, and we discuss the punchability of faces, the road to the X Files movie, and why black oil is so compelling.

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01:05:29

4.7 - Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man

The File Room ·

2025/08/25

It's a fun one this week as The X-Files delves into the (possibly all false) back story of one of its most iconic and mysterious characters, while Michaela and Ed talk about the very notion and purpose of conspiracy theories.

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59:58

4.6 - Sanguinarium

The File Room ·

2025/08/18

Ed and Michaela try to stomach this episode, have a disappointing revelation and even disagree...

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58:11

4.5 - The Field Where I Died

The File Room ·

2025/08/11

Mulder regresses through his past lives and Michaela and Ed struggle to stay awake.Dreadlocked - As mentioned in the intro, here is the funny little "documentary" that Michaela and Ed made at university about Michaela getting her dreadlocks cut off for charity. (It's a bit slow for the first two minutes but then it gets silly.)

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01:05:49

4.4 - Unruhe

The File Room ·

2025/08/04

The mechanics of mystery are picked over in this week's especially creepy episode, plus, at what point does Mulder's leaps become 'a bit much'? All this, plus Ed's 4th of July menu for your listening delectation.

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58:15

4.3 - Teliko

The File Room ·

2025/07/28

Michaela and Ed spend way too long talking about taxes at the start of this episode, which is a pretty good indicator of how exciting "Teliko" is.

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01:09:22

4.2 - Home

The File Room ·

2025/07/21

Infamous. Audacious. Kinda gross. This week, Michaela and Ed dig into an episode that shocked a nation. Michaela’s fresh-from-the-spa glow doesn't survive the Peacock brothers, and Ed worried about tinnitus. Join us as we dissect the horror, the humour, and the cultural lean of this iconic hour of TV.

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