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Believe Me: Creative minds and The X Files

Hello Believers. Join cautiously optimistic northerner Chris on a lo-fi series of encounters as he catches up with uniquely talented friends, acquaintances and strangers from the worlds of film, comedy, music and theatre to discuss how they think and how art and culture has shaped their creative process. Plus up to ten minutes of enthusiastic X Files chat. Find us on X, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok at @believemepodx

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S2 Ep12 'Aubrey' with severe weather historian Carly...

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2024/09/15

Hello believers. Today Chris speaks to severe weather historian Carly Anna Sisson. Carly is the creator of CarlyAnnaWX, a Youtube channel dedicated to remembering devastating weather events and the effects on their communities. She also runs Two Storms, an apparel store which aims to bring awareness of storm anxiety and natural disaster-induced traumas with a good chunk of the profits going to mental health and severe weather relief charities. Carly talks tornadoes, growing up in ...

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S2 Ep11 'Excelsis Dei' with therapist and writer...

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2024/09/08

Hello believers. Today Chris speaks to therapist, writer and stand-up Gerry Howell. Not that we're defined by what we do but Gerry is a BACP Registered Psychotherapist who uses humanistic, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural in his work. Gerry is also an award-winning comedian, actor and writer known for his brilliantly inventive and surreal wordplay. Gerry talks about being a person and not a job, writing and performing, navigating the comedy industry, Steve Marti...

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58:25

S2 Ep10 'Red Museum' with Film Festival Founder and...

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2024/09/01

Hello believers. Today Chris speaks to Cinema & Projects Manager at Manchester’s Cultplex Cinema and Founder of MoshFilm Fest, Greg Walker. Greg has also worked for Festivals such Manchester Animation Festival. Sheffield Doc Fest and and Pilot Light TV Festival. Greg talks about programming rep cinema, new audiences discovering cult films, growing up in Barrow in Furness, building your own field of dreams, why metal will never die, whether we need a content festival, com...

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S2 Ep9 'Firewalker' with chef and restauranteur Dan...

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2024/08/25

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to award-winning chef and restaurateur Dan Ashmore. Dan is the owner and head chef of the Leith based fine dining restaurant Askr and has worked at a number of prestigious restaurants and chefs in his career including Dean Banks, Gleneagles, The Pompadour by Galvin, Number One at The Balmoral, Restaurant Tom Aikens, The Square and Fischers at Baslow Hall. Dan talks about striking out on his own, the philosophy behind Askr, what food means to him...

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58:10

S2 Ep8 'One Breath' with writer and paranormal...

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2024/08/18

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to Scottish writer and paranormal psychologist Evelyn Hollow. Evelyn is also an expert for various TV shows and podcasts — most recently the smash-hit BBC shows The Battersea Poltergeist , The Witch Farm, and Uncanny. She is also seen in the Warner Bros. TV shows Spooked Scotland and Spooked Ireland, which stream on Discovery Channel+. Evelyn gives guest talks on paranormal history and the quantum physics of anomalous phenomena. In the epi...

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60:51

S2 Ep7 'No.3' with filmmaker and critic Robyn Adams

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2024/08/11

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to writer, filmmaker and critic Robyn Adams. Robyn is based near the Peak District and is the writer, director and star of the short films Katie & Joan Go to the Museum (2023) and The Estrogen Gospel (2024) which screened as part of SOHOME Horror Pride 2024. Robyn talks about The North (of England), folk horror, telling new stories, the welcome embrace of the horror community, the importance of Doctor Who and The X Files S2 Ep7 'No.3'....

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58:14

S2 Ep6 'Ascension' with musician and songwriter...

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2024/08/04

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to musician, songwriter, producer and artist Andrew Hung. Andy is one of the founding members of electronic drone band Fuck Buttons. He has released three solo LPS: Realisationship, Devastations and most recently Deliverance. He co-wrote and co-produced Beth Orton's album Kidsticks and composed the soundtracks for the films The Greasy Strangler and An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn. Andy talks about keeping up momentum, how he approa...

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52:54

S2 Ep5 'Duane Barry' with Head of Metis Films, Ben...

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2024/07/28

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to film distribution and exhibition consultant and now head of Metis Films, Ben Metcalf. Ben has worked at companies such as Curzon/Artificial Eye, Momentum, eOne and Altitude on hits such as Nightcrawler, Mr, Turner, and I, Daniel Blake, record breaking horror film Talk To Me, and awards winners Spotlight, 12 Years A Slave and 1917. He has recently set up Metis Films, a distribution company, consultancy and development house. Metis Films first film ...

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S2 Ep4 'Sleepless' with stand-up, musician, actor and...

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2024/07/21

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to comedian, actor, writer, musician and mega myth Nick Helm. You'll know Nick from his ferocious stand-up work in shows such as Keep Hold of the Gold, the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated Dare to Dream, This Means War and There Is Nothing You Can Do To Me That I Haven’t Already Done To Myself. You might have his albums Nick Helm is F*cking Amazing and Hot ‘n’ Heavy. You've seen him on the TV on Uncle, Nick Helm’s Heavy Entertainment, 8 ...

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S2 Ep3 'Blood' with classical musician and teacher...

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2024/07/14

Hello Believers. In this episode, Chris speaks to classical musician, teacher and (his) former comedy partner, Tom Davies. Tom studied music at The University of Sheffield and regularly performs with classical groups and bands in and around the Steel city including The Sheffield Beatles Project. Tom talks growing up in Stoke on Trent, identifying traits in his family that he sees in himself, surviving the Edinburgh Fringe, approaching life like music, the TV presenter and actor Ma...

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69:15

S2 Ep2 'The Host' with writer, journalist and...

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2024/07/07

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to writer, journalist and Guardian Fashion and Lifestyle editor Morwenna Ferrier. Morwenna has written about travel, fashion and culture for Grazia, Metro, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian amongst others. Morwenna talks about needing to be good, her route into journalism, being motivated by revenge, a unique approach to the fashion industry, therapy, scary movies and The X Files Season 2 E1 'The Host’. Follow us on X at @...

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S2 Ep1 'Little Green Men' with fan culture academic,...

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2024/06/30

Hello Believers and welcome back. Today Chris speaks to fan culture academic, writer and X Files expert Dr Bethan Jones. Bethan is a research fellow with @mediacymru_, an honorary research fellow with @AmgueddfaCymru, on the board of @FanStudies, co-chair of @scmsFaAS, a @tandf_popcomm editor and author of the brilliant book The Truth is Still Out There: Thirty Years of The X Files about the show’s enduring legacy. Bethan talks about folklore, growing up in Wales...

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52:29

S1 Ep24 'The Erlenmeyer Flask' with Head of Cinema...

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2024/05/19

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to Head of Cinema Events and musician Michael Garrad. Michael was assistant manager at London's much loved Close-Up Film Centre and volunteered at Resonance FM before becoming Head of Events for Curzon Cinemas. Alongside this he is the guitarist in the band Chips for the Poor and has a disconcerting number of copies of Ulysses by James Joyce. Michael talks about loving The Fall, the lack of solidarity between alternative culture crowds, tr...

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S1 Ep23 'Roland' with Film Marketing Director Irene...

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2024/05/12

Hello Believers. Today Chris speaks to film marketing director, film PHD and Bruce Springsteen fan, Irene Musumeci Klein. Irene currently works for the cinema streaming service MUBI as Director of Marketing for Europe. Prior to that, she worked at Curzon and as part of the teams at London’s Elefest and documentary film distributor Dogwoof. Irene talks about getting the word out about arthouse cinema, moving back to Bologna, Proust, looping fashion trends, watching Tark...

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S1 Ep22 'Born Again' | Open Mic Legend Darren Maskell...

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2024/05/05

Hello Believers. Today's conversation is with the late, great UK comic Darren Maskell. Darren sadly passed away earlier this year and was a much loved presence on the UK open-mic scene with his unique brand of kitchen sink absurdism and bedazzling fishmongery. In the chat, Darren talks about growing up in Croydon, dealing with fish and the general public, his trademark coat hanger routine, anxiety, AI film posters, zombies, True Detective, the documentary film he made about ...

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S1 Ep21 'Tooms' with comics, novels and screenplay...

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2024/04/28

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S1 Ep20 'Darkness Falls' with graphic designer...

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2024/04/21

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S1 Ep19 'Shapes' with book blogger and Cosy Book Cult...

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2024/04/14

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S1 Ep18 'Miracle Man' with artist and musician Dan Davis

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2024/04/07

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S1 Ep17 'EBE' with visual artist Emma Macleod

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2024/03/31

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