X-Files Diaries

Annie and Jenn wrap up their discussion of their top ten scariest episodes!

This week, Annie and Jenn count down our top ten scariest moments of the X Files!

This week, Annie and Jenn wrap up their discussion of the episode "Irresistible," including throughts on its sequel "Orison."

Annie and Jenn discuss the S2 episode "Irresistible" this week. Come back next episode for Part 2, where we will also discuss "Orison." Also, Annie's daughter is a brand new X-Phile, and we have a little chat with her!

Annie sits down with Frank Spotnitz to discuss "Two Fathers/ One Son" including the wrap-up of the Syndicate arc, the push forward on Mulder and Scully's relationship, and, yes, Diana Fowley.

Happy New Year! Revisit (or listen for the first time) our interview with the one and only Chris Carter. All your burning questions will be answered! Kind of.

It's that time of year again, when Annie and Jenn take a little breather and give you a Christmas repeat to enjoy during the holiday season. Also, we break down a "Dreamland" mystery and read your tweets of the week. Happy Holidays!

Annie and Jenn wrap up our discussion of the Gillian Anderson written/ directed "all things."

Annie and Jenn discuss the Gillian Anderson written/ directed episode "all things"

Annie and Jenn take us back to 2019 for our discussion on the revival episode "Plus One." (Disclaimer: we have absolutely no recollection of anything we may have said. Proceed with caution.) Also, we read your tweets from "The Beginning."

Annie and Jenn wrap up our discussion of the season 6 premiere, "The Beginning."

This week in our mythology series, Annie and Jenn tackle the season 6 premiere, "The Beginning."

Annie and Jenn wrap up our conversation about the revival episode "This" with guest Julie Ng.

Annie regales Jenn with her experience at Philefest, the recent X-Files 30th anniversary convention.

Annie and Jenn have a chat with Julie Ng about her time on the set of the popular revival episode "This."

Annie and Jenn wrap up our Top Ten Skinner Moments lists.

It's Skin-Man time! Annie and Jenn kick off our all-time Top Ten Skinner moments.

Annie and Jenn conclude our conversation with Keith "Paley Guy" Uhlich on the episode "Babylon."

Annie and Jenn sit down with Keith "Paley Guy" Uhlich for a conversation about one of The X-Files' most controversial episodes, "Babylon."

Annie and Jenn read your tweets and responses to our "Fight the Future" special with Chris Carter.

For the 25th anniversary of "Fight the Future," Annie and Jenn chat with X-Files creator Chris Carter about some of his reflections and memories of making the feature film. 

Annie and Jenn continue our mythology series by wrapping up our discussion of the Season 5 finale, "The End."

Annie and Jenn continue our mythology series by tackling the season 5 finale "The End." Jeffrey Spender! Diana Fowley! The basement office burned down! IS IT THE END?!

Surprise! Annie and Jenn had a chat about the Vince Gilligan penned series "Better Call Saul," and since the fandoms cross over, we decided maybe you guys would like to hear it. SPOILER WARNING! We discuss huge plot points and the final episode, as well as several "Breaking Bad" spoilers. 

Annie and Jenn wrap up their discussion of the Vince Gilligan penned classic, "Pusher."

This week, Annie and Jenn discuss one of the most beloved X-Files episodes of all time: the Vince Gilligan penned "Pusher."

Annie & Jenn wrap up our discussion of "Home Again" as part of our Revival Series.

This week in our Revival Series, Annie and Jenn chat about season 10's "Home Again."

Mama Scully time! This week, Annie and Jenn count down our favorite Margaret Scully moments of the series.

Annie and Jenn wrap up our discussion of "The Red and The Black" in our mythology series.

Annie and Jenn continue our mythology discussion with Part 1 of the season 5 episode "The Red and the Black." We will be back with part 2 next time!

Annie and Jenn conclude our discussion of the Season 5 episode "Patient X."

Annie and Jenn continue our mythology series with a discussion of the Season 5 episode "Patient X."

Annie and Jenn are off for the holidays this week, so please enjoy our episode on the holiday classic "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas!"

Annie and Jenn conclude our chat about the Vince Gilligan-penned "Tithonus," as well as the implications of Scully's immortality.

Annie and Jenn sidcuss the Vince Gilligan-penned "Tithonus" as well as the implications of Scully's immortality. Bonus: Check out our "Midnight Mastermind" segment from the OJ Borg show on BBC Radio 2!

Annie and Jenn round off their Top Ten Closing Scenes of the X-Files!

Annie and Jenn count down the first five of our Top Ten Closing Scenes of the X-Files. We'll be back next time with the remaining five!

This week in our Revival Series, Annie and Jenn chat about (arguably?) the best episode of season 10: "Mulder and Scully Meet the Weremonster."

This week, Annie & Jenn discuss the season 5 mythology episode "Emily."

Annie and Jenn continue the mythology series with the season 5 Scully-driven episode "Christmas Carol."

We're back! Annie and Jenn discuss our Top Ten favorite cold opens of the series.

Annie and Jenn will be back next time with a new episode, but meanwhile, have a listen (or re-listen) to our Top Ten tracks from Mark Snow, composer for The X-Files! (Disclaimer: this was recorded in 2019, some opinions have changed since ;)

Annie and Jenn read some of your tweets from last episode's interview with Chris and discuss, in this mini-episode.

Annie & Jenn sit down for an exclusive interview with the one and only Chris Carter. We get into Mulder & Scully’s relationship, how the mythology was formulated, and that final episode.

Attention, X Files fans: you're gonna want to hear this.

Annie and Jenn are still taking a break but we will be back with an all new episode in a couple weeks. In the meantime, enjoy this trip back to the Pilot (and Deep Throat)!

Annie and Jenn are taking a break, so give our discussion of PMP a re-listen. (Note: this episode was recorded in 2019)

We're starting a new series on the pod... the Revival series! Annie and Jenn will break down all the episodes of the revival together (excluding the Struggles, those will be part of our Mythology series) for the first time as co-hosts. We begin this week with 10.2 "Founder's Mutation," and yes, we talk about the apple-boob situation.

We've been woefully neglecting our shipper bretheren, so this week Annie & Jenn are counting down our Top Ten Unnecessary MSR Touches. (IYKYK.) Enjoy, shippers!

We asked, you responded... by popular demand, Annie and Jenn tackle the season four episode "Paper Hearts."

Annie attended the grand opening of the X- Files Preservation Collection in Saratoga Springs, and briefly recaps her experience. Then a rerun of our interview with Jim and Kelly Thornton, the folks responsible for the museum.

This week on our continuing mythology series, Annie and Jenn wrap up the cancer arc with "Redux II."

This week on our continuing mythology series, Annie and Jenn head into season 5 with "Redux I."

This week on our continuing mythology series, Annie and Jenn begin wrapping up the cancer arc with the epic S4 cliffhanger "Gethsemane."

The second part of our discussion of the season six episode "Triangle," joined by Keith Uhlich! 

We sat down with our friend Keith Uhlich again for an episode so big we had to break it in half. Join us for the first half of our comprehensive chat of the S6 episode "Triangle."

This week, The Lone Gunmen finally get some time in the spotlight. Sit back and relax as Annie and Jenn count down our Top Ten favorite TLG moments!

Jenn is out today, but our friend Keith Uhlich is sitting in with Annie to break down the season 4 episode "Tempus Fugit." (Part two, "Max" will be up next!)

Annie and Jenn are off this week for the holidays, so please enjoy our episode on the holiday classic “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas!”

This week, Annie and Jenn break down the season 1 episode “Darkness Falls.” Scully is tiny and wears a big parka, and Mulder is sexy in a turtleneck! (And other, less important things.)

Annie and Jenn are taking a break this week, so enjoy again (or for the first time!) a conversation with Pat Skipper, AKA Bill Scully Jr.

And now, for something completely different… this week, Annie and Jenn count down our Top Ten moments from a somewhat divisive character, John Doggett!

This week in our mythology series, Annie and Jenn invited the legendary Frank Spotnitz back to discuss one of the most beloved X-Files episodes of all time, “Memento Mori.” You won’t want to miss this one.

This week Annie and Jenn finish up their discussion of the two-parter “Tunguska/ Terma.” Stay till the end for an exciting announcement!

This week in our mythology series we chat about “Tunguska.” Has the mythology finally gone off the rails? Exactly how sexy is Alex Krycek? What does ‘Rock from Mars!’ mean? Annie and Jenn discuss.

This week Annie and Jenn sit down and have a chat with filmmaker Julie Ng, the woman behind much of the revival extra-feature Blu-ray content. We talk “The Scully Effect,” behind the scenes on the revival and more!

It’s time to chat about “Wetwired,” one of those rare episodes that ride the line between stand-alone and mythology, but we felt it would be remiss to not include it in our mythology series. Plus, it’s awesome. (ALSO: Jenn finally watched “Breaking Bad!” We discuss.)

Part Two of our conversation with Keith Uhlich- this week we discuss the season four premiere “Herrenvolk.”

This week we sit down with special guest Keith Uhlich to discuss season three’s “Talitha Cumi.”

This week, Annie and Jenn have a chat with Larry Musser (Detective Bleepin’ Manners) to discuss one of the most popular X-Files episodes ever.

This week, Annie and Jenn count down their top ten grossest moments on The X-Files. Don’t eat anything while listening to this one, folks.

On this week’s mythology series, Annie and Jenn discuss the season three episode “Apocrypha.” Will confusion abound? Most likely.

This week, Annie and Jenn continue our mythology series by breaking down the season 3 episode “Piper Maru.”

This week, we sit down with Jim and Kelly Thornton of the X-Files Preservation Collection to discuss some amazing props and memorabilia from the show!

This week, we count down our favorite lines from the show. Will yours be here?

This week we discuss the season 5 episode “Folie a Deux!”

We conclude the two parter Nisei/ 731 this week in our mythology series.

In this week’s mythology series episode, we discuss and break down season 3’s “Nisei.”

Annie and Jenn are taking the week off, so we’re rerunning our episode discussion of “Bad Blood.” Also we run down tweets from last week!

We try to keep things positive on the podcast. We all love the show, and we know you do too. But what about the episodes that we really didn’t care for? This week we’re breaking them down.

This week Annie and Jenn discuss the coldest (and yet hottest!) episode of the series: “Ice.”

This week, we got to sit down with writer/ critic Keith Uhlich (known to X-Philes as the luckiest guy on the planet) to chat about his famed interview with David and Gillian, the show, social media and more.

Podcast theme music by Paul Terry.

This week in our mythology series, we finish up our discussion of the “Anasazi” Trilogy by breaking down “The Blessing Way” and “Paper Clip.”

This week, we continue our mythology series with “Anasazi.” We’ll be back next episode with “The Blessing Way” and “Paper Clip.” New theme music courtesy of Cellarscape. (NOTE: This episode was recorded before the events that took place at the US Capitol on January 6th.)

This week, Annie and Jenn have a chat with Pat Skipper, who portrayed Bill Scully, Jr.

Happy Holidays! We are taking a winter break but will be back in 2021, Philes! In the meantime, we are replaying our HTGSC episode and answering your tweets about “The Field Where I Died.”

This week, Annie and Jenn have a chat about the Season 4 episode “The Field Where I Died.” Is it anti-shipper? We have some thoughts.

This week, Annie & Jenn count down our Top Ten Hottest Moments on the X-Files. Some might surprise you…? Some definitely won’t.

This week Annie and Jenn dive back into their mythology series as we analyze a huge turning point in the mytharc- the two-parter “Colony” and “Endgame.”

This week, Annie and Jenn sit down with the writer of “The X-Files: The Official Archives” Paul Terry, and get really geeky. You won’t want to miss this one!

To celebrate X-Files Diaries’ second anniversary, Annie and Jenn count down their Top 25 episodes again, two years later, to see what has changed.

Annie and Jenn are taking a break this week, so please enjoy this rerun of one of our favorite interviews. We also read tweets from last week.

This week, Annie and Jenn sit down and chat with Chris Logan, who played Sanjay in S10’s “Founder’s Mutation.”

This week Annie and Jenn discuss the popular Season Six episode “Arcadia.”

This week, Annie and Jenn count down our top ten guest performances on the X-Files.

Annie and Jenn are taking another break this week, so please enjoy a rerun of our squee-worthy interview with writer/ executive producer Frank Spotnitz.

This week in the mythology series, Annie and Jenn tackle “One Breath” and the oft-overlooked but quite relevant “Red Museum.”

This week, Annie and Jenn sit down with Nicole (AKA @gaycrouton) to discuss how different generations have consumed the show over the years.

Happy “Fight the Future” day! This week, Annie and Jenn discuss the first X-Files film in a super-sized episode. We also read some listener stories about their experiences seeing the film for the first time.

The girls are taking a break this week, so for your listening pleasure, we are re-releasing our interview with Larry Musser, frequent guest star on The X-Files! Enjoy and stay safe!

This week in the mythology series, Annie and Jenn discuss “Duane Barry” and “Ascension.”

We did our Top Ten Scully moments a few weeks back… now, it’s Mulder’s turn.

Annie and Jenn sit down with Fiona Cox and discuss the X-Files’ history with LGBTQ representation. (Spoiler alert: it’s mostly… not good)

This week, Annie and Jenn discuss the season six episode “Field Trip.”

Special Agent Dana Scully has had many amazing moments over the years. This week, Annie and Jenn count down our Top Ten Scully moments of all time.

Continuing our Mythology Series, Annie and Jenn tackle the season 2 premiere, “Little Green Men.” Mulder’s sweaty gray T-shirt will be discussed.

This week Jenn takes the reins as we sit down with Former Editor-in-Chief of X-Files News and Digital Content Producer for Big Light Productions, Avi Quijada! We discuss her journey through this crazy fandom, the merits of Seasons 8 and 9 of “The X-Files,” and working with Frank Spotnitz.

Happy Valentine’s Day, Philes! Today we are sitting down with Nicole (aka @gaycrouton) and discussing the shippiest episode of all time, “The Rain King!”

Grab the tissues: this week Annie and Jenn count down their Top Ten Angstiest moments of “The X-Files.” (It’ll make you want to die, but in a good way.)

This week Annie and Jenn continue our mythology series with the episodes “E.B.E.” and “Erlenmeyer Flask.”

This week Annie and Jenn sit down with Judd Trichter, who played Richie Szalay in the episodes “Requiem” and “This is Not Happening.”

Annie and Jenn get festive and discuss the only truly Christmassy X-Files episode: “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas!”

This week, Annie and Jenn get the giggles as we count down our top ten funniest moments on The X Files.

This week Annie and Jenn continue our journey through the mythology of The X-Files and discuss two episodes that, while not directly related to the mythology, hold some importance.

Annie and Jenn attempt to curtail their fangirling as they sit down with writer/ executive producer of The X-Files, Frank Spotnitz!

This week, Jenn takes over the podcast to sit down with Annie and special guests Alyse and Kasey, the three writers of “X-Files Season 12: a fan fiction project.” SPOILERS AHEAD! To read the stories, go here: https://archiveofourown.org/series/1490087

This week Annie and Jenn take a deep dive into The X-Files’ second feature film, “I Want to Believe.”

This week Annie and Jenn celebrate a year of (the new iteration of) X Files Diaries! Take a trip down memory lane with some of our favorite moments.

This week Annie and Jenn sit down with Larry Musser, an X Files alum you know from episodes such as “Jose Chung,” “Unrequited,” and “Chinga.”

This week, Annie and Jenn discuss the top ten “fixes” they would make over the course of the series. Some are small, some are big. (Some of Jenn’s are very big.)

This week Annie and Jenn are joined by the fabulous Jessica Morgan of Television Without Pity fame. We discuss her X Files recaps, the evolution of the online fandom, and the fashion of the X Files!

This week Annie and Jenn are starting a new discussion series: a comprehensive rundown of the mythology episodes. This week we will begin with “Pilot” and “Deep Throat.”

You asked, we answered… Annie and Jenn dive back in to the Season 11 episode “Plus One.” Squeeing ensues. Warning: much discussion of sex between Mulder and Scully because, hey, why not?

Today, Annie and Jenn discuss the episodes of one of The X Files’ most unique writers: Darin Morgan!

Annie and Jenn count down our favorite “unsung” or “under-recognized” episodes. Some are rather controversial, as always. We also read listener tweets in a new segment.

Annie and Jenn discuss the rather controversial episode “The Post Modern Prometheus.” Frankenstein, genetic experiments, and the problematic way the show deals with women’s issues are addressed.

Annie and Jenn discuss every “series” finale that could have potentially ended The X Files, and why certain ones worked better than others.

Annie and Jenn bring out some old fashioned rage (why yes, Annie DOESN’T like some stuff!) while we count down our biggest beefs within the X Files universe.

Annie and Jenn discuss the S7 episodes that close out the Samantha arc.

Love her or hate her (okay, hate her) we’re talking about her. Diana Fowley, people. The Fowl One has arrived.

Music has always been a huge part of The X-Files. This week, Annie and Jenn talk about our favorite source songs used in the series.

This week, Annie and Jenn discuss a fan favorite (for everyone but Jenn) “Bad Blood!”

The William storyline is a huge part of the X-Files: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Annie and Jenn tackle this controversial topic.

The X-Files wouldn’t be the same without Mark Snow’s fabulous score. This week, Annie and Jenn count down their favorite Mark Snow cues in the series.

The topic of when Mulder and Scully actually had sex for the first time is hotly debated throughout the fandom. Join Annie, Jenn, and guest Amy Imhoff as we throw down.

Annie and Jenn tackle one of Annie’s favorite (and Jenn’s least favorite) episodes: “Never Again.” Are you #TeamBanging or #TeamNoBanging?

We know Mulder and Scully broke up before the revival, but we never really got a good explanation for why. Annie and Jenn unpack this angst-tastic topic.

The X-Files wouldn’t be the same without the bad guys. Annie and Jenn count down our favorites.

Annie and Jenn discuss the Chris Carter penned “Milagro.”

Love it or hate it, there’s definitely a “thing” people have with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in the same room with each other. Annie and Jenn discuss.

Annie and Jenn do the impossible: count down our list of Top 25 X-Files episodes of all time. Part Two.

Annie and Jenn do the impossible: count down our list of Top 25 X-Files episodes of all time. Part One.

This week, shippers extraordinaire Annie and Jenn count down their Top 15 MSR (Mulder/ Scully Relationship/Romance) moments of all time.

This week, shippers extraordinaire Annie and Jenn count down their Top 15 MSR (Mulder/ Scully Relationship/Romance) moments of all time.

We’re back! X Files Diaries returns with a brand new co-host. Join Annie as she welcomes Jenn to the podcast.