Another Watcher’s Diary is upon us! As is Survivor Season 50?! We get back into hoping for more Xena, dissect some parasites, listen to a choir sing Prophecy Girl (!!), consider what mixtape Dawn would have made for Xander in ‘98, and oh so much more (including astrology). 

Special guest LaToya Ferguson joins us for her FAVORITE EPISODE OF BUFFY: "Passion"! We've got some script deep dives, a round of applause for David Boreanaz as he settles into the true darkness of Angelus, a funeral for Willow's fish (RIP), and then of course the sound of all of our hearts shattering in unison as we are forced to face the rose, the loss of Jenny Calendar, and the devastation of Giles and the scoobies. SOB.

Another Watcher’s Diary is upon us!! We are talking Sinners, Fallout, werewolf bites, Angel’s never-ending need to make his daddy proud, Dawn’s whereabouts during “Phases,” and Diana Ross’ love of muscles… Spoilers for Sinners from 25:52 - 26:58

Welcome to Once More, With Spoilers, where Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs revisit every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, one at a time — for the SECOND time! — this time discussing each episode with spoilers! Bewitched by Amy, Bewildered by Xander, and Bothered by Giles Lack of Patience?? Bewitched by Cordelia's character arc, Bewildered by Where Buffy Got That Silk Robe, and Bothered by Larry's Absence? No matter what is bewitch, bebother, and bebewildering, please join us, Diana, and Hecate for our coverage of this week's *very* timely Valentine's Day episode!

Today in our watcher’s diary: Further evidence on vampire hair growth, Charlie XCX feelings, Moon Science, Kristin loves Meg Stalter, summoning Jenny with boobs, and more!

Ah yes, tfw a werewolf is in love!! Plus, Larry is gay, Buffy bends Cain's gun, Jenny has read some reports, and Giles simply *loves* the classics. It's Season 2, Episode 15: "Phases."

We are back with another Watcher’s Diary to find out what Dawn was doing in “Surprise,” meet a hamster named Grimace, learn more about ass jerky, and talk about Hooking Up vs hooking up (neither of which are any of Jenny’s business).

Get in losers, we’re going to Sephora because HE’S! HERE! Angelus is BACK, not a soul to be seen! We revisit the origin of Hellmath this week with the equation as old as time: True Love + Orgasm = -1 Soul What a time to be (un)alive.

Welcome to Once More, With Spoilers, where Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs revisit every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, one at a time — for the SECOND time! — this time discussing each episode with spoilers! Somehow the biggest surprise on the pod today has nothing to do with Buffy turning 17 and everything to do with Grimace — the beloved (party throwing?) (Gemini?!?!) purple BEST FRIEND of Ronald McDonald. In Sunnydale, Jenny is revealed as Janna, Cordelia is revealed from behind a pool table, Angel's boobs are revealed at both his bedtime and Buffy's bedtime, and Drusilla HATES THE FLOWERS, FIX THEM!!!!

The last Watcher’s Diary of the year and we’ve got egg babies, Xena and Callisto feelings, Dawn making little baskets, f*ck marry kill: cylon edition, plus some wisdom from Kristin’s therapist. TIS THE SEASON.

The eggs are here and they are NOT GOOD, folks! In addition to Kristin's horror at the skittering offspring in Buffy's bedroom and Jenny's horror at Kristin's request to be called "Mama Bezoar," we also chat about sex & responsibility, the arrival of the Gorch Brothers (!), and how we were forged in the fiery crucible that was the mall of the nineties. It's S2E12: Bad Eggs.

A veritable kitchen sink of topics in today's Watcher's Diary — including but not limited to: microscopes and MDMA, Dawn's whereabouts in both What's My Line Part 2 & Ted, Kristin's rage at a particular airline, Alderic's trip to the movies, smashing demon lizards for Christmas, and Jenny's new choir directing gig...

Our beloved Alba Daza is with us to chat about her Season 2 pick, "Ted"! We revel in Buffy slamming Ted in the face (WITH HIS OWN WEAPON!), we gasp at a reveal regarding Joyce's dress (it was her only dress?!), we try not to talk too much about robot sex (whoops), and so much more! Alba Forever <3

LIVE from Burlington, VT's Higher Ground, today we are talking about the John Ritter of it all in S2E11 of Buffy: "Ted"! Apart from robot boyfriends, patriarchy jingles, and Angel's widdle hand bandage, we also chat about what kind of pizza toppings Angel and Spike might choose to add to their own mini pizzas PLUS give everyone the podcast gift they've always wanted: crunching on some Count Chocula cereal live on stage!

We've got Freudian Slayers, a healthy RANT on the use of AI, more Xena (of course), and Kristin's introduction to Marcus and Robert. Plus, Dawn is loaning Mr. Gordo to Angel in our What Was Doing installment, thoughts on tarot, and why hate-listening to our podcast might just make you gay...

Our very first LIVE Watcher's Diary, where we catch up on What Dawn Was Doing in "The Dark Age," find out some absolutely wild facts about the way priests are buried, get reality TV updates from Jenny (and our listeners), have our brains melted in finding out the tune that Buffy was aerobicizing to in the library, and delight in the pet sound for Esme the Cat!

Welcome to Once More, With Spoilers, where Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs revisit every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, one at a time — for the SECOND time! — this time discussing each episode with spoilers! LIVE from Philadelphia, we are here — and joined by special guest Ian Carlos Crawford of SLAYERFEST '98! — to discuss What's My Line Part 2! There are vampire throuples, there are monkeys with pants, Angel's shirt comes unbuttoned a minimum of two times, Jenny cannot stop talking about laying pipe, and there's even some Britney Spears in the mix.

Welcome to Once More, With Spoilers, where Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs revisit every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, one at a time — for the SECOND time! — this time discussing each episode with spoilers! Angel loves to lurk, Buffy is ice skating, a girl with a gorgeous and seemingly singular shirt has just arrived at the Sunnydale airport (!!!), and the only thing we hate more than a man who wants to kill Buffy is a man MADE OF WORMS who wants to kill Buffy?! Live from Brooklyn’s Bell House it’s S2E9 “What’s My Line,” featuring special guests Frankie Casano-Antonellis & Stephan Nance of Sparkbird!!! Join us for our last live event of the year THIS WEDNESDAY with Joanna Robinson & Alba Daza in Burlington, VT at Higher Ground! Tickets at ⁠bufferingcast.com/live⁠ Stephen's new album Head Like a Nest is coming out Nov 14! Learn more about ⁠Sparkbird and their upcoming album/tour here⁠! Download the "Enemies" cover featuring Sparkbird at the end of today's episode ⁠here⁠! Listen to the Live Kendra Jingle ⁠here⁠! Hey! Our original coverage of "What's My Line Part 1" with no spoilers aired on March 15, 2017 and you can find it here: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-09-whats-my-line-part-1-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast/id1150241800?i=1000382644951⁠

Alan Cumming’s incredible outfits, wooden boxes that are 5x5(x5), Spike’s unwavering honesty, another gutting reveal on what Dawn was doing, and a theory on LARPing LARPers — here is our Watcher’s Diary for “Lie to Me”!

Jenny's battle to have us pod about Xena continues and we also get into the very rich topics of: sitting on bathroom floors, the Buffy reboot pilot, Nancy Botwin selling weed, the myth of sterile urine, and what Dawn was doing for Halloween...

Today we are thinking about shadow selves, Xena Warrior Princess, Dawn's love of the Backstreet Boys, and Cordelia's dad's tax evasion. Plus, Jenny made new friends?! It's our Watcher's Diary for "Reptile Boy"!

The wonderful, brilliant Lani Diane Rich is with us today in defense of Buffy's "Reptile Boy"!! We go deep into what makes a good episode of Buffy (can you hear us, new Buffy writers room?!), consider various snakes-as-penis-demons throughout the show, and discuss what may be at the core of the series — a little sentiment called "to the pain"!!!