Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buff...

Hosts Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs are heading back into the Buffyverse for Buffering the Vampire Slayer: Once More, With Spoilers! After a critically-acclaimed, spoiler-free watch of the series from 2016-2022, your hosts are returning to the Hellmouth to discuss all 144 episodes of Buffy for a second time, but this go-round *with* spoilers — a never-before-attempted feat of love and chaos!

Buffering the Vampire Slayer is part of the Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure network of podcasts.

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2.12 Bad Eggs | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
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.
86 min
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2.11 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras
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...
43 min
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Raise Your Hand If You're the Kid of Divorced P...
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
20 min
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2.11 Ted | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
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!
83 min
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2.10 Watcher's Diary Continued: More Episode Ex...
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...
37 min
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2.10 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras
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!
49 min
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2.10 What's My Line Part 2 | A Buffy the Vampir...
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.
84 min
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2.09 What's My Line Part 1 | A Buffy the Vampir...
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
76 min
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2.08 The Dark Age | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer ...
85 min
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2.07 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras
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”!
49 min
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2.07 Lie to Me | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Pod...
98 min
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2.06 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras
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...
50 min
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2.06 Halloween | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Pod...
101 min
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2.05 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras
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"!
42 min
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Penis, Demon, Money, Snake: Lani Diane Rich on ...
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"!!!
41 min
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2.05 Reptile Boy | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer P...
It's so nice to look back to the 90s and be reminded of what the patriarchy was like now that we live in a world so free of its presence! We've got a snake (who's not the mayor), silk AND chiffon (in this economy?!), Willow *dragging* Angel and Giles (YOU LOVE TO SEE IT), and girls chained up in the basement (must be a Tuesday!). It's S2E5 "Reptile Boy"!!
104 min
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2.04 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras
So many *incredible* Inca Mummy Girl emails, plus Jenny gives us a stunning rundown of everything important that has ever happened on Love Island?! Plus, stratovolcanoes, what Dawn was doing in Inca Mummy Girl, and our very first recording for Pet Sounds, "Toe Bean."
53 min
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Cultural Exchange, Fetishization, and Indigenei...
When Sunnydale has a cultural exchange dance and brings an Incan Mummy to town, you know we are going to have a lot to unpack. Here is our full conversation with the one and only Alba Daza where we discuss the concept of “cultural exchange,” dig more into the history of the Incan people, bring some much-needed correction to the terminology and the dress of Inuit people, and so much more.
39 min
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2.04 Inca Mummy Girl | A Buffy the Vampire Slay...
Everyone’s favorite episode of Buffy is upon us, where cultures are exchanged in respectful ways and indigenous folks are humanized! Just KIDDING, but wouldn’t that be so great?! Today, in addition to 90s-flavored racism, we do at least have the introduction of Devon (!), Jonathan(!!!), and OZ (!!!!!!!!) *plus* a segment with our beloved Alba Daza!!! It’s Season 2, Episode 4 “Inca Mummy Girl” — so please open your desiccated eye sockets and join us as we discuss.
108 min
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2.03 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras
We are back with another Watcher’s Diary and chatting about leaf miners, shoulder cartilage, Memphis gay bars, and a cat who goes by the nickname "Toe Bean." We also cover what Dawn was doing during the events of “School Hard,” and discuss some choice moments of revivification in Outlander…
38 min
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2.03 School Hard | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer P...
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! No one stands a chance against his cheekbones and today's special guest Joanna Robinson would save him all her mini marshmallows — because mmm ba ba ba ba SPIKE LOOKS GOOD! It's Season 2, Episode 3 "School Hard," and we want to know, was Drusilla in the trunk of that car with all her dolls when it blasted through the Welcome to Sunnydale sign or what?!
111 min
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2.02 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras
33 min
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2.02 Some Assembly Required | A Buffy the Vampi...
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! Xander is jealous of Angel! Angel is jealous of Xander! Giles is slightly closer to learning where Jenny Calendar dangles it! And teen boys are dismembering dead girls to build a Frank— er, FRANCINE-enstein!! Classic. Also, tomato is a fruit but we still want to hear your science report, Cordelia.  It’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2, Episode 2: Some Assembly Required… and Angel is wearing a BEIGE JACKET LOLOL
98 min
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2.01 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras
We're BACK with our first Watcher's Diary of Season 2!! We've got information on bones and wrestling and barbecues and knowing your chickens — plus some discussion on Buffy reboot rumors AND excitement about the return of Fallout. And of course, we find out what Dawn was doing during "When She Was Bad"...
33 min
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2.01 When She Was Bad | A Buffy the Vampire Sla...
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!
103 min