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Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure

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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2.08 The Dark Age | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/10/15

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!Ripper and Rayne REUNITE!! The past is coming back to haunt Giles in the form of Eyghon! Diedre boarded a plane as a corpse?! Jenny Calendar wants to make Giles squirm! NO ONE CAN EVER HAVE ANYTHING NICE!! Plus, Buffy learns that even adults were kids once. It's S2E8 "The Dark Age," and

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2.07 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/10/01

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”!IN EPISODE LINKS Bo Built - Five x Five Studio Bluey, Background Jazz, and the 'Best' Metal Guitar Solo Giles, Ethan, & Rihanna Alan Cummings Outfits NOBODY MESSES WITH OUR BOYFRIEND TOUR!! ⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/live⁠⁠ OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS

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107:51

2.07 Lie to Me | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/09/24

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!Lying liars are lying their lies all over Sunnydale this week, and most of them are doing it while lit from below with a full face of makeup! Buffy’s best LA pal Ford (have you heard of him? because we sure haven’t!) has come to town to die young in an attempt to stay pretty, Drusilla

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52:46

2.06 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/09/17

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...IN EPISODE LINKS Shoes Is Urine Sterile? NOBODY MESSES WITH OUR BOYFRIEND TOUR!! ⁠bufferingcast.com/live⁠ OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs |

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105:23

2.06 Halloween | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/09/10

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!Ethan has come to Sunnydale to get scolded by his card-cataloging boyfriend, Oz is wondering who that girl is, Cordelia is a great big cat, Buffy doesn’t know what a Slayer is (my stars!), Jenny is thinking about applying for Survivor, and Kristin has officially proven that our

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45:24

2.05 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/08/27

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"!IN EPISODE LINKS Passion of the Nerd The Insect Reflection⁠ NOBODY MESSES WITH OUR BOYFRIEND TOUR!! bufferingcast.com/live OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs;

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43:56

Penis, Demon, Money, Snake: Lani Diane Rich on...

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/08/20

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"!!!LEARN MORE ABOUT LANI DIANE RICH The Year of Writing MagicallyStill Pretty + Still Dead IN EPISODE LINKS Passion of the Nerd OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK

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2.05 Reptile Boy | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/08/13

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!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

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57:55

2.04 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/07/23

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."IN EPISODE LINKS cindi altrive's keynote giles' house in miniature OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs;

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43:07

Cultural Exchange, Fetishization, and Indigeneity:...

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/07/02

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.Learn more about Alba Daza!! IN EPISODE LINKS ⁠North of North⁠ OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS

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2.04 Inca Mummy Girl | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/07/02

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! 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(!!!),

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39:52

2.03 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/06/18

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…IN EPISODE LINKS fuck me, ray bradbury OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE! ⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs;

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115:59

2.03 School Hard | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/06/04

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

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2.02 Watcher's Diary: Episode Extras

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/05/28

We are back with another Watcher's Diary, and we have Jenny opining the best place to perform in the "new Sunnydale," Kristin on defending yourself from vampires with a sharpie, listener thoughts on rotator cuffs, hunting vs patrolling, singing to your cats, and more — and, of course, our What Dawn Was Doing segment for "Some Assembly Required"!OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE! ⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/book⁠⁠⁠ JOIN US IN LA & BOSTON FOR UPCOMING LIVE

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102:32

2.02 Some Assembly Required | A Buffy the Vampire...

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/05/21

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

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Once More, With Spoilers: Watcher's Diary #5

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/05/14

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"...OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HERE-ORDER NOW! ⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/book⁠⁠⁠ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; ⁠⁠⁠jennyowenyoungs.com⁠⁠⁠ Kristin

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108:15

Once More, With Spoilers: 2.01 When She Was Bad | A...

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/05/07

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!Jenny and Kristin are back after a summer spent shopping in Los Angeles! Who will they smugly dance with at The Bronze? Who will look on sulkily (and undoubtedly also silkily) from the shadows, near the hanging egg chair, while Cibo Matto performs their sultriest song?! Tune in to find

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Once More, With Spoilers: Watcher's Diary #4

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/05/05

Producer, Special Agent, and Very Special Guest LaToya Ferguson joins us for our Watcher's Diary this week!! We discuss all of her thoughts on Season 1 (it is GOOD, actually ...and Marcie was in love with CORDELIA, actually), we finally uncover What Dawn Was Doing while the events of "Prophecy Girl" unfolded, and we learn that LaToya's favorite episode of the entire series falls in Season 2! We also spend copious amounts of time trying to decode how to match up Buffy characters

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BONUS: Feels Like the First Time | Fast and Furious

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/04/30

BONUS: Feels Like the First Time, Fast and Furious Edition (originally aired as two separate episodes on Patreon, presented together here with a new intro by Jenny)Feels Like the First Time is a podcast in which the experienced (usually - but not always! - Joanna) guide the uninitiated (usually - but not always! - Kristin) through important films. Can't get enough FLTFT? This limited series began in 2020, and you can hear ALL of the episodes now in the Patron-only feed! Journey through Lord of

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Once More, With Spoilers: Watcher's Diary #3

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire... ·

2025/04/23

In our third Watcher's Diary we are talking about vampires and CPR, continuing to investigate what instrument Angel plays, and reminiscing about that time Jenny was on a plane with Kenny G. Plus, Kristin learns about the band Celtic Woman and we find out what Dawn was doing in "Out of Sight, Out of Mind."We will be back with our coverage of Buffy Season 2 (for the second time, *with* spoilers) on May 7th!! Join us in Boston (and virtually!!) on Tuesday, April

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