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!

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Thursday · 1 hr 47 min
Encore Episode: Interview with James Marsters | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
It was an honor and privilege to sit and chat with James Marsters! We talked about his early theatre days, what he learned about his craft from Anthony Stewart Head, the finer details of maintaining various pieces of Spike’s iconic wardrobe, and so much more. We’re thrilled to be re-airing this interview (perhaps our favorite cast conversation of all time) which originally aired on March 26, 2019.
July 22 · 1 hr 6 min
Watcher's Diary #26: A Cadre of Nymphs
A humdinger of a Watcher's Diary is upon us!! Including but not limited to: the women's pro baseball league (!!!), Juliette Lewis, dead dads, Love Island, books that our kids love, fly hotels, Diana (Goddess of the Hunt), and soooo much more.
July 15 · 1 hr 19 min
Encore Episode: Interview with Juliet Landau | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Druuuusilllaa!! Youuuuu filllaaa my heart with dread and still I’m led right back to youuuuuu. <3 Please enjoy this encore airing of our interview with the one and only Juliet Landau!! This month we're sharing some of our favorite Buffy cast interviews from the Buffering archives. This interview originally aired on October 25, 2020
July 10 · 1 hr 10 min
Bonus: Xena Warrior Princess Exclusive from Patreon | Xena Ululating 01: "I Could Get Up There Behind You"
All you really need to know is that Kristin loves Xena more than most things on planet Earth and she's only seen one episode??? In our pilot episode — which aired exclusively for patrons on June 19th — we will be discussing Xena's three-episode arc on Hercules and the pilot of Xena: Warrior Princess, "Sins of the Past." If you'd like to listen to the second episode, ⁠it is up now right here on Patreon⁠! BUCKLE UP!!
July 8 · 1 hr 17 min
Encore Episode: Interview with Marc Blucas | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
The most butterscotch of all the hunks, and one of our favorite interviews EVER — Marc Blucas sat down with us to talk about all things Riley (and yes, also compared hand sizes with Jenny). No matter your feelings on Riley Finn, there is no way you can meet Mr. Blucas and not swoon?!?! Maybe he SHOULD take boots off slowly after all. This month we're sharing some of our favorite Buffy cast interviews from the Buffering archives. This interview originally aired on February 11, 2020
July 1 · 49 min
Encore Episode: Interview with Kristine Sutherland | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
One of our very first cast interviews was with the absolutely wonderful Kristine Sutherland, and we are sharing it for the first time as a standalone conversation! We chat about Buffy coming out to Joyce, the cop car scene in "Band Candy," her relationship with the Buffy fandom, filming "The Body," and so much more. This month we're sharing some of our favorite Buffy cast interviews from the Buffering archives. This interivew originally aired in two parts on October 18, 2017 (in "Band Candy") a
June 26 · 46 min
Watcher’s Diary #25: Do You Know What A Clam Slam Is?
We’ve got thoughts on Love Island, Euphoria, and pool safety PLUS some new ideas on Angel’s curse, a veeeery tiny Sunnydale, and a new pet sound that Jenny couldn’t sing without dancing.
June 24 · 1 hr 6 min
Encore Episode: Checkpoint with Ira Madison III | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Back in 2020 Ira Madison III joined us (righhhhht before we would all find ourselves in quarantine...) to chat about "Checkpoint," and discuss the hottest member of the Watcher's Council, paying Buffy Summers, and how Willow is bi but it was 2001, so even *she* probably didn't know it. This month we're sharing some of our favorite "special guest" episodes from the Buffering archives. This encore episode originally aired on March 4, 2020. (What a time!)
June 19 · 1 hr 42 min
Encore Episode: Enemies with Hrishikesh Hirway | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Our first ever hangout with Hrishikesh Hirway from back in 2018!! We've got erotic novels, warm milk left out on countertops, the birth of JENNY AND THE TWO PENNIES (!!), discussions on Angel's preferred candle scent, and so much more. A real humdinger of an episode. This month we're sharing some of our favorite "special guest" episodes from the Buffering archives. This encore episode originally aired on February 7, 2018. CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF BUFFERING Join us at Brooklyn's Littlefield for our first-ever Homecoming Weekend on October 16th & 17th. Tickets are on sale now — all information: ⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/live⁠⁠⁠ READ (OR LISTEN TO!) SLAYERS, EVERY ONE OF US ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠jennyowenyoungs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kristinnoeline.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PATREON | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/bufferingcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MERCH | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Produced by: Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: Kristin Russo Logo: Kristine Thune We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
June 17 · 31 min
Watcher's Diary #24: The Sausage Link You Didn't Order
A little unexpected Watcher's Diary because we do what we want!!! Including discussions on Survivor, Love Island, Widow's Bay, and our children's summer plans (to see each other).
June 10 · 1 hr 36 min
Encore Episode: Innocence with Joanna Robinson | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
This month we're sharing some of our favorite "special guest" episodes from the Buffering archives, and there's no better way we could think of to kick things off than with our very first Buffy chat with BFF of the pod Joanna Robinson! Up for discussion: claddagh rings, Angelus's foundation, what exactly IS "one moment of true happiness" and is there a corresponding equation by chance?! This encore episode originally aired on April 26th 2017.
May 27 · 1 hr 30 min
Watcher's Diary #23: Joanna Robinson is Here to Talk to Us
Joanna Robinson helps us close out Season 2 of Buffy and also helps Jenny explain Morning Glory Milking Farm to Kristin. Plus Euphoria, The X-Files, and a new theme song for Joanna's perfect cat Bug!
May 13 · 1 hr 46 min
2.22 Becoming (Part 2) | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
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! The winter here is cold* and bitter and even your best overalls will not keep you warm. Swords are gonna clang, orbs are gonna orb, and hearts are gonna break. We have arrived (again) at one of the best episodes of the series, and all we can say is… ouchhhhh. *for proof pls see S3
May 12 · 26 min
“It’s THE SHOW”: Passion of the Nerd’s Ian Martin on Season 2 of Buffy
After ten years of creating Buffy content in our own little corners of the universe, we are beyond delighted to have FINALLY spoken with Passion of the Nerd's Ian Martin! We chat about Season 2, the reboot, depression, and the recipe that makes Buffy the beating heart of television for oh-so-many of us.
May 6 · 1 hr 53 min
2.21 Becoming (Part 1) | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
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! Ep Description: The one and only Hrishikesh Hirway joins us for our conversation on S2E21 "Becoming Part 1" (we hope you don't mind his Irish accent)!! We discuss very important things such as covalent bonds, the shape of an obelisk, the green ribbon tied around Darla's neck, and dis
April 29 · 1 hr 4 min
Watcher's Diary #22: If You Want To Hear Drusilla Say "Moo"
Pondering big questions like if Lilah Morgan and Faith Lehane would maybe make out (and why it wouldn’t be good for either of them?!) as well as limiting Jenny to five minutes of survivor talk (she somehow did manage to keep it under six). Plus Kids in the Hall, Bleak Midwinters, and Pet Sounds!
April 19 · 1 hr 26 min
2.20 Go Fish | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
We've got speedos and kickboards in close proximity, fish monsters slip 'n sliding in the boys' locker room, and heaping piles of the patriarchy ...plus it REALLY smells like low tide in here?! It's S2E20 "Go Fish," and yes that IS Shane West in the steam room.
April 15 · 2 hr 2 min
Bonus from Beyond Buffering | The eX Files: The X-Files 3.04 Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
A veritable smorgasbord of both psychics and Buffering jingles converge for one of The X-Files most beloved episodes, S3E4 "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose." We've got Peter Boyle, questions about the meaning of life, Jenny feeling all kinds of feelings, and Kristin returning to her crystal ball (adding to the veritable smorgasbord of psychics) to find out more about Scully's NEW DOG.
April 11 · 53 min
Watcher's Diary #21: Eagles of Unusually Large Size
Slayers, Every One of Us — the memoir we wrote together about our marriage, divorce, and podcasting through it — turned ONE this past week!! To celebrate we recorded our Watcher's Diary live with many of you. It was, of course, ever so much fun. In addition to Kristin talking about her feelings and assuring everyone that Jenny does, sometimes, also have feelings we discussed our favorite children's books, TOLD MANY POD SECRETS, and found out everything Kristin forgot about Lord of the Rings. Som
April 1 · 1 hr 33 min
2.19 I Only Have Eyes for You | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Uh-oh, time for some feelings. Sunnydale High is cocooned in wasps, Angelus — who in any form only has eyes for Buffy — is infected by poltergeist love, Giles is trying to communicate with the ghost of Jenny Calendar, and Buffy cannot forgive herself. We get the kiss we've wished for since Innocence and then, in true Buffyverse style, one more punch in the gut. It's S2E19: "I Only Have Eyes for You"