Oh mannnnnnn Dark Willow needs to kick every square inch of Buffy's ass and is also driving a truck by standing on top of it and is also making cops take naps and by the way did you know she also has some shit to do with Rack and *also* she would like to do an impression of Dawn whining?!?! A busy day. It is S6E21: Two To Go. Oh, and one more thing? Daddy's home. +++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs ; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline ; kri...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 621
She owes you! She owes you paaaain! Whewwwww, that's right scoobies: Willow has gone and smooshed her vengeance seeking hands into *all* of the dark magic books and slurped up so much dark magic that her hair and eyes have turned black and her voice got an octave lower. This is not a drill! Dark Willow is here and she doesn't need anyone's help because she is going to avenge the death of Tara and, according to her... "she's not coming back." It's Season 6 Episode 20: Villains and we are IN IT NO...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 620
Amber Benson is here with us, in conversation with Kristin & Jenny, and we could not be more overjoyed!!!! We talk about witchcraft, memories from the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the impact of queer characters on television, the beauty and power of the Buffy fandom, and even that time that Amber thought no one noticed her dancing into a pole in Once More, With Feeling ... The biggest of all thank yous to Amber for spending time with us this week, and for everything she has done and cont...
Aug 12, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 619
Seeing Red is here, whether we want it to be or not! This is one of FOUR episodes we produced and recorded to cover the episode as responsibly as possible. Making space for nuanced conversation on both the bathroom scene (a link to our episode with Jess Clark is below) and the Bury Your Gays trope (episode airing tomorrow on Patreon!) means that here, today, we get some space to have fun with Anya's hatred of men, fish metaphors, Andrew's pina colada, and Kristin singing Jenny's own songs at Jen...
Aug 11, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 619
If Spike and Anya doing it on the Magic Box table wasn't enough for you (Giles would be scandalized!), then how about Ira Madison III here in-episode with us talking about all of his hottest takes on Season 6?? One thing we all agree on: Xander, shut the f*ck up. +++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs ; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline ; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 618
The bells of hell stopped ringing just long enough for three asshole men to gaslight Buffy (AND US?!) into doubting her own reality! How cool. How sweet. How lovely. HOW CHARMING. Fuck everyone, because yeah it's S6E17: Normal Again and we are pissed . Oh, also, we play a game where we guess all of the groceries that Spike is carrying in his brown paper bag, because we care about you! And hey, if you care about US, go on over and take this short survey to let us know your hopes and dreams for th...
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 617
Sarah Duncan, a Pop Culture Scholar, Multidisciplinary Artist & Cultural Worker, is here in conversation with Kristin & Alba — we are talking about the harmful mental health tropes found in Buffy's Normal Again , how common they are across pop culture, and how harmful and dangerous those tropes have been and continue to be! Kristin & Jenny will be here with your episodic conversation on S6E17: Normal Again tomorrow! +++ July is Disability Pride Month! Please, if you are able, donate ...
Jul 07, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 617
Okay. Well. In today's episode — S6E16: Hell's Bells — Spike has brought a date to Xander and Anya's wedding (a date, did you know, it is a date) but only cares about Buffy's happiness, Dawn has met a cute demon teen, Clem looks absolutely excellent in his suit, Tara and Willow can't stop giggling, and Buffy is really good at juggling (less skilled at charades). Also in today's episode, Xander's family is a living nightmare worse than any demon we've yet seen, and Xander's lived history of traum...
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 616
In our last live-taping of the season, Captain Can-Do is BACK and he has a SCAR and he wears GLOVES and a LEATHER VEST and he has a WIFE named Sam and we LOVE HER. Listen, this is the one where Riley comes back to town to find some demon eggs, Buffy is horny for anyone with or without a pulse, and we ruminate on the temperature of vampire penises? You're incredibly welcome, and yes it is S6E15: As You Were. Link to the LIVEJOURNAL article that blows the lid right off of this episode, thank you t...
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 615
Ah, it's the annual tradition of marking the birth of Buffy Summers with interdimensional chaos! Halfrek has capitalized on Dawn's wish to keep everyone inside the house, Anya is hoisting a red-shirted boy into the mix (lookout, buddy), there's a demon who uses his sword like a Polly Pocket, Spike has too many muscle cramps to count, and WE LOVE SOPHIE. Yes, that's right — it's S6E14: Older and Far Away. +++ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs ; jennyowenyoung...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 614
If only we could go back in time and be held by the sweet embrace of robot boyfriends, demons on the internet, snake mayors, and bad eggs. Alas, we are here together in Season 6, and today we are discussing Episode 13: Dead Things. Somehow, despite the heaviness of the episode itself, we find ourselves having a LOT to say about one Fatih Lehane, ranting on middle parts and Gen Z, and delighted in sheer horror at what has been done to Buffy's green t-shirt. Join us, we shall journey forth togethe...
May 12, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 613
Beef-flavored vegetables, dumpster sex, and a penis monster surprise can only mean one thing: we have arrived at S6E12: Doublemeat Palace! Please join us for conversation on the fast food industry, our deep love of Halfrek, Spike's fucking OUTFIT, and why the fuck the Slayer is not a paid position (rant #48656332). LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs ; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline ; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @buffer...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 612
We hung out with the always-wonderful and, of course, splendiferous Clare Kramer! We had so much dang fun talking to her about her new podcast, Fanaddicts (which launches today!), that we decided to put the entire conversation right here in the main feed. A little extra joy for your week, Scoobies! We talk about Jenny's deep knowledge on the mating rituals of stoats, Kristin's newfound-love-of-plumbing, Clare's penchant for using Sharpie on her children's arms, and we review our astrological cha...
Apr 22, 2021•38 min
In today's episode we have a more in-depth conversation with Natalie Muskin-Press, taking a deeper look at Willow’s arc with her use of magic in this season. Natalie is a Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor who has been working in Higher Education for the last 10 years. Prior to that she spent 3 years working in the community providing Intensive OutPatient Treatment to adults and adolescents and running a residential Recovery Home for women. Her work centers on harm reduction with a focus on ...
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 610
A trio of ding-dong boys accidentally turn Buffy invisible but then because they cannot stop yapping they wind up defeated anyway! TYPICAL. We also have Pylon Pudding, dial up internet at the E-Pump, Invisible Ear Lobe Nibbling, Doris the Social Worker and Magic Weed. It is Season 6 Episode 11: Gone! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs ; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline ; kristinnoeline.com Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twit...
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 611
In this episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, everyone gathers at the local pool to go swimming and talk about their feelings while sipping on ice cold Coca-Cola! Just kidding! This is the one where we meet Rack and strive to untangle the realities of destructive responses to trauma from problematic tropes attached to substance misuse, the one where Buffy re-dons her post-coital pleather skirt to storm off the set of 1080p HGTV, and the one where Dawn lands an amazing kick to the demon we've name...
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 610
Rat Amy is Human Amy once more! There are sheep at The Bronze! Spike and Buffy have inspired a new segment called 1080pHGTV, creating open floor plans a-plenty! Ankle-length pleather skirts be damned, as we have arrived at S6E9: Smashed. The incredible Cory Branan is back with us in today's song as the voice of Spike, and it is very, very good. Listen to more of Cory and learn more about his work at corybranan.com !!! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs ; jenn...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 609
Joan the Vampire Slayer and Randy Giles are battling vampires while Rupey and Anya make out in a sea of disappeared bunnies at The Magic Box, Alex is in the sewers with study buddies Willow and Tara, and Umad is still a pain in our ass! Come for the absolute delight of it all and stay to have your beating heart handed to you as you scream-sing to Michelle Branch at The Bronze... it’s S6E8: Tabula Rasa. We also have a wonderful segment with Natalie Muskin-Press in this episode, a licensed addicti...
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 608
A special, behind-the-scenes conversation on the making of Once More With Once More, With Feeling, taped live and in conversation with you all!! We are here to answer your questions, argue over mustard, cry about our feelings, unpack the muppety-ness of Jenny's villagers, embarrass LaToya with conversations on levitatilingus, and encourage finding a space for musical harmony with the person you divorce. What a time! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs ; jennyo...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 607
In this musical extravaganza, your hosts Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs find themselves bursting into song, and (gay) flames, when a demon attempts to make Dawn his bride… It’s Season 6 Episode 7: Once More, With Feeling, and we’ve got 17 original songs inside of one great big musical podcast, with guests Alba Daza, Gaby Dunn, LaToya Ferguson, Mack MacDade, and Joanna Robinson to prove it. Holy hell. +++ Created by Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs Executive Producer: Kristin Russo Ex...
Feb 10, 2021•2 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 607
On this week's episode of Buffering the Vampire Slayer, Alba Daza and Mackenzie McDade do an unapologetic deep dive into the BIPOC experience of invisibility. Join them as they discuss the metaphorical and literal ways that Buffy the Vampire Slayer illustrates the ways that BIPOC experience invisibility. They laugh, they (almost) cry, they tell it like it is, and they are ready. to. scrap. Be it through Buffy’s White Savior Complex, the revolution that is "Graduation Day Part 2," or the pure rag...
Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 25 min
It's always fuckin' something on Halloween, and this week we will get Anya on roller skates, Dawn shoplifting, Xander poking Giles with his hook, Amber Tamblyn, victim-blaming, and Jenny doing an impression of Old Man Kaltenbach that just may top any impression she has done or ever will do? Welcome to Season 6 Episode 6: All The Way. We also have an awesome segment for you from Producer Alba where she is in conversation with Jack Skelton, a teen dating violence prevention social worker who runs ...
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 606
We are LIVE from our respective recording closets and on the very anniversary of Jenny's birth, no less! We've got hard hats and tequila, and we've also got LaToya Ferguson and Joanna Robinson to help us dig deep on S6E5 Life Serial!! They will, of course, also join us in an attempt to re-create Buffy's classic "liquor is gross" face. Thank you to all of you wonderful scoobs who joined us for this live event, a celebration of Buffy's journey through various jobs she SHOULD NOT NEED BECAUSE SHE L...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 605
As the saying goes, you should really fix that small leak before all your pipes burst and you're suddenly standing knee-deep in water, playing kitten poker, and using a copper pipe to kill a bank demon — all while three ridiculous white men try to take over your town using their complete lack of wit and a moderate heaping of whimsy. It's Season Goddamn 6 Episode Goddamn 4: Flooded. PAY THE FUCKING SLAYER. WHAT THE FUCK. +++ LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying u...
Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 604
You know that feeling when you are ripped out of your peaceful afterlife by your friends and then they are SO LOUD and SO UNHELPFUL plus there is this friggin' energy blob that apparently rode in on your coattails and it just keeps blobbin around and haunting shit?! And all you want is to get away from all the noise and find solace in the posh lair of a chipped vampire who loves black nail polish and peroxide?!?! It is Season 6 Episode 3: After Life, and it is full of a whole bunch of blob and a...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 603
Holy moly, scoobies, we sat down to chat with the one and only Juliet Landau — and she is every bit as brilliant and wonderful as you'd guess! We talk vampire sexuality, manicures, narcissism, Dru's accent, what she named the stars (to the result of such terrible confusion), and so so so so much more! Plus, we talk to Juliet about her brand new film, premiering this Thursday (!!!), called A Place Among the Dead , which features Anne Rice, Joss Whedon, Gary Oldman, and so many other incredible vo...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 602
You know that feeling when you are under six feet of dirt but then your friends bring you back to life and you have to claw your way up from below with your bare hands and then your whole town is on fire and there’s a robot who looks just like you and your friends are like BUFFY HELP?!?! Yeah, us too. It’s Season 6 Episode 2: Bargaining Part 2. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs ; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline ; kristinnoeline.com Bufferi...
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 602
Oh, hey, it's a bot! It's a bot! It's a great big (Buffy) bot!! Yes, here we are at the jump of Season 6 and we've got robots in leather, Willow killing a cute little doe-eyed deer, Giles leaving the gang for more time with Olivia, a motorcycle bar, a Hanson vamp, and Osiris deciding to pop Buffy's eyeballs back in?!?!?!?! WOW WOW WOW, here we f*cking go. Welcome to Season 6 Episode 1: Bargaining Part One. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs ; jennyowenyoungs....
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 601
Within the first few minutes of this beautiful mailbag episode, Jenny says "Guess how fast I just googled 'CLAM MANTLE'?!" so... we promise you a good time. We have discussions on Angelus versus Spike, what magic may have caused Joyce's death (if any!), the difference between sharks and fish, and oh-so-much more!! You all send the absolute BEST emails. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs ; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline ; kristinnoeline.com...
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 522
New Buffering the Vampire Slayer family members — producer Alba Daza and consultant Mack MacDade — join us today in conversation with each other! They introduce who they are, the work they are doing within the Buffering universe, and why they choose to do it. Also buckle up for lots of fun personal anecdotes about Buffy, race, and how they both grew up *obsessed* with the show!! HOSTED BY: Alba Daza : instagram.com/alba.daza ; See Alba's short film (A)dios Ivan, Adios here https://www.ethnocultu...
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 5 min
