BtVS S1E9 The Puppet Show
Buffy and friends deal with the teen struggles of stage fright, and a mystical force killing off their classmates in the school talent show.
Jul 09, 2025•1 hr 19 min
SLAY!!! A Queer Buffy Podcast
Presented by Recovering Gleek, a spoiler free Buffy the Vampire Slayer rewatch podcast, hosted by two long time friends, Lena Conatser and Ian Allred, and looked at through a queer lens. New episodes every Wednesday!
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Episodes
BtVS S1E8 I, Robot...You Jane
Willow learns the hard way that people you meet online could actually be much older than they say. Like centuries older. And also a demon.
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 40 min
BtVS S1E7 Angel
It's a big one! Buffy discovers the mysterious older man she's been dating has a big secret, and an ex girlfriend who wants to kill her. First love man.
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 44 min
BtVS S1E6 The Pack
Xander falls in with a group of kids who are a bad influence on him. They pick on other kids, they don't take school seriously, and they eat people alive, because they are actually hyena spirits in the bodies of human teenagers.
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 23 min
BtVS S1E5 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
Buffy has a date with a cute boy in her class but, aw man, it's the same night as the apocalypse! Can she balance her double life, or will millions of people die by her negligence? Tune in to find out!
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 20 min
BtVS S1E4 Teacher's Pet
Xander's been bit by the love bug, but its for his teacher! Who's also a literal bug and is going to bite his head off. Teen crushes are tough, man.
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 29 min
Listener Thoughts
We are discussing your thoughts on the show, Dr Who, which member of the New Directions would be a Slayer, and the Master serving.
May 28, 2025•1 hr 5 min
BtVS S1E3 The Witch
Remember your one friend in high school who's parent was way too overbearing and controlling over their life? And remember that one time when their parent took up witchcraft and swapped bodies with them leading to a malicious Freaky Friday? And then their parent in your friends body tried to poison and then axe murder you? That's what this episode is.
May 21, 2025•1 hr 19 min
BtVS S1E2 The Harvest
Buffy and co work to thwart the Master's master (get it?) plan to walk above ground, Xander struggles to kill his best friend turned vampire, and the Master and Luke are definitely hooking up
May 14, 2025•1 hr 18 min
BtVS S1E1 Welcome to the Hellmouth
NEW SHOW NEW PODCAST! We're leaving the halls of McKinley and heading to Sunnydale High as we talk about our history with Buffy, what we love about the Scoobies, and Darla being an uninformed citizen.
May 07, 2025•1 hr 36 min
The Last Episode of Recovering Gleek
A check in and a few listener emails while we prep to release SLAY!!! A Queer Buffy Podcast
Apr 16, 2025•53 min
The One Where We Find Out What's Happening Next
OKAY WE'RE FINALLY ANNOUNCING WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE POD AND PUTTING THINGS IN MOTION GET EXCITED. Also talking Smosh and Ian's experience in Matilda the Musical.
Apr 02, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Amicable Exes
The gabbers gab about Mayhem, Survivor, dating each other, and more
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Sick Brain
Lena and an ill Ian read an email and talk about the Traitors finale
Mar 12, 2025•28 min
That's Such a Good Thought
We're reading listener emails about saying goodbye to Glee!
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Final Gleewind: Recovering Gleek Pilot
For the end of our Glee era we are going back to the beginning. We are relistening to the first episode of Recovering Gleek: A Glee Podcast and reflecting on how we've changed, how our feelings about the show have changed, and what we hope the future brings. Thank you all for joining us these past few years!
Feb 19, 2025•3 hr 12 min
Sporty Spice in the Chat
GO ELGSES! We're talking about the Super Bowl and reading listener emails about favorite Glee episodes
Feb 12, 2025•54 min
Gleewind: Our Favorite Episodes
As we wrap up our time with Glee, we are talking about our FOUR FAVORITE EPISODES. Glee's peak (in our opinion), what Glee is to us, the plot lines we think about the most frequently. Ian's picks: Pilot, Duets Lena's picks: Laryngitis, The Hurt Locker Part 2
Feb 05, 2025•2 hr 23 min
Becoming Each Other's Beards
This week we are falling in love with each other by doing (an incredibly abridged version of) 36 Questions to fall in love. As well as some listener emails about yearning after people who don't want us back and what the best New Directions setlist is.
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 22 min
Gleewind: National Show Choir Competition
This week we are taking a look back at the New Directions' 66% losing record as we visit the best and worst set lists, original songs, and rank all12 competition episodes Episodes discussed this week are New York Nationals City of Angels
Jan 22, 2025•2 hr 8 min
I Feel Shame and Embarrassment
This week we are talking extensively about reality TV old and new, and getting into an indepth analysis of which characters in Les Mis are or are not divas.
Jan 15, 2025•1 hr 27 min
Gleewind: Diva Offs ft Andrew McGuire
Gleek of the Week's own song showdown professional Andrew McGuire joins to determine who won each of the 13 diva offs over the course of Glee and compare rankings of diva offs, best to worst
Jan 08, 2025•3 hr
2024 Wrapped
Baby New Year and Father Time are here to take a look back at some of our favorite songs, movies, tv shows, and more from the last year
Jan 01, 2025•1 hr 44 min
Gleewind: Christmas Episodes
Christmas day will always be just as long as we have GLEE. We queen out over the highs and lows of Glee's Christmas specials, what songs we wish they had covered, what songs we wish they hadn't covered, and Quinn texting and driving in every universe. Episodes covered in this week are A Very Glee Christmas Extraordinary Merry Christmas Glee Actually Previously Unaired Christmas
Dec 25, 2024•2 hr 9 min
Rachel Survivor 47 Winner Truther
We chat about our Survivor Finale predictions, Blaine not reporting the rock salt slushee to the police, and our memories of Christmas past
Dec 18, 2024•53 min
Gleewind: Alfonso Stans Only Pt 2
We're giving our fave Glee director his deserved Academy Award, Emmys be damned, as we talk about the last 4 episodes directed by Alfonso Gomez Rejon. Episodes covered this week are Asian F Michael Britney 2.0 The Break Up
Dec 11, 2024•2 hr 55 min
A Bit of Whimsy
This week we are talking about reality TV, Christmas traditions, and millennial school games
Dec 04, 2024•38 min
Gleewind: Alfonso Stans Only Pt 1
This Gleewind is super sized as we talk about the 8 episodes directed by our fave, Alfonos Gomez Rejon. This week we tackle his first 4 and discuss why Laryngitis means so much to us, Alfonso's understanding of the world of Glee, and pretend we know anything about film theory. Episodes covered this week are Laryngitis Grilled Cheesus A Very Glee Christmas Born This Way
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 53 min
Let's Make Judith Hoag Gay Famous
HAPPY WICKED WEEK! We are chatting about Ian's SNL experience (and SNL crush), the drag personas of the New Directions, and GOING HEAD TO HEAD IN THE ULTIMATE FICTIONAL SHOW CHOIR SHOW DOWN.
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 23 min
Gleewind: Gleegionals
It's Regionals for Regionals. Did Glee peak with Journey to Regionals? How do Marley's original songs stack up against Rachel's? Is Candles the worst number every performed at a competition? How does Lena feel about On My Way after watching it for the third time in a matter of weeks? All this and more! (more being discussion of seeing Darren Criss' new broadway show and even more thoughts on Spelling Bee) Episodes discussed are Journey to Regionals Original Song On My Way All or Nothing...
Nov 13, 2024•2 hr 26 min
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