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SLAY!!! A Queer Buffy Podcast

Ian Allred & Lena Conatserwww.spreaker.com
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

S6E4 The Hurt Locker Part One

The one we've been waiting for, Sue tries to reunite Klaine, destroy the New Directions, and get revenge on Will in one fell swoop. Ian Brennan is fully unleashed to do whatever he wants with the script, the show lets go of having any basis in reality, and we eat it up.

May 31, 20231 hr 50 min

SPECIAL Pitch Perfect

Our lives got away from us so here is a snippet of our patreon episode on Pitch Perfect. listen to the whole episode at patreon.com/recoveringgleek

May 24, 202337 min

SPECIAL High School Musical 3

A little SNEAK PEEK at our Patreon exculsive episode on High School Musical 3. If you would like to hear the full episode join our patreon at patreon.com/recoveringgleek

May 17, 20231 hr 4 min

SPECIAL Glee Fanfiction

A little SNEAK PEEK at our Patreon exclusive episode on Glee Fanfiction. If you would like to hear the full episode join our patreon at patreon.com/recoveringgleek

May 10, 202345 min

Minisode 107 Mini Legend

Thoughts on Beiste! Thoughts on Brittana! Thoughts on gender! All this and more!

May 08, 202339 min

S6E3 Jagged Little Tapestry

The New Directions honor Alanis Morissette and Carole King by NOT singing You Oughtta Know, Quinn makes her last real appearance, and Tina continues her tradition of getting cut off while singing

May 03, 20231 hr 47 min

Minisode 106 Magician

Were the Warblers wrong to not let Jane join? Is post modern gay a good character actually? Do we have a career in close up magic? All this and more in minisode 106!

May 01, 202344 min

S6E2 Homecoming

Welcome back Titans its HOMECOING!! The Alumni are back to help recruit the next generation of New Directions. Lena and Ian discuss the new newbies, Glee feeling like Glee again, and THE MCCARTHY TWINS

Apr 26, 20232 hr 9 min

S6E1 Loser Like Me

Rachel's show bombed, Klaine broke up, Blaine flunked out of school, and Lena and Ian are eating it up. This show is about losers again, hooray! We also discuss the return of Vocal Adrenaline, Sue running McKinley, and Disney's Frozen

Apr 19, 20232 hr 18 min

Minisode 104 Martian

LET'S WRAP UP SEASON 5 IN A MINI FASHION BABYYYYY. What would the New Directions specialize in if they were doctors? Does season 5 get a bad rap? What's going on at the farm? All this and more in minisode 104

Apr 16, 202356 min

Season 5 Wrap Up w/ Alex Allred

Enemy of the podcast Alex joins Lena and Ian to discuss the highs and lows of season 5, what he thinks will happen on season 6, and the backstory of the patron he played in the background of the diner where Shirley MacLaine took Blaine to lunch.

Apr 12, 20232 hr 49 min

S5E20 Untitled Rachel Berry Project

It's the season finale and offscreen the tension is at an all time high, while onscreen the tension is non existent. Everything goes great for everyone, Rachel's singing voice makes people feel joy for the first time, and Blaine has a bird kink.

Apr 05, 20231 hr 47 min

Minisode 102 Weather

The girls are fighting, Peter Pan is free, and we're all dogs. All this and more on this weeks minisode

Apr 03, 202338 min

S5E19 Old Dog New Tricks

After a season of being neglected Chris Colfer takes matters into his own hands and writes a Kurt centric episode himself. Samcedes bicker like an old married couple and Rachel gets dragged for four blocks by a bunch of dogs and then lets them pee all over the Spotlight Diner.

Mar 29, 20231 hr 55 min

Minisode 101 Spy Kids

Strong thoughts abound on Rachel trying to leave Funny Girl and the Klaine power dynamic constantlh shifting

Mar 27, 20231 hr 1 min

S5E18 The Back Up Plan

Rachel throws away her dreams three weeks after achieving them, Mercedes is a selfless angel, and Shirley MacLaine hits on Blaine

Mar 22, 20232 hr 7 min

Minisode 100 Clipshow

We take a walk down memory lane with some of your favorite bits from the podcast to celebrate our 100TH MINISODE!! (and there's also some Opening Night talk)

Mar 20, 20231 hr 27 min

S5E17 Opening Night

It's opening night of Funny Girl and Rachel is stressed, Sue's in love, and Tina is there. Santana comes back to give some tough love, Rachel becomes queen of the gays, and Will's phantom wife gives birth off screen.

Mar 15, 20231 hr 57 min

Minisode 99 Cheadle

Your thoughts on Blaine's diet, Glee's attitude toward sex, and Artie's age

Mar 13, 202357 min

S5E16 Tested

Don't have sex. If you do you will get chlamydia, and die. Or have to wear a giant STD costume in Washington Square Park. Meanwhile Klaine is having relationship drama again and Mercedes thinks her first time won't be special because she's no longer in high school????

Mar 08, 20231 hr 31 min

Minisode 98 Pulp

Lena and Ian share your thoughts on Samcedes, Madam Tibideaux, and Blaine and Kurt having so many classes together

Mar 06, 202350 min

S5E15 Bash

Glee tries to take on multiple social issues at once while also paying tribute to Stephen Sondheim, with varying results. Samcedes relationship problems are maybe overly simplified, Rachel is made to be a villain for prioritizing a show where dozens of jobs depend on her, and Kurt is once again put through severe trauma because this show cannot let him rest.

Mar 01, 20232 hr 2 min

Minisode 97 AD

This episode has more haters than just Ian, we're all in our Hunger Games era, and we love the 'smells of the city' (dumpsters)

Feb 27, 202350 min

S5E14 New New York

There is no Lima, only New York. There's trouble in Klaine's paradise, Sam pulls a reverse Sampson with his hair, and Rachel and Artie hang out for the first time ever. Also Mercedes is back!!!

Feb 22, 20231 hr 44 min

Minisode 96 Scat

Two jazz musicians share your thoughts on Tina being an adoptee, the Glee club singing songs from the future, and what Quinn sees in Puck

Feb 20, 202349 min

S5E13 New Directions

Glee sheds off McKinley as it heads off in a NEW DIRECTION, GET IT????? but not before it redoes some more old numbers, creates some new ones, and nearly refuses to acknowledge the newbies were ever in the club.

Feb 15, 20232 hr 2 min

Minisode 95 Heart of a Sk8r

Lena and Ian share listener thoughts on Will's reckless spending, Quick vs Faberry, and Glee's attitude towards career paths

Feb 13, 202358 min

S5E12 100 w/ Gleek of the Week

Andrew McGuire and Allison Dodge of Gleek of the Week join us to celebrate Glee's 100th episode. April is back! Ms Goop is back! The same songs are back! QUINN IS BACK!

Feb 08, 20232 hr 22 min
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