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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

They're Parentifying Her!

This week we've got EMAILS EMAILS EMAILS! We talk Broadway, why Glee didn't have more Halloween episodes, and create fantasy Glee Clubs

Nov 06, 20241 hr 11 min

Gleewind: HOLIDAY SPECIAL(s)

Pink goes good with Glee! This week we're talking how Glee tackles every holiday that doesn't involve a jolly old elf (maybe stay tuned for Christmas specials?) We chat about Glee's winning streak of Valentine's specials, change our tune on the Rocky Horror Glee Show, and plan our perfect season 3 Halloween special that never was. Episodes discussed are The Rocky Horror Glee Show Silly Love Songs Heart Thanksgiving I Do

Oct 30, 20242 hr 31 min

Harshing the Vibe

Halloween comes early as we discuss horror movies, our holiday plans (or lack thereof), and the best iteration of the Addams Family

Oct 23, 20241 hr 3 min

Gleewind: Mash Off

It's a mash off smack down for the crown (the crown being nonexistent and the winner never once being declared) as we discuss the annual New Directions Boys vs Girls Mash Off. Episodes discussed are Vitamin D Never Been Kissed Mash Off Boys (and Girls) on Film

Oct 16, 20241 hr 44 min

Moon 2

Reading our charts from Cafe Astrology and learning a little about life, the stars, and each other in the process. Also Ian thought the new Aubrey Plaza movie was about the age of dilemma of would you fight or **** your clone.

Oct 09, 20241 hr 6 min

Gleewind: Western Ohio Sectionals

We're revisiting ever Western Ohio Show Choir Sectionals to talk the best songs, funniest competition, most exciting plotlines, and that one time Quinn tried to report Shelby for sleeping with a student and everyone acted like she was insane for doing so??? Episodes discussed this week are Season 1 Sectionals Season 2 Special Education Season 3 Hold On to Sixteen Season 4 Thanksgiving Season 6 We Built This Glee Club

Oct 02, 20242 hr 20 min

Gleewind: Not Gonna Teach Your Podcast How to Dance With You

Get your corsage's and have your dates home by midnight because we are talking about all the McKinley High school dances! We discuss who was the best dressed, which dance we would most like to attend ourselves, and how it all peaked with Prom Queen. Episodes discussed this week are Season 2 Prom Queen Season 3 Promasaurus Season 4 Sadie Hawkins Season 5 Tina in the Sky with Diamonds

Sep 18, 20242 hr 38 min

Anna Nalick and a Yap

Join us as we hang out, read some emails, and chat about what books we've been reading, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, and the greatest song of all time

Sep 11, 20241 hr 23 min

Gleewind: Coming Out

Lena and Ian compare and contrast the coming out stories of our main queer characters (namely Kurt, Santana, Blaine, Brittany, Unique, Karofsky, and Beiste) by reexamining season 1's Preggers, season 3's I Kissed a Girl On My Way, and Saturday Night Gleever, and Season 6's Jagged Little Tapestry and Transitioning.

Sep 04, 20243 hr 3 min

The Return: where the hell have you been???

Remember this podcast? It's back. We’re back from hiatus and back into the halls of McKinley High! This week we give updates on our lives, talk about the future of the podcast, and see what Glee characters we are four years later

Aug 28, 20241 hr 1 min

Series Wrap Up Character Review Pt 3

We bid farewell to our Season 4 newbies, as well as additional Glee Clubbers added along the way (Sugar, Joe, Rory, Lauren). A lot is said about the Glee Project.

Feb 28, 20242 hr 24 min

Series Wrap Up Character Review Pt 1

We take a look back at our OG New Directioners and discuss what went well with their plotlines, what went wrong, and which of their songs we think of most

Feb 14, 20242 hr 25 min

Series Wrap Up Superlatives w/Former Guests

Our podcast will not go gentle into that good night as we begin our multi-part series wrap up. This week we give our series wide superlatives for best/worst episode, best/worst plotline, and best/worst song, with some special guests weighing in. (Andrew McGuire and Allison Dodge of Gleek of the Week, Lucas Graden and Murjanatu Mutuwa from Typecasting: Pop Culture by the Numbers, Vicky Moonan and Shane Crowley from Shane and Vicky's DCOM Playhouse, Zach Faust, Tiffani Allen, and Alex Allred)...

Feb 07, 20242 hr 22 min

Season 6 Wrap Up w/ Alex Allred

Enemy of the podcast Alex Allred makes one final visit to celebrate officially having seen every episode of Glee, discuss the highs and lows of season 6, and give us his pitch for the Gleeboot

Jan 31, 20241 hr 59 min

SPECIAL High School Musical 2

A little SNEAK PEEK at our Patreon exclusive episode on High School Musical 2. If you would like to hear the full episode join our patreon at patreon.com/recoveringgleek

Jan 24, 20241 hr 1 min

S6E13 Dreams Come True

IT'S THE SERIES FINALE!! Ryan, Ian, and Brad throw all realism and stakes out the window and go on a wish fulfillment fun ride for an hour. Almost everyone comes back, but almost none of them speak. We flash forward to the absolute worst year the writers' could've picked, Sue becomes VP, Will changes the American education system, Klaine is on broadway, but none of it is less believable than a 2020 Tony Awards ceremony.

Jan 17, 20242 hr 52 min

S6E12 2009

EP Tiff is back to join us on a trip back to the pilot. Get ready to see a lot of things you didn't realize you missed like Kurt's basement bedroom! Sheets N' Things! MATT RUTHERFORD????? It's mostly a nostalgia trip for nostalgia's sake, but that doesn't mean it's not good.

Jan 10, 20242 hr 10 min

S6E11 We Built This Glee Club

It's the final competition episode! Sue is on the warpath, the New Directions have four entire coaches, and JESSE ST JAMES IS BACK.

Dec 20, 20231 hr 40 min

S6E10 The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester w/ Zach Faust

WE'RE FINALLY BACK BABYYYY. Zach Faust (@suesylvestertiktok) joins us to discuss Geraldo Rivera, the return of Carol Burnett, and the absolute least climactic way the writers could've solved the New Directions vs Warblers dispute

Dec 13, 20232 hr 12 min

S6E9 Child Star

The newbies finally get to talk, Billie Eilish's brother joins the cast, and Sue gets bossed around by a 13 year old

Jul 19, 20231 hr 52 min

S6E8 A Wedding

It's a double wedding for the gays!!! Blaine finally has a mom, the show continues to embarrass Tina, and Quinn is nowhere to be found

Jun 28, 20231 hr 31 min

S6E7 Transitioning

Coach Beiste is back at McKinley after transitioning, Rachel throws a house party with all her students, and the writers make these kids cheat on each other again

Jun 21, 20231 hr 35 min

The Hurt Locker Part 2

Jigsaw Sue puppet holds Klaine hostage, the New Directions compete in the invitational, and Justified and Ancient is kind of a banger song

Jun 07, 20231 hr 38 min
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