It's an alien! It's a ghost! It's a combination alien-ghost?! Listen, we don't make the rules. What would you do if the hour was 0700 and your husband was in outer space and your boss was possessed with a Mars Ghosty who was going to take some time away from Earth and the ceilings of hotel rooms to zoop on over to your husband's space shuttle to boop it around and nearly kill the whole team?!?!! Well, this week you can find out what Michelle Genaroo will do, apart from flirting with Mulder and S...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast You ever get that feeling that you are not ...who you are? This week we've got a trip to Alaska, a bevy of wiggly worms, a dog who does not die, and a very special conversation with Jeff Kober! It is Season 1, Episode 8: "Ice," and while we may be journeying deep into the arctic circle, we are dropping our cargo for absolutely no one, thank you for asking. LaToya Ferguson gives this X-File a scary rating of 3.5/5 DROPPIN' MY CARGO FOR NO ONES ADVANCE TICKETS TO THE LIVE RECORDING OF S1E11: "EVE"...
May 31, 2023•2 hr 51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever wanted to reboot your computer and have it come alive with the ability to think and feel and MURDER?! Listen, COS is just trying to survive, ok? It's not the computer's fault that the Defense Department wants to use technology for evil and that Brad's scruffy mind has to give it a virus to prevent world destruction!! Scruffy minds weren't meant for this sort of thing! HE IS DOING HIS BEST. (*COS voice* Brad... whyyyyyy.) It's S1E7: Ghost In The Machine, and don't worry because the ...
May 24, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is it telekinesis or a poltergeist? Is his name Howard T. Graves or does that acronym actually stand for Howard The Ghost?? Why does Lauren Kyte have two green apples on her mantle?! This week's X-Files is absolutely chock full of shadowy mysteries! While Scully tries to convince Mulder that their car headlights are NOT haunted (they are totally haunted), the rest of us watch as a real angry ghosty blasts through town to protect his secretary/surrogate daughter Lauren Kyte. It's Season 1, Episod...
May 10, 2023•2 hr 50 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we're going to the state of pizza, attitudes, malls, and Jennys: NEW JERSEY! Mulder is on a (wild) goose chase for the legendary Jersey Devil after learning of some recent woodsy cannibalism, Scully is going on a date with "Rob" after her best friend told her to get a life, and we've got college professors, park rangers, and VERY loud children also in the mix. Most importantly: Scully told her best friend that Mulder was CUTE. (kisssssssss!) It's Season 1, Episode 5: The Jersey Devil. ...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast RUBAAAAAYYYY!!! This week, we will continue to scream Ruby's name at the sky until the extraterrestrials return her to us. Meanwhile, Mulder is puzzling together 0s and 1s in search of his sist— oops I mean Kevin's sister Ruby, Scully is watching Mulder move through the loss of his sist— oops I mean Kevin's sister Ruby, and we all get to hang out at a biker bar and the library. It's Season 1 Episode 4: "Conduit," where we don't have friends, we just have people we like to hang with. LaToya Fergu...
Apr 26, 2023•2 hr 38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Special guest Hrishkesh Hirway joins us today (he scaled a wall and smooshed down a chimney to get here!!) in conversation on The X-Files S1E3: Squeeze. There's simply no one else we'd rather have with us in our beautiful basement bile-nest for the next 30 years. Hrishi gives this X-File a scary rating of 4/5 Ripped Out Livers LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Buffering: A Rewatch Adve...
Apr 12, 2023•2 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast It seems the government is building military planes with UFO technology and our most trusted sources are a very stoned Seth Green and amateur-photographer Ladonna who runs the local diner: The Flying Saucer. Should we heed the mysterious warnings of Deep Throat and stay away from the case? OF COURSE NOT!! NO X-FILE STONE WILL BE LEFT UNTURNED!! It’s Season 1, Episode 2: “Deep Throat” and we are headed to Idaho to wear our Timberlands and have our memories erased. Come with us on our newest podca...
Apr 05, 2023•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's the inaugural episode of The eX-Files, and FBI Agent Dana Scully has been assigned to write field reports on (and become best friends with) Agent Fox "Spooky" Mulder. Our first X-File has us going to Bellefleur, Oregon where the Class of '89 simply cannot stay away from the woods, where Scully takes a bath in the dark and gets some mosquito bites, and where Mulder has a f*cking blast losing 9 minutes of that most beloved of universal invariants: TIME!!! Could it be the stinky alien babies?!...
Mar 29, 2023•2 hr 46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to The eX-Files, an episodic rewatch podcast in which Jenny Owen Youngs & Kristin Russo dig into every episode of The X-Files, spoiler free, one at a time. Jenny grew up watching The X-Files when it aired, but Kristin has only ever seen the pilot episode. (Her review: "hot.") The podcast’s title — The eX-Files spelled with an “e” — is a credit to our relationship: in addition to being longtime business partners, we are also ex-wives. *cue spooky music* If you can't wait for the pilot epi...
Mar 08, 2023•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast As a "special gifty" we now bestow upon you our very first episode covering Season 8 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as written in comic form and published by Dark Horse Comics! We are two episodes into the journey over on Patreon, so if you'd like more you can use the links below to join us! This episode we are talking about "The Long Way Home" (Season 8, Issues 1-4) and "The Chain" (Season 8, Issue 5), and we've got a giant Dawn, intense Slayer hellmath, Kristin's opinions on what a Thricewise de...
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast We did it! We disposed of the body of our murdered lover, made an altar with the head of our dead dog, attended Gloria's funeral, got kidnapped by Triangle Buddy Devotees, and looked SO FUCKING HOT at our 25th High School Reunion! Meanwhile in the woods... oh no? Oh no. OH NO. It is the season finale of Doomcoming (and Yellowjackets!) where we dig into "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi". (Shauna DIDN'T EVEN LIKE SOCCER, guys.) Our episodes are spoiler-free, so you can watch along with us in real time if...
Feb 08, 2023•2 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast It is time for the TITULAR DOOMCOMING, people!!! Let's tell the forest creatures how gay we are!!! Let's trip on mushrooms so hard that we confuse people for forest creatures?!?! Let's scream-sing KISS FROM A ROSE in 1996 and, in 2021, lie to our friends about the motives of our now-murdered-lovers!!!! It's gonna be a goddamn blast. Our episodes are spoiler-free, so you can watch along with us in real time if you haven't seen the series yet, and each episode will also include a segment at the en...
Feb 01, 2023•2 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast In '96, Van is alive (again!), Laura Lee is going to get help by flying the Hail Mary Full Of Heroin Plane (oh no), Coach Ben is gay (hot), Travis is being a dingus (sigh). In '21, Jeff is being cute (as usual), Callie can't find Adam on the internet (but can find his ID in HER HOUSE), and Caligula *almost* flies to bird heaven (where he'd have been swiftly followed by Jessica Roberts, but both thankfully live to see another day). Most importantly: Misty snorts (almost) all of Nat's cocaine and ...
Jan 25, 2023•2 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the one hand OH NO, it is wolf-o-clock in the '96 woods, but on the other hand OH YES, we have nearly all of our adults in a high speed, glitter-covered chase for the ages?! Also introducing a new segment called "What's The Most New Jersey," plus a conversation about Jenny's dog Frank's inability to help her find an owl pellet — this episode truly has something for everyone. Except a compass. It's Doomcoming's seventh episode, covering Yellowjackets Season 1, Episode 7: No Compass. Our episod...
Jan 18, 2023•2 hr 47 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week on Doomcoming, Yellowjackets gives us a lake baptism, some sexting, and a helping of very confusing birthday and graduation math — amongst other things (like learning Adult Nat actually *always* wears casual fishnets and that all version of Taissa are eating dirt). We are talking about Season 1, Episode 6 "Saints"! Our episodes are spoiler free, so you can watch along with us in real time if you haven't seen the series yet, and each episode will also include a segment at the end called...
Jan 11, 2023•2 hr 44 min•Transcript available on Metacast The halfway mark in our Doomcoming journey has arrived bringing us more Triangle Buddy, a slumber party seance, an owl cam, Callie on Molly, and Montell Jordan — among other things. This week we are talking about 1.05 "Blood Hive," where the bloody soldiers are on the right and breakfast is on the left. Our episodes are spoiler free, so you can watch along with us in real time if you haven't seen the series yet, and each episode will also include a segment at the end called "What's The Buzz" whe...
Jan 04, 2023•2 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week on Doomcoming we are talking about the fourth episode of Yellowjackets: "Bear Down"! We've got a whole lot of Nat, a whole lot of trauma, Misty drinking her chocolate fucking martini, adultery via mini golf, and our now recurring segment "Which Thing Is The MOST 90s"! Our episodes are spoiler free, so you can watch along with us in real time if you haven't seen the series yet, and each episode will also include a segment at the end called "What's The Buzz" where we talk about some spoi...
Dec 21, 2022•2 hr 43 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week on Doomcoming we are talking about the third episode of Yellowjackets: "The Dollhouse"! We've got a lot of Taissa, ever-increasing love for Van, us choosing which 1996 girl we'd have been and which we'd have a crush on, and Jenny obliging when Kristin asks her to do her Adult Nat impression again. Our episodes are spoiler free, so you can watch along with us in real time if you haven't seen the series yet, and each episode will also include a segment at the end called "What's The Buzz"...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Doomcoming, a little "winter treat" of a rewatch podcast where we dig into the first season of Showtime's Yellowjackets one episode at a time. This week we are talking about 1.02 "F Sharp"! There's a whole lot of Misty, a nice serving of Wilson Phillips feelings, a wonderful impression of Adult Nat by Jenny, and Kristin getting caught up once again in rabbit-stew emotions. Our episodes are spoiler free, so you can watch along with us in real time if you haven't seen the series yet, an...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Doomcoming, a little "winter treat" of a rewatch podcast where we dig into the first season of Showtime's Yellowjackets one episode at a time. Today we are discussing the pilot episode of the series where we meet our cast of characters in both 1996 and 2021. Some highlights include: Shauna killing a rabbit, Nat smoking a cigarette, Tai breaking Allie's leg, Allie drinking a big glass of wine, Jackie being Jackie, and Misty watching a rat drown. Our episodes are spoiler free, so you ca...
Nov 30, 2022•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure! While our trek through Buffy has come to a close, our podcasty love affair with iconic television is just beginning. If you’ve been paying attention, you already know that in 2023 we’ll be looking for the truth (which we have heard is out there), but we wanted to kick this winter off together with a little jaunt through the Canadian wilderness. Beginning November 30th, we’ll be serving up steaming skewers of Doomcoming, a fresh and juicy Yellowjackets p...
Nov 23, 2022•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Buffy may be off, vacationing in the UK (???) but Angel is still hard at work at a new law firm with some new Sunnydale arrivals... As a treat, here is the first episode of our sister-pod, Angel On Top, for those of you who might need a little of the Buffyverse in your ears after our departure. Hosted by LaToya Ferguson and Morgan Lutich (with a dash of Kristin), it is a very good time and will be here to cover all of Season 5!! In fact, today in the feed 5.02 "Just Rewards" released! Find all o...
Nov 02, 2022•2 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast One last one for the road, scoobs — in this very special Curtain Call episode we journey through Jenny's "Supernaturalatives," discussing some of our favorite arcs (and favorite hunks) in the series, read through some of your beautiful letters, talk about our music writing process over the course of 161 songs, and also share some feelings about each other and our future together in the pod space. WE LOVE YOU, OKAY?! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyow...
Oct 12, 2022•2 hr 42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anything we say is gonna sound like goodbye.It's Season 7 Episode 22, "Chosen," live from Brooklyn's Bell House.We love you oh-so-much. LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team All the love in the entire universe to our special guests: LaToya Ferguson...
Sep 28, 2022•3 hr 55 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's a scythe, it's an axe, it's a great big .... one handed weapon, okay?! Buffy is BACK, the team is back together, the sword has been pulled from the stone, there's an old lady (she looks great for her age) in a tiny temple who has been there for so long, Spike has feelings, Faith has feelings, WE have feelings, and... Angel is back?!?!?! A doozy indeed. It's Season 7 Episode 21: End of Days.SNAG VIRTUAL TICKETS TO OUR TWO NIGHT FINALE + GET EXCLUSIVE FINALE MERCH!! September 17 & 18 on Momen...
Sep 14, 2022•2 hr 54 min•Transcript available on Metacast The First is blippin' in and out all over Sunnydale and our scoobies are doing a lot of their own blippin' on many surfaces of 1630 Revello Drive. It's Season 7 Episode 20: Touched and the end is fast approaching (of the world, of the series, of the podcast) so get out your ice cream, find someone to hold you, and — OH NO NOT A BOMB?!?! SNAG VIRTUAL TICKETS TO OUR TWO NIGHT FINALE!! September 17 & 18 on Moment Housemoment.co/bufferingthevampireslayer LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owe...
Aug 31, 2022•2 hr 53 min•Transcript available on Metacast LaToya Ferguson, pod-nemesis, joins us in conversation about S7E19: Empty Places! There are hot pockets, sexual tension on the Revello porch that might make your head set aflame, a proper recipe for a bloomin' onion, and a power struggle for the ages that results in Buffy being ousted from her own home...SNAG VIRTUAL TICKETS TO OUR TWO NIGHT FINALE!! September 17 & 18 on Moment Housemoment.co/bufferingthevampireslayer LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jenny...
Aug 17, 2022•2 hr 57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kristin is talking with with Rabbi Leah Jordan and Pam Grossman — writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history — to dig deep into Willow's Jewishness, her witchy-ness, and how those two identities are in conversation with each other (or how we *wish* they would have been!) across seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This episode contains spoilers through the end of Season 7 of Buffy! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Rabbi Leah Jordan: @leah_solo; Kehillah North London Pa...
Aug 10, 2022•2 hr 57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Faith is back in Sunnydale and we are feeling dirtier than ever, Nathan Fillion's bangs are the most evil part about Caleb, Spike remembers the entire galloping, warm champagne monologue (vampires, they're just like us!), and a lot of other really hard, really bad shit happens because this is Season 7! We are LIVE from Chicago's Lincoln Hall this week discussing S7E18: Dirty Girls, with special guests Jess Abbott, Rosemary Maybe, Morgan Lutich, and Alba Daza! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET ...
Aug 03, 2022•2 hr 57 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
