

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure
Hosts Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs are heading back into the Buffyverse for Buffering the Vampire Slayer: Once More, With Spoilers! After a critically-acclaimed, spoiler-free watch of the series from 2016-2022, your hosts are returning to the Hellmouth to discuss all 144 episodes of Buffy for a second time, but this go-round *with* spoilers — a never-before-attempted feat of love and chaos!Buffering the Vampire Slayer is part of the Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure network of podcasts.
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Jul 2, 2025 • 42min
Cultural Exchange, Fetishization, and Indigeneity: Alba Daza on "Inca Mummy Girl"
When Sunnydale has a cultural exchange dance and brings an Incan Mummy to town, you know we are going to have a lot to unpack. Here is our full conversation with the one and only Alba Daza where we discuss the concept of “cultural exchange,” dig more into the history of the Incan people, bring some much-needed correction to the terminology and the dress of Inuit people, and so much more.
Learn more about Alba Daza!!
IN EPISODE LINKS
North of North
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Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials
MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/music
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Produced by: Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: Kristin Russo
Logo: Kristine Thune
We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples.
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Jul 2, 2025 • 1h 52min
2.04 Inca Mummy Girl | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Welcome to Once More, With Spoilers, where Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs revisit every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, one at a time — for the SECOND time! — this time discussing each episode with spoilers!
Everyone’s favorite episode of Buffy is upon us, where cultures are exchanged in respectful ways and indigenous folks are humanized! Just KIDDING, but wouldn’t that be so great?! Today, in addition to 90s-flavored racism, we do at least have the introduction of Devon (!), Jonathan(!!!), and OZ (!!!!!!!!) *plus* a segment with our beloved Alba Daza!!! It’s Season 2, Episode 4 “Inca Mummy Girl” — so please open your desiccated eye sockets and join us as we discuss.
Learn more about Alba Daza!!
IN EPISODE LINKS
North of North
Diana Ross "Muscles"
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ALL THE SHOWS WE COVER
Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
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The eX-Files | Covering The X-Files
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Angel on Top | An Angel Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
Doomcoming | A Yellowjackets Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
The Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life Podcast
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Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials
MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/music
PATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcast
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PODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar
Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya Ferguson
Edited by: Kristin Russo
Logo: Kristine Thune
We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples.
Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at
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Jun 18, 2025 • 40min
Watcher's Diary #7: Shoulder Cartilage, Revivification, & Gay Bars
We are back with another Watcher’s Diary and chatting about leaf miners, shoulder cartilage, Memphis gay bars, and a cat who goes by the nickname "Toe Bean." We also cover what Dawn was doing during the events of “School Hard,” and discuss some choice moments of revivification in Outlander…
IN EPISODE LINKS
fuck me, ray bradbury
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LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET
Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com
Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com
Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials
MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/music
PATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcast
MERCH | bufferingcast.com/shop
PODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar
Produced by: Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: Kristin Russo
Logo: Kristine Thune
We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples.
Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at
bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting
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Jun 4, 2025 • 1h 54min
2.03 School Hard | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Welcome to Once More, With Spoilers, where Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs revisit every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, one at a time — for the SECOND time! — this time discussing each episode with spoilers!
No one stands a chance against his cheekbones and today's special guest Joanna Robinson would save him all her mini marshmallows — because mmm ba ba ba ba SPIKE LOOKS GOOD! It's Season 2, Episode 3 "School Hard," and we want to know, was Drusilla in the trunk of that car with all her dolls when it blasted through the Welcome to Sunnydale sign or what?!
IN EPISODE LINKS
James Marsters InterviewJuliet Landau Interview
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Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com
Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com
Special Guest Joanna Robinson | jowrotethis.com
ALL THE SHOWS WE COVER
Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
The eX-Files | Covering The X-Files
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
Angel on Top | An Angel Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
Doomcoming | A Yellowjackets Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
The Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials
MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/music
PATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcast
MERCH | bufferingcast.com/shop
PODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar
Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya Ferguson
Edited by: Kristin Russo
Logo: Kristine Thune
We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples.
Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at
bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting
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May 28, 2025 • 35min
Watcher's Diary #6: Can A Sharpie Kill A Vampire?
We are back with another Watcher's Diary, and we have Jenny opining the best place to perform in the "new Sunnydale," Kristin on defending yourself from vampires with a sharpie, listener thoughts on rotator cuffs, hunting vs patrolling, singing to your cats, and more — and, of course, our What Dawn Was Doing segment for "Some Assembly Required"!
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Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com
Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com
ALL THE SHOWS WE COVER
Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
The eX-Files | Covering The X-Files
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
Angel on Top | An Angel Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
Doomcoming | A Yellowjackets Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
The Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials
MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/music
PATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcast
MERCH | bufferingcast.com/shop
PODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar
Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya Ferguson
Edited by: Kristin Russo
Logo: Kristine Thune
We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples.
Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at
bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting
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May 21, 2025 • 1h 41min
2.02 Some Assembly Required | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Welcome to Once More, With Spoilers, where Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs revisit every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, one at a time — for the SECOND time! — this time discussing each episode with spoilers!
Xander is jealous of Angel! Angel is jealous of Xander! Giles is slightly closer to learning where Jenny Calendar dangles it! And teen boys are dismembering dead girls to build a Frank— er, FRANCINE-enstein!! Classic. Also, tomato is a fruit but we still want to hear your science report, Cordelia.
It’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2, Episode 2: Some Assembly Required… and Angel is wearing a BEIGE JACKET LOLOL
IN EPISODE LINKS
Heffalumps & Woozles: https://youtu.be/CLnADKgurvc
OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE!
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JOIN US IN LA & BOSTON FOR UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS:
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LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET
Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com
Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com
ALL THE SHOWS WE COVER
Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
The eX-Files | Covering The X-Files
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
Angel on Top | An Angel Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
Doomcoming | A Yellowjackets Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
The Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials
MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/music
PATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcast
MERCH | bufferingcast.com/shop
PODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar
Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya Ferguson
Edited by: Kristin Russo
Logo: Kristine Thune
We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples.
Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at
bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 14, 2025 • 35min
Watcher's Diary #5: Buffy Reboot Rumors & Knowing Your Chickens
We're BACK with our first Watcher's Diary of Season 2!! We've got information on bones and wrestling and barbecues and knowing your chickens — plus some discussion on Buffy reboot rumors AND excitement about the return of Fallout. And of course, we find out what Dawn was doing during "When She Was Bad"...
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LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET
Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com
Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com
Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials
MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/music
PATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcast
MERCH | bufferingcast.com/shop
PODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar
Produced by: Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: Kristin Russo
Logo: Kristine Thune
We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples.
Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at
bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 7, 2025 • 1h 46min
2.01 When She Was Bad | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Welcome to Once More, With Spoilers, where Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs revisit every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, one at a time — for the SECOND time! — this time discussing each episode with spoilers!
Jenny and Kristin are back after a summer spent shopping in Los Angeles! Who will they smugly dance with at The Bronze? Who will look on sulkily (and undoubtedly also silkily) from the shadows, near the hanging egg chair, while Cibo Matto performs their sultriest song?! Tune in to find out!! JK. This show is about Buffy, and she is currently going through it (and acting out big time). Join us as we join her on a closure arc that ends as all closure arcs should: with a sledgehammer.
We couldn’t be more excited to share with you (as two newly published authors!!!) our second coverage, with spoilers, of the season two premiere of "When She Was Bad."
IN EPISODE LINKS
Interview with Sophia Crawford & Jeff PruittMy Little Pony's "I'll Go It Alone"
OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE!
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JOIN US IN LA & BOSTON FOR UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS:
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LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET
Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com
Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com
ALL THE SHOWS WE COVER
Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
The eX-Files | Covering The X-Files
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
Angel on Top | An Angel Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
Doomcoming | A Yellowjackets Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
The Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life Podcast
SPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBE
Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials
MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/music
PATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcast
MERCH | bufferingcast.com/shop
PODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar
Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya Ferguson
Edited by: Kristin Russo
Logo: Kristine Thune
We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples.
Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at
bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting
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May 5, 2025 • 48min
Watcher's Diary #4: LaToya Ferguson & Season 1 Wrap Up
Producer, Special Agent, and Very Special Guest LaToya Ferguson joins us for our Watcher's Diary this week!! We discuss all of her thoughts on Season 1 (it is GOOD, actually ...and Marcie was in love with CORDELIA, actually), we finally uncover What Dawn Was Doing while the events of "Prophecy Girl" unfolded, and we learn that LaToya's favorite episode of the entire series falls in Season 2! We also spend copious amounts of time trying to decode how to match up Buffy characters with Friends characters.
We are returning to you with our Season 2 coverage THIS WEDNESDAY, May 7th!! (a)Woooooooo!
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Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials
MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/music
PATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcast
MERCH | bufferingcast.com/shop
PODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar
Produced by: Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: Kristin Russo
Logo: Kristine Thune
We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples.
Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at
bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting
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Apr 23, 2025 • 39min
Watcher's Diary #3: Kenny G Was On My Plane
In our third Watcher's Diary we are talking about vampires and CPR, continuing to investigate what instrument Angel plays, and reminiscing about that time Jenny was on a plane with Kenny G. Plus, Kristin learns about the band Celtic Woman and we find out what Dawn was doing in "Out of Sight, Out of Mind."We will be back with our coverage of Buffy Season 2 (for the second time, *with* spoilers) on May 7th!!Join us in Boston (and virtually!!) on Tuesday, April 29th:https://www.wbur.org/events/989600/buffering-the-vampire-slayer-liveIN EPISODE LINKS:Celtic WomanPaintings Like That One in Giles' Office from Genevieve-Abraham Pether's Evening scene with full moon and persons (1801): the closest match I could find in terms of composition.-Louis Douzette's Winter Full Moon Landscape (1869): for that gorgeous lunar glow-Aert van der Neer's Moonlit Landscape with Bridge (1648-50): this dude loved a landscape, I highly recommend checking out his other stuff.-John Atkinson Grimshaw's Reflections on the Thames (1880): this dude loved some moonlight!-J.M.W. Turner's Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834 (1835): if you're not married to a night landscape with the moon, this guy does some awesome impressionistic stuff with light.OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HERE-ORDER NOW!bufferingcast.com/bookLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socialsMUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/musicPATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH | bufferingcast.com/shopPODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendarProduced by: Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen YoungsEdited by: Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine ThuneWe acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples.Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


