Buffering the Vampire Slayer | 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!Sure, FINE, maybe we need to deal with some Anointed One rising from the ashes of five or whatever, but have you SEEN WHAT A HUNK OWEN IS?!?! Surely seems like he should be allowed some of our focus despite any pending apocalypses.We are here this week to discuss Buffy's "Never Kill A Boy on the First Date," and also to implore the residents of Sunnydale to do a better job blockading their doors when vampires or demons descend (leave the floor lamps and the couch pillows out of this!!).JOIN US FOR PROM 2025 AT SUNNYDALE HIGHbufferingcast.com/promOUR BIGGEST SALE EVER?! 50% OFF THROUGH JANUARY 18THhttp://www.bufferingcast.com/shopOUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS UP FOR PRE ORDER!bufferingcast.com/bookLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socialsALL THE SHOWS WE COVERBuffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEThe eX-Files | Covering The X-FilesSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEAngel on Top | An Angel PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEDoomcoming | A Yellowjackets PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEThe Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEMUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/musicPATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH | bufferingcast.com/shopPODCAST SCHEDULE | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendarProduced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya FergusonEdited 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

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!You CLEARLY know that feeling when you develop a crush on your new substitute teacher who then turns out to be a giant praying mantis, right?!?! A high school rite of passage. Today we get to revel in all of the glory that is Ms. French aka the She-Mantis as we cover Buffy's S1E4 "Teacher's Pet" for the second time... this time with spoilers. *The* episode that spawned the legacy of Buffering's praying mantis mask. What a day.JOIN US FOR PROM 2025 AT SUNNYDALE HIGHbufferingcast.com/promJUST A FEW DAYS LEFT TO SCOOP HOLIDAY MERCH!http://www.bufferingcast.com/shopOUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS UP FOR PRE ORDER!bufferingcast.com/bookLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socialsALL THE SHOWS WE COVERBuffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEThe eX-Files | Covering The X-FilesSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEAngel on Top | An Angel PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEDoomcoming | A Yellowjackets PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEThe Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEMUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/musicPATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH | bufferingcast.com/shopPODCAST SCHEDULE | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendarProduced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya FergusonEdited 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

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!Buffy wants to be a cheerleader! Cordelia wants to be a cheerleader! Amy's mom, who has swapped bodies with Amy, wants to be a cheerleader AGAIN! Hands are aflame, mouths are being witchily erased, Cordelia loses her sight, and there's a CAULDRON of GREEN BUBBLING LIQUID. So beginneth monster-of-the-week episodes in the Buffyverse, and we could not be more thrilled. Join us — once more, with spoilers — for S1E3 "Witch"JOIN US FOR PROM 2025 AT SUNNYDALE HIGHbufferingcast.com/promOUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS UP FOR PRE ORDER!bufferingcast.com/bookLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socialsALL THE SHOWS WE COVERBuffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEThe eX-Files | Covering The X-FilesSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEAngel on Top | An Angel PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEDoomcoming | A Yellowjackets PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEThe Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEMUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/musicPATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH | bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopPODCAST SCHEDULE | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendarProduced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya FergusonEdited 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

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!Buffy is grounded, we’ve got a cymbal decapitation, Giles is taking his glasses off, and Luke — may his precious biceps rest in peace — is giving us the gayest shit we have ever seen. We love it *almost* as much as Darla. It’s S1E2 “The Harvest”… once more with spoilers!!!IN EPISODE LINKSSteven Smith Interview (at 24:00 into "The Pack")https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/buffering-the-vampire-slayer-a-buffy-rewatch-podcast/id1711251247?i=1000630860934SUBMIT YOUR PROPHECY GIRL RECORDINGbufferingcast.com/prophecygirlOUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS UP FOR PRE ORDER!bufferingcast.com/bookLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socialsALL THE SHOWS WE COVERBuffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEThe eX-Files | Covering The X-FilesSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEAngel on Top | An Angel PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEDoomcoming | A Yellowjackets PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEThe Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEMUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/musicPATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH | bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopPODCAST SCHEDULE | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendarProduced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya FergusonEdited 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

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!November 6, 2024 seems like a fitting day to say "Welcome to the Hellmouth," so let us get right to it. Darla is using her combination princess-voice and killer fangs to upend expectations, Cordelia is Cordelia-ing out, Giles has ALREADY CIRCLED A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE IN RED MARKER, Buffy takes her first trip to the Bronze after encountering a dark and brooding stranger in a nearby alley, Joyce's hair is so short, and Luke is BIG.OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS UP FOR PRE ORDER!bufferingcast.com/bookLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socialsALL THE SHOWS WE COVERBuffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEThe eX-Files | Covering The X-FilesSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEAngel on Top | An Angel PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEDoomcoming | A Yellowjackets PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEThe Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEMUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/musicPATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH | bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopPODCAST SCHEDULE | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendarProduced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya FergusonEdited 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

Join us — Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs — this November as we head back into the Buffyverse for Buffering the Vampire Slayer: Once More, With Spoilers! We’ll be discussing all 144 episodes of Buffy for a second time (!!!), but this go-round *with* spoilers — a never-before-attempted feat of love and chaos!In the meantime...JOIN US FOR OUR FIRST EVER HALLOWEEN HOOTENANNYOctober 27th at The Miracle Theater in Washington, DCbufferingcast.com/liveOUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS UP FOR PRE ORDER!bufferingcast.com/bookLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socialsALL THE SHOWS WE COVERBuffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEThe eX-Files | Covering The X-FilesSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEAngel on Top | An Angel PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEDoomcoming | A Yellowjackets PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEThe Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life PodcastSPOTIFY • APPLE • AMAZON • YOUTUBEMUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/musicPATREON | patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCH | bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shopPODCAST SCHEDULE | bufferingcast.com/jennycalendarProduced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya FergusonEdited & Mixed by: Jenny Owen YoungsLogo: 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

Here, as a special treat, is our first episode covering the Buffy Season 9 comics as released by Dark Horse — specifically the first 5 issues of Angel and Faith: "Live Through This."This episode went up for all of our $5+ patrons last month, but we wanted to share it here in the main feed so that those of you who might be curious can hear what we get up to over in the patron pod feed! If you like what you hear, our next Season 9 comics episode is live over there *right now.*JOIN US FOR SEASON 9 OF BUFFY >>> CLICK HERE <<<LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team MUSICTheme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs.PATREON patreon.com/bufferingcastMERCHbufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++Produced by: Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen YoungsEdited by: Kristin RussoLogo: 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 atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Laya DeLeon Hayes sat down to talk with Kristin all about playing our badass new slayer Indira in Slayers: A Buffyverse Story. We talk about how she has just started watching Buffy for the first time (they had her start with THE BODY?!), how her in-studio relationship with Charisma mirrored many of the ways that Indira and Cordelia relate to each other, her beginnings in the industry as the voice of Doc McStuffins, and our shared interest in getting the answer to the question: is Queen Latifah a Buffy fan?!Find Laya on Instagram at @layadeleonhayes+++Come to Buffy Prom 2024:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/buffering-a-rewatch-adventure-presents-buffy-prom-2024-tickets-770304570707?aff=odwdwdspacecraftLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramMUSICTheme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs.PATREONpatreon.com/bufferingcastMERCHbufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++Produced by: Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen YoungsEdited & Mixed by: Kristin RussoLogo: 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 atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James C. Leary aka CLEM is here with us today to talk about Clem's incredible return to the Buffyverse in SLAYERS: A BUFFYVERSE STORY plus his time on the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Clem is one of our most beloved characters in the universe, and we chat about everything from how long he sat in the makeup chair to the connection between comedy and sadness to that one time in Paris with Danny Strong...Thank you, James. What an absolute delight.Follow James on socials @jamescleary+++Come to Buffy Prom 2024:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/buffering-a-rewatch-adventure-presents-buffy-prom-2024-tickets-770304570707?aff=odwdwdspacecraftLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramMUSICTheme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs.PATREONpatreon.com/bufferingcastMERCHbufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++Produced by: Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen YoungsEdited & Mixed by: Kristin RussoLogo: 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 atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We sat down to talk about the making of Slayers with the brilliant Christopher Golden and Amber Benson!! We learn about the casting, communally attempt to manifest a second season, and dig into the new lore together. Plus we learn about that time Seth Green popped into the studio...Come to Buffy Prom 2024:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/buffering-a-rewatch-adventure-presents-buffy-prom-2024-tickets-770304570707?aff=odwdwdspacecraftVote in the Final Round of STA Awards:bufferingcast.com/staLOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETJenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramMUSICTheme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs.PATREONpatreon.com/bufferingcastMERCHbufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++Produced by: Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen YoungsEdited & Mixed by: Kristin RussoLogo: 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 atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices