Beyond Buffering: The X-Files, Fallout, Yellowjackets, & more!

This is the one where —

*Your hosts grab suddenly at their throats & try to continue speaking. Their eyes widen. They look directly into the camera, overtaken by fear.*

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Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering

Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com, everyoneisgay.com, mykidisgay.com

Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram

Kate Leth, Our Fashion Queen: @kateleth

SPECIAL GUESTS

Doug Flippin' Jones: @actordougjones, actordougjones.com

Hrishikesh Hirway as co-writer, co-producer, and on background vocals: @hrishihirway, hrishikesh.co

Ben Thornewill on (the most beautiful) keys: @benthornewill, benthornewill.com

Music mix for "Hush" by Zach McNees: @ZMSuited, zachmcnees.com

HOT HOT TIPS

We'll be at PODCON Jan 19th & 20th in Seattle! IRL tickets (and virtual tickets) available now at podcon.com!

We'll also be at The Vampire Ball in London Nov 30th through Dec 2nd (along with James Marsters, Julie Benz, and more!!) - tickets & info at starfury.co.uk!

We have socks! We have a new Buffy Forever t-shirt!! We have vinyl! We have SO MANY THINGS AHHH: Visit bufferingthevampireslayer.com and click SHOP!

NEW PATREON LEVEL & GIVEAWAYS: Head on over to patreon.com/bufferingcast

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Episode mix by Lauren Klein: @ltklein

Episode edit by Lauren Klein & Kristin Russo

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A heartbroken Willow decides to cast a *late night* spell in a shared dormitory bathroom which can only mean one thing: Spike and Buffy are going to get engaged! To each other! WHAT A DAY. Today we're discussing S4E9: Something Blue.

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Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering

Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com, everyoneisgay.com, mykidisgay.com

Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram

Kate Leth, Our Fashion Queen: @kateleth

HOT HOT TIPS

We'll be at PODCON Jan 19th & 20th in Seattle! IRL tickets (and virtual tickets) available now at podcon.com!

We'll also be at The Vampire Ball in London Nov 30th through Dec 2nd (along with James Marsters, Julie Benz, and more!!) - tickets & info at starfury.co.uk!

We have socks! We have a new Buffy Forever t-shirt!! We have vinyl! We have SO MANY THINGS AHHH: Visit bufferingthevampireslayer.com and click SHOP!

NEW PATREON LEVEL & GIVEAWAYS: Head on over to patreon.com/bufferingcast

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A crossover for the ages brings Buffy into the Angelverse to show us all how beautiful love can be before then ripping our hearts our of our chests. Yes, that's right, we are barreling forward through tales of peanut butter in bed, dishes flying off tables in the throes of passion, demons with troll-doll jewels for eyes, oracle twins, Doyle taking Angel's pulse, Cordelia's midriff, and the temporal fold to kill us all. Buckle up, kids... it's Angel Season 1Episode 8: I Will Remember You.

LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET

Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering

Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com, everyoneisgay.com, mykidisgay.com

Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram

SPECIAL GUESTS

Special guest host Laura Zak: @la_wa

Check out our sister-podcast, Angel On Top, where Laura Zak & Brittany Ashley go episode by episode in discussing Angel!

HOT HOT TIPS

We released a bonus song in this week's Angel On Top episode, written by us and performed by the brilliant Ben Thornewill of Jukebox the Ghost. You can now pre-order our very first vinyl, which features our song as performed by Jenny Owen Youngs on one side, Angel's song as performed by Ben Thornewill, and a gorgeous cover design by our very own Kristine Thune. Visit bufferingthevampireslayer.com and click SHOP!

We'll be at PODCON Jan 19th & 20th in Seattle! IRL tickets (and virtual tickets) available now at podcon.com!

We'll also be at The Vampire Ball in London Nov 30th through Dec 2nd (along with James Marsters, Julie Benz, and more!!) - tickets & info at starfury.co.uk!

NEW PATREON LEVEL & GIVEAWAYS: Head on over to patreon.com/bufferingcast

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Holy hell(mouth), you send us so much glorious mail that we decided to bring a very special mailbag episode right into your lil scooby ears this month! We talk about fruit punch! We talk about the love of taciturn men! We talk about writing songs! Jenny squeals for Marc Blucas! It's a hoot (minus the 'nanny), and we hope you enjoy.

LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET

Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering

Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com, everyoneisgay.com, mykidisgay.com

Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram

HOT HOT TIPS

We'll be at PODCON Jan 19th & 20th in Seattle! IRL tickets (and virtual tickets) available now at podcon.com!

We'll also be at The Vampire Ball in London Nov 30th through Dec 2nd (along with James Marsters, Julie Benz, and more!!) - tickets & info at starfury.co.uk!

A BRAND NEW "Support Your Local Alewife" TEE is up in our store - inspired by Heather Hogan's alewife history lesson in our episode for Beer Bad, and featuring a siiiick illustration by Isabella Rotman! Visit bufferingthevampireslayer.com and click SHOP!

NEW PATREON LEVEL & GIVEAWAYS: Head on over to patreon.com/bufferingcast

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It's Thanksgiving in Sunnydale, and much is happening: Detective Angel's lurking in the bushes, Anya is *so Anya*, and Spike is tied to a chair! It's not all fun & games though - there's a whole lot of white guilt, colonialism, and troubled history to examine in this holiday episode. We're thankful to welcome Coya White Hat-Artichoker, an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, a writer, poet and speaker on issues regarding race, equity, Two-Spirit identity and sovereignty, onto the podcast to share her thoughts about the episode as well. Today we're discussing S4E8: Pangs.

LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET

Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering

Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com, everyoneisgay.com, mykidisgay.com

Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram

SPECIAL GUESTS

Special guest Coya White Hat-Artichoker: @coyahope

The book Coya is a part of where she wrote about her experience at Standing Rock, and opened with a quote from Rogue One: https://www.amazon.com/Walk-Towards-anthology-remember-inauguration/dp/1542380634

THIS EPISODE'S "SONG" - You can hear the complete speech that Standing Rock tribal elder Phyllis Young made to the Energy Transfer Partners (the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wlRdkP3Q70

HOT HOT TIPS

We'll be at PODCON Jan 19th & 20th in Seattle! IRL tickets (and virtual tickets) available now at podcon.com!

We'll also be at The Vampire Ball in London Nov 30th through Dec 2nd (along with James Marsters, Julie Benz, and more!!) - tickets & info at starfury.co.uk!

A BRAND NEW "Support Your Local Alewife" TEE is up in our store - inspired by Heather Hogan's alewife history lesson in our episode for Beer Bad, and featuring a siiiick illustration by Isabella Rotman! Visit bufferingthevampireslayer.com and click SHOP!

NEW PATREON LEVEL & GIVEAWAYS: Head on over to patreon.com/bufferingcast

HELP US TRANSCRIBE over at https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/transcriptions

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RILEY LIKES BUFFY and he's part of a secret monster-catching arm of the government, conveniently headquartered underneath his campus housing! ALSO Spike is in peril, Buffy is bad at fro-yo, Harmony has a unicorn poster, Giles & Xander desperately want to be useful, and Willow still believes in love (perhaps begrudgingly, perhaps only for other people, but still). Today we're discussing S4E7: The Initiative.

LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET

Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering

Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com, everyoneisgay.com, mykidisgay.com

Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram

HOT HOT TIPS

A BRAND NEW "Support Your Local Alewife" TEE is up for preorder - inspired by Heather Hogan's alewife history lesson in our episode for Beer Bad, and featuring a siiiick illustration by Isabella Rotman! Visit bufferingthevampireslayer.com and click SHOP to preorder!

NEW PATREON LEVEL & GIVEAWAYS: Head on over to patreon.com/bufferingcast

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Oh, Willow. Is there anything more to say?! Special guest host Joanna Robinson joins Kristin to discuss the hair regimes of She Wolves, the attractiveness of men with power tools, and, of course, the heartbreak that is S4E6: Wild At Heart. *clutches bosom and wails*

LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET

Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering

Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com, everyoneisgay.com, mykidisgay.com

Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram

SPECIAL GUESTS

Special Guest Host Joanna Robinson: @jowrotethis; https://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/joanna-robinson

Fashion Watch Queen Kate Leth: @kateleth; http://kateleth.com/

Song Vocals from our new Willow, the wonderful Bess Rogers: @bessrogers; bessrogers.com

HOT HOT TIPS

MERCH! MERCH! - Tees! Mugs! Crop Tanks! Hell yeah. Visit bufferingthevampireslayer.com and click SHOP.

NEW PATREON LEVEL ADDED: Head on over to patreon.com/bufferingcast

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Special Thanks to our audio engineer Lauren Klein for creating the "Veruca, I Wanna Nuke Ya" jingle!

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LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT’S S4E5: Beer Bad!!!

There comes a time in the lives of two podcasters when they must stare destiny in the face and say, “We alone wield the strength and skill to discuss what is widely regarded as the worst episode of Buffy. YES, world, we shall now talk about Beer Bad.” Thankfully we were joined by Heather Hogan, Louis Peitzman, and Kathy Tu for this episode, and we taped in front of a live audience of 250 Scoobies in Brooklyn at Littlefield! Get ready for very bad CroMagnon hair and FOAMY, FOAMY BEER!

LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET

Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering

Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com, everyoneisgay.com, mykidisgay.com

Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram

SPECIAL GUESTS

Heather Hogan: @theheatherhogan; autostraddle.com/author/heatherannehogan

Louis Peitzman: @louispeitzman; louispeitzman.com

Kathy Tu: @_kathytu; nancypodcast.org

HOT HOT TIPS

NEW & LIMITED MERCH! - Beer Koozies! Crop Tanks! Hell yeah. Visit bufferingthevampireslayer.com and click SHOP.

NEW PATREON LEVEL & GIVEAWAYS: Head on over to patreon.com/bufferingcast

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It's Halloween in July and we are back at a frat house (*~the paaaaatriarchyyyy~*)! Meanwhile, Anya is terrified of bunnies, Joan of Arc and God are winning the costume contest, and GILES HAS A CHAINSAW???? Today we are discussing S4E4: Fear, Itself!

LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET

Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering

Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com, everyoneisgay.com, mykidisgay.com

Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram

SPECIAL GUESTS

Fashion Watch Queen Kate Leth: @kateleth; http://kateleth.com/

America's Gentle Sweetheart Chris Farren: @chrisfarren; http://chrisfarren.com/

HOT HOT TIPS

MERCH SALE MERCH SALE - Limited items, Diner Mugs, Smash Stickers and more, all 15% off through July 8th with the code CLOTHEDNUDES -- visit bufferingthevampireslayer.com and click SHOP.

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Our platinum baby is back alongside vamp Harmony in pursuit of the gem of Amara, and Parker is a total jerkface! Also, ANYA. Today we are discussing S4E3: The Harsh Light of Day!

LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET

Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering

Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com, everyoneisgay.com, mykidisgay.com

Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram

SPECIAL GUESTS

Special Guest Host Joanna Robinson: @jowrotethis; https://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/joanna-robinson

Fashion Watch Queen Kate Leth: @kateleth; http://kateleth.com/

HOT HOT TIPS

We're taping a LIVE episode for BEER BAD at Littlefield in Brooklyn on July 8th! Full details at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/jennycalendar!

MERCH MERCH MERCH - so many things back in stock (what's up, muscle tanks) plus preorders for new Just Keep Fighting tees and TOTES, we've got the the Songs From Season 3 CD available, and loads more -- visit bufferingthevampireslayer.com and click SHOP.

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