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

SPECIAL DELIVERY: Answers! Here's some HellMath for you - your emails + our responses = this episode! This is Welcome to the Mailbag: Vol. 5!

Jenny Owen Youngs is @jennyowenyoungs on twitter, and you can check out some of her non-Buffy songs at jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering. 

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We've got NEW MERCH, including a wolf-y AWOO shirt designed by Isabella Rotman, an ADORABLE "even a werewolf is better than misogyny" tee designed by Cameron Glavin, and the JUST KEEP FIGHTING tee in a new color! We've also got CDs ready to order - limited quantities of both SONGS FROM SEASON TWO and SONGS FROM SEASON ONE. Visit bufferingthevampireslayer.com and click on SHOP to check out our little shop of WONDERS. If you prefer your music in non-corporeal form, Buffering the Vampire Slayer: Songs From Season One is available now on iTunes, or wherever you get your digital music.

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Brittany Ashley joins us to discuss the FISHY business going on with the Sunnydale Swim Team! Also LOOK AT THAT FREAKING TURTLENECK ON GAGE! This week we're discussing s2e20: Go Fish.

Today's episode is brought to you by Bold Food, a San Francisco Bay Area-based company that teaches the science of cooking and organizes food-focused travel tours. Learn more at boldfoodco.com, and use code BUFFY to save $300 off your first food tour!

This episode was also sponsored by Shudder, the premium streaming video service devoted to thrillers, horror, and suspense. Go to shudder.com and receive your first month free when you use the code BUFFERING.

Follow Brittany Ashley on twitter & instagram @britt27ash, and check out Sicker Sadder World, the Daria podcast she co-hosts with Laura Zak - available on iTunes and Bumpers! (We can confirm that this podcast is SICK. But not sad.)

Jenny Owen Youngs is @jennyowenyoungs on twitter, and you can check out some of her non-Buffy songs at jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering. 

Kristin Russo is @kristinnoeline on twitter. Learn more about the resources she creates for LGBTQ individuals and their families at everyoneisgay.com and mykidisgay.com.

Get to know Buffy FashionWatch correspondent Kate Leth better at kateleth.com, or give her a shout on twitter (@kateleth).

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It's time for the Sadie Hawkins dance, and I think we all know just how much poltergeists hate this particular high school event. Watch out for bees, snakes, and melting floors! This week we're discussing s2e19: I Only Have Eyes For You.

Today's episode is brought to you by Bold Food, a San Francisco Bay Area-based company that teaches the science of cooking and organizes food-focused travel tours. Learn more at boldfoodco.com, and use code BUFFY to save $300 off your first food tour!

This episode was also sponsored by Shudder, the premium streaming video service devoted to thrillers, horror, and suspense. Go to shudder.com and receive your first month free when you use the code BUFFERING.

Jenny Owen Youngs is @jennyowenyoungs on twitter, and you can check out some of her non-Buffy songs at jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering. 

Kristin Russo is @kristinnoeline on twitter. Learn more about the resources she creates for LGBTQ individuals and their families at everyoneisgay.com and mykidisgay.com.

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You can now support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/bufferingcast.

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Recorded live at A-Camp, this episode features guest appearances from Kate Leth, El Sanchez, Heather Hogan, and the unsinkable Gaby Dunn! This is the one where it's Nightmare On Elm Street but Elm Street happens to be in Sunnydale! This week we're discussing s2e18: Killed By Death.

Today's episode is brought to you by Shudder, the premium streaming video service devoted to thrillers, horror, and suspense. Go to shudder.com and receive your first month free when you use the code BUFFERING.

Find all of our amazing guests on twitter: Kate Leth (@kateleth), El Sanchez (@el_sanchovilla), Heather Hogan (@theheatherhogan), and Gaby Dunn (@gabydunn)!

Jenny Owen Youngs is @jennyowenyoungs on twitter, and you can check out some of her non-Buffy songs at jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering. 

Kristin Russo is @kristinnoeline on twitter. Learn more about the resources she creates for LGBTQ individuals and their families at everyoneisgay.com and mykidisgay.com.

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You can now support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/bufferingcast.

We've got SMASH THE DEMON LIZARD PATRIARCHY tees & tanks, plus so much more over at bufferingthevampireslayer.bigcartel.com. Also! Buffering the Vampire Slayer: Songs From Season One is available now on iTunes, or wherever you get your digital music.

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Angel spends this episode doing a lot of voice over, sketching multiple people whilst they sleep, and being a general creep. We also say goodbye to one of the good guys. Hope you brought tissues to this episode, friend. This week we're discussing s2e17: Passion.

Today's episode is brought to you by Shudder, the premium streaming video service devoted to thrillers, horror, and suspense. Go to shudder.com and receive your first month free when you use the code BUFFERING.

Jenny Owen Youngs is @jennyowenyoungs on twitter, and you can check out some of her non-Buffy songs at jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering. 

Kristin Russo is @kristinnoeline on twitter. Learn more about the resources she creates for LGBTQ individuals and their families at everyoneisgay.com and mykidisgay.com.

Follow Buffering the Vampire Slayer on twitter (@bufferingcast) and on facebook (facebook.com/bufferingcast)!

Try Stitcher Premium for an ad-free experience, and to access oodles of exclusive content from a variety of podcasts & creators. Stitcher Premium is offering our listeners a free month-long trial, and $5 off the first year of an annual plan - just visit stitcherpremium.com/buffy and use promo code buffy.

You can now support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/bufferingcast.

We've got SMASH THE DEMON LIZARD PATRIARCHY tees & tanks, plus so much more over at bufferingthevampireslayer.bigcartel.com. Also! Buffering the Vampire Slayer: Songs From Season One is available now on iTunes, or wherever you get your digital music.

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The world has turned upside-down and everyone is in love with Xander! Also someone you care about gets turned into a rat. We hope this cautionary tale encourages you to think twice before you go blackmailing your peers into casting revenge spells on your behalf.  Dan Kois (slate.com, Mom and Dad Are Fighting) joins us to talk best practices for parenting on the Hellmouth, and of course to speak for all men! This week we're discussing s2e16: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.
 
Read Dan Kois's writing on slate.com, find him on twitter @dankois, and listen to Mom and Dad are Fighting, the Slate parenting podcast he cohosted before he shipped off with his family to live abroad for a year!

This episode is sponsored by MACK WELDON. Visit mackweldon.com and get 20% off your purchase using the promo code BUFFY.

This episode is also sponsored by SHUDDER. Go to shudder.com and receive your first month free when you use the code BUFFERING.

Jenny Owen Youngs is @jennyowenyoungs on twitter, and you can check out some of her non-Buffy songs at jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering. 

Kristin Russo is @kristinnoeline on twitter. Learn more about the resources she creates for LGBTQ individuals and their families at everyoneisgay.com and mykidisgay.com.

Follow Buffering the Vampire Slayer on twitter (@bufferingcast) and on facebook (facebook.com/bufferingcast)!

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Support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/bufferingcast. Visit our store for SMASH THE DEMON LIZARD PATRIARCHY tees & tanks, plus so much more at bufferingthevampireslayer.bigcartel.com. Also! Buffering the Vampire Slayer: Songs From Season One is available now on iTunes, or wherever you get your digital music.

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Ye gods! There's a werewolf loose in Sunnydale, and it's tearing up Lover's Lane, The Bronze, and Cordelia's cloth-top convertible too! Also, today's episode features PEAK Patriarchy, a great scream by Willow, and another installment of HellMath. This week we're discussing s2e15: Phases.

Today's episode is brought to you by Mack Weldon. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your purchase using the promo code BUFFY.

Jenny Owen Youngs is @jennyowenyoungs on twitter, and you can check out some of her non-Buffy songs at jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering. 

Kristin Russo is @kristinnoeline on twitter. Learn more about the resources she creates for LGBTQ individuals and their families at everyoneisgay.com and mykidisgay.com.

Follow Buffering the Vampire Slayer on twitter (@bufferingcast) and on facebook (facebook.com/bufferingcast)!

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You can also support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/bufferingcast.

We've got SMASH THE DEMON LIZARD PATRIARCHY tees & tanks, plus so much more over at bufferingthevampireslayer.bigcartel.com. Also! Buffering the Vampire Slayer: Songs From Season One is available now on iTunes, or wherever you get your digital music.

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Dream-guest Joanna Robinson swings by Buffering this week to teach us some new soul-related math and also to talk about this massively pivotal episode. EEEEEEEEEK! Spoiler alert: claddagh-on-claddagh flashbacks occur! This week we're discussing s2e14: Innocence.

Follow Joanna Robinson on twitter @jowrotethis, read the many great things she writes on VanityFair.com, and listen to her cohost the hell out of glorious podcasts like Storm of Spoilers, GenPop, Little Gold Men, Decoding Westworld, and Cast of Kings (to name but a fraction of her catalog)!

Jenny Owen Youngs is @jennyowenyoungs on twitter, and you can check out some of her non-Buffy songs at jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering.

Kristin Russo is @kristinnoeline on twitter. Learn more about the resources she creates for LGBTQ individuals and their families at everyoneisgay.com and mykidisgay.com.

Get to know Buffy FashionWatch correspondent Kate Leth better at kateleth.com, or give her a shout on twitter (@kateleth).

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We've got SMASH THE DEMON LIZARD PATRIARCHY tees & tanks, plus so much more over at bufferingthevampireslayer.bigcartel.com. Also! Buffering the Vampire Slayer: Songs From Season One is available now on iTunes, or wherever you get your digital music.

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SOMETHING BIG HAPPENS IN THIS EPISODE and no we don't mean the exchange of claddagh rings omfgaskfadjfdaffjadhfgjf!!!!!!! There's so much to deal with here, and we're thrilled that special guest Carolyn Yates stopped by to help us sort through it. I can't tell you what she's an expert in because SPOILERS. This week we're discussing s2e13: Surprise.

Jenny Owen Youngs is @jennyowenyoungs on twitter, and you can check out some of her non-Buffy songs at jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering.

Kristin Russo is @kristinnoeline on twitter. Learn more about the resources she creates for LGBTQ individuals and their families at everyoneisgay.com and mykidisgay.com.

Get to know more about Carolyn Yates at carolynyates.com, or give her a shout on twitter @c_yates!

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Ding dong! Who's there? Why it's the Buffering the Vampire Slayer postal worker with SO MANY EMAILS FROM YOU GUYS! We've got answers! PLUS a live performance of some listener-created lyrics for "Staking Time!"

Jenny Owen Youngs is @jennyowenyoungs on twitter, and you can check out some of her non-Buffy songs at jennyowenyoungs.com/buffering.

Kristin Russo is @kristinnoeline on twitter. Learn more about the resources she creates for LGBTQ individuals and their families at everyoneisgay.com and mykidisgay.com.

Follow Buffering the Vampire Slayer on twitter (@bufferingcast) and on facebook (facebook.com/bufferingcast)!

You can now support the show on Patreon, at patreon.com/bufferingcast.

We're restocked on our new shirts & everything else over at bufferingthevampireslayer.bigcartel.com. Also! Buffering the Vampire Slayer: Songs From Season One is available now on iTunes, or wherever you get your digital music.

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