Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

Four episodes into this season of Angel, and Angel Investigations still hasn't done a paid case. (So maybe get off your high horse about that whole saving people for money thing, characters over on the B-word show.) But you know what they have done? Well, besides tackling race relations, they have also given us another body swap episode to add to the canon, with "Carpe Noctem." Behold what is arguably the horniest episode of Angel, to the point where even the official WB promos for it included dick jokes for the episode's subtitle. (Seriously.) Join LaToya Ferguson as she and guest host Morgan Lutich unpack all the horniness of this episode -- whether they like it or not -- as well as the glaring logistics of the fact that no one immediately said, "Hey, Angel's been body swapped!" This is a strange one, Scoobies.

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GUEST HOST

Morgan Lutich: @LorganMutich, @AMPDiariesPod

ANGEL ON TOP

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Producers: LaToya Ferguson and Kristin Russo
Editor: Kristin Russo + John Mark Nelson
Music + Jingles: Jenny Owen Youngs
Logo: Kristine Thune

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As the saying goes, you should really fix that small leak before all your pipes burst and you're suddenly standing knee-deep in water, playing kitten poker, and using a copper pipe to kill a bank demon — all while three ridiculous white men try to take over your town using their complete lack of wit and a moderate heaping of whimsy. It's Season Goddamn 6 Episode Goddamn 4: Flooded. PAY THE FUCKING SLAYER. WHAT THE FUCK.

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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.

Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation.

Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples.

Land acknowledgements exist to celebrate the indigenous peoples who are the rightful guardians of the land or territory that we as colonizers are inhabiting. A Land acknowledgement also encourages non-indigenous people to recognize that they are on stolen and unceded indigenous land and to directly engage with that knowledge in meaningful and impactful ways.

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CELEBRATION + SPOTLIGHT ON INDIGENOUS WORK AND PEOPLES

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Educational + Activist Accounts

Artists

Authors

Businesses

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SPECIAL GUEST

Gaby Dunn: @gabyroad; gabydunn.com/

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Our Anti-Racism Library: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/antiracist-library
Our episode on Pangs: https://radiopublic.com/buffering-the-vampire-slayer-a-b-6nN5z1/s1!0cce2

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Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs

Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo

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So... Remember how Gunn decided to simply ignore all of his problems at home during the Pylea arc at the end of Angel Season 2? Well, those problems have popped right back up, and well, Gunn continues to handle them poorly. Really poorly. Almost as if there was a lack of interest in even telling the story of Gunn's problems at all. That's right: It's "That Old Gang of Mine" time, and as it turns out, Angel the series has *not* gotten better at tackling human race relations. Join LaToya Ferguson as she and guest host Mack MacDade get to the bottom of why this episode doesn't work, how it actually could have worked, and Angel's (mmm, Angel) casual leather pants. (Look, it's not all about heavy issues. Sometimes it's just about Angel in leather pants.)

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GUEST HOST

Mack MacDade: @MackMacTlksBack

ANGEL ON TOP

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Producers: LaToya Ferguson and Kristin Russo
Editor: Kristin Russo
Music + Jingles: Jenny Owen Youngs
Logo: Kristine Thune

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You know that feeling when you are ripped out of your peaceful afterlife by your friends and then they are SO LOUD and SO UNHELPFUL plus there is this friggin' energy blob that apparently rode in on your coattails and it just keeps blobbin around and haunting shit?! And all you want is to get away from all the noise and find solace in the posh lair of a chipped vampire who loves black nail polish and peroxide?!?!

It is Season 6 Episode 3: After Life, and it is full of a whole bunch of blob and a whole bunch of feelings.

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Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo

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HEY LOOK JENNY HAS A COOL MUSIC VIDEO:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IaAsa1k7dDM

FIRST LIVE EVENT OF SEASON 6!
Join us and special guests for a digital live taping of S6E5: Life Serial on 11/22 (aka Jenny's birthday!!!) at 6pm Eastern — tickets and information can be found at bit.ly/lifeserial

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Don't know if you've heard, but Cordelia's visions from TPTB are *literally* killing her. So keeping that in mind, "That Vision Thing" finds a way to make that whole dilemma even worse -- and it's all Kal Penn's fault! (Though it is nice when Fred compares Cordelia to a dog and when Angel... compares Cordelia to a car. Look, you've gotta take the small victories sometimes.) Join LaToya Ferguson as she continues to embark on this journey as Angel on Top's new-and-nervous host, this week with the help of guest host Connor Goldsmith, possibly the only person who can challenge LaToya in terms of Angel nerd cred.

LOCATE YOUR HOST, LATOYA FERGUSON, UPON THE INTERNET!

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Listen to LaToya's Vampire Diaries podcast: The AMPire Diaries
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GUEST HOST

Connor Goldsmith: @dreamoforgonon; connorgoldsmith.com

ANGEL ON TOP

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Producers: LaToya Ferguson and Kristin Russo
Editor: Kristin Russo
Music + Jingles: Jenny Owen Youngs
Logo: Kristine Thune

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Holy moly, scoobies, we sat down to chat with the one and only Juliet Landau — and she is every bit as brilliant and wonderful as you'd guess! We talk vampire sexuality, manicures, narcissism, Dru's accent, what she named the stars (to the result of such terrible confusion), and so so so so much more!

Plus, we talk to Juliet about her brand new film, premiering this Thursday (!!!), called A Place Among the Dead, which features Anne Rice, Joss Whedon, Gary Oldman, and so many other incredible voices.

In sum... DRUUUUUUSILLLA!! YOUUUUU FILLA! OUR HEARTS WITH DREAD, AND SO WE'RE LED RIGHT BACK TO YOUUUUUU!

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MORE ON JULIET LANDAU'S "A PLACE AMONG THE DEAD"

"In this revealing and terrifying meld of fact, fiction and the fantastical, actress and filmmaker “Jules,” driven by the demons of her past, embarks on a journey at the potential cost of everything she knows and loves."

THURSDAY OCTOBER 29TH: WORLD PREMIERE
Tickets: https://www.modernfilms.com/aplaceamongthedead

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Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team

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Produced by: Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: Kristin Russo

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You know that feeling when you are under six feet of dirt but then your friends bring you back to life and you have to claw your way up from below with your bare hands and then your whole town is on fire and there’s a robot who looks just like you and your friends are like BUFFY HELP?!?! Yeah, us too. It’s Season 6 Episode 2: Bargaining Part 2.

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Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team

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Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo

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JOIN MACK MACDADE on MIKKI KENDALL'S HOOD FEMINISM
Thursday, October 22nd at 7:30pm Eastern

Register for this session and breakout groups the following Thursday + learn about our commitments to creating + maintaining an anti-racist base here at Buffering the Vampire Slayer at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting

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FIRST LIVE EVENT OF SEASON 6!
Join us and special guests for a digital live taping of S6E3: After Life on Saturday, October 24th. All information and ticketing found at bit.ly/buffyafterlife

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It is LaToya Ferguson's first episode hosting Angel On Top, and she is joined by Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs this week for the Angel Season 3 Premiere: Heartthrob! We talk about Angel's new, colorful wardrobe, Cordelia's blazer, Ghost Dennis' loofah skills, our desire for Fred and Faith to smooch, and oh-so-much-more!!

Angel and Buffy may have split networks in 2001, but look at us — together for the first time on the same dang podcast channel like the dysfunctional vampire/slayer family we were always meant to be.

LOCATE YOUR HOST, LATOYA FERGUSON, UPON THE INTERNET!

Follow @lafergs on Twitter
Listen to LaToya's Vampire Diaries podcast: The AMPire Diaries
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GUEST HOSTS

Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com
Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com

ANGEL ON TOP

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Support Angel On Top on Patreon: angelontop.com
Learn more about us and our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com

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Producers: LaToya Ferguson, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs
Editor: Kristin Russo
Music + Jingles: Jenny Owen Youngs
Logo: Kristine Thune

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Oh, hey, it's a bot! It's a bot! It's a great big (Buffy) bot!! Yes, here we are at the jump of Season 6 and we've got robots in leather, Willow killing a cute little doe-eyed deer, Giles leaving the gang for more time with Olivia, a motorcycle bar, a Hanson vamp, and Osiris deciding to pop Buffy's eyeballs back in?!?!?!?! WOW WOW WOW, here we f*cking go. Welcome to Season 6 Episode 1: Bargaining Part One.

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Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team

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Thank you to Aisha Burns for our new (Crush That!) White Supremacy jingle!

Producer Alba suggested we create a jingle to use when calling out instances of white supremacy on Buffy (comparable to the way in which we use The Patriarchy jingle), and to create the jingle, which debuts in this episode!!, Jenny collaborated with the amazing Aisha Burns who co-wrote, played strings, and sings the vocals!

Aisha makes some amazing music, and you can learn more about her here: http://aishaburns.com/

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Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs

Jenny's recommended video on learning about Mercury in Retrograde:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9BZm5aVr9s

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Learn about our commitments to creating + maintaining an anti-racist base here at Buffering the Vampire Slayer at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting

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FIRST LIVE EVENT OF SEASON 6!
Join us and special guests for a digital live taping of S6E3: After Life on Saturday, October 24th. All information and ticketing found at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/new-events

JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!
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NEW 'BURN IT DOWN' TEES, SLEEPAWAY WITCH SWEATSHIRTS, + MORE!
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Within the first few minutes of this beautiful mailbag episode, Jenny says "Guess how fast I just googled 'CLAM MANTLE'?!" so... we promise you a good time. We have discussions on Angelus versus Spike, what magic may have caused Joyce's death (if any!), the difference between sharks and fish, and oh-so-much more!! You all send the absolute BEST emails.

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

Also hey, here's our website with schedules, resources, events and such: bufferingthevampireslayer.com

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Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs

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Learn about our commitments to creating + maintaining an anti-racist base here at Buffering the Vampire Slayer at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting

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JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!
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WHY ARE MEN HOODIES, TANKS, & CROP TOPS: HOORAY!
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Edited by: Kristin Russo

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