Episodes

  • Once More, With Spoilers: 2.01 When She Was Bad | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
    May 7 2025
    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! ⁠bufferingcast.com/book⁠ JOIN US IN LA & BOSTON FOR UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS: ⁠bufferingcast.com/slayers⁠ 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
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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • Once More, With Spoilers: Watcher's Diary #4
    May 5 2025
    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! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HERE-ORDER NOW! ⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/book⁠⁠ 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
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    49 mins
  • BONUS: Feels Like the First Time | Fast and Furious
    Apr 30 2025
    BONUS: Feels Like the First Time, Fast and Furious Edition (originally aired as two separate episodes on Patreon, presented together here with a new intro by Jenny) Feels Like the First Time is a podcast in which the experienced (usually - but not always! - Joanna) guide the uninitiated (usually - but not always! - Kristin) through important films. Can't get enough FLTFT? This limited series began in 2020, and you can hear ALL of the episodes now in the Patron-only feed! Journey through Lord of the Rings, Mad Max, Terminator, and more with Kristin and Joanna right now, if you so please: patreon.com/bufferingcast Join Kristin "Brian" Russo and Joanna "Toretto" Robinson as they kick back and crack a couple of Coronas after a long day of hitting the NOS. The dress code for listening to this episode is formal white tank top optional, gigantic cross necklace REQUIRED. They don't have friends, they have family (and also podcasts)! VROOM VROOM! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HERE-ORDER NOW! ⁠bufferingcast.com/book⁠ 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
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    2 hrs
  • Once More, With Spoilers: Watcher's Diary #3
    Apr 23 2025
    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-live IN EPISODE LINKS: Celtic Woman Paintings 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/book 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
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    39 mins
  • Once More, With Spoilers: 1.12 Prophecy Girl | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
    Apr 8 2025
    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! The end is pretty seriously nigh, prophecies are prophesying, the Master is at peak drama (giving Angel a run for his money), Cordelia drives her car through the hallways of Sunnydale High, the Hellmouth cracks open, and Buffy just keeps fighting. We couldn’t be more excited to share with you (as two newly published authors!!!) our second coverage, with spoilers, of the season one finale of Buffy: “Prophecy Girl.” OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE! bufferingcast.com/book JOIN US IN LA & BOSTON FOR UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS: bufferingcast.com/slayers 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
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    2 hrs and 1 min
  • Once More, With Spoilers: 1.11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
    Apr 2 2025
    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! Clea Duvall is here (though mostly invisible), there's a sepia filter on the camera lens, and HARMONY FALLS DOWN THE STAIRS (she's okay, don't worry). LOOK LISTEN AND LEARN as we discuss Buffy S1E11: "Out of Mind, Out of Sight." JOIN US IN LA & BOSTON FOR UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS: bufferingcast.com/slayers MORE ON BUFFY PROM, OUR BOOK RELEASE EVENT IN TORRANCE, and NO & LOW COST TICKETS: bufferingcast.com/prom OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS UP FOR PRE ORDER! bufferingcast.com/book 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: John Mark Nelson 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
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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • Once More, With Spoilers: Watcher's Diary #2
    Mar 31 2025
    It is time for our second Watcher's Diary — and this entry has it *all*! We've got emails about Xena, Painted Dogs (the saga continues!), the ongoing mystery of Where Jenny Calendar Dangles It, and also the succulent topic of eating spiders. We opine on What Dawn Was Doing in the episode "Nightmares," and we have a special segment where we share some of the most wonderful Buffy Prom stories of all time from our listeners. Enjoy! See some of you this weekend at PROM! JOIN US IN LA & BOSTON FOR UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS: bufferingcast.com/slayers MORE ON BUFFY PROM, OUR BOOK RELEASE EVENT IN TORRANCE, and NO & LOW COST TICKETS: bufferingcast.com/prom OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS UP FOR PRE ORDER! bufferingcast.com/book 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
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    56 mins
  • BONUS: Feels Like the First Time | Alien
    Mar 28 2025
    BONUS: Feels Like the First Time, Alien Edition (originally aired as two separate episodes on Patreon, presented together here with a new intro by Jenny) Join Kristin Russo and Joanna Robinson as Kristin boards Nostromo for the first time to ask important questions like "Where can I find a jumpsuit like Ripley's?" and "Where can I find a *Ripley* like Ripley?" and also "What happens to the cat?!?!?!" All these answers and more await. As you hurtle through the infinite darkness of this encore broadcast, remember: in podcasts, no one can hear you scream... Feels Like the First Time is a podcast in which the experienced (usually - but not always! - Joanna) guide the uninitiated (usually - but not always! - Kristin) through important films. Can't get enough FLTFT? This limited series began in 2020, and you can hear ALL of the episodes now in the Patron-only feed! Journey through Lord of the Rings, Mad Max, Terminator, and more with Kristin and Joanna right now, if you so please: patreon.com/bufferingcast JOIN US IN LA & BOSTON FOR UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS: bufferingcast.com/slayers MORE ON BUFFY PROM, OUR BOOK RELEASE EVENT IN TORRANCE, and NO & LOW COST TICKETS: bufferingcast.com/prom OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS UP FOR PRE ORDER! bufferingcast.com/book LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com Joanna Robinson | @jowrotethis; 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: John Mark Nelson 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
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    1 hr and 28 mins