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!!!

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Steven Smith Interview (at 24:00 into "The Pack")

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Kristin Russo and Joanna Robinson rewatch all 19 glorious episode of My So-Called Life, one at a time, spoiler free. Re-airing here in the Buffering: Rewatch feed to celebrate the show's 30th Anniversary with special introductions ft. Jenny Owen Youngs!

This episode originally aired on November 21, 2019.

Let's all skip out on geometry review so we can MAKE OUT IN THE BOILER ROOM, huh?!?! Finally, we come to the inspiration point that gave our podcast its name! Meanwhile, Brian is SO MAD, Danielle knows a ton about crustaceans, Graham talks a good risotto game, and Rickie does a great impression of the new English teacher, Mr. Katimsky. OH AND ALSO JORDAN HOLDS ANGELA'S HAND IN THE HALLWAY. Plus, Buffalo Tom. *wipes brow* That's right, it's Episode 12: Self-Esteem.

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Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs cover The X-Files one episode at a time.

Though we are discussing "Our Town" today, it is decidedly NOT the play by Thornton Wilder but rather an episode of The X-Files in which the townsfolk are dining on... other townsfolk! Cannibalism: the other red meat??

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives this episode a scary ranking of 1/5 Outsiders We Have To Deal With

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Kristin Russo and Joanna Robinson rewatch all 19 glorious episode of My So-Called Life, one at a time, spoiler free. Re-airing here in the Buffering: Rewatch feed to celebrate the show's 30th Anniversary with special introductions ft. Jenny Owen Youngs!

This episode originally aired on November 13, 2019.

It's time for the World Happiness Dance and for women to do all of the emotional labor! Rickie has a crush, Brian breaks Delia's heart, Graham is great at wallpaper, and Angela melds with the chain link fence outside of the school wondering HOW IS SHE?!?! It's an episode from Brian's perspective that contains more flannel than we've ever seen and dance moves that have never been rivaled. Welcome to Episode 11: Life of Brian, featuring a segment from our interview with Senta Moses Mikan!

FULL INTERVIEW WITH SENTA:

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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.

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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.

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Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya Ferguson

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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.

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Kristin Russo and Joanna Robinson rewatch all 19 glorious episode of My So-Called Life, one at a time, spoiler free. Re-airing here in the Buffering: Rewatch feed to celebrate the show's 30th Anniversary with special introductions ft. Jenny Owen Youngs!

This episode originally aired on November 6, 2019.

This is the one where COULD ANYONE HELP PATTY HANG THE DAMN STREAMERS?! It's also the one where Rayanne overdoses, Graham becomes deeply distressed by the square footage of a turkey in his refrigerator, we learn that Ambah Valone likes appetizers and windchimes a bit more than stability, Patty connects with Rickie, and we all C R Y. Yes, indeed, it is Episode 10: Other People's Mothers.

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Produced by: Kristin Russo and Joanna Robinson

Edited & Mixed by: Lauren Klein and Kristin Russo

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Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs cover The X-Files one episode at a time.

This Halloween, we urge you to up the horror — forget ghosts, goblins, and demons and please reflect on that spoooooooky feeling where your shadow is NOT YOUR OWN!!!!! It's Season 2, Episode 23: "Soft Light" and the train station is your only safety... mwahahahahaha

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives this episode a scary ranking of 1/5 Shadows Cast

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Edited & Mixed by: John Mark Nelson and Kristin Russo

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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.

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Kristin Russo and Joanna Robinson rewatch all 19 glorious episode of My So-Called Life, one at a time, spoiler free. Re-airing here in the Buffering: Rewatch feed to celebrate the show's 30th Anniversary with special introductions ft. Jenny Owen Youngs!

This episode originally aired on October 31, 2019.

Rayanne is VAMPIRE and Ricky is BRIAN and Brian's KEYS are in Brian's PANTS and did you know that ghosts are real and there's one named Nicky Driscoll haunting the halls of Lincoln High? Also Sharon is not a rat, okay?!?! We've got pirate sex for the #grahamcrackerhive! We've got Danielle scoring massive use of flannel points! We've got the best. costume. shop. lady. of. all. time. That's right! FINALLY! It's S1E9: Halloween! Awooooooo!!!!

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Produced by: Kristin Russo and Joanna Robinson

Edited & Mixed by: Lauren Klein and Kristin Russo

Logo: Devan Power

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.

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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!

See you right here in the Buffering: Rewatch Pod Feed and in our dedicated Buffering the Vampire Slayer pod feed on November 6th with "Welcome to the Hellmouth" (AGAIN!)!! Ahhhhhhh!!!

In the meantime...

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Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya Ferguson

Edited & Mixed by: Jenny Owen Youngs

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.

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Kristin Russo and Joanna Robinson rewatch all 19 glorious episode of My So-Called Life, one at a time, spoiler free. Re-airing here in the Buffering: Rewatch feed to celebrate the show's 30th Anniversary with special introductions ft. Jenny Owen Youngs!

This episode originally aired on October 17, 2019.

Sharon's dad has a heart attack, Graham contemplates the value of his life, Angela hides behind her own fears and the sheepskin'd shoulder of Jordan Catalano, and Rickie tells it like it fucking is. Oh, and Lauren Karen Klein brings us a brand new jingle for, what else, that quivering Angela Chase chin! It's S1E8: Strangers in the House!

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Produced by: Kristin Russo and Joanna Robinson

Edited & Mixed by: Lauren Klein and Kristin Russo

Logo: Devan Power

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.

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Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs cover The X-Files one episode at a time.

The first television episode in history that Kristin refused to watch a second time!! We've got some bugs, we've got some escaped prisoners, we've got some pustules (which we nearly exclusively refer to as rainbows so that we could survive the conversation), and we've got Chris Carter saying that the "look of this episode is wonderful." Ahhh, yes, 'tis The X-Files S2E22: "F. Emasculata."

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives this episode a scary ranking of 2.35/5 Chances the Men Who Escaped Are Infected -- and a bonus GROSS Ranking of 5 out of 5 I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE ITs

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Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and LaToya Ferguson

Edited & Mixed by: John Mark Nelson and Kristin Russo

Logo: Devan Power

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

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