- 49 minutes 54 secondsEncore Episode: Interview with Kristine Sutherland | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
One of our very first cast interviews was with the absolutely wonderful Kristine Sutherland, and we are sharing it for the first time as a standalone conversation! We chat about Buffy coming out to Joyce, the cop car scene in "Band Candy," her relationship with the Buffy fandom, filming "The Body," and so much more.
This month we're sharing some of our favorite Buffy cast interviews from the Buffering archives. This interivew originally aired in two parts on October 18, 2017 (in "Band Candy") and May 6, 2020 (in "The Body with Kristine Sutherland")CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF BUFFERING
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1 July 2026, 3:49 pm - 46 minutes 25 secondsWatcher’s Diary #25: Do You Know What A Clam Slam Is?
We’ve got thoughts on Love Island, Euphoria, and pool safety PLUS some new ideas on Angel’s curse, a veeeery tiny Sunnydale, and a new pet sound that Jenny couldn’t sing without dancing. IN EPISODE LINKS
Miniature Downtown Sunnydale
MST3K&J: Gloria Estefan "Bad Boys" (link to come!)CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF BUFFERING
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Produced by: Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs
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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
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26 June 2026, 3:35 pm - 1 hour 6 minutesEncore Episode: Checkpoint with Ira Madison III | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Back in 2020 Ira Madison III joined us (righhhhht before we would all find ourselves in quarantine...) to chat about "Checkpoint," and discuss the hottest member of the Watcher's Council, paying Buffy Summers, and how Willow is bi but it was 2001, so even *she* probably didn't know it.
This month we're sharing some of our favorite "special guest" episodes from the Buffering archives. This encore episode originally aired on March 4, 2020. (What a time!)
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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
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24 June 2026, 1:00 pm - 1 hour 42 minutesEncore Episode: Enemies with Hrishikesh Hirway | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Our first ever hangout with Hrishikesh Hirway from back in 2018!! We've got erotic novels, warm milk left out on countertops, the birth of JENNY AND THE TWO PENNIES (!!), discussions on Angel's preferred candle scent, and so much more. A real humdinger of an episode.
This month we're sharing some of our favorite "special guest" episodes from the Buffering archives. This encore episode originally aired on February 7, 2018.
CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF BUFFERING
Join us at Brooklyn's Littlefield for our first-ever Homecoming Weekend on October 16th & 17th.
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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
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19 June 2026, 3:19 pm - 31 minutes 31 secondsWatcher's Diary #24: The Sausage Link You Didn't Order
A little unexpected Watcher's Diary because we do what we want!!! Including discussions on Survivor, Love Island, Widow's Bay, and our children's summer plans (to see each other).
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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
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17 June 2026, 6:32 pm - 1 hour 36 minutesEncore Episode: Innocence with Joanna Robinson | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
This month we're sharing some of our favorite "special guest" episodes from the Buffering archives, and there's no better way we could think of to kick things off than with our very first Buffy chat with BFF of the pod Joanna Robinson! Up for discussion: claddagh rings, Angelus's foundation, what exactly IS "one moment of true happiness" and is there a corresponding equation by chance?!
This encore episode originally aired on April 26th 2017.
CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF BUFFERING
Join us at Brooklyn's Littlefield for our first-ever Homecoming Weekend on October 16th & 17th.
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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
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10 June 2026, 2:00 pm - 1 hour 30 minutesWatcher's Diary #23: Joanna Robinson is Here to Talk to Us
Joanna Robinson helps us close out Season 2 of Buffy and also helps Jenny explain Morning Glory Milking Farm to Kristin. Plus Euphoria, The X-Files, and a new theme song for Joanna's perfect cat Bug!
Learn more about Joanna and her work here: https://www.jowrotethis.com/
In Episode Links MST3K&J&J: Tori Amos' "A Sorta Fairytale"
CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF BUFFERING
Join us at Brooklyn's Littlefield for our first-ever Homecoming Weekend on October 16th & 17th.
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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
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27 May 2026, 2:00 pm - 1 hour 46 minutes2.22 Becoming (Part 2) | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
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 winter here is cold* and bitter and even your best overalls will not keep you warm. Swords are gonna clang, orbs are gonna orb, and hearts are gonna break. We have arrived (again) at one of the best episodes of the series, and all we can say is… ouchhhhh. *for proof pls see S3E10
Our original coverage of "Becoming (Part 2)" — with no spoilers! — aired on July 5, 2017 and you can find it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/kh/podcast/2-22-becoming-part-2-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast/id1150241800?i=1000389540386
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Join us at Brooklyn's Littlefield for our first-ever Homecoming Weekend on October 16th & 17th.
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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.
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13 May 2026, 1:00 pm - 26 minutes 1 second“It’s THE SHOW”: Passion of the Nerd’s Ian Martin on Season 2 of Buffy
After ten years of creating Buffy content in our own little corners of the universe, we are beyond delighted to have FINALLY spoken with Passion of the Nerd's Ian Martin! We chat about Season 2, the reboot, depression, and the recipe that makes Buffy the beating heart of television for oh-so-many of us.
PASSION OF THE NERD on YouTube
PASSION OF THE NERD'S "Lie To Me"
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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
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12 May 2026, 2:10 pm - 1 hour 53 minutes2.21 Becoming (Part 1) | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
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 one and only Hrishikesh Hirway joins us for our conversation on S2E21 "Becoming Part 1" (we hope you don't mind his Irish accent)!! We discuss very important things such as covalent bonds, the shape of an obelisk, the green ribbon tied around Darla's neck, and disks that are either hard or floppy! Also also: the Kendra jingle has now been masterfully recorded and a new eyeliner jingle is in the mix!! Who says you can't have your big rock and eat it, too?!
Our original coverage of "Becoming (Part 1)" — with no spoilers! — aired on June 28, 2017 and you can find it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/2-21-becoming-part-1-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast/id1150241800?i=1000389272193
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Hrishikesh Hirway's stunning new album In the Last Hour of Light is out now; you can listen to it wherever you stream music. For tickets to his album release tour (and for all things Hrishi) visit hrishikesh.co.
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Join us at Brooklyn's Littlefield for our first-ever Homecoming Weekend on October 16th & 17th.
Tickets go on pre-sale Thursday, May 7th at 10AM ET and will be live for the public at 10AM ET on Friday, May 8th — all information: bufferingcast.com/live
READ (OR LISTEN TO!) SLAYERS, EVERY ONE OF US
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Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials
MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/music
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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.
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6 May 2026, 1:24 pm - 1 hour 4 minutesWatcher's Diary #22: If You Want To Hear Drusilla Say "Moo"
Pondering big questions like if Lilah Morgan and Faith Lehane would maybe make out (and why it wouldn’t be good for either of them?!) as well as limiting Jenny to five minutes of survivor talk (she somehow did manage to keep it under six). Plus Kids in the Hall, Bleak Midwinters, and Pet Sounds!
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Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials
MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | bufferingcast.com/music
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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
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