Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
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Encore Episode: Checkpoint with Ira Madison III | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Jun 24, 2026
1h 06m 19s
Encore Episode: Enemies with Hrishikesh Hirway | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Jun 19, 2026
1h 42m 11s
Watcher's Diary #24: The Sausage Link You Didn't Order
Jun 17, 2026
31m 31s
Encore Episode: Innocence with Joanna Robinson | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
Jun 10, 2026
1h 36m 18s
Watcher's Diary #23: Joanna Robinson is Here to Talk to Us
May 27, 2026
1h 30m 34s
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| 6/24/26 |  Encore 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!) CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF BUFFERING Join us at Brooklyn's Littlefield for our first-ever Homecoming Weekend on October 16th & 17th. Tickets are on sale now — all information: bufferingcast.com/live READ (OR LISTEN TO!) SLAYERS, EVERY ONE OF US 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 | 1h 06m 19s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 |  Encore 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. Tickets are on sale now — all information: bufferingcast.com/live READ (OR LISTEN TO!) SLAYERS, EVERY ONE OF US 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 | 1h 42m 11s | ||||||
| 6/17/26 |  Watcher'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). CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF BUFFERING Join us at Brooklyn's Littlefield for our first-ever Homecoming Weekend on October 16th & 17th. Tickets are on sale now — all information: bufferingcast.com/live READ (OR LISTEN TO!) SLAYERS, EVERY ONE OF US 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 | 31m 31s | ||||||
| 6/10/26 |  Encore Episode: Innocence with Joanna Robinson | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast✨ | Buffy the Vampire Slayerspecial guest+3 | Joanna Robinson | Buffering: A Rewatch AdventureSLAYERS, EVERY ONE OF US | Brooklyn | BuffyAngelus+3 | — | 1h 36m 18s | |
| 5/27/26 |  Watcher's Diary #23: Joanna Robinson is Here to Talk to Us✨ | Buffy the Vampire SlayerSeason 2+5 | Joanna Robinson | Buffering: A Rewatch AdventureEuphoria+2 | Brooklyn | Buffy the Vampire SlayerJoanna Robinson+5 | — | 1h 30m 34s | |
| 5/13/26 |  2.22 Becoming (Part 2) | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast✨ | Buffy the Vampire Slayerepisode discussion+3 | — | Buffering: A Rewatch AdventureBuffy the Vampire Slayer | BrooklynLittlefield | BuffyBecoming Part 2+6 | One SkinBUFFERING | 1h 46m 43s | |
| 5/12/26 |  “It’s THE SHOW”: Passion of the Nerd’s Ian Martin on Season 2 of Buffy✨ | Buffy the Vampire SlayerSeason 2+3 | Ian Martin | Passion of the NerdBuffering: A Rewatch Adventure | Brooklyn | BuffyPassion of the Nerd+5 | — | 26m 01s | |
| 5/6/26 |  2.21 Becoming (Part 1) | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast✨ | Buffy the Vampire Slayerepisode discussion+3 | Hrishikesh Hirway | BufferingApple Podcasts+1 | — | Buffy the Vampire SlayerBecoming Part 1+3 | — | 1h 53m 14s | |
| 4/29/26 |  Watcher's Diary #22: If You Want To Hear Drusilla Say "Moo"✨ | Buffy the Vampire Slayercharacter relationships+3 | — | Kids in the HallIn the Bleak Midwinter+2 | — | DrusillaLilah Morgan+6 | — | 1h 04m 11s | |
| 4/19/26 |  2.20 Go Fish | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast✨ | Buffy the Vampire SlayerGo Fish+4 | — | Buffering: A Rewatch AdventureBuffy the Vampire Slayer | — | Go FishBuffy the Vampire Slayer+5 | — | 1h 26m 56s | |
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| 4/15/26 |  Bonus from Beyond Buffering | The eX Files: The X-Files 3.04 Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose✨ | The X-FilesClyde Bruckman's Final Repose+3 | — | The X-FilesClyde Bruckman's Final Repose+1 | — | The X-FilesClyde Bruckman's Final Repose+4 | — | 2h 02m 18s | |
| 4/11/26 |  Watcher's Diary #21: Eagles of Unusually Large Size✨ | podcastingmarriage+4 | — | Buffering: A Rewatch AdventureSlayers, Every One of Us+1 | — | podcastmemoir+5 | OneSkinBUFFERING | 53m 21s | |
| 4/1/26 |  2.19 I Only Have Eyes for You | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast✨ | Buffy the Vampire Slayerghosts+4 | — | I Only Have Eyes for You | Sunnydale High | Buffy the Vampire SlayerAngelus+5 | — | 1h 33m 13s | |
| 3/25/26 |  Watcher’s Diary #20: That's Mr. Billie Eilish's Boomerang Idol To You✨ | Buffy the Vampire SlayerPop Culture+4 | — | mixtapeMST3K&J+6 | — | BuffyDrusilla+6 | — | 56m 23s | |
| 3/18/26 |  2.18 Killed by Death | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast✨ | Buffy the Vampire Slayerchildhood trauma+3 | — | Buffering: A Rewatch AdventureApple Podcasts+1 | SunnydaleCalifornia | Buffy the Vampire SlayerKilled by Death+5 | — | 1h 36m 29s | |
| 3/4/26 |  Watcher’s Diary #19: Angel is a Cancer; Angelus is a Scorpio✨ | astrologyBuffy the Vampire Slayer+5 | — | Prophecy GirlXena+1 | — | Buffy the Vampire Slayerastrology+5 | OneSkinBUFFERING | 58m 25s | |
| 2/25/26 |  2.17 Passion | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast✨ | Buffy the Vampire Slayerepisode analysis+3 | LaToya Ferguson | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | — | BuffyPassion+7 | — | 1h 34m 44s | |
| 2/18/26 |  Watcher’s Diary #18: We... want... MUSCLES!✨ | Buffy the Vampire Slayerwerewolves+3 | — | MUSCLESSinners+1 | — | Buffywerewolf+5 | — | 47m 57s | |
| 2/11/26 |  2.16 Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast✨ | Buffy the Vampire SlayerValentine's Day episode+5 | — | Buffering: A Rewatch AdventureSNL+6 | — | Buffy the Vampire SlayerBewitched Bothered and Bewildered+5 | — | 1h 26m 12s | |
| 2/4/26 |  Watcher’s Diary #17: One Set of Footprints, One Pair of Feet | Today in our watcher’s diary: Further evidence on vampire hair growth, Charlie XCX feelings, Moon Science, Kristin loves Meg Stalter, summoning Jenny with boobs, and more! IN EPISODE LINKS: Take Care on Shortsoftheweek.comHow to Help: Twin Cities ResidentsHow To Help if You are Outside Minnesota Charlie XCX "Von Dutch" Commentary OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE! 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 | 53m 57s | ||||||
| 1/28/26 |  2.15 Phases | 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! Ah yes, tfw a werewolf is in love!! Plus, Larry is gay, Buffy bends Cain's gun, Jenny has read some reports, and Giles simply *loves* the classics. It's Season 2, Episode 15: "Phases." IN EPISODE LINKS box office in january 1998 born sexy yesterday scoop the werewolf > misogyny tee Our original coverage of "Phases" — with no spoilers! — aired on May 3, 2017 and you can find it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2-15-phases-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast/id1150241800?i=1000385050884 OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE! 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, 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 38m 03s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 |  Watcher's Diary #16: The Wilhelm Red-Tailed Hawk Scream | We are back with another Watcher’s Diary to find out what Dawn was doing in “Surprise,” meet a hamster named Grimace, learn more about ass jerky, and talk about Hooking Up vs hooking up (neither of which are any of Jenny’s business). IN EPISODE LINKS wilhelm eagle vs red tailed hawk belles and chimes inkblot podcast OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE! 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 | 1h 04m 39s | ||||||
| 1/14/26 |  2.14 Innocence | 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! Get in losers, we’re going to Sephora because HE’S! HERE! Angelus is BACK, not a soul to be seen! We revisit the origin of Hellmath this week with the equation as old as time: True Love + Orgasm = -1 Soul What a time to be (un)alive. Our original coverage of "Innocence" — with no spoilers! — aired on April 26, 2017 and you can find it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/buffering-the-vampire-slayer-a-buffy-the/id1150241800?i=1000384791067 OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE! 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, 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 2h 06m 38s | ||||||
| 1/13/26 |  2.13 Surprise | 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! Somehow the biggest surprise on the pod today has nothing to do with Buffy turning 17 and everything to do with Grimace — the beloved (party throwing?) (Gemini?!?!) purple BEST FRIEND of Ronald McDonald. In Sunnydale, Jenny is revealed as Janna, Cordelia is revealed from behind a pool table, Angel's boobs are revealed at both his bedtime and Buffy's bedtime, and Drusilla HATES THE FLOWERS, FIX THEM!!!! Our original coverage of "Surprise" — with no spoilers! — aired on April 19, 2017 and you can find it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/buffering-the-vampire-slayer-a-buffy-the/id1150241800?i=1000384542878 Get up to 30% off OneSkin with the code BUFFERING at https://www.oneskin.co/BUFFERING #oneskinpod OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE! 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, 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 1h 45m 48s | ||||||
| 1/7/26 |  Watcher's Diary #15: Xena, Callisto, & Cylons | We’ve got egg babies, Xena and Callisto feelings, Dawn making little baskets, f*ck marry kill: cylon edition, plus some wisdom from Kristin’s therapist. TWAS THE SEASON. Fallout Coverage can be found in the Beyond Buffering feed! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE! 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 | 59m 07s | ||||||
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40 placements across 31 markets.
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40 placements across 31 markets.