Buffering the Vampire Slayer

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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ALL THE SHOWS WE COVER

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

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The eX-Files | Covering The X-Files

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Angel on Top | An Angel Podcast

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Doomcoming | A Yellowjackets Podcast

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The Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life Podcast

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

Edited by: 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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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!

In the meantime...

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Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

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The eX-Files | Covering The X-Files

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Angel on Top | An Angel Podcast

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Doomcoming | A Yellowjackets Podcast

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The Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life Podcast

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

Edited & Mixed by: Jenny Owen Youngs

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

WHY ARE TWINS ALWAYS EVIL!?!?! Did you learn about *wind* in kindergarten?? Why would you ever throw away three good ice cream cones?! Do old women have names???? We dig into these questions and more this week in our coverage of The X-Files S2E21: "The Calusari."

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives this episode a scary ranking of 2.2/5 Problems with the Wiring

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

Darin! Morgan! Is! Here!! We are going to Florida! We are burying potatoes! We are inverting stereotypes! We are blasting Screamin' Jay Hawkins! WE ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME. It's Season 2, Episode 20 Humbug, and we are absolutely thrilled to be here.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives this episode a scary ranking of 3/5 Tabernacles of Terror

IN EPISODE LINKS

Welcome to 'Gibtown,' the last 'freakshow' town in America

Alvin Law: https://alvinlaw.com/

Screamin' Jay Hawkins "I Put A Spell On You" Performance

Screamin' Jay Hawkins Unedited "I Put A Spell On You"

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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.

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Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs podcast their way through Amazon's "Fallout," one episode at a time, spoiler free. Okey Dokey is exclusive to $5+ patrons of Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure, and you can listen to the complete full season on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/591648

This episode originally aired in our Patreon-Exclusive feed on June 28, 2024

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If the apocalypse comes, please don't wipe your dick on the curtains!

Okey Dokey!

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Produced by: Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs

Edited & Mixed by: Kristin Russo

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.

Time to go into the middle of the ocean where both a military ship and its inhabitants have aged so fast that they have literally turned to salt! Oh no, Mulder and Scully are getting older by the minute as they try to crack the case!! The only way to survive? DRINK THE TOILET WATER!!! It's Season 2, Episode 19: Dod Kalm.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives this episode a scary ranking of 1/5 Wrinkle in Times (Wrinkles in Time?)

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Edited & Mixed by: John Mark Nelson and Kristin Russo

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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. In celebration of the show's 30th Anniversary we have added The Boiler Room to our Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure family with special introductions ft. Jenny Owen Youngs!

All episodes of The Boiler Room can be found in our dedicated The Boiler Room feeds:

The Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life Podcast

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This episode originally aired on August 29, 2019.

Angela dyes her hair Crimson Glow, Rickie does his eyeliner in the girls' bathroom, Rayanne drinks too much but thinks Angela is so beautiful that it hurts to look at her, Jordan leans, Brian reads in a tree, Danielle does a handstand, and Patty & Graham are Patty-ing & Graham-ing all over the place. It's the pilot episode of My So-Called Life, and Kristin & Joanna are here to talk to you all about it in their very first episode of The Boiler Room! Grab the nearest flannel and let's HAVE A TIME, shall we?

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Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

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The eX-Files | Covering The X-Files

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Angel on Top | An Angel Podcast

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Doomcoming | A Yellowjackets Podcast

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The Boiler Room | A My So-Called Life Podcast

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Produced by: Kristin Russo and Joanna Robinson

Edited & Mixed by: Lauren Klein 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 & Jenny Owen Youngs cover The X-Files one episode at a time.

We have taken a turn out of the X-Files myth arc and traded a Mulder of Samanthas for invisible elephants and alien-abducted gorillas! It’s S2E18: Fearful Symmetry. Let’s GO. 

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives this episode a scary ranking of 1/5 Very Big, Very Willful Animals

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

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

Oh dear, it seems Samantha Mulder also bleeds Baja (read:green goo) and isn’t Samantha Mulder at all. We will have to wait on that game of Stratego. :( 

In better news, Daddy Skinner and Daddy X trade head butts in the elevator — the closest you can *get* to smooching without using your lips!

It’s S2E17: End Game, and we encourage you to bring your parka and your little mittens.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives this episode a scary ranking of 1.05/5 Orders From My Ophthamologist

IN EPISODE LINKS

Sex Workers Outreach Project: https://swopusa.org/

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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.

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

Mulder and Skinner have their butts in a sling and… is that SAMANTHA MULDER they see from their perch?! We are back with the first in a two-part X-Files arc and the green goo is a-flowing!! Join us for S2E16: “Colony”.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives this episode a scary ranking of 1.3/5 Forces That I Came To Believe Were Extraterrestrial

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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.

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

This episode has a cat named Chester Bonaparte that Mulder says hello to on the end of a pier, which is something — if perhaps the only thing? — to celebrate.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives this episode a scary ranking of 2.3/5 Trace Levels of Tetrodotoxin

IN EPISODE LINKS

The Tragic, Forgotten History of Zombies

Haiti & The Truth About Zombies

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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.

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

Teenagers in the woods! Dark magic in the classrooms! If not witches, then WHAT?!?! We are talking about S2E14 "Die Hand Die Verletzt," and we'd ask you to speak neither German nor Latin in front of the books, thank you very much.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives this episode a scary ranking of 3/5 Crap That's On Geraldo

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A Snake Climbs A Tree

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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.

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

Is it our favorite episode? No. Does it inspire us to compare Dana Scully to Tony Soprano? Yes. Please also join us for Jenny's telling of a scary story about a woman with no face (not to be confused with a woman with two pennies), and Kristin's guess on what MUFON stands for. It's S2E13 "Irresistible" and for once we are immensely happy to report that Scully does *not* get a bath.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives this episode a scary ranking of 3.475/5 Devils In A Buttoned Down Shirt

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This week on The X-Files, Aubrey is a town not a person, John Locke is using the pseudonym “Brian” to be a real dickbag around town, Mulder debates nurture vs nature using the hard-to-argue-with cronch of a sunflower seed, we learn that even women named BJ can be treated poorly, and we witness a stunningly accurate doodle of the Trylon and Perisphere. It’s S2E12, “Aubrey.”

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives this episode a scary ranking of 2.375/5 Mutator Genes That Have Activated Previously Dormant Genes

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We would prefer to take this week's episode — S2E11 "Excelcis Dei" — and stuff it down a volcano with Bradley Whitford, so that it would either combust from the heat of the lava or the heat of Volcano Bradley's sexiness...but alas, it is our JOB to talk about EACH AND EVERY EPISODE. So, come with us now as we get very, very mad at Fox Mulder.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Excelcis Dei" 1.15/5 Mushrooms We Take To Speak To The Dead

CW: Sexual Assault

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This week we have a special appearance by special guest LaToya Ferguson who is here to help us discuss one of the most wild(ly bad) episodes of The X-Files to date: S2E10 "Red Museum"! Luckily, this episode was ALSO intended as a crossover with Picket Fences, so we get to talk about Tom Skerritt's mustache! We also get a true gift from the heavens: Scully eating ribs in a white suite and OOPS getting some BBQ sauce on her face... however will she get it off?!?!?!

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Red Museum" 1.4/5 Kids As Guinea Pigs

Time Stamps for Picket Fences Spoilers: 37:06 - 43:45

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It's not a space bug frozen in ice or an LED bug that only comes out at night, but it IS a fungus that looks like a stalk of asparagus and it WILL use you as its host!!!!!! We are in our casual clothes on remote location in the Pacific Northwest where volcanologist BRADLEY WHITFORD has discovered a new life form and a way to remain looking hot despite (because of??) being covered in volcanic ash! Mulder still finds time to caress Scully's shoulder while dodging mushroom spores! We find LaToya in her volcano-adjacent lair!!! 'Tis Season 2, Episode 9 "Firewalker," so please come on board our cute little yellow helicopter and join us at the Earth's molten core.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Firewalker" 1.5/5 Seriously, We *Still* Have “Ice” At Homes

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Mrs Scully and Papa Scully and Sister Scully are all here this week because DANA HATH BEEN RETURNED! Mulder spends the entire episode sprinting and screaming in search of the truth, Nurse Owens is actually perhaps AN ANGEL, Cigarette Smoking Man gets an actual cigarette slapped out of his actual mouth, and Skinner looks hot, is hot, remains hot. This is a doozy of an episode!! It is Season 2, Episode 8: "One Breath," and we hope you have some tissues to handle the strength of Mulder's beliefs!!!

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "One Breath" 1/5 Controlled Slides That Would Make Elena Gilbert Proud

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"Mushroom Suit" by Zach Jones & The Infinity Bits

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VAMPIRES?! Scully is gone ONE WEEK and we have VAMPIRES!?!?! With veterinary needles!??!

Join us as we discuss how normal the name Kristen is when spelled with an "E," our outrage at John The Son's inability to wipe his mouth off after feeding or clean under his fingernails, the proper way of shaving someone else when you do not own any mirrors, and how deeply Mulder enjoyed being yanked out of a sunroof by none other than the Unholy Spirit herself. It's time for Season 2, Episode 7, "Blood" SORRY NOPE we meant "3."

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "3" 1.75/5 Writings On The Wall Written In The Victim’s Blood

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THE X-FILES ARE RE-OPENED, SMUG BITCHES! Daddy Skinner said let's goooooooo!! Also: Scully is somewhere in the sky, Mulder's hair has one fleeting non-duckling moment while drenched in rain, and Duane Barry answers the question on all of our minds — "Who took Scully?" — very clearly: THEMMMMMMM!

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The FBI needs someone who can act like aliens are all a bunch of hooey to help get some hostages freed, so they call in the best candidate for the job: Famous Non-Believer Fox Mulder! Also, Scully writes a check for $11.14, the perfect dog from "Ice" is back and no one tells us if he is okay, and C.C.H. Pounder as Agent Kazdin is the best Smug Bitch that we've ever met.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Duane Barry" 1.5/5 Psychopaths Who Took a Bullet in the Head

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We are BACK! Mr. X has a scandalous meeting with Mulder and an envelope, Scully is BURNING with jealousy over Mulder's new partner, The Smoking Man smokes, and the incredible Tony Todd is here to grace us with his talents.

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We are two weeks away from Buffy Prom in Brooklyn — April 19th - 21st! — and so we thought we'd re-share our conversation with Ira Madison III on Buffy's Season 3, Episode 20: "The Prom"! We recorded this just a few days before throwing our first ever Buffy Prom back in 2018 <3

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To mark the 25th Anniversary of Buffy's Season 3, Episode 19: "Enemies," we are rebroadcasting our Buffering episode from back in 2018 — with special, beloved guest (and velvet choker owner), Hrishikesh Hirway. In re-listening to this episode we also learned that our conversation on "Enemies" also marks the very first time that Jenny told us the now-infamous tale of The Woman Who Had Two Pennies.

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Here, as a special treat, is our first episode covering the Buffy Season 9 comics as released by Dark Horse — specifically the first 5 issues of Angel and Faith: "Live Through This."

This episode went up for all of our $5+ patrons last month, but we wanted to share it here in the main feed so that those of you who might be curious can hear what we get up to over in the patron pod feed! If you like what you hear, our next Season 9 comics episode is live over there *right now.*

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Beware of your electronics and take special caution if you find any of their screens shortening the word "them" to "'em"!!! We are digging into Season 2, Episode 3 "Blood" in today's episode where Mulder is learning about apple farming, Scully is hiding the lower half of her body behind corpses, and Jenny is attempting to teach Kristin about cryptids...

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It's a worm, it's a worm, it's a GREAT BIG WORM. Please check your toilets and put out your cigarettes, kids, because a giant flukeworm is on the loose. Flukey was last seen in New Jersey where it reportedly grabbed a slice and then headed south.

It's Season 2 Episode 2 "The Host" and we apologize, deeply, in advance.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "The Host" 5 (but really more than 5)/5 I Hate This, I Hate This, I Quit The Podcasts

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WE ARE BACK! In S2E1 "Little Green Men," Mulder is doubting everything he has ever known (when all he should be doubting is how his hair is being styled), Scully is looking like a smitten Angela Chase as she walks through the hallways of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, Jorge is giving us an endlessly epic drawing of a Little Green Man, Kristin becomes obsessed with The Golden Record, and Jenny practices saying her new favorite verb: "roast beefed."

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Little Green Men" 1.5/5 What’s The Difference Between A Lap Dance & A Table Dances

WANT TAKE WINTER

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We're baaa-aaaack! This Valentine’s Day, February 14th, join us as we return to cover the second season of The X-Files, one at a time, spoiler free. That means more monsters of the week, more mythological arc developments, more sunflower seeds, and inevitably more smug bitches.

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Laya DeLeon Hayes sat down to talk with Kristin all about playing our badass new slayer Indira in Slayers: A Buffyverse Story. We talk about how she has just started watching Buffy for the first time (they had her start with THE BODY?!), how her in-studio relationship with Charisma mirrored many of the ways that Indira and Cordelia relate to each other, her beginnings in the industry as the voice of Doc McStuffins, and our shared interest in getting the answer to the question: is Queen Latifah a Buffy fan?!

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James C. Leary aka CLEM is here with us today to talk about Clem's incredible return to the Buffyverse in SLAYERS: A BUFFYVERSE STORY plus his time on the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer! Clem is one of our most beloved characters in the universe, and we chat about everything from how long he sat in the makeup chair to the connection between comedy and sadness to that one time in Paris with Danny Strong...

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We sat down to talk about the making of Slayers with the brilliant Christopher Golden and Amber Benson!! We learn about the casting, communally attempt to manifest a second season, and dig into the new lore together. Plus we learn about that time Seth Green popped into the studio...

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Our final episode covering Slayers: A Buffyverse story is HERE! We discuss vampire Giles, “slurp play,” and our dreams of LaToya Ferguson being cast in season two to play the role of Angelus. 

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The penultimate episode of Slayers: A Buffyverse Story is here! Did Indira's sunlight spell work? Will Anya and Anyanka have to rent a U-Haul to assist them in a merger? Is Spike evil again? Is a jar of sperm an appropriate gift for your office mate? We cover all this and more...

'Tis the season!

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The episode in which LaToya Ferguson says we were "really on one."

Spike and Dru are hot and heavy, we've named Anya/Anyanka/Jasper "Janyaska," and Indira does a fake sunlight spell that maybe is fake but is it fake?!?!

It is Slayers: Episode 7, and we have - as always - a lot to say.

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Producer LaToya Ferguson joins us in a special wrap-up episode for our first season of The eX-Files! We discuss our favorite episodes, our hopes and dreams for The Mothership, and our predictions for what might unfold in Season 2. We also find out how many predictions from Kristin's Crystal Ball were accurate (spoiler: basically all of them)(spoiler: not really), and go deep on our love (Kristin's love) for QUEEQUEG the beloved NASA robot.

We will be back with Season 2 of The eX-Files in early 2024!

*bee boo bee boo bee boo*

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Indira is busy "resurrecting" Spike while Clem coughs up some lion fur-balls, we busy ourselves opining that perhaps Ms. Bang and Drusilla (miss)banged back in the day, and Anyanka licks Anya's face but actually it is Jasper so nothing to worry about! It is SLAYERS: Episode 6. Let's GO.

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Jonathan is a GHOST. Anyanka is in a PUPPY. Giles and Clem are in a ZOO. Listen, we have fully entered into Alternate Universe Sunnydale and in addition to the standard chaos, Indira also wants Spike to pretend he has risen from the dead. The Spike-Jesus we've all been waiting for? It is Episode 5 of SLAYERS: A BUFFYVERSE STORY, babies.

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You know that feeling when the genetic material you found in an erlenmeyer flask has an extra pair of nucleotides and it simply MUST be extraterrestrial?! This week Mulder is ogling floating alien-man-hybrids suspended in tanks of fluid and working through some of his biggest daddy issues to date while Scully finally gets to believing after the one-two punch of a hot lady scientist at Georgetown and an actual, literal, holy-actual-shit ALIEN FETUS preserved in dry ice. *deep breath* Also, The Smoking Man's filing system has returned, late night phone calls run rampant, there is an ominous man in a crew cut, and The X-Files may be no more....

Please join us for the season finale of The X-Files: The Erlenmeyer Flask!

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We sat down with Kc Wayland, Producer and Co-Director of SLAYERS: A BUFFYVERSE STORY to chat about the making of the series! Join us to hear some behind-the-scenes stories, *very* fun facts about Kc's dog Nacho, and also to learn if Kc is Team Bangel or Team Spuffy...

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'Tis time for our Season 1 Mailbag Episode, answering some of your most pressing questions and, more importantly, reading some of your most pressing answers to our questions from this season of The eX-Files!

We will be back on November 29th with our finale, covering "The Erlenmeyer Flask"!

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Amy Madison is back and she is not a rat (but she is in a cage), Cordelia and Giles have a conversation that makes us cry, Clem cannot stop chomping on heads, and Olivia gets the delicious donut she deserves. Please join us as we unpack all that went down in Slayers: Episode 4!

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Just when you thought you had all the smug bitches you could handle, eight-year-old Michelle (who Kristin lovingly refers to as "Elizabeth") is here to hauntingly peek through your windows, explode your fishtanks, and electronically add the correct moustache to your enhance machines. We are back in the filing cabinet this week with "Born Again," where the most important uncovered truth is how great Maggie Wheeler looks in a vest and how much we assume Scully wants to smooch her.

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Giles is back and he is in love with OLIVIA and they are having EARLY MORNING DALLIANCES inside of their QUAINT BOOKSHOP. This is not a drill, people. Giles! And! Olivia! Are! Back! Also, Anyanka is freed from being a statue and is on her way to wreak havoc, Anya and Indira used a Magic Shop passageway to get to England, it only took Spike three episodes to overtly flirt with Slayer Cordy, and Clem... bit off Miranda's head. It is Episode 3 of Slayers: A Buffyverse story!

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Well, kids, if you had Drusilla and Tara on your bingo card then you really scored big this week, and Mr. Pickles can plunk out a celebratory tune for you on his little monkey piano. Anya and Anyanka have come face to face and we can’t tell if it will lead to murder or make outs, Spike’s insides are on the outside (anyone need new garters?), and we are all on high alert for the continued safety of Jasper. Here we go into the second episode of Slayers: A Buffyverse story!

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As though we dreamt it up and then it became reality, the Buffyverse is back, baby. All nine episodes of "Slayers: A Buffyverse Story," written by Christopher Golden and Amber Benson (!!) and performed by an iconic list of Buffy alum (CORDELIA! GILES! SPIKE! ANYA! DRU! TARA! CLEM!!!!!) alongside the debut of our newest slayer, Indira, were released today on Audible. We will be covering all nine episodes, one week at a time, spoiler-free.

Today, in our premiere episode, we are endlessly excited as we journey back to the Hellmouth!! Spike is undercover in LA with his best friend Clem, Indira becomes a slayer at breakfast and stumbles immediately into the underground resistance against slayers, and Cordelia is... alive... and a Slayer... from a different dimension??!??!?!!!!

Buckle up, scoobies. We might just drive right through the Sunnydale welcome sign on our way in.

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The biggest will they / won't they of all time, Eugene Victor Tooms is back and dag nabbit he simply MUST get that fifth liver!!! We have got stretchy fingies aplenty, sexy confessions about cabbage patch dolls, a minimum of one dozen roses, and one glorious stuffed Alf doll PLUS HAVE YOU HEARD THAT SCULLY WOULD NOT PUT HER LIFE ON THE LINE FOR ANYONE BUT MULDER?!?!?!

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Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Tooms" 3.475/5 Separate Standards for Agent Scully and Agent Mulder

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Darkness has fallen, but we can all follow the light shining from Agent Dana Scully's tricolor parka to avoid being eaten by centuries-old, human-eating bugs!!

This episode was recorded live in Boston at Arts at the Armory and no humans were cocooned in its creation.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Darkness Falls" a scary rating of 2.95/5 We Have "Ice" At Homes

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Today we meet the very first X-File, opened in 1946 in Montana, and party with werewolves, taxidermy, and horses. We also have a big conversation about what (always) happens when non-Native writers tell stories about Indigenous communities. Spoiler alert: it ain’t great!

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Shapes" a scary rating of 1.5/5 Awooos

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It is time for a Big Tent Revival where Mulder will run after the image of his sister while Scully does her best to prove that no miracles happened in the state of Tennessee. Meanwhile, many grasshoppers will feast on potatoes and a Sheriff will lie to his Checkov's Wife. It's Season 1, Episode 18: Miracle Man.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Miracle Man" a scary rating of 1/5 Hallelujah, Praise Gods 

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It is time to meet dad at the aquarium where he can tell you that, just like the little FBI shark that you are, you mustn't stop swimming! We've got three lone gunmen, two stopwatches, one extraterrestrial biological entity, and a wild alien-goose chase across the United States. It's Season 1, Episode 17 "E.B.E." and yes it IS remotely plausible that Agent Dana Scully is hot!

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "E.B.E." a scary rating of 2.75/5 Governments Within A Government

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Before we began our journey through The X-Files we made a very special "Episode 0" to usher us into a new alien-soaked era. Jenny asked Kristin to tell us everything she knew about the show going in, we played games such as "Comic Book Villain or X-File Of The Week," and Kristin gave us a detailed book report on "the history of aliens." In March, this conversation was only available to those who joined us in the livestream, but now, gentle listeners, it is here for all to enjoy.

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In today’s episode of The eX-Files, we are covering Season 1, Episode 16 “Young At Heart,” which includes a large amount of winking, groaning, and kissy noises from a hardened criminal in love with Mulder (and his ultimate demise), flirting via handwriting analysis, and a young and vibrant salamander hand.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Young At Heart" a scary rating of 1/5 Funerals for Fox's Friends

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In today's episode we learn that Scully has an ex-boyfriend and that Mulder thinks that this means the plot has thickened. We also learn that in the FBI sometimes you carry one (1) loose gun inside of a briefcase, that Scully is a medical doctor (!!!), and that Mulder really cares about Scully and wants to make sure she is safe *single tear*. Also, body swapping. Also, Kristin's new favorite character, Officer Bruskin, is on the scene chewing nicotine gum and being sassy WITH HEART. It's S1E15: Lazarus. Please keep your eyes on the roving tattoo.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Lazarus" a scary rating of 1/5 Love Affairs I Almost Envy

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This is the one about, according to Jenny Owen Youngs, "that one alien who LOVES to f*ck"! It is also the one where we learn Scully is a horse girl, and also the one with The Kindred, and also the one where we learn that Kristin had to stare down dozens of Precious Moments Figurines in her childhood bedroom, and ALSO the one where we learn that Jenny once found an abandoned shack in the New Jersey woods wallpapered with Playboy cutouts. It is also the one where sex is made scary with a dash of transphobia and a sprinkling of HIV/AIDS, because of course it is. Please join us for Season 1, Episode 14: Gender Bender.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Gender Bender" a scary rating of 2.5/5 Ultimate Sex Magnets

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Our incredible listener, Sophie Day, emailed us awhile back about this week's episode of The X-Files, "Beyond the Sea," and the character of Luther Lee Boggs.

Sophie explained that she works as a Capital Mitigation Specialist, which means that she is part of the legal team that represents folks who have already been sentenced to death on their last appeals. She explained, "basically it's my job to tell my client's story. I spend countless hours with my clients, their family, and anyone I can find who knew them before the crime they are convicted of. It is my job to help decision makers (a judge, SCOTUS, or the Governor) see my client as a full person. We do not seek to excuse the crime, but to help the person/people deciding if they should live or die how my clients' lives could have brought them to where they are. My primary goal is to reflect my client's humanity and dignity outward."

We were so excited to bring Sophie into the pod-space for a deeper conversation, and in this bonus episode you will hear her discuss the way that folks in prison, and especially on death row, are portrayed in television and movies — and in this episode in particular!

ADDITIONAL LINKS FROM OUR CONVERSATION WITH SOPHIE DAY

Resources for people who want to learn more and become involved:

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https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1634&context=facpub

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Noted Gillian Anderson enthusiast Laura Zak joins us in conversation for today's coverage of The X-Files S1E13: "Beyond the Sea,"! We discuss Gillian's hold on generations of queer women, Scully's character finally being given enough emotional room to stretch her legs (and be called "Dana"), the CHEEK CARESS, and Jenny's childhood dream of riding in on horseback to save beautiful women. Something for everyone.

We also have a special segment today in conversation with Sophie Day, a Capital Mitigation Specialist who works with folks on death row, and who sheds some more light on media portrayals of folks on death row and the system itself. We highly encourage you to listen to the full interview, found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/86682645

The full conversation with Sophie will also air in the main feed this Friday!

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https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1634&context=facpub

https://eji.org/news/the-legacy-of-mccleskey-v-kemp/

https://eji.org/issues/death-penalty/

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Have you ever wanted to stand intimately close to a tree while watching your crush sexily spin her lazy susan, and then later — after poisoning her bodyguard and having a quick Beer™️ at the local bar— set her current partner ablaze with the power of your cursed mind and a dash of accelerant? If so you may relate to our friend Cecil in this week’s episode, covering The X-Files 1.12 “Fire.”

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Fire" a scary rating of 2/5 Three-Pipe Problems

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A live recording in which whiskey was consumed, clones were discussed, daddies were exsanguinated, and Max Collins from Eve6 was interviewed. A truly wild time from swing sets to sodas, it’s Season 1 Episode 11: “Eve.”

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Eve" a scary rating of 3/5 Tender Hearts In A Blender

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An unidentified flying meteor has crashed into the Wisconsin woods and now an invisible alien is chasing after his long lost love: NICAP's own Max Fenig. Mulder is wearing a leather jacket. Scully is ENIGMATIC. Deep Throat is... double crossing us? It's Season 1, Episode 10: FALLEN ANGEL, and this episode summary was written by MF Luder.

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Fallen Angel" a scary rating of 1/5 "Meteors"

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It's an alien! It's a ghost! It's a combination alien-ghost?! Listen, we don't make the rules. What would you do if the hour was 0700 and your husband was in outer space and your boss was possessed with a Mars Ghosty who was going to take some time away from Earth and the ceilings of hotel rooms to zoop on over to your husband's space shuttle to boop it around and nearly kill the whole team?!?!! Well, this week you can find out what Michelle Genaroo will do, apart from flirting with Mulder and Scully. It's Season 1, Episode 9: SPACE

Producer LaToya Ferguson gives "Space" a scary rating of 1/5 SCULPTED HUMAN FACES

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Logo: Devan Power

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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.

Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at

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You ever get that feeling that you are not ...who you are? This week we've got a trip to Alaska, a bevy of wiggly worms, a dog who does not die, and a very special conversation with Jeff Kober! It is Season 1, Episode 8: "Ice," and while we may be journeying deep into the arctic circle, we are dropping our cargo for absolutely no one, thank you for asking. 

LaToya Ferguson gives this X-File a scary rating of 3.5/5 DROPPIN' MY CARGO FOR NO ONES

 ADVANCE TICKETS TO THE LIVE RECORDING OF S1E11: "EVE" ON JUNE 10TH: http://bufferingcast.com/stream

LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET

Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.com

Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com

Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram

SPECIAL GUEST JEFF KOBER

Embracing Bliss: https://jeff-kober.com/embracing-bliss/

Self Reliance: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26084002/

MUSIC

Theme song and jingles all composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs.

GAME OF THRONES / A CAST OF KINGS Music:

• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

• The Long Night

• Missed Connection

• Dragonstone

PATREON

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MERCH

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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

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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.

Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at

bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting

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Have you ever wanted to reboot your computer and have it come alive with the ability to think and feel and MURDER?! Listen, COS is just trying to survive, ok? It's not the computer's fault that the Defense Department wants to use technology for evil and that Brad's scruffy mind has to give it a virus to prevent world destruction!! Scruffy minds weren't meant for this sort of thing! HE IS DOING HIS BEST. (*COS voice* Brad... whyyyyyy.) It's S1E7: Ghost In The Machine, and don't worry because the AI survives and now, thirty years later, lives among us. bee boo bee boo bee boo