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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!
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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Published 11/20/24
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,...
Published 11/17/24
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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Published 11/13/24
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...
Published 11/10/24
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...
Published 11/06/24
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...
Published 11/03/24
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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Published 10/31/24
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...
Published 10/30/24
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!)!!...
Published 10/23/24
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...
Published 10/20/24
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."
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Published 10/18/24
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 10, 2019.
He was going nowhere, going nowhere fast, and everything looked black 'til he found her... That's right everyone, and he called her "Red." Buckle up (GET IT?! BECAUSE RED IS HIS GODDAMN CAR),...
Published 10/06/24
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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Published 10/02/24
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 3, 2019.
Liberty High has a new substitute teacher by the name of Vic Racine who is shaking things up by mismatching his socks and allowing some very sexy haikus (that are not actually haikus) to be...
Published 09/29/24
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 September 26, 2019.
Angela's life feels just about as clogged as her pores and meanwhile *both* of Sharon's boobs made the infamous Top Sophomore Girls list. Rayanne excitedly touts her listing as "most slut...
Published 09/22/24
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
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Welcome to 'Gibtown,' the last 'freakshow' town in...
Published 09/18/24
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 September 19, 2019.
Rayanne and Rickie think Graham is *the best* dad, but Angela disagrees — meanwhile Patty's dad thinks women can't do the jobs of men and we all scream "What the f**k, Chuck?!" Oh, and did...
Published 09/15/24
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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Published 09/11/24
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 September 12, 2019.
The rumors about Jordan and Angela are flying, Crystal is distraught about her soda, Rickie faces bullying in the hallways of Liberty High, and we look at how 25 years has changed the...
Published 09/08/24
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...
Published 09/04/24
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 September 5, 2019.
It's time to talk about our first kisses! It's time to figure out why Brian is putting a mouse inside of a glass beaker! Graham will kiss Patty so hard that Joanna will coin the hashtag...
Published 09/01/24
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 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...
Published 08/25/24
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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Published 08/21/24
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...
Published 08/14/24