SLAY!!! A Queer Buffy Podcast
Presented by Recovering Gleek, a spoiler free Buffy the Vampire Slayer rewatch podcast, hosted by two long time friends, Lena Conatser and Ian Allred, and looked at through a queer lens. New episodes every Wednesday!Follow us! @rgpresents_podcast Support this podcast: patreon.com/recoveringgleek
BtVS S3E5 Homecoming
Cordelia and Buffy compete for the title of Homecoming queen while a group of hunters compete to be the one to kill them both
BtVS - Beauty and the Beasts
Angel's back, Oz's wolf got out, and Buffy is unsure about her new relationship
BtVS S3E3 - Faith, Hope & Trick
A new Slayer comes to town and we can't even be chill about this because it's our girl!!! She's here!!! Today is the first day of the rest of our lives!!!
BtVS S3E2 Dead Mans Party
Tensions boil over as everyone is mad at each other but also too non-confrontational to do anything about it. Buffy feels out of place, Willow feels abandoned, and Joyce has a lesbian lover. Throw in some zombies and you've got a dead man's party, who could ask for more?
BtVS S3E1 Anne
Our girl is BACK, except no she's not because she ran away and is living under a false identity. While Buffy fights her inner demons the rest of the scoobies are fighting actual demons without the help of the Slayer, but a familiar face might be what Buffy needs to set her back on the right path. THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT COMING TO TERMS WITH YOUR SEXUALITY. IT IS A QUEER ALLEGORY. ANNE IS GAY MEDIA
BTVS Season 2 Wrap Up
Before we head into Season 3 we are taking a look back at our favorite, and least favorite, moments of this season and bringing in a Buffy virgin to hear what they think will happen next
BTVS S2E22 Becoming Part 2
Sometimes you get kicked out of school, sometimes your mom reacts badly to you coming out and kicks you out of the house, sometimes you have to kill your boyfriend, and sometimes all those things happen the same night.
BTVS S2E21 Becoming Part 1
ITS THE TWO PART FINALE! We're learning about who Angel was, while who he is prepares to end the world and Buffy tries to stop him.
BTVS S2E19 Go Fish
Performance enhancing drugs can cause mood swings, lowered immune system, and full body transformation into a fish man
BTVS S2E19 I Only Have Eyes For You
At the Sadie Hawkins dance you have the stress of finding a date, buying a dress, and being possessed by the culprit in a 40 year old murder suicide.
BTVS S2E18 Killed by Death
There are some harsh realities in life that you can't change, you just have to accept. Or maybe you can just manifest them in demon form and take out your frustration on them so you never have to come to terms with how powerless you are against the universe.
BTVS S2E17 Passion
DIVA DOWN! It's a big one, it's a sad one, passion makes you act recklessly but also makes life worth living
BTVS S2E16 Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered w/ Claire Manning
Claire Manning (@claireunteed on tiktok and instagram) joins to discuss what happens when a teenage boy acts rashly and emotionally and Sarah Michelle Gellar has to be offset to host SNL
BTVS S2E15 Phases
Teenage boys are like werewolves, their hormones take hold and completely lose control. And they sometimes grow fur and crave human flesh
BTVS S2E14 Innocence
IT'S A BIG ONE! Young love is hard, sometimes you realize they don't feel the same way about you, and sometimes you find that out because they go on a killing spree.
BTVS S2E13 Surprise
What do you get the Slayer who has everything? Bad dreams that portend trouble for her boyfriend and a disembodied arm
BTVS S2E12 Bad Eggs
Balancing your school and personal life is hard enough and now you've got to parent an egg for health class? AND take down the hive mind that is quickly infecting your entire town??
BTVS S2E11 Ted
Is your mom's new boyfriend actually a girl hating cyborg or do you just not want her to be happy?
BtVS S2E10 What's My Line Pt 2
A little rivalry can push you to be better, and help you thwart the ancient ritual that's going to kill your undead boyfriend
BtVS S2E9 What's My Line Pt 1
As a teenager the prospect of what you'll do with your life can seem overwhelming, as can being hunted down by a team of supernatural bounty hunters
BtVS S2E8 The Dark Age
There comes a time in your growing up when you realize the adults in your life are flawed human beings just like you, and that they may have accidentally summoned a sleepwalker demon decades ago that has now returned to kill everyone.
BtVS S2E7 Lie to Me
No one knows you like an old friend, and sometimes they use that knowledge to manipulate you into sacrificing yourself to a demon worshiping death cult
BtVS S2E6 Halloween (ft CryBaby)
CryBaby of Whorroricon Podcast joins us to discuss Buffy's first Halloween special.Halloween is a special night when you can try on a new persona, and sometimes that persona takes over and makes you choke out an old lady
BtVS S2E5 Reptile Boy
Be wary of college boys who want to party with high school girls. At best they're creeps, at worst they are cultists bent on sacrificing you to an ancient snake demon who's the physical embodiment of the patriarchy
BtVS S2E4 Inca Mummy Girl
A new student can really change the dynamic of the friend group, especially when they are centuries old and have to suck the life out of people to keep living.
BtVS S2E3 School Hard
Your mom thinks you're a screw up, your teachers are out to get you, your boss won't get off your back, and a punk rock vampire takes your family and friends hostage on the night of the parent teacher conference.
BtVS S2E2 Some Assembly Required
Love makes you do the whacky, like reanimating your dead brother, sewing together corpses, and kidnapping and plotting to kill your classmate.
BtVS S2E1 When She Was Bad
IT'S SEASON 2!!!! Buffy's back from summer vacation and struggles to get back into the groove of classes, friends, and being revived after a centuries old vampire king killed her.
5th Birthday Livestream!
In honor of 5 years of podcasting we watched The Hurt Locker Part 1 & 2 with some of our patrons! Here is our commentary on the episodes so you can watch along with us and hear our live thoughts. Thank you for 5 years!
BtVS Season 1 Wrap Up
A look back at season 1 with superlatives, emails, and season 2 predictions
BtVS S1E12 Prophecy Girl
When your crush doesn't like you back it can really feel like the end of the world. Especially when it coincides with the Vampire King gaining the ability to walk above ground, a Lovecraftian monster bursting through the floor of your school, and a prophecy foretelling your death.
BtVS S1E11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Sometimes at school you can feel invisible, and then you use that invisibility to torture and mutilate the people who ignored you.
BtVS S1E10 Nightmares
High school can be a real nightmare! Especially when a local kid with psychic abilities falls into a coma causing everyone's bad dreams to come to life
BtVS S1E9 The Puppet Show
Buffy and friends deal with the teen struggles of stage fright, and a mystical force killing off their classmates in the school talent show.
BtVS S1E8 I, Robot...You Jane
Willow learns the hard way that people you meet online could actually be much older than they say. Like centuries older. And also a demon.
BtVS S1E7 Angel
It's a big one! Buffy discovers the mysterious older man she's been dating has a big secret, and an ex girlfriend who wants to kill her. First love man.
BtVS S1E6 The Pack
Xander falls in with a group of kids who are a bad influence on him. They pick on other kids, they don't take school seriously, and they eat people alive, because they are actually hyena spirits in the bodies of human teenagers.
BtVS S1E5 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
Buffy has a date with a cute boy in her class but, aw man, it's the same night as the apocalypse! Can she balance her double life, or will millions of people die by her negligence? Tune in to find out!
BtVS S1E4 Teacher's Pet
Xander's been bit by the love bug, but its for his teacher! Who's also a literal bug and is going to bite his head off. Teen crushes are tough, man.
Listener Thoughts
We are discussing your thoughts on the show, Dr Who, which member of the New Directions would be a Slayer, and the Master serving.