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 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.
BtVS S1E3 The Witch

Remember your one friend in high school who's parent was way too overbearing and controlling over their life? And remember that one time when their parent took up witchcraft and swapped bodies with them leading to a malicious Freaky Friday? And then their parent in your friends body tried to poison and then axe murder you? That's what this episode is.
BtVS S1E2 The Harvest

Buffy and co work to thwart the Master's master (get it?) plan to walk above ground, Xander struggles to kill his best friend turned vampire, and the Master and Luke are definitely hooking up
BtVS S1E1 Welcome to the Hellmouth

NEW SHOW NEW PODCAST! We're leaving the halls of McKinley and heading to Sunnydale High as we talk about our history with Buffy, what we love about the Scoobies, and Darla being an uninformed citizen.
The Last Episode of Recovering Gleek

A check in and a few listener emails while we prep to release SLAY!!! A Queer Buffy Podcast
The One Where We Find Out What's Happening Next

OKAY WE'RE FINALLY ANNOUNCING WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE POD AND PUTTING THINGS IN MOTION GET EXCITED. Also talking Smosh and Ian's experience in Matilda the Musical.
Amicable Exes

The gabbers gab about Mayhem, Survivor, dating each other, and more
Sick Brain

Lena and an ill Ian read an email and talk about the Traitors finale
That's Such a Good Thought

We're reading listener emails about saying goodbye to Glee!
Final Gleewind: Recovering Gleek Pilot

For the end of our Glee era we are going back to the beginning. We are relistening to the first episode of Recovering Gleek: A Glee Podcast and reflecting on how we've changed, how our feelings about the show have changed, and what we hope the future brings. Thank you all for joining us these past few years!
Sporty Spice in the Chat

GO ELGSES! We're talking about the Super Bowl and reading listener emails about favorite Glee episodes
Gleewind: Our Favorite Episodes

As we wrap up our time with Glee, we are talking about our FOUR FAVORITE EPISODES. Glee's peak (in our opinion), what Glee is to us, the plot lines we think about the most frequently.
Ian's picks:
Pilot, Duets
Lena's picks:
Laryngitis, The Hurt Locker Part 2
Becoming Each Other's Beards

This week we are falling in love with each other by doing (an incredibly abridged version of) 36 Questions to fall in love. As well as some listener emails about yearning after people who don't want us back and what the best New Directions setlist is.
Gleewind: National Show Choir Competition

This week we are taking a look back at the New Directions' 66% losing record as we visit the best and worst set lists, original songs, and rank all12 competition episodes
Episodes discussed this week are
New York
Nationals
City of Angels
I Feel Shame and Embarrassment

This week we are talking extensively about reality TV old and new, and getting into an indepth analysis of which characters in Les Mis are or are not divas.
Gleewind: Diva Offs ft Andrew McGuire

Gleek of the Week's own song showdown professional Andrew McGuire joins to determine who won each of the 13 diva offs over the course of Glee and compare rankings of diva offs, best to worst
2024 Wrapped

Baby New Year and Father Time are here to take a look back at some of our favorite songs, movies, tv shows, and more from the last year
Gleewind: Christmas Episodes

Christmas day will always be just as long as we have GLEE.
We queen out over the highs and lows of Glee's Christmas specials, what songs we wish they had covered, what songs we wish they hadn't covered, and Quinn texting and driving in every universe.
Episodes covered in this week are
A Very Glee Christmas
Extraordinary Merry Christmas
Glee Actually
Previously Unaired Christmas
Rachel Survivor 47 Winner Truther

We chat about our Survivor Finale predictions, Blaine not reporting the rock salt slushee to the police, and our memories of Christmas past
Gleewind: Alfonso Stans Only Pt 2

We're giving our fave Glee director his deserved Academy Award, Emmys be damned, as we talk about the last 4 episodes directed by Alfonso Gomez Rejon.
Episodes covered this week are
Asian F
Michael
Britney 2.0
The Break Up
A Bit of Whimsy

This week we are talking about reality TV, Christmas traditions, and millennial school games
Gleewind: Alfonso Stans Only Pt 1

This Gleewind is super sized as we talk about the 8 episodes directed by our fave, Alfonos Gomez Rejon. This week we tackle his first 4 and discuss why Laryngitis means so much to us, Alfonso's understanding of the world of Glee, and pretend we know anything about film theory.
Episodes covered this week are
Laryngitis
Grilled Cheesus
A Very Glee Christmas
Born This Way
Let's Make Judith Hoag Gay Famous

HAPPY WICKED WEEK! We are chatting about Ian's SNL experience (and SNL crush), the drag personas of the New Directions, and GOING HEAD TO HEAD IN THE ULTIMATE FICTIONAL SHOW CHOIR SHOW DOWN.
Gleewind: Gleegionals

It's Regionals for Regionals. Did Glee peak with Journey to Regionals? How do Marley's original songs stack up against Rachel's? Is Candles the worst number every performed at a competition? How does Lena feel about On My Way after watching it for the third time in a matter of weeks? All this and more! (more being discussion of seeing Darren Criss' new broadway show and even more thoughts on Spelling Bee)
Episodes discussed are
Journey to Regionals
Original Song
On My Way
All or Nothing
They're Parentifying Her!

This week we've got EMAILS EMAILS EMAILS! We talk Broadway, why Glee didn't have more Halloween episodes, and create fantasy Glee Clubs
Gleewind: HOLIDAY SPECIAL(s)

Pink goes good with Glee!
This week we're talking how Glee tackles every holiday that doesn't involve a jolly old elf (maybe stay tuned for Christmas specials?) We chat about Glee's winning streak of Valentine's specials, change our tune on the Rocky Horror Glee Show, and plan our perfect season 3 Halloween special that never was.
Episodes discussed are
The Rocky Horror Glee Show
Silly Love Songs
Heart
Thanksgiving
I Do
Harshing the Vibe

Halloween comes early as we discuss horror movies, our holiday plans (or lack thereof), and the best iteration of the Addams Family
Gleewind: Mash Off

It's a mash off smack down for the crown (the crown being nonexistent and the winner never once being declared) as we discuss the annual New Directions Boys vs Girls Mash Off.
Episodes discussed are
Vitamin D
Never Been Kissed
Mash Off
Boys (and Girls) on Film
Moon 2

Reading our charts from Cafe Astrology and learning a little about life, the stars, and each other in the process. Also Ian thought the new Aubrey Plaza movie was about the age of dilemma of would you fight or **** your clone.
Gleewind: Western Ohio Sectionals

We're revisiting ever Western Ohio Show Choir Sectionals to talk the best songs, funniest competition, most exciting plotlines, and that one time Quinn tried to report Shelby for sleeping with a student and everyone acted like she was insane for doing so???
Episodes discussed this week are
Season 1 Sectionals
Season 2 Special Education
Season 3 Hold On to Sixteen
Season 4 Thanksgiving
Season 6 We Built This Glee Club
And You Did It At My Birthday

Chatting about everything from the passage of time to unplanned bowel movements.
Gleewind: Not Gonna Teach Your Podcast How to Dance With You

Get your corsage's and have your dates home by midnight because we are talking about all the McKinley High school dances! We discuss who was the best dressed, which dance we would most like to attend ourselves, and how it all peaked with Prom Queen.
Episodes discussed this week are
Season 2 Prom Queen
Season 3 Promasaurus
Season 4 Sadie Hawkins
Season 5 Tina in the Sky with Diamonds
Anna Nalick and a Yap

Join us as we hang out, read some emails, and chat about what books we've been reading, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, and the greatest song of all time
Gleewind: Coming Out

Lena and Ian compare and contrast the coming out stories of our main queer characters (namely Kurt, Santana, Blaine, Brittany, Unique, Karofsky, and Beiste) by reexamining season 1's Preggers, season 3's I Kissed a Girl On My Way, and Saturday Night Gleever, and Season 6's Jagged Little Tapestry and Transitioning.
The Return: where the hell have you been???

Remember this podcast? It's back.
We’re back from hiatus and back into the halls of McKinley High! This week we give updates on our lives, talk about the future of the podcast, and see what Glee characters we are four years later
Series Wrap Up Character Review Pt 3

We bid farewell to our Season 4 newbies, as well as additional Glee Clubbers added along the way (Sugar, Joe, Rory, Lauren). A lot is said about the Glee Project.
Series Wrap Up Character Review Pt 2

We say goodbye to Sam, Blaine, Will, Emma, and Sue by discussing their arcs, inconsistencies, and songs
Series Wrap Up Character Review Pt 1

We take a look back at our OG New Directioners and discuss what went well with their plotlines, what went wrong, and which of their songs we think of most