SLAY!!! A Queer Buffy Podcast

Nothing like torturous guilt for your past sins to put you in the holiday spirit! Angel is haunted by his past and Buffy is haunted by the fact that she still can't get over this lame ass old buzzkill

Be careful what you wish for, because you might just get one of the best episodes of the series thus far.

A heartbroken Spike returns to Sunnydale and puts everyone through hell in his attempt to get his groove back

Faith has a new watcher who went to the Regina George school of mindgames and breeds tension among the Scoobies, which erupts when everyone finds out Angel is back from the dead.

Buffy's tired of being treated like a kid! Until every adult in town starts acting like one, and her mom and teacher make out, and her principal wants to be best friends, and all the babies in town go missing

Cordelia and Buffy compete for the title of Homecoming queen while a group of hunters compete to be the one to kill them both

Angel's back, Oz's wolf got out, and Buffy is unsure about her new relationship

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!!!

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?

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

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

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.

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.

Performance enhancing drugs can cause mood swings, lowered immune system, and full body transformation into a fish man

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.

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.

DIVA DOWN! It's a big one, it's a sad one, passion makes you act recklessly but also makes life worth living

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

Teenage boys are like werewolves, their hormones take hold and completely lose control. And they sometimes grow fur and crave human flesh

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.

What do you get the Slayer who has everything? Bad dreams that portend trouble for her boyfriend and a disembodied arm

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??

Is your mom's new boyfriend actually a girl hating cyborg or do you just not want her to be happy?

A little rivalry can push you to be better, and help you thwart the ancient ritual that's going to kill your undead boyfriend

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Love makes you do the whacky, like reanimating your dead brother, sewing together corpses, and kidnapping and plotting to kill your classmate.

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.

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!

A look back at season 1 with superlatives, emails, and season 2 predictions

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.

Sometimes at school you can feel invisible, and then you use that invisibility to torture and mutilate the people who ignored you.

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

Buffy and friends deal with the teen struggles of stage fright, and a mystical force killing off their classmates in the school talent show.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

We are discussing your thoughts on the show, Dr Who, which member of the New Directions would be a Slayer, and the Master serving.

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.

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

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.

A check in and a few listener emails while we prep to release SLAY!!! A Queer Buffy Podcast

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.