{"podcast":{"title":"Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast","slug":"buffering-the-vampire-slayer-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast-203346","podcast_index_feed_id":203346,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SBP9328962318","website_url":"https://www.bufferingcast.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/45b7918e-5796-11ee-a3a0-e3b07f4c5a75/image/607885d3c2080848c9af9abfe53146eb.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure","episode_count":287,"summary":"Hosts Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs are heading back into the Buffyverse for Buffering the Vampire Slayer: Once More, With Spoilers! After a critically-acclaimed, spoiler-free watch of the series from 2016-2022, your hosts are returning to the Hellmouth to discuss all 144 episodes of Buffy for a second time, but this go-round *with* spoilers — a never-before-attempted feat of love and chaos! Buffering the Vampire Slayer is part of the Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure network of podcasts.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T06:17:57.873635+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buffering-the-vampire-slayer-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast-203346"},"episode":{"title":"Encore Episode: Checkpoint with Ira Madison III | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast","slug":"encore-episode-checkpoint-with-ira-madison-iii-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast","published_at":"2026-06-24T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buffering-the-vampire-slayer-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast-203346/encore-episode-checkpoint-with-ira-madison-iii-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buffering-the-vampire-slayer-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast-203346","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP4031574684.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/495/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP4031574684.mp3","summary":"Back in 2020 Ira Madison III joined us (righhhhht before we would all find ourselves in quarantine...) to chat about \"Checkpoint,\" and discuss the hottest member of the Watcher's Council, paying Buffy Summers, and how Willow is bi but it was 2001, so even *she* probably didn't know it. This month we're sharing some of our favorite \"special guest\" episodes from the Buffering archives. This encore episode originally aired on March 4, 2020. (What a time!) CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF BUFFERING Join us at Brooklyn's Littlefield for our first-ever Homecoming Weekend on October 16th & 17th. Tickets are on sale now — all information: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/live⁠⁠⁠⁠ READ (OR LISTEN TO!) SLAYERS, EVERY ONE OF US ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠jennyowenyoungs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kristinnoeline.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PATREON | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/bufferingcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MERCH | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Produced by: Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: Kristin Russo Logo: Kristine Thune 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 Penn…","meta_description":"Back in 2020 Ira Madison III joined us (righhhhht before we would all find ourselves in quarantine...) to chat about \"Checkpoint,\" and discuss the hottest…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3979,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/buffering-the-vampire-slayer-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast-203346/episodes/encore-episode-checkpoint-with-ira-madison-iii-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/buffering-the-vampire-slayer-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast-203346/encore-episode-checkpoint-with-ira-madison-iii-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-podcast.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}