{"podcast":{"title":"The Bitch Is Back with Charisma Carpenter","slug":"the-bitch-is-back-with-charisma-carpenter-7387807","podcast_index_feed_id":7387807,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CON6613249875","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ae3f02b4-5041-11f0-9031-9fd9dd93eb47/image/8e34a35ee7cc10b1d93d712b5011e4e4.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Charisma Carpenter","episode_count":35,"summary":"The Bitch Is Back: A First Watch with Charisma Carpenter *Powered by Patreon* is a spin on the traditional rewatch. Known as the formidable queen bee of the Buffyverse, Cordelia Chase-played by Charisma Carpenter-has finally decided to watch her own shows – and she’s taking fans along for the unpredictable ride!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T06:17:44.847502+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitch-is-back-with-charisma-carpenter-7387807"},"episode":{"title":"Reunited after 20 years! Interview with Eric Balfour","slug":"reunited-after-20-years-interview-with-eric-balfour","published_at":"2026-06-09T15:07:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitch-is-back-with-charisma-carpenter-7387807/reunited-after-20-years-interview-with-eric-balfour","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitch-is-back-with-charisma-carpenter-7387807","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CON3261199113.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CON3261199113.mp3","summary":"The Bitch is Back, and we're opening the vault. A few of our favorite interviews are leaving Patreon for YouTube for the first time, and this is the one we wanted to lead with. Charisma Carpenter interviews Eric Balfour, who played Jesse McNally, Xander's best friend and the first Scooby to get turned, more than two decades after they last spoke. Eric gets into auditioning for Xander and landing Jesse instead, knowing from day one that his character was built to die, and the misery of those early vampire contacts and fangs that left him basically blind on set. He looks back on thirty years in the business, his recent run on Hacks, and why he tells young actors to stop waiting for permission and make their own thing. Plus an honest, funny turn on fatherhood and the parts of Hollywood that quietly break people. Old friends, real talk, and a new chapter for the channel. The B*tch is Back. Full future episodes on Patreon: www.patreon.com/CharismaCarpenter TT: / www.tiktok.com/@charisma_carpenter IG: / www.instagram.com/charismacarpenter","meta_description":"The Bitch is Back, and we're opening the vault. A few of our favorite interviews are leaving Patreon for YouTube for the first time, and this is the one w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2327,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bitch-is-back-with-charisma-carpenter-7387807/episodes/reunited-after-20-years-interview-with-eric-balfour/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bitch-is-back-with-charisma-carpenter-7387807/reunited-after-20-years-interview-with-eric-balfour.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}