Still Slaying: a Buffy-verse podcast

"Well, judging by the outfit, I guess it's safe to come in. Evil Angel never would have worn those pants." Penny, Sam and Kara find plenty to entertain them in these two episodes showing Angel really getting out into the community. The Slay Squad reminisces about the color of office equipment in the...

CW: Discussion of rape. “Did anyone else feel way too tall? I felt *way* too tall.” Penny and Becky enjoy the silliness of Superstar, diving into Mary Sues and FanFic, alternate realities, wish fulfillment, Penny incorrectly remembers Newton’s Laws (she was actually talking about the Law of Conserva...

CW: Discussion of sexual topics and rape. “Because it's wrong.” Penny and Sam and Dina welcome Dina to Still Slaying and the trio get nostalgic about the TV landscape at the turn of the millennium. The wide-ranging discussion touches on The X-files, future robot selves, trauma, stevedores, porn ster...

“That was the funnest coma ever.” Penny and Kara welcome the return of Faith, diving into her psyche, her fashion, and her motivations as well as snakes, dream sequences, surveillance, order and chaos, freedom and responsibility, purpose and leadership, fashion hits and misses, and dated technology....

“What we once were informs all that we have become. The same love will infect our hearts, even if they no longer beat. Simple death won't change that.” Penny and Sam dig into the meaning of the word, “prodigal” and the parable of The Prodigal Son, with some diversions into webcams, relative height o...

“I am Ethros. I corrupted the spirits of men before they had speech to name me.” Trigger Warning: discussion of domestic abuse and childhood trauma Penny and Sam dive into this tale of exorcism with a twist. The wide ranging conversation touches on infomercials, TV advertising, grief, insecurity, ou...

“Poor Buffy. Your life resists all things average.” Penny and Sam discuss this plot development heavy episode of Riley’s world being turned upside down. The conversation ranges far and wide, covering Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, La Croix, child vampires, 3.5 inch floppy disks, swearing in other lang...

“That’s the funny thing about hope. Nobody else gets to decide if you feel it. That choice belongs to you.” Penny, Kara and Karen celebrate all things HUNTR/X, talking through the three main characters, the allure of the Saja Boys, the powerful draw of the music, the fun choreography, finding commun...

"If you think that's enough to kill me, you really don't know what a Slayer is. Trust me when I say you're gonna find out." Penny, Becky and Steve joyfully dive into this heel turn episode, they learn that words can be hard, recall some iconic news items about The Sims and Diddy before he was Diddy,...

“What am I? I'm an unemployed librarian with a tendency to get knocked on the head.” Penny, Kara, and Dodie revel in the silliness of this mid-season romp: a rare episode focusing on Giles. The trio talk about the cruelty of Maggie Walsh, Giles’s mid-life crisis, men feeling intimidated by powerful ...

Content Warning: Discussion of volence against women in many forms, including sexual violence, forced pregnancy and birth, ….. “Oh, and Baudelaire was actually a little taller and a lot drunker than he's depicted here.” The Scooby Duo gets into some of the serious issues raised in these two episodes...

“My glamorous LA life, I get to make the coffee and chain the boss to the bed. I've got to join a union.” It’s the return of the Scooby Duo as Penny and Kara lament that we only got one episode of Jeremy Renner’s Penn. They discuss serial killers, serial killer movies and tropes, vampire sluts, the ...