Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

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Willow, Magic, and Addiction | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast Apr 15, 2021

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In today's episode we have a more in-depth conversation with Natalie Muskin-Press, taking a deeper look at Willow’s arc with her use of magic in this season. Natalie is a Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor who has been working in Higher Education for the last 10 years. Prior to that she spent 3 years working in the community providing Intensive OutPatient Treatment to adults and adolescents and running a residential Recovery Home for women. Her work centers on harm reduction with a focus on prevention, intervention, and education.

This episode will contain spoilers through the end of Season 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and will also include conversations on themes of substance use, the prison industrial complex, sex work, and mental health.

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TODAY'S GUEST

Natalie Muskin-Press: @mzbitca
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

National Harm Reduction Coalition: https://harmreduction.org/

Drug Policy Alliance: https://drugpolicy.org/

Unbroken Brain by Maia Szalavitz: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25663669-unbroken-brain?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=dJ1PyVy1xN&rank=1

North America Syringe Exchange Network: https://www.nasen.org/map/

The Chicago Recovery Alliance: https://anypositivechange.org/

Self-Management and Recovery Training: https://www.smartrecovery.org/community/

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6.11 Gone | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast Apr 14, 2021

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A trio of ding-dong boys accidentally turn Buffy invisible but then because they cannot stop yapping they wind up defeated anyway! TYPICAL. We also have Pylon Pudding, dial up internet at the E-Pump, Invisible Ear Lobe Nibbling, Doris the Social Worker and Magic Weed. It is Season 6 Episode 11: Gone!

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Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo

Native America Calling: Kokopelli, origins, history and appropriation
https://nativeamericacalling.com/wednesday-june-5-2019-kokopelli-origins-history-and-appropriation/

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6.10 Wrecked | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast Mar 31, 2021

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In this episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, everyone gathers at the local pool to go swimming and talk about their feelings while sipping on ice cold Coca-Cola!
Just kidding!
This is the one where we meet Rack and strive to untangle the realities of destructive responses to trauma from problematic tropes attached to substance misuse, the one where Buffy re-dons her post-coital pleather skirt to storm off the set of 1080p HGTV, and the one where Dawn lands an amazing kick to the demon we've named "Razzmatazz" and slaps Willow across the face. Season 6 sure is fun, so join us as we discuss S6E10: Wrecked.

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Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo

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6.09 Smashed | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast Mar 17, 2021

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Rat Amy is Human Amy once more! There are sheep at The Bronze! Spike and Buffy have inspired a new segment called 1080pHGTV, creating open floor plans a-plenty! Ankle-length pleather skirts be damned, as we have arrived at S6E9: Smashed.

The incredible Cory Branan is back with us in today's song as the voice of Spike, and it is very, very good. Listen to more of Cory and learn more about his work at corybranan.com!!!

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Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo

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6.08 Tabula Rasa | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast Mar 03, 2021

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Joan the Vampire Slayer and Randy Giles are battling vampires while Rupey and Anya make out in a sea of disappeared bunnies at The Magic Box, Alex is in the sewers with study buddies Willow and Tara, and Umad is still a pain in our ass! Come for the absolute delight of it all and stay to have your beating heart handed to you as you scream-sing to Michelle Branch at The Bronze... it’s S6E8: Tabula Rasa.
We also have a wonderful segment with Natalie Muskin-Press in this episode, a licensed addictions counselor (and massive Buffy fan) who sits down with Kristin to talk about Willow’s use of magic and all that we are seeing unfold between her and Tara, and her and the Scooby gang. Time stamps for that segment are 54:14 - 1:12:20.

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SPECIAL GUEST

Natalie Muskin-Press: @mzbitca

Natalie is a licensed clinical addictions counselor currently working in charge of drug and alcohol education and prevention at a university in the midwest.

If you are looking into finding treatment options for yourself or a loved one, you can use the SAMHSA Treatment locator:

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-treatment
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Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo

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Once More, Behind The Scenes | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast Feb 24, 2021

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A special, behind-the-scenes conversation on the making of Once More With Once More, With Feeling, taped live and in conversation with you all!! We are here to answer your questions, argue over mustard, cry about our feelings, unpack the muppety-ness of Jenny's villagers, embarrass LaToya with conversations on levitatilingus, and encourage finding a space for musical harmony with the person you divorce. What a time!

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SPECIAL GUESTS
LaToya Ferguson: @lafergs
Check out AMPire Diaries: A Vampire Diaries Podcast + LaToya's Book, An Encyclopedia of Women's Wrestling
Laz Marquez: @lazmarquez; lazmarquez.com
Mack MacDade: @mackmactlksback; patreon.com/MackMacTalksBack
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Produced by: Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo

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MORE READING ON THE HISTORY OF ZOOT SUITS

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6.07 Once More, With Feeling | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast Feb 10, 2021

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In this musical extravaganza, your hosts Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs find themselves bursting into song, and (gay) flames, when a demon attempts to make Dawn his bride…
It’s Season 6 Episode 7: Once More, With Feeling, and we’ve got 17 original songs inside of one great big musical podcast, with guests Alba Daza, Gaby Dunn, LaToya Ferguson, Mack MacDade, and Joanna Robinson to prove it.

Holy hell.

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Created by Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs
Executive Producer: Kristin Russo
Executive Golden Retriever of Music: Jenny Owen Youngs
Once More With Once More, With Feeling Artwork: Laz Marquez

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MUSIC FROM ONCE MORE WITH ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING
Produced by Jenny Owen Youngs, John Mark Nelson, and Kristin Russo

Arranged by John Mark Nelson and Jenny Owen Youngs

Piano arrangement on “Overture” by Ben Thornewill

All songs written by Jenny Owen Youngs and Kristin Russo, except as noted

“Stereotype Buffet” written by Alba Daza, Mackenzie MacDade, and Jenny Owen Youngs

Vocals performed by Jenny Owen Youngs and Kristin Russo, with LaToya Ferguson on “Big Fucking Nerds,” Joanna Robinson on “Problematic Fave,” Gaby Dunn on “O! To Be Mentioned!,” and Alba Daza and Mackenzie MacDade on “Stereotype Buffet”

Piano on “Overture,” “Big Fucking Nerds,” “O! To Be Mentioned!,” “Gaby’s Ballet,” and “Once More With Feeling,” by Ben Thornewill

Drums on “Problematic Fave” and “Stereotype Buffet” by Steph Barker

All other instruments performed by John Mark Nelson and Jenny Owen Youngs

Special thanks to the Scooby Nerd Choir on “Big Fucking Nerds”: Abram Berry, Alex Kenzel, Allison Colwell, Bree Leach, Cat Brown, Claire Consola, Emily Eck, Emma Riehle Bohmann, Grace Barry, Jaime Nicole Riggs, Jeffrey Burka, Jess Wenstrom, Jonas Mustonen, Katie Larson, Liv Fehlberg, LJ Saxton, Mary Elizabeth Watson, Mary Wulzen, Melanie & JJ Rodriguez, Randy Newbury, Sarah Duncan, Sarah Kamins, Sarah Philbrick, Shannon Bloom, Steph B, Steph Cohen, Whitney Morris

Mixed by John Mark Nelson
Mastered by Jett Galindo at The Bakery

Cover illustration and package design by Laz Marquez: lazmarquez.com

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Invisi-BIPOC with Alba Daza & Mackenzie MacDade Jan 20, 2021

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On this week's episode of Buffering the Vampire Slayer, Alba Daza and Mackenzie McDade do an unapologetic deep dive into the BIPOC experience of invisibility. Join them as they discuss the metaphorical and literal ways that Buffy the Vampire Slayer illustrates the ways that BIPOC experience invisibility. They laugh, they (almost) cry, they tell it like it is, and they are ready. to. scrap. Be it through Buffy’s White Savior Complex, the revolution that is "Graduation Day Part 2," or the pure rage of Marcie in "Out of Mind Out of Sight," they are here to share in the solidarity of two BIPOC women talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, no holds barred.
Join them for an Instagram Live Q&A on Buffering's IG (@bufferingcast) on Saturday, January 23rd at 2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific. More information, suggested readings, and a viewing guide at: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/invisibipoc
!! This Episode Contains Spoilers Through Season 7 Of Buffy !!
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Executive Producer: Alba Daza
Producers: Mackenzie MacDade, Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: Kristin Russo
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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 Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples.
Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at
bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting
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6.06 All The Way | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast Jan 06, 2021

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It's always fuckin' something on Halloween, and this week we will get Anya on roller skates, Dawn shoplifting, Xander poking Giles with his hook, Amber Tamblyn, victim-blaming, and Jenny doing an impression of Old Man Kaltenbach that just may top any impression she has done or ever will do? Welcome to Season 6 Episode 6: All The Way.

We also have an awesome segment for you from Producer Alba where she is in conversation with Jack Skelton, a teen dating violence prevention social worker who runs a combo counseling and movement building program at a NYC high school.

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SPECIAL GUESTS
Jack Skelton with Producer Alba
CW: This segment contains a conversation around sexual violence
Time Stamps 1:04:00 - 1:14:30
Resources Mentioned in Jack + Alba's Segment

Day One: https://www.dayoneny.org/
Anti-Violence Project: https://avp.org/
Ali Forney Center: https://www.aliforneycenter.org/
Save Our Streets: https://www.courtinnovation.org/programs/save-our-streets-sos
The Door: https://door.org/
FIERCE: http://www.fiercenyc.org/
Audre Lorde Project: https://alp.org/
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Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs
Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo

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JOIN MACK + ALBA for INVISI-BIPOC: an episode of Buffering the Vampire Slayer where Producer Alba Daza & Consultant Mack MacDade delve into the BIPOC experience of invisibility, using episodes and themes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to better understand the ways in which the BIPOC community is made to feel invisible.

INVISI-BIPOC will air in the main Buffering feed on Wednesday, January 20th, and will be followed by an Instagram Live Q&A hosted by Mack & Alba on Buffering's IG on Saturday, January 23rd at 2pm Eastern / 11am Pacific. More information at: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/invisibipoc

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6.05 Life Serial | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast Dec 09, 2020

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We are LIVE from our respective recording closets and on the very anniversary of Jenny's birth, no less! We've got hard hats and tequila, and we've also got LaToya Ferguson and Joanna Robinson to help us dig deep on S6E5 Life Serial!! They will, of course, also join us in an attempt to re-create Buffy's classic "liquor is gross" face.
Thank you to all of you wonderful scoobs who joined us for this live event, a celebration of Buffy's journey through various jobs she SHOULD NOT NEED BECAUSE SHE LITERALLY SAVES THE WORLD EVERY DAY. AwooOoOoooOOO!

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SPECIAL GUESTS

LaToya Ferguson; @lafergs; theampirediariespod.com
Joanna Robinson; @jowrotethis; stormpodcast.com

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Produced by: Alba Daza, Kristin Russo, and Jenny Owen Youngs

Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo

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