SLAY!!! A Queer Buffy Podcast
Ian Allred & Lena Conatser 360 episodes Nov 11, 2026
SLAY!!! A Queer Buffy Podcast is a spoiler-free rewatch show about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, hosted by longtime friends Lena Conatser and Ian Allred. The hosts examine each episode through a queer lens, discussing themes, characters, and storylines as they revisit the series. It is presented by Recovering Gleek and releases new episodes every Wednesday. The show is aimed at fans who want an inclusive, conversational take on Buffy.
Episodes
BtVS S4E5 Beer Bad
She is THAT girl. The most INFAMOUS, DERIDED, ABHORRED episode of all of Buffy. But we are coming at it with fresh eyes and pure hearts to see if there is beauty in the beast
BtVS S4E4 Fear Itself
A halloween special that dares to ask "what's scarier than monsters?" and dares to answer "getting in a fight with your friends and feeling like you're gonna die alone"
BtVS S4E3 The Harsh Light of Day
It's the post nut clarity episode
Recovering Gleek EMERGENCY GLEEBOOT EPISODE
Lena and Ian discuss the recently announced Gleeboot: Who they think will be back, what they hope it will be about, and if this is a good thing
BtVS S4E2 Living Conditions
Buffy experiences the growing pains of having to share her space for the first time, it doesn't help that her roommate is a soul sucking demon, literally?
BtVS S4E1 The Freshman
We're back and we're adults now! Buffy is off to college, new campus, new community, new vamps, and she's feeling like she may no longer be the same old her.
BtVS Season 3 Wrap Up
The highs and lows of Season 3, superlatives, and listener emails
BtVS S3E22 Graudation Day Part 2
High school's ending, it's time to say goodbye to your childhood, enter the real world, start your future, and kill a giant snake by blowing up your high school
BtVS S3E21 Graduation Day Part 1
Buffy is getting ready to graduate high school, but first she has to deal with her ex friend trying to kill her ex boyfriend
BtVS S3E20 The Prom
Buffy's going to give her friends a night to remember if she has to kill every single person.
BtVS S3E19 Choices
Buffy, Faith, and Willow must face the repercussions of past, and possibilities of future, choices. If you have decision paralysis, this episode is NOT for you!
BtVS S3E18 Earshot
Buffy gets the power to read minds and doesn't immediately recognize that that is a curse and will ruin your entire life
BtVS S3E17 Enemies
It's a queer persons worst nightmare, the two objects of your affection are kissing each other instead of you
BtVS S3E16 Doppelgangland
It's the land of twins as Willow's look alike teachers her a lesson in not judging others and answers the ultimate question, when met with your clone do you fight or f***?
BtVS S3E15 Consequences
Every bill comes due, and every murdered deputy mayor comes back to haunt you and cause a rift between you and your girlfriend
BtVS S3E14 Bad Girls
You ever tried to impress your crush and ended up losing sight of who you really are? You ever let it escalate to the point where the two of you commit sapphic murder?
BtVS S3E13 The Zeppo
The Apocalypse is here! Again! But Xander's been put on doughnut duty as the rest of the group fears he's too big of a liability. He spends the possible last night on earth desperately trying to prove his worth to his friends and himself.
BtVS S3E12 Helpless
For Buffy's 18th birthday she gets a taste of what if feels like to be an adult, you're weak and tired all the time and even those closest to you betray you.
BtVS S3E11 Gingerbread
Everything you know is wrong! Little kids are evil! Witches are nice! The powers that be are lying to you!
BtVS S3E10 Amends
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
BtVS S3E9 The Wish
Be careful what you wish for, because you might just get one of the best episodes of the series thus far.
BtVS S3E8 Lover's Walk
A heartbroken Spike returns to Sunnydale and puts everyone through hell in his attempt to get his groove back
BtVS S3E7 Revelations
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.
BtVS S3E6 Band Candy
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
BtVS S3E5 Homecoming
Cordelia and Buffy compete for the title of Homecoming queen while a group of hunters compete to be the one to kill them both
BtVS S3E4 - Beauty and the Beasts
Angel's back, Oz's wolf got out, and Buffy is unsure about her new relationship
BtVS S3E3 - Faith, Hope & Trick
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!!!
BtVS S3E2 Dead Mans Party
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?
BtVS S3E1 Anne
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
BTVS Season 2 Wrap Up
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
BTVS S2E22 Becoming Part 2
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.
BTVS S2E21 Becoming Part 1
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.
BTVS S2E19 Go Fish
Performance enhancing drugs can cause mood swings, lowered immune system, and full body transformation into a fish man
BTVS S2E19 I Only Have Eyes For You
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.
BTVS S2E18 Killed by Death
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.
BTVS S2E17 Passion
DIVA DOWN! It's a big one, it's a sad one, passion makes you act recklessly but also makes life worth living
BTVS S2E16 Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered w/ Claire Manning
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
BTVS S2E15 Phases
Teenage boys are like werewolves, their hormones take hold and completely lose control. And they sometimes grow fur and crave human flesh
BTVS S2E14 Innocence
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.
BTVS S2E13 Surprise
What do you get the Slayer who has everything? Bad dreams that portend trouble for her boyfriend and a disembodied arm
BTVS S2E12 Bad Eggs
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??
BTVS S2E11 Ted
Is your mom's new boyfriend actually a girl hating cyborg or do you just not want her to be happy?
BtVS S2E10 What's My Line Pt 2
A little rivalry can push you to be better, and help you thwart the ancient ritual that's going to kill your undead boyfriend
BtVS S2E9 What's My Line Pt 1
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
BtVS S2E8 The Dark Age
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.
BtVS S2E7 Lie to Me
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
BtVS S2E6 Halloween (ft CryBaby)
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
BtVS S2E5 Reptile Boy
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
BtVS S2E4 Inca Mummy Girl
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.
BtVS S2E3 School Hard
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.
BtVS S2E2 Some Assembly Required
Love makes you do the whacky, like reanimating your dead brother, sewing together corpses, and kidnapping and plotting to kill your classmate.
BtVS S2E1 When She Was Bad
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.
5th Birthday Livestream!
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!
BtVS Season 1 Wrap Up
A look back at season 1 with superlatives, emails, and season 2 predictions
BtVS S1E12 Prophecy Girl
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.
BtVS S1E11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Sometimes at school you can feel invisible, and then you use that invisibility to torture and mutilate the people who ignored you.
BtVS S1E10 Nightmares
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
BtVS S1E9 The Puppet Show
Buffy and friends deal with the teen struggles of stage fright, and a mystical force killing off their classmates in the school talent show.
BtVS S1E8 I, Robot...You Jane
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.
BtVS S1E7 Angel
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.
BtVS S1E6 The Pack
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.
BtVS S1E5 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
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!
BtVS S1E4 Teacher's Pet
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.
Listener Thoughts
We are discussing your thoughts on the show, Dr Who, which member of the New Directions would be a Slayer, and the Master serving.
BtVS S1E3 The Witch
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.
BtVS S1E2 The Harvest
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
BtVS S1E1 Welcome to the Hellmouth
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.
The Last Episode of Recovering Gleek
A check in and a few listener emails while we prep to release SLAY!!! A Queer Buffy Podcast
The One Where We Find Out What's Happening Next
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.
Amicable Exes
The gabbers gab about Mayhem, Survivor, dating each other, and more
Sick Brain
Lena and an ill Ian read an email and talk about the Traitors finale
That's Such a Good Thought
We're reading listener emails about saying goodbye to Glee!
Final Gleewind: Recovering Gleek Pilot
For the end of our Glee era we are going back to the beginning. We are relistening to the first episode of Recovering Gleek: A Glee Podcast and reflecting on how we've changed, how our feelings about the show have changed, and what we hope the future brings. Thank you all for joining us these past few years!
Sporty Spice in the Chat
GO ELGSES! We're talking about the Super Bowl and reading listener emails about favorite Glee episodes
Gleewind: Our Favorite Episodes
As we wrap up our time with Glee, we are talking about our FOUR FAVORITE EPISODES. Glee's peak (in our opinion), what Glee is to us, the plot lines we think about the most frequently.Ian's picks:Pilot, DuetsLena's picks:Laryngitis, The Hurt Locker Part 2
Becoming Each Other's Beards
This week we are falling in love with each other by doing (an incredibly abridged version of) 36 Questions to fall in love. As well as some listener emails about yearning after people who don't want us back and what the best New Directions setlist is.
Gleewind: National Show Choir Competition
This week we are taking a look back at the New Directions' 66% losing record as we visit the best and worst set lists, original songs, and rank all12 competition episodesEpisodes discussed this week areNew YorkNationalsCity of Angels
I Feel Shame and Embarrassment
This week we are talking extensively about reality TV old and new, and getting into an indepth analysis of which characters in Les Mis are or are not divas.
Gleewind: Diva Offs ft Andrew McGuire
Gleek of the Week's own song showdown professional Andrew McGuire joins to determine who won each of the 13 diva offs over the course of Glee and compare rankings of diva offs, best to worst
2024 Wrapped
Baby New Year and Father Time are here to take a look back at some of our favorite songs, movies, tv shows, and more from the last year
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