Still Slaying: a Buffy-verse podcast

88 episodes

88: Buffy the Vampire Slayer S5E5 “No Place Like Home”
12/08/2026 | 1h 35 mins.
“And feel free to tell me if this next bit gets a little too personal, because I've been told I've got *boundary issues!*”

Penny and Becky revel in the many revealing revelations in this episode, and find tangents along the way including the Kennedys, sibling shenanigans, favorite villains, Ted Lasso, and Wicker memes.

Next time we’ll go undercover with Wesley for Angel Season 2, Episode 6, “Guise Will Be Guise.”

Keep Slaying!

News Links/Referenced Links

Original Trailer/WB Promo: https://youtu.be/XXIf11SHl0I

What's On Tonight Podcast

The Vamp 'Cast | Podcast on Spotify

About – Pirate Corps Entertainment

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Viewing Order

Buffy 5.5: No Place Like Home

Angel 2.6: Guise Will Be Guise

Buffy 5.6: Family

Buffy 5.7: Fool for Love*

Angel 2.7: Darla*

Angel 2.8: The Shroud of Rahmon

Buffy 5.8: Shadow

Angel 2.9: The Trial

Buffy 5.9: Listening to Fear

Angel 2.10: Reunion

Buffy 5.10: Into the Woods

Angel 2.11: Redefinition

Buffy 5.11: Triangle

Angel 2.12: Blood Money

Buffy 5.12: Checkpoint

Angel 2.13: Happy Anniversary

Buffy 5.13: Blood Ties

Angel 2.14: The Thin Dead Line

Angel 2.15: Reprise

Angel 2.16: Epiphany

Buffy 5.14: Crush

Angel 2.17: Disharmony

Buffy 5.15: I Was Made to Love You

Buffy 5.16: The Body

Buffy 5.17: Forever

Angel 2.18: Dead End

Buffy 5.18: Intervention

Angel 2.19: Belonging

Buffy 5.19: Tough Love

Buffy 5.20: Spiral

Buffy 5.21: The Weight of the World

Buffy 5.22: The Gift

Angel 2.20: Over the Rainbow

Angel 2.21: Through the Looking Glass

Angel 2.22: There’s No Place Like Plrtz Glrb

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87: Angel S2E5 “Dear Boy”
05/08/2026 | 1h 37 mins.
“You see, no matter how good a boy you are, God doesn't want you! But I still do.”

Things are really heating up on Angel and the Scooby Duo are on the case. Penny and Kara talk through the trap set by Darla with Wolfram & Hart, Kate’s disregard for the 4th Amendment, and the existence of the human soul. The conversation includes diversions about what type of vampire they each would choose to become, Oedipus Rex, Obsession, Get Out, Vampire Diaries, the 21 Grams experiment, and karaoke.

Next time we’ll tackle BTVS Season 5, Episode 5, “No Place Like Home.”

Keep Slaying!

News Links/Referenced Links

Original Trailer/WB Promo: Angel “Dear Boy” Original Promo

The Tank - Gallery of New South Wales in Australia:

Mike Hewson: The Key's Under the Mat

Dear Boy • S02E05 • TPN’s Angel Guide

21 grams experiment - Wikipedia

Official Trailer: 21 Grams (2003)

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Viewing Order

Buffy 5.5: No Place Like Home

Angel 2.6: Guise Will Be Guise

Buffy 5.6: Family

Buffy 5.7: Fool for Love*

Angel 2.7: Darla*

Angel 2.8: The Shroud of Rahmon

Buffy 5.8: Shadow

Angel 2.9: The Trial

Buffy 5.9: Listening to Fear

Angel 2.10: Reunion

Buffy 5.10: Into the Woods

Angel 2.11: Redefinition

Buffy 5.11: Triangle

Angel 2.12: Blood Money

Buffy 5.12: Checkpoint

Angel 2.13: Happy Anniversary

Buffy 5.13: Blood Ties

Angel 2.14: The Thin Dead Line

Angel 2.15: Reprise

Angel 2.16: Epiphany

Buffy 5.14: Crush

Angel 2.17: Disharmony

Buffy 5.15: I Was Made to Love You

Buffy 5.16: The Body

Buffy 5.17: Forever

Angel 2.18: Dead End

Buffy 5.18: Intervention

Angel 2.19: Belonging

Buffy 5.19: Tough Love

Buffy 5.20: Spiral

Buffy 5.21: The Weight of the World

Buffy 5.22: The Gift

Angel 2.20: Over the Rainbow

Angel 2.21: Through the Looking Glass

Angel 2.22: There’s No Place Like Plrtz Glrb

Join the conversation! You can email or send a voice message to stillslayingfeedback@gmail.com, or join us at facebook.com/groups/podcastica and Still Slaying A Buffy-verse Podcast where we put up comment posts for each episode we cover.

Join the Zedhead community - https://www.patreon.com/jasoncabassi

Theme Music:℗ CC-BY 2020 Quesbe | Lucie G. MorillonGoopsy | Drum and Bass | Free CC-BY Music By Quesbe is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

#buffythevampireslayer #stillslaying #podcastica #angel #slaythepatriarchy

#christiankane #davidboreanaz #charismacarpenter #alexisdenisof #jaugustrichards #juliebenz

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86: BTVS S5E4 “Out of My Mind”
24/07/2026 | 1h 34 mins.
“Buffy, Buffy, Buffy! Everywhere I turn, she's there. That nasty little face, that fancy shampoo-commercial hair! That whole sodding holier-than-thou attitude!”

Penny and Kara (with occasional commentary from Pixel the pod-cat) find a lot of tangents along the path to discussing this episode focused on Riley’s identity crisis, touching on topics like House of the Dragon, medical malpractice, finding purpose in life, the constant delight that is Harmony, vampire logistics, Dawson’s Creek, and what it must be like to work in the Sunnydale ER.

Next time, we’ll be covering Angel, season 2, episode 5, “Dear Boy.”

Keep Slaying!

News Links/Referenced Links

Original Trailer/WB Promo: BTVS Original Promo for “Out of My Mind”

The Death of Marat - Wikipedia

Who's With Me? with W. Kamau Bell - YouTube

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Viewing Order

Angel 2.5: Dear Boy

Buffy 5.5: No Place Like Home

Angel 2.6: Guise Will Be Guise

Buffy 5.6: Family

Angel 2.7: Darla

Buffy 5.7: Fool for Love

Angel 2.8: The Shroud of Rahmon

Buffy 5.8: Shadow

Angel 2.9: The Trial

Buffy 5.9: Listening to Fear

Angel 2.10: Reunion

Buffy 5.10: Into the Woods

Angel 2.11: Redefinition

Buffy 5.11: Triangle

Angel 2.12: Blood Money

Buffy 5.12: Checkpoint

Angel 2.13: Happy Anniversary

Buffy 5.13: Blood Ties

Angel 2.14: The Thin Dead Line

Angel 2.15: Reprise

Angel 2.16: Epiphany

Buffy 5.14: Crush

Angel 2.17: Disharmony

Buffy 5.15: I Was Made to Love You

Buffy 5.16: The Body

Buffy 5.17: Forever

Angel 2.18: Dead End

Buffy 5.18: Intervention

Angel 2.19: Belonging

Buffy 5.19: Tough Love

Buffy 5.20: Spiral

Buffy 5.21: The Weight of the World

Buffy 5.22: The Gift

Angel 2.20: Over the Rainbow

Angel 2.21: Through the Looking Glass

Angel 2.22: There’s No Place Like Plrtz Glrb

Join the conversation! You can email or send a voice message to stillslayingfeedback@gmail.com, or join us at facebook.com/groups/podcastica and Still Slaying A Buffy-verse Podcast where we put up comment posts for each episode we cover.

Join the Zedhead community - https://www.patreon.com/jasoncabassi

Theme Music:℗ CC-BY 2020 Quesbe | Lucie G. MorillonGoopsy | Drum and Bass | Free CC-BY Music By Quesbe is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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85: Angel S2E4 “Untouched”
15/07/2026 | 1h 29 mins.
CW: Discussion of grooming, childhood sexual abuse, and trauma.

“I'm still dealin' with this man's ugly ass living room set. Some people just shouldn't have money.”

Penny and Kara find a way to laugh while discussing this dark episode that deals with childhood sexual abuse. The conversation winds around and touches on vintage technology, Starbucks coffee, unpaid internships, college admissions, interior design choices, film noir tropes, regional accents, consent, House of the Dragon, The Vampire Lestat, and Ted Lasso.

Next time we’ll tackle BTVS Season 5, Episode 4, “Out of My Mind.”

Keep Slaying!

News Links/Referenced Links

Original Trailer/WB Promo: Angel “Untouched” Original Promo

MIT Museum

‘Goodnight Moon’ Heads to Sunnydale in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Viewing Order

Angel 2.4: Untouched

Buffy 5.4: Out of My Mind

Angel 2.5: Dear Boy

Buffy 5.5: No Place Like Home

Angel 2.6: Guise Will Be Guise

Buffy 5.6: Family

Buffy 5.7: Fool for Love*

Angel 2.7: Darla*

Angel 2.8: The Shroud of Rahmon

Buffy 5.8: Shadow

Angel 2.9: The Trial

Buffy 5.9: Listening to Fear

Angel 2.10: Reunion

Buffy 5.10: Into the Woods

Angel 2.11: Redefinition

Buffy 5.11: Triangle

Angel 2.12: Blood Money

Buffy 5.12: Checkpoint

Angel 2.13: Happy Anniversary

Buffy 5.13: Blood Ties

Angel 2.14: The Thin Dead Line

Angel 2.15: Reprise

Angel 2.16: Epiphany

Buffy 5.14: Crush

Angel 2.17: Disharmony

Buffy 5.15: I Was Made to Love You

Buffy 5.16: The Body

Buffy 5.17: Forever

Angel 2.18: Dead End

Buffy 5.18: Intervention

Angel 2.19: Belonging

Buffy 5.19: Tough Love

Buffy 5.20: Spiral

Buffy 5.21: The Weight of the World

Buffy 5.22: The Gift

Angel 2.20: Over the Rainbow

Angel 2.21: Through the Looking Glass

Angel 2.22: There’s No Place Like Plrtz Glrb

Join the conversation! You can email or send a voice message to stillslayingfeedback@gmail.com, or join us at facebook.com/groups/podcastica and Still Slaying A Buffy-verse Podcast where we put up comment posts for each episode we cover.

Join the Zedhead community - https://www.patreon.com/jasoncabassi

Theme Music:℗ CC-BY 2020 Quesbe | Lucie G. MorillonGoopsy | Drum and Bass | Free CC-BY Music By Quesbe is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

#buffythevampireslayer #stillslaying #podcastica #angel #slaythepatriarchy

#christiankane #davidboreanaz #charismacarpenter #alexisdenisof #jaugustrichards #juliebenz

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84: BTVS S5E3 “The Replacement”
08/07/2026 | 2h 3 mins.
“So you bought the Magic Shop, and you were attacked before it opened. Who's up for a swingin' chorus of the "We Told You So" symphony?”

Penny and Kara welcome guest host Anwen to talk about this Xander-centric episode, diving into the turn of the millennium history, twins, Sweet Valley High, yin-yang, Severance, imposter syndrome, realizations of mortality, The Vampire Lestat, Star Trek, modern romance, and The Boys.

Next time, we’ll be covering Angel, season 2, episode 4, “Untouched.”

Keep Slaying!

News Links/Referenced Links

Original Trailer/WB Promo: BTVS Original Promo for “The Replacement”

Captain Kirk in “The Enemy Within” compilation

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d3U-y78EMig

The Amateur Traveler podcast

https://amateurtraveler.com/

Penny on the Run For Your Lives podcast about “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come”

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rfyl-256-ready-or-not-2-here-i-come-with-special-guest-penny/id1529692998?

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Viewing Order

Angel 2.4: Untouched

Buffy 5.4: Out of My Mind

Angel 2.5: Dear Boy

Buffy 5.5: No Place Like Home

Angel 2.6: Guise Will Be Guise

Buffy 5.6: Family

Angel 2.7: Darla

Buffy 5.7: Fool for Love

Angel 2.8: The Shroud of Rahmon

Buffy 5.8: Shadow

Angel 2.9: The Trial

Buffy 5.9: Listening to Fear

Angel 2.10: Reunion

Buffy 5.10: Into the Woods

Angel 2.11: Redefinition

Buffy 5.11: Triangle

Angel 2.12: Blood Money

Buffy 5.12: Checkpoint

Angel 2.13: Happy Anniversary

Buffy 5.13: Blood Ties

Angel 2.14: The Thin Dead Line

Angel 2.15: Reprise

Angel 2.16: Epiphany

Buffy 5.14: Crush

Angel 2.17: Disharmony

Buffy 5.15: I Was Made to Love You

Buffy 5.16: The Body

Buffy 5.17: Forever

Angel 2.18: Dead End

Buffy 5.18: Intervention

Angel 2.19: Belonging

Buffy 5.19: Tough Love

Buffy 5.20: Spiral

Buffy 5.21: The Weight of the World

Buffy 5.22: The Gift

Angel 2.20: Over the Rainbow

Angel 2.21: Through the Looking Glass

Angel 2.22: There’s No Place Like Plrtz Glrb

Join the conversation! You can email or send a voice message to stillslayingfeedback@gmail.com, or join us at facebook.com/groups/podcastica and Still Slaying A Buffy-verse Podcast where we put up comment posts for each episode we cover.

Join the Zedhead community - https://www.patreon.com/jasoncabassi

Theme Music:℗ CC-BY 2020 Quesbe | Lucie G. MorillonGoopsy | Drum and Bass | Free CC-BY Music By Quesbe is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

#buffythevampireslayer #btvs #buffyverse #stillslaying #spuffy #slaythepatriarchy #feminism

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About Still Slaying: a Buffy-verse podcast

Penny and Kara take you on a journey of appreciation, nostalgia and deep analysis of all things Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Currently in BTVS Season 3 and we plan to rewatch the whole series (& Angel) in chronological order. New Episodes are published on Tuesdays. Why revisit the Buffy-verse? We think the show Still Slays. Buffy is both iconoclast and icon. 25 years ago she broke new ground for women characters as superheroes and women as people by subverting tropes, using kindness as strength and love as power. The cheeky vibe of the show provides a campy canvas for exploring some deep themes about trauma, societal ills and human nature all while delivering its signature witty dialogue. BTVS remains relevant and held in high critical regard 25 years later. For first time watchers of the series we try to avoid too many spoilers until the end of the podcast so it’s easy to skip. You can be a part of the discussion: Send us a text or voice message at stillslayingfeedback@gmail.com or comment at facebook.com/groups/podcastica and we'll respond on the air. Follow us on Instagram @stillslayingcast We're Podcastica, and we've been doing episode-by-episode deep dives into amazing TV shows for over a decade now. Check out our other shows at Podcastica.com.

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