That Slayer Show
Not the Buffy content you asked for, but the Buffy content you deserve. Heartfelt, humorous, and dreamboaty hosts Madeline Kane and Kaethe Schroeder tackle the big questions like: What can Buffy the Vampire Slayer teach us about inherited responsibility? And is Giles hot? Madeline and Kaethe bring loving curiosity (and gentle amounts of swearing) as they explore BTVS through different themes, episode by episode.
Episodes
26 episodes
Shame: Innocence (Season 2, Episode 14)
Madeline and Kaethe took to this bummer of an episode with the theme of shame. Angel: un-souled, Buffy: distraught but calm in the face of it all. We talk about how shame is seeped in the messages Buffy is getting from her peers, the way Angel ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 14
•
28:18
Celebration: Surprise (Season 2, Episode 13)
Madeline and Kaethe unravel this plot-heavy episode through the theme of celebration. Why does Dru's celebration of The Judge's reassembly remind us of a middle school dance? And in what ways does the gang find small moments to celebrate desp...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 13
•
26:49
Caretaking: Bad Eggs (Season 2, Episode 12)
Madeline and Kaethe watch this peculiar episode through the gripping theme of Caretaking! Why oh why is giving students eggs going to make them not have sex?? How can find ways to empathize with Joyce when we've gone through adolescence but not...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 12
•
25:14
Normalcy: Ted (Season 2, Episode 11)
Buffy's sense of "normal" goes haywire this episode as Joyce brings her new boo into the picture. Ted, also known as Arsehole Ted, is charming, smart, and a serial-killer robot. In this episode of the pod, Madeline and Kaethe discuss how ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 11
•
28:02
Love: What's My Line, Part II (Season 2, Episode 10)
Tune in to hear Madeline and Kaethe's ORIGINAL content about love. Groundbreaking philosophies are waiting to be heard. They talk about the ways Buffy's friends are constantly showing love and how Buffy often acts recklessly when she is acting ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 10
•
27:42
Future: What's My Line, Part I (Season 2, Episode 9)
Madeline and Kaethe watched this episode through the theme of future, pausing over the school career fair and why having your future predetermined sucks (maybe??) more than not knowing what it is at all, and what the order of Taraka (Tabarra??)...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 9
•
26:42
Exposure: The Dark Age (Season 2, Episode 8)
Join Kaethe and Madeline for what Kaethe declares to be the best filler episode yet! They use the theme of exposure to delve into Giles' past and how he deals with it, Jenny's experience with demon possession, and Willow's willingness to throw ...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 8
•
28:49
Secrets: Lie to Me (Season 2, Episode 7)
Madeline and Kaethe explore season 2 episode 7 "Lie to Me" through the theme of secrets. Secrets are bursting through the seams of this episode's pants: Angel is cagey about his history with Drusilla, Ford is tight-lipped about his plans to fac...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 7
•
25:02
Courage: Halloween (Season 2 Episode 6)
Madeline and Kaethe look at courage this week as they watched the 6th episode of season 2! Considering courage as openness to change, they talk about Willow and her overall badassery this episode, whether Giles hiding his past had anything to d...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 6
•
26:25
Arrogance: Reptile Boy (Season 2, Episode 5)
What Buffy thinks will be a normal college party, ends up being a human sacrifice party. (College, am I right?) In this episode of That Slayer Show, Madeline and Kaethe explore the theme of arrogance.
•
Season 2
•
Episode 5
•
29:00
Sacrifice: Inca Mummy Girl (Season 2 Episode 4)
Kaethe and Madeline go into this worrisomely titled episode with the theme of sacrifice. They look at the similarities between Ampata's and Buffy's sacrifice of a normal life, the role gender plays in expectations and discourse around sac...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 4
•
26:11
Expectations: School Hard (Season 2, Episode 3)
There's a new vamp in town! Spike let's his expectations of Buffy cloud his judgment, which contributes to his failure to kill her. In addition to analyzing Spike's expectations, Madeline and Kaethe sift through the different ways the character...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 3
•
26:01
Escape: Some Assembly Required (Season 2, Episode 2)
Boys are chopping up dead girls and sewing their body parts together. Kaethe and Madeline look at this episode through the theme of 'escape' and ask: when is escape healthy vs. when is it maladaptive? Also, why is Eric so invested in Daryl's fu...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 2
•
27:54
Friendship: When She Was Bad (Season 2, Episode 1)
Join Kaethe and Madeline as they embark on the voyage that will be season 2, beginning with the theme of friendship. They talk about Cordelia's assertion of friendship with Buffy, Buffy's difficult relationship with her friends as she pro...
•
Season 2
•
Episode 1
•
29:31
Crisis: Prophecy Girl (Season 1, Episode 12)
In the season 1 finale Kaethe and Madeline take on the theme of crisis: how do different characters respond to crisis, and how we see our own reaction to crises during the pandemic, and how despite his showing growth we'd better not hold our br...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 12
•
30:20
Loneliness: Out of Mind...Out of Sight (Season 1 Episode 11)
Kaethe and Madeline get into the nitty gritty of loneliness as they parse through S1 episode 11 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Whose responsibility is someone else's loneliness? And is Angel using Buffy as an excuse to get closer to Giles? I mean...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 11
•
26:50
Reality: Nightmares (Season 1 Episode 10)
In this episode Kaethe and Madeline take a look at reality: what happens when we experience different realities, what it's like to share the same terrible reality, and what does it mean for Kaethe that she and Xander share the same nightmare?!
•
Season 1
•
Episode 10
•
24:59
Trust: I Robot, You Jane (Season 1, Episode 8)
Look out, a demon is on the net! In this episode, Kaethe and Madeline discuss the ways in which trust influences Willow's relationship with Buffy. They also dive into how trust plays a role in the anti-vaccine movement. More importantly, they p...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 8
•
24:41
Betrayal: Angel (Season 1 Episode 7)
Buckle up, Kaethe and Madeline dive into episode 7 using the theme of Betrayal. Topics of the day include betrayal by our own nature, whether it is chill for vamps to use guns, the questionable at best theory of vampires being stuck in the matu...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 7
•
27:22
Desperation: The Pack (Season 1 Episode 6)
Madeline and Kaethe watch this zoostravaganza through the theme of desperation. Picking their way around cannabalized high school principals and underproduced dodgeball montages, they discuss how desperation manifests in Willow and the bullies,...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 6
•
26:55
Judgment: Never Kill a Boy on the First Date (Season 1, Episode 5)
Kaethe and Madeline talk about episode 5 through the theme of judgement, exploring how judgement affects Buffy and Gile's relationship, Buffy and Owen's trainwreck entanglement, and how Xander can be a better friend and also not a creep.
•
Season 1
•
Episode 5
•
25:54
Attraction: Teacher's Pet (Season 1, Episode 4)
This episode Madeline and Kaethe get serious as they look deeper at the mess attraction makes of teacher-student relationships, how to tell your friend he's crushing on a giant bug, and what would you do if your hot mysterious crush gave you hi...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 4
•
24:34
Control: The Witch (Season 1, Episode 3)
Madeline and Kaethe watched episode 3 through the theme of control. The different styles of control by Amy's and Buffy's mom, Xander's newfound self-awareness, and Giles' super-hot spell casting are all topics in this week's cauldron.
•
Season 1
•
Episode 3
•
26:22
Responsibility: The Harvest (Season 1, Episode 2)
Welcome back for Episode two, through the juicy theme of responsibility. This week Madeline and Kaethe's riveting discussion hacked through the jungle of Buffy's responsibility as the slayer, Xander's lack of responsibility and general incompet...
•
Season 1
•
Episode 2
•
27:51