A Conversation with Amber Benson

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🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Amber Benson is here with us, in conversation with Kristin & Jenny, and we could not be more overjoyed!!!! We talk about witchcraft, memories from the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the impact of queer characters on television, the beauty and power of the Buffy fandom, and even that time that Amber thought no one noticed her dancing into a pole in Once More, With Feeling... The biggest of all thank yous to Amber for spending time with us this week, and for everything she has done and continues to do in her brilliant work!!This episode contains spoilers through the end of Season 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer!Listen to our special episode "Unbury Your Gays" with Kristin Russo, Emma O'Sullivan, and Jen Malkowski: https://www.patreon.com/posts/54817720** This episode will also re-air in the main feed between Seasons 6 & 7 **+++ FIND MORE & FOLLOW AMBER BENSON!• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebma_nosneb• Twitter: https://twitter.com/amber_benson• The Witches of Echo Park: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20949471-the-witches-of-echo-park+++LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs: @jennyowenyoungs; jennyowenyoungs.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs, and Alba DazaEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++Just Keep Fighting: Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastLogo: Kristine Thune +++ 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 atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Kristen and Jenny.
0:03.1	And we're here to tell you that nobody, and we mean nobody, messes with our boyfriends.
0:07.5	That's canonically true.
0:11.0	We're going on tour.
0:13.0	What are we doing, Jenny? Where are we going?
0:15.0	The Nobody Messes with My Boyfriend Tour is stopping in New York on October 18th, Philadelphia on October 19th, and
0:23.5	Burlington, Vermont for the first time ever on October 29th. We are doing live tapings of
0:29.6	In Order, What's My Line Part 1? What's My Line Part 2? And Ted. Everyone's favorite episode, Ted.
0:36.5	I'm so excited to talk about Ted in front of a live audience.
0:39.5	It cannot even begin to express it.
0:41.4	It's going to be great.
0:42.4	You can find out all of the information you need to know at bufferingcast.com slash live or check out our calendar where our events always live.
0:51.5	Tickets go on sale for our patrons only tomorrow Thursday, August 28th. And then on
0:59.7	sale to the general public Friday, August 29th. So come on out. Join us for some live tapings that
1:07.2	will be a hoot and possibly a nanny. And, uh, you know, we'd love to see you try to mess
1:14.4	with our boyfriends. Bufferingcast.com slash live. Well, hello, everyone. Oh my gosh. I'm so excited,
1:27.1	Jenny. I'm just so excited. Welcome to this blessed space. Oh my gosh. I'm so excited, Jenny.
1:28.4	I'm just so excited. Welcome to this blessed space.
1:31.1	All I wanted was to be able to speak with Amber Benson in this the week of seeing red.
1:37.9	It's all I wanted.
1:38.8	It's all I wanted.
1:39.6	Oh.
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