A Conversation with Amber Benson

Buffering the Vampire Slayer

Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure

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🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 80 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	Oh, that's my prime delivery.
0:01.6	What, already?
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0:28.1	go to amazon.com.uk.U.K. slash prime. Well, hello, everyone. Oh my gosh. I'm so excited, Jenny. I'm just so excited. Welcome to this
0:41.1	blessed space. All I wanted was to be able to speak with Amber Benson in this the week of
0:48.8	seeing red. It's all I wanted. It's all I wanted. Oh. My wish, my wish was granted. Thank you so fucking much to
0:58.3	the universe and Amber Benson and all those who helped. And possibly a vengeance demon
1:03.8	somewhere working silently in the background answering Kristen's wishes. Oh, like a really good,
1:08.5	like a little cheerful vengeance team. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
1:11.6	Vengeance then. But anyway, yeah, we're here with Amber Benson, the one and only. And we're going to
1:19.5	not talk too much up at the top here because we know that you will, as much as you love us.
1:24.3	You're like, shut up. You're like, give us Amber. Yeah, yeah, we'd like to hear
1:28.3	Amber. So, um, just a quick note, this is one of our four episodes this week. Yesterday, you got
1:35.1	Jenny and I in the main feed talking about the episode seeing red. You also got an additional
1:40.0	episode from me and Jess Clark and Alba talking about the bathroom scene and seeing red. Today,
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