Encore Episode: Checkpoint with Ira Madison III | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

Buffering the Vampire Slayer | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure

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🗓️ 24 June 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Back in 2020 Ira Madison III joined us (righhhhht before we would all find ourselves in quarantine...) to chat about "Checkpoint," and discuss the hottest member of the Watcher's Council, paying Buffy Summers, and how Willow is bi but it was 2001, so even *she* probably didn't know it. This month we're sharing some of our favorite "special guest" episodes from the Buffering archives. This encore episode originally aired on March 4, 2020. (What a time!) CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF BUFFERING Join us at Brooklyn's Littlefield for our first-ever Homecoming Weekend on October 16th & 17th. Tickets are on sale now — all information: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/live⁠⁠⁠⁠ READ (OR LISTEN TO!) SLAYERS, EVERY ONE OF US ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Jenny Owen Youngs | @jennyowenyoungs; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠jennyowenyoungs.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kristin Russo | @kristinnoeline; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kristinnoeline.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure | @bufferingcast on socials MUSIC | Theme song and jingles composed and performed by Jenny Owen Youngs | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PATREON | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/bufferingcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MERCH | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/shop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PODCAST SCHEDULE & EVENTS | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingcast.com/jennycalendar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Produced by: Kristin Russo & Jenny Owen Youngs Edited by: Kristin Russo Logo: 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. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.2	Hey there, it's Kristen up at the top of today's encore episode.
0:27.2	We are replaying for you our original coverage of Checkpoint, a season five episode with
0:34.4	Ira Madison, the third.
0:36.5	Of course, we're going to talk about all of the things like
0:39.4	Buffy not being paid and the patriarchy, all the things you would expect from buffering the
0:43.7	vampire slayer. It is a very fun lesson and we hope you enjoy. We are also in your feeds in a couple of days.
0:50.0	On Friday, we have a brand new Watchers diary and somehow next week is already July. So we will
0:57.2	be continuing encore episodes, but we are moving from special guests, our favorite special guests
1:02.2	of the original run, to some of our favorite cast interviews. So get excited for that. It's really
1:08.5	fun to revisit these if you already listen to them the first time, and we think that a lot of you have never heard them. So very happy to bring those to your ears. And actually, the one that we are slated to begin with is our interview with Christine Sutherland, who of course plays Joyce. And that has never been aired by itself in its entirety. We did things a little bit differently back in the
1:28.9	beginning of the pod. So we had part of Christine's interview in the band candy episode and then
1:34.5	the other piece of the Christine interview in the body. But we never had the start to finish
1:39.2	interview by itself. So it will be the first time for that. Whereas Jenny, who knows. Do you know what I mean? No, she had a music writing session. So it will be the first time for that. Where is Jenny? Who knows? Do you know what I mean? No,
1:46.2	she had a music writing session. So she's making music for you all. And I said that I would be brave
1:51.3	and do the intro all by myself. Two other items of business that you should know about. One,
1:57.6	tonight, if you're listening to this when it airs on Wednesday, tonight at 8.30 p.m.
2:02.6	We are doing a special Giles Watch to celebrate the memory of Anthony Stewart Head.
2:08.4	We'll be watching, speaking of, band Candy and a new man all together in the Discord.
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