Penis, Demon, Money, Snake: Lani Diane Rich on "Reptile Boy"

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🗓️ 20 August 2025

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The wonderful, brilliant Lani Diane Rich is with us today in defense of Buffy's "Reptile Boy"!! We go deep into what makes a good episode of Buffy (can you hear us, new Buffy writers room?!), consider various snakes-as-penis-demons throughout the show, and discuss what may be at the core of the series — a little sentiment called "to the pain"!!! LEARN MORE ABOUT LANI DIANE RICH The Year of Writing MagicallyStill Pretty + Still Dead IN EPISODE LINKS Passion of the Nerd OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK! OUR BOOK IS HEEEEERE! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠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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0:00.0	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 with our boyfriends.
1:16.1	Bufferingass.com slash live.
1:17.9	Music Dear God, or gods, or goddesses, or, you know, just sort of any all-powerful beings that might be listening to the pod, I'm sure there are many.
1:51.2	Forgive us in our delinquency.
1:54.6	It has been 10,000 years since we have talked to the great and powerful.
2:00.5	Lonnie Diane Rich, who is here today. I can't
2:03.2	believe it. Oh my God. I'm so excited. It's so wonderful to see your beautiful faces. You're amazing.
2:10.4	We're so excited. Thank you so much for being here. So excited. And our listenership is so excited, too,
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