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Presented by Recovering Gleek, a spoiler free Buffy the Vampire Slayer rewatch podcast, hosted by two long time friends, Lena Conatser and Ian Allred, and looked at through a queer lens. New episodes every Wednesday!
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Follow us! @rgpresents_podcast
 Support this podcast: patreon.com/recoveringgleek
Episodes
- 2025 / 12 / 10BTVS S2E15 PhasesTeenage boys are like werewolves, their hormones take hold and completely lose control. And they sometimes grow fur and crave human flesh
- 2025 / 12 / 3BTVS S2E14 InnocenceIT'S A BIG ONE! Young love is hard, sometimes you realize they don't feel the same way about you, and sometimes you find that out because they go on a killing spree.
- 2025 / 11 / 26BTVS S2E13 SurpriseWhat do you get the Slayer who has everything? Bad dreams that portend trouble for her boyfriend and a disembodied arm
- 2025 / 11 / 19BTVS S2E12 Bad EggsBalancing your school and personal life is hard enough and now you've got to parent an egg for health class? AND take down the hive mind that is quickly infecting your entire town??
- 2025 / 11 / 12BTVS S2E11 TedIs your mom's new boyfriend actually a girl hating cyborg or do you just not want her to be happy?
- 2025 / 11 / 5BtVS S2E10 What's My Line Pt 2A little rivalry can push you to be better, and help you thwart the ancient ritual that's going to kill your undead boyfriend
- 2025 / 10 / 29BtVS S2E9 What's My Line Pt 1As a teenager the prospect of what you'll do with your life can seem overwhelming, as can being hunted down by a team of supernatural bounty hunters
- 2025 / 10 / 22BtVS S2E8 The Dark AgeThere comes a time in your growing up when you realize the adults in your life are flawed human beings just like you, and that they may have accidentally summoned a sleepwalker demon decades ago that has now...
- 2025 / 10 / 15BtVS S2E7 Lie to MeNo one knows you like an old friend, and sometimes they use that knowledge to manipulate you into sacrificing yourself to a demon worshiping death cult
- 2025 / 10 / 8BtVS S2E6 Halloween (ft CryBaby)CryBaby of Whorroricon Podcast joins us to discuss Buffy's first Halloween special.Halloween is a special night when you can try on a new persona, and sometimes that persona takes over and makes you choke out...
- 2025 / 10 / 1BtVS S2E5 Reptile BoyBe wary of college boys who want to party with high school girls. At best they're creeps, at worst they are cultists bent on sacrificing you to an ancient snake demon who's the physical embodiment of the...
- 2025 / 10 / 1BtVS S3E5 Reptile BoyBe wary of college boys who want to party with high school girls. At best they're creeps, at worst they are cultists bent on sacrificing you to an ancient snake demon who's the physical embodiment of the...
- 2025 / 9 / 24BtVS S2E4 Inca Mummy GirlA new student can really change the dynamic of the friend group, especially when they are centuries old and have to suck the life out of people to keep living.
- 2025 / 9 / 17BtVS S2E3 School HardYour mom thinks you're a screw up, your teachers are out to get you, your boss won't get off your back, and a punk rock vampire takes your family and friends hostage on the night of the parent teacher...
- 2025 / 9 / 10BtVS S2E2 Some Assembly RequiredLove makes you do the whacky, like reanimating your dead brother, sewing together corpses, and kidnapping and plotting to kill your classmate.
- 2025 / 9 / 3BtVS S2E1 When She Was BadIT'S SEASON 2!!!! Buffy's back from summer vacation and struggles to get back into the groove of classes, friends, and being revived after a centuries old vampire king killed her.
- 2025 / 8 / 275th Birthday Livestream!In honor of 5 years of podcasting we watched The Hurt Locker Part 1 & 2 with some of our patrons! Here is our commentary on the episodes so you can watch along with us and hear our live thoughts. Thank...
- 2025 / 8 / 6BtVS Season 1 Wrap UpA look back at season 1 with superlatives, emails, and season 2 predictions
- 2025 / 7 / 30BtVS S1E12 Prophecy GirlWhen your crush doesn't like you back it can really feel like the end of the world. Especially when it coincides with the Vampire King gaining the ability to walk above ground, a Lovecraftian monster bursting...
- 2025 / 7 / 23BtVS S1E11 Out of Mind, Out of SightSometimes at school you can feel invisible, and then you use that invisibility to torture and mutilate the people who ignored you.
- 2025 / 7 / 16BtVS S1E10 NightmaresHigh school can be a real nightmare! Especially when a local kid with psychic abilities falls into a coma causing everyone's bad dreams to come to life
- 2025 / 7 / 9BtVS S1E9 The Puppet ShowBuffy and friends deal with the teen struggles of stage fright, and a mystical force killing off their classmates in the school talent show.
- 2025 / 7 / 2BtVS S1E8 I, Robot...You JaneWillow learns the hard way that people you meet online could actually be much older than they say. Like centuries older. And also a demon.
- 2025 / 6 / 25BtVS S1E7 AngelIt's a big one! Buffy discovers the mysterious older man she's been dating has a big secret, and an ex girlfriend who wants to kill her. First love man.
- 2025 / 6 / 18BtVS S1E6 The PackXander falls in with a group of kids who are a bad influence on him. They pick on other kids, they don't take school seriously, and they eat people alive, because they are actually hyena spirits in the bodies...
- 2025 / 6 / 11BtVS S1E5 Never Kill a Boy on the First DateBuffy has a date with a cute boy in her class but, aw man, it's the same night as the apocalypse! Can she balance her double life, or will millions of people die by her negligence? Tune in to find out!
- 2025 / 6 / 4BtVS S1E4 Teacher's PetXander's been bit by the love bug, but its for his teacher! Who's also a literal bug and is going to bite his head off. Teen crushes are tough, man.
- 2025 / 5 / 28Listener ThoughtsWe are discussing your thoughts on the show, Dr Who, which member of the New Directions would be a Slayer, and the Master serving.
- 2025 / 5 / 21BtVS S1E3 The WitchRemember your one friend in high school who's parent was way too overbearing and controlling over their life? And remember that one time when their parent took up witchcraft and swapped bodies with them...
- 2025 / 5 / 14BtVS S1E2 The HarvestBuffy and co work to thwart the Master's master (get it?) plan to walk above ground, Xander struggles to kill his best friend turned vampire, and the Master and Luke are definitely hooking up
- 2025 / 5 / 7BtVS S1E1 Welcome to the HellmouthNEW SHOW NEW PODCAST! We're leaving the halls of McKinley and heading to Sunnydale High as we talk about our history with Buffy, what we love about the Scoobies, and Darla being an uninformed citizen.
- 2025 / 4 / 16The Last Episode of Recovering GleekA check in and a few listener emails while we prep to release SLAY!!! A Queer Buffy Podcast
- 2025 / 4 / 2The One Where We Find Out What's Happening NextOKAY WE'RE FINALLY ANNOUNCING WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE POD AND PUTTING THINGS IN MOTION GET EXCITED. Also talking Smosh and Ian's experience in Matilda the Musical.
- 2025 / 3 / 19Amicable ExesThe gabbers gab about Mayhem, Survivor, dating each other, and more
- 2025 / 3 / 12Sick BrainLena and an ill Ian read an email and talk about the Traitors finale
- 2025 / 3 / 5That's Such a Good ThoughtWe're reading listener emails about saying goodbye to Glee!
- 2025 / 2 / 19Final Gleewind: Recovering Gleek PilotFor the end of our Glee era we are going back to the beginning. We are relistening to the first episode of Recovering Gleek: A Glee Podcast and reflecting on how we've changed, how our feelings about the show...
- 2025 / 2 / 12Sporty Spice in the ChatGO ELGSES! We're talking about the Super Bowl and reading listener emails about favorite Glee episodes
- 2025 / 2 / 5Gleewind: Our Favorite EpisodesAs we wrap up our time with Glee, we are talking about our FOUR FAVORITE EPISODES. Glee's peak (in our opinion), what Glee is to us, the plot lines we think about the most frequently.Ian's picks:Pilot,...
- 2025 / 1 / 29Becoming Each Other's BeardsThis week we are falling in love with each other by doing (an incredibly abridged version of) 36 Questions to fall in love. As well as some listener emails about yearning after people who don't want us back...
- 2025 / 1 / 22Gleewind: National Show Choir CompetitionThis week we are taking a look back at the New Directions' 66% losing record as we visit the best and worst set lists, original songs, and rank all12 competition episodesEpisodes discussed this week areNew...
- 2025 / 1 / 15I Feel Shame and EmbarrassmentThis week we are talking extensively about reality TV old and new, and getting into an indepth analysis of which characters in Les Mis are or are not divas.
- 2025 / 1 / 8Gleewind: Diva Offs ft Andrew McGuireGleek of the Week's own song showdown professional Andrew McGuire joins to determine who won each of the 13 diva offs over the course of Glee and compare rankings of diva offs, best to worst
- 2025 / 1 / 12024 WrappedBaby New Year and Father Time are here to take a look back at some of our favorite songs, movies, tv shows, and more from the last year
- 2024 / 12 / 25Gleewind: Christmas EpisodesChristmas day will always be just as long as we have GLEE.We queen out over the highs and lows of Glee's Christmas specials, what songs we wish they had covered, what songs we wish they hadn't covered, and...
- 2024 / 12 / 18Rachel Survivor 47 Winner TrutherWe chat about our Survivor Finale predictions, Blaine not reporting the rock salt slushee to the police, and our memories of Christmas past
- 2024 / 12 / 11Gleewind: Alfonso Stans Only Pt 2We're giving our fave Glee director his deserved Academy Award, Emmys be damned, as we talk about the last 4 episodes directed by Alfonso Gomez Rejon.Episodes covered this week areAsian FMichaelBritney 2.0The...
- 2024 / 12 / 4A Bit of WhimsyThis week we are talking about reality TV, Christmas traditions, and millennial school games
- 2024 / 11 / 27Gleewind: Alfonso Stans Only Pt 1This Gleewind is super sized as we talk about the 8 episodes directed by our fave, Alfonos Gomez Rejon. This week we tackle his first 4 and discuss why Laryngitis means so much to us, Alfonso's understanding...
- 2024 / 11 / 20Let's Make Judith Hoag Gay FamousHAPPY WICKED WEEK! We are chatting about Ian's SNL experience (and SNL crush), the drag personas of the New Directions, and GOING HEAD TO HEAD IN THE ULTIMATE FICTIONAL SHOW CHOIR SHOW DOWN.