Bored Now Podcast

Welcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl. We’re kicking off Season 2 a little early with a very special bonus episode. Season 2 officially returns in late summer 2026, but first I got to sit down with Eisner Award-winning comic writer Kelly Thompson. We talk all about her love of Buffy, what it’s like stepping into the world of Ms. Summers, and the...

Welcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl. This week, we are closing out Season One with the episode that changed everything... Prophecy Girl. I am joined by my friend Galen, and truly, I have never laughed so much recording an episode of this podcast. We talk about the weight of destiny, Buffy finally being told she is going to die, and why this ep...

Welcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl. This week, I am joined by Val The Buffy Gal as we dive into Season 1, Episode 11... Out of Mind, Out of Sight. Val and I bond over our shared love for Marci and why this episode hits so hard, especially for anyone who has ever felt invisible or overlooked. We talk about finding pieces of ourselves through B...

Welcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl. This week, I am joined by ryahnerdsout as we dive into Season 1, Episode 10... Nightmares. This episode taps into some of the darkest emotional undercurrents of early Buffy, and we unpack all of it together. We talk about Hank Summers and his abandonment of Buffy and Dawn, our shared admiration for Season F...

Welcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl. This week, we are entering the gloriously weird world of Season 1, Episode 9... The Puppet Show. This episode is pure chaotic camp in the best way, giving us cursed dummies, talent show trauma, and Giles questioning every life choice he has ever made. In this breakdown, I dig into why this episode works bet...

Welcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl. This week, we are diving into one of the most divisive episodes in all of Season One... I Robot You Jane. For years, this episode has been the fandom punching bag, but when you really sit with it, there is a surprisingly emotional core beneath the clunky 90s tech and ancient demon in a modem energy. In this...

Welcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl. This week, I am joined by Best Selling Author and Poet Alicia Cook as we dive into Season 1, Episode 7... Angel. Alicia and I both share a deep, lifelong love for our favorite brooding vampire with the amazing cheekbones, so trust me... this conversation gets juicy. We talk about our mutual Angel obsession,...

Welcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl. This week, I am joined by my friend Charles Swint, host of A Girl, A Guy, and A Buffy Podcast. Charles has worked in theater for twenty five years and is a lifelong Buffy fan, so you already know the conversation gets good. Together, we are diving into Season 1, Episode 6... The Pack. We are unpacking the h...

Welcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl. This week, we’re diving into Season 1, Episode 5... Never Kill A Boy On The First Date. Buffy’s just trying to have one normal night out, but the Hellmouth has other plans. Between the prophecies, the awkward romance, and Giles clutching his pearls at the thought of Buffy dating, it’s peak early Buffy chaos...

Welcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl. This week we’re sinking our fangs into Episode 4 of Season 1... Teacher’s Pet. For years, this one lived in my personal Buffy graveyard. A Xander-centric, hot-for-teacher story that had me rolling my eyes since I was twelve. Between the trope overload and his treatment of Buffy, it was an episode I swore I’...

Welcome back to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl. This week, we’re diving broom first into Episode 3 of Season 1... The Witch. Joining me is Author, Actor, Producer and one of my best friends, Anthony Brownlee... . Together we’re unpacking one of the first truly iconic Buffy episodes... the one that taught us high school cheer tryouts can literally kill. W...

Welcome to the premiere episode of Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by me, The Final Gurl. You asked for it (a lot), and after enough late-night comment scrolling and Hellmouth-level peer pressure, here we are. This podcast was born because of you ... the Scooby Squad who kept saying, “Final Gurl, when are you starting a Buffy podcast?” For the longest time, I honestly didn’t t...

Welcome to Bored Now: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast hosted by The Final Gurl Every Tuesday, we dive deep into the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer ... episode by episode, season by season. Expect smart commentary, unfiltered opinions, laughs, and plenty of Hellmouth-level chaos. Whether you’re a die-hard Scooby or a casual fan revisiting Sunnydale, this podcast is your weekly dose of nostalg...