The Art of Slaying - A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Retrospective

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Continuous Play Podcast: The Art of Slaying is a retrospective podcast of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer television series breaking down the themes, storylines and cultural significance of the Joss Wheddon production.

J. Newcastle and Brian Thomas


    • Apr 14, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 158 EPISODES


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    Episode 157: PTR Season 1 Episode 8 Time to Go to Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2018 49:18


    A demon that can bring hell to earth? Novel concept. J and Brian attempt to avoid the apocalypse... again.

    Episode 156: PTR Season 1 Episode 7 Gotta Have Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2018 47:17


    She's back and she's pissed. J. and Brian still believe there is good in this rogue slayer.

    Episode 155: PTR Season 1 Episode 6 The Past is Never the Past

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2018 35:27


    It always comes down to daddy issues... J. and Brian fight the demons of yesterday and today.

    Episode 154: PTR Season 1 Episode 5 Dangerous Liaisons Abound

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018 37:59


    Friends, babies, revelations and trust issues... J. and Brian deal with consequences of bad decisions.

    Episode 153: PTR Season 1 Episode 4 Here's to Love and Loss

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2018 44:01


    Hey I remember you... no you don't. J and Brian try to remember old friends.

    Episode 152: PTR Season 1 Episode 3 We All Have Baggage

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2017 39:14


    Brains... the new wedding cake. J. and Brian deal with anger issues and learn about feelings.

    Episode 151: PTR Season 1 Episode 2 Team Building

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2017 47:52


    Keep those hot pokers away from us... they look painful. J. and Brian make new friends and fight old enemies.

    Episode 150: PTR Season 1 Episode 1 City of

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2017 32:08


    Russell is going down! J. and Brian move to Los Angeles.

    Episode 149: PTR Season 1 Episode 0

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2017 15:32


    J. and Brian introduce you to Path to Redemption - An Angel Retrospective

    Episode 148: Season 7 and Series Wrap

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2014 59:38


    Looks like we made it. J and Brian close the doors on seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

    Episode 147: S7E22 Chosen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2014 51:30


    We are so ready to finish this! J and Brian burn down the town in Chosen.

    Episode 146: S7E21 End of Days

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2014 32:30


    Behind every good woman is a man trying to kill her. J. and Brian prepare for End of Days.

    Episode 145: S7E20 Touched

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2014 23:39


    Nothing like pending doom to make everyone feel a bit randy. J. and Brian get tender with Touched.

    Episode 144: S7E19 Empty Places

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2014 25:20


    This is not a democracy, it's a slayocrasy. J. and Brian cast their ballots into Empty Places.

    Episode 143: S7E18 Dirty Girls

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2014 25:10


    Welcome back, Faith. Please don't kill anyone. J and Brian discuss the sitch of Dirty Girls.

    Episode 142: S7E17 Lies My Parents Told Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2014 32:46


    At least Spike and Wood aren't the sons of Norma Bates. J. and Brian go psycho over Lies My Parents Told Me.

    Episode 141: S7E16 Storyteller

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2014 18:16


    Did we need a reason to spill Andrew's blood? J. and Brian settle by the fireside for Storyteller.

    Episode 140: S7E15 Get It Done

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2014 21:25


    The Spirit of the First Slayer must get tired of these little chin wags. J and Brian go through the portal to Get It Done.

    Episode 139: S7E14 First Date

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2014 22:07


    Not even the strangest first date Buffy's had in her life. J and Brian share some secrets on First Date.

    Episode 138: S7E13 The Killer In Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2014 21:58


    New meaning to kiss me deadly. J and Brian hold on to the past with The Killer In Me.

    Episode 137: S7E12 Potential

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2014 21:47


    If only there was a midichlorian test for Slayers. J and Brian pick the best from Potential.

    Episode 136: S7E11 Showtime

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2014 30:08


    Hear us fear , we are facing you. J and Brian conjure up old magic because it's showtime.

    Episode 135: S7E10 Bring on the Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2014 26:05


    Good to see Nosferatu getting some work. J and Brian prepare to Bring on the Night.

    Episode 134: S7E9 Never Leave Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2014 23:12


    Who knew butcher shops were apocalypse recession proof? J and Brian stock up on meat for Never Leave Me.

    Episode 133: S7E8 Sleeper

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2014 26:56


    Always figured Spikes trigger word would be something more British. J and Brian await to activate Sleeper.

    Episode 132: S7E7 Conversations with Dead People

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2014 35:43


    The plan is to talk these people to death? Good luck with that. J and Brian explore their verbose sides during Conversations With Dead People.

    Episode 131: S7E6 Him

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2014 21:01


    Who knew a letterman jacket held that much power? J and Brian burn the jacket in Him.

    Episode 130: S7E5 Selfless

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2014 23:12


    So that's where Anya, I mean Aud's, fear of bunnies comes from. J and Brian side with humanity in Selfless.

    Episode 129: S7E4 Help

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2014 24:21


    Red robes, candles, and a demon can't stop her, but natural causes are a bitch. J and Brian try to save Help.

    Episode 128: S7E3 Same Time, Same Place

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2013 22:48


    He may be a flesh eating monster, but at least he is there for me. J and Brian peel the skin off Same Time, Same Place

    Episode 127: S7E2 Beneath You

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2013 22:54


    What kind of fish could you catch with that worm? J and Brian try to decipher Beneath You.

    Episode 126: S7E1 Lessons

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2013 39:00


    Because the basement of the old school is the first place I would hide. J and Brian try to make sense of Lessons.

    Episode 125: Season 6 Extra: Chance

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2013 38:11


    What if Spike and Tara were just twentysomething platonic friends? J and Brian take a look at Amber Benson's directorial effort in Chance.

    Episode 124: Season 6 Wrap

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2013 20:52


    New channel, new problems, but was it worth it? J and Brian offer final thoughts on the Season 6 of Buffy

    Episode 123: S6E21 and 22 Two to Go and Grave

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2013 49:47


    Love...it sucks and it heals. J and Brian go from the cliffs to the caves for Two to Go and Grave.

    Episode 122: S6E20 Villians

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2013 28:24


    First I'm gonna skin ya, then I'm gonna fry ya. J and Brian get their revenge on in Villians.

    Episode 121: S6E19 Seeing Red

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2013 30:23


    Invincibility and all these nerds can do is rob an armored car? J and Brian open up the door on Seeing Red.

    Episode 120: S6E18 Entropy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2013 24:38


    Vampire love is nothing new in Sunnydale. J and Brian peak in on Entropy

    Episode 119: S6E17 Normal Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2013 24:50


    When your fantasy world sucks more than your real life you got problems. J and Brian snap back and forth for Normal again.

    Episode 118: S6E16 Hell's Bells

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2013 24:35


    In Sunnydale cold feet could be jitters or amputation. J and Brian put on their tuxes for Hells Bell's.

    Episode 117: S6E15 As You Were

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2013 20:52


    That awkward moment all over again. J and Brian meet the ex's new flame in As You Were.

    Episode 116: S6E14 Older and Far Away

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2013 25:58


    Can this party be over? I want to go home. J and Brian try to escape from Older and Far Away.

    Episode 115: S6E13 Dead Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2013 28:32


    Way to go from stupid criminals to hardcore criminals. J and Brian put on gloves to touch Dead Things.

    Episode 114: S6E12 Doublemeat Palace

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2013 25:59


    Why, yes, I will have fries with that? J. and Brian work drive-thru at Doublemeat Palace.

    Episode 113: S6E11 Gone

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2013 28:53


    Yet another reason to dislike Calista Flockhart. J and Brian hit up the salon for Gone.

    Episode 112: S6E10 Wrecked

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2013 25:22


    Talk about waking up in strange places. J and Brian do the walk of shame after a night of Wrecked.

    Episode 111: S6E9 Smashed

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2013 26:36


    Amy is back, and she's a bad, bad girl. J and Brian conjure up some fun in Smashed.

    Episode 110: S6E8 Tabula Rasa

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2013 28:11


    Randy Giles? Oh come on. J and Brian try to remember who they are in Tabula Rasa.

    Episode 109: S6E7 Once More With Feeling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2013 38:07


    Don't you love it when you just burst into song out of nowhere? J and Brian give you something to sing about in Once More With Feeling.

    Episode 108: S6E6 All the Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2013 28:08


    I hate it when my dates turn demonic all of a sudden. J and Brian sneak out of the house for All the Way.

    Episode 107: S6E5 Life Serial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2013 24:20


    Would be better with marshmallows. J and Brian pour up a bowl of Life Serial.

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