Best Lena Conatser Podcasts (2025)

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BtVS S2E9 What's My Line Pt 1 1:55:23

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As 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 huntersBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S2E8 The Dark Age 1:33:26

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There 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 returned to kill everyone.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S2E7 Lie to Me 1:51:23

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No one knows you like an old friend, and sometimes they use that knowledge to manipulate you into sacrificing yourself to a demon worshiping death cultBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S2E6 Halloween (ft CryBaby) 2:17:27

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By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S2E5 Reptile Boy 1:22:32

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Be 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 patriarchyBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S2E4 Inca Mummy Girl 1:37:19

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A 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.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S2E3 School Hard 2:09:43

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Your 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 conference.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S2E2 Some Assembly Required 1:16:31

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Love makes you do the whacky, like reanimating your dead brother, sewing together corpses, and kidnapping and plotting to kill your classmate.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S2E1 When She Was Bad 1:27:11

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IT'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.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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5th Birthday Livestream! 2:09:10

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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 you for 5 years!By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS Season 1 Wrap Up 2:23:06

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A look back at season 1 with superlatives, emails, and season 2 predictionsBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S1E12 Prophecy Girl 1:51:19

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When 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 through the floor of your school, and a prophecy foretelling your death.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S1E11 Out of Mind, Out of Sight 1:13:49

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Sometimes at school you can feel invisible, and then you use that invisibility to torture and mutilate the people who ignored you.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S1E10 Nightmares 1:24:04

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High 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 lifeBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S1E9 The Puppet Show 1:19:06

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Buffy and friends deal with the teen struggles of stage fright, and a mystical force killing off their classmates in the school talent show.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S1E8 I, Robot...You Jane 1:40:15

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Willow learns the hard way that people you meet online could actually be much older than they say. Like centuries older. And also a demon.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S1E7 Angel 1:44:09

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It'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.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S1E6 The Pack 1:23:29

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Xander 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 of human teenagers.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S1E5 Never Kill a Boy on the First Date 1:19:58

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Buffy 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!By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S1E4 Teacher's Pet 1:29:16

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Xander'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.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Listener Thoughts 1:05:18

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We are discussing your thoughts on the show, Dr Who, which member of the New Directions would be a Slayer, and the Master serving.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S1E3 The Witch 1:19:12

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Remember 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 leading to a malicious Freaky Friday? And then their parent in your friends body tried to poison and then axe murder you? That's what this episode …

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BtVS S1E2 The Harvest 1:18:09

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Buffy 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 upBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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BtVS S1E1 Welcome to the Hellmouth 1:35:32

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NEW 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.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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The Last Episode of Recovering Gleek 53:14

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A check in and a few listener emails while we prep to release SLAY!!! A Queer Buffy PodcastBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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The One Where We Find Out What's Happening Next 1:17:27

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OKAY 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.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Amicable Exes 1:14:13

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The gabbers gab about Mayhem, Survivor, dating each other, and moreBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Sick Brain 27:46

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Lena and an ill Ian read an email and talk about the Traitors finaleBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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That's Such a Good Thought 1:19:29

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We're reading listener emails about saying goodbye to Glee!By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Final Gleewind: Recovering Gleek Pilot 3:12:11

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For 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 have changed, and what we hope the future brings. Thank you all for joining us these past few years!…

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Sporty Spice in the Chat 53:53

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GO ELGSES! We're talking about the Super Bowl and reading listener emails about favorite Glee episodesBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Gleewind: Our Favorite Episodes 2:22:48

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As 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, Duets Lena's picks: Laryngitis, The Hurt Locker Part 2By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Becoming Each Other's Beards 1:22:05

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This 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 and what the best New Directions setlist is.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Gleewind: National Show Choir Competition 2:07:50

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This 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 episodes Episodes discussed this week are New York Nationals City of AngelsBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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I Feel Shame and Embarrassment 1:26:30

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This 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.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Gleewind: Diva Offs ft Andrew McGuire 3:00:07

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Gleek 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 worstBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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2024 Wrapped 1:44:24

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Baby 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 yearBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Gleewind: Christmas Episodes 2:08:39

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Christmas 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 Quinn texting and driving in every universe. Episodes covered in this week are A Very Glee Christmas Extraordinary Merry Christmas Glee Actuall…

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Rachel Survivor 47 Winner Truther 52:52

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We chat about our Survivor Finale predictions, Blaine not reporting the rock salt slushee to the police, and our memories of Christmas pastBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Gleewind: Alfonso Stans Only Pt 2 2:54:54

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We'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 are Asian F Michael Britney 2.0 The Break UpBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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A Bit of Whimsy 37:39

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This week we are talking about reality TV, Christmas traditions, and millennial school gamesBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Gleewind: Alfonso Stans Only Pt 1 1:52:44

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This 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 of the world of Glee, and pretend we know anything about film theory. Episodes covered this week are Laryngitis Grilled Cheesus A Very Glee Ch…

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Let's Make Judith Hoag Gay Famous 1:23:18

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HAPPY 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.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Gleewind: Gleegionals 2:25:33

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It's Regionals for Regionals. Did Glee peak with Journey to Regionals? How do Marley's original songs stack up against Rachel's? Is Candles the worst number every performed at a competition? How does Lena feel about On My Way after watching it for the third time in a matter of weeks? All this and more! (more being discussion of seeing Darren Criss'…

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They're Parentifying Her! 1:11:25

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This week we've got EMAILS EMAILS EMAILS! We talk Broadway, why Glee didn't have more Halloween episodes, and create fantasy Glee ClubsBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Gleewind: HOLIDAY SPECIAL(s) 2:31:28

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Pink goes good with Glee! This week we're talking how Glee tackles every holiday that doesn't involve a jolly old elf (maybe stay tuned for Christmas specials?) We chat about Glee's winning streak of Valentine's specials, change our tune on the Rocky Horror Glee Show, and plan our perfect season 3 Halloween special that never was. Episodes discusse…

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Harshing the Vibe 1:03:20

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Halloween comes early as we discuss horror movies, our holiday plans (or lack thereof), and the best iteration of the Addams FamilyBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Gleewind: Mash Off 1:43:34

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It's a mash off smack down for the crown (the crown being nonexistent and the winner never once being declared) as we discuss the annual New Directions Boys vs Girls Mash Off. Episodes discussed are Vitamin D Never Been Kissed Mash Off Boys (and Girls) on FilmBy Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Moon 2 1:06:28

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Reading our charts from Cafe Astrology and learning a little about life, the stars, and each other in the process. Also Ian thought the new Aubrey Plaza movie was about the age of dilemma of would you fight or **** your clone.By Ian Allred & Lena Conatser

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Gleewind: Western Ohio Sectionals 2:20:06

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We're revisiting ever Western Ohio Show Choir Sectionals to talk the best songs, funniest competition, most exciting plotlines, and that one time Quinn tried to report Shelby for sleeping with a student and everyone acted like she was insane for doing so??? Episodes discussed this week are Season 1 Sectionals Season 2 Special Education Season 3 Hol…