Encore Episode: “Beer Bad” Live from NYC's Littlefield | A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast
August 12, 2026
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5 min read"We Were Not Okay": The Live Show That Proved Two People Could Hold It Together Onstage
The night of this live recording at Littlefield in Brooklyn, Jenny had hand-washed a pair of underwear with a hair dryer to make sound check on time. Kristen's homemade shirt read "Fuck Off Parker." Jenny's read "I Love Hunks"—something she could wear every day. Weeks earlier, they had announced their divorce. "If we do a live show," Kristen remembers thinking, "then everyone will know we're okay." The truth, she now admits: "We were not okay." But on that stage, for that hour, they carved out a window where divorce didn't exist. "The only time that Jenny and I were okay at this point in time was when we were doing exactly what we're doing."
The Episode They Came For: "Beer Bad" and Its Strange Virtues
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:03) **Ad: Geico** - Pre-show ad read.
- 2 (00:20) **Ad: Pepsi** - Pre-show ad read.
- 3 (00:44) **Live Show Intro & Context** - Jenny and Kristen introduce this "Encore" live recording of "Beer Bad" from Littlefield in Brooklyn, and reflect on the emotional state they were in during the taping.
- 4 (06:14) **Live Show Begins: Crowd Work & Episode Setup** - The hosts engage the audience and set up the episode's premise and some trivia.
- 5 (14:46) **Previously On & Parker Rant** - The hosts recap the "Previously On" segment, focusing on their hatred for Parker and the introduction of Veruca.
- 6 (18:38) **Psychology Class & Xander's New Job** - The hosts analyze the psychology class scene and Xander's new bartending job.
- 7 (24:34) **Buffy's Pain & The Pub** - The hosts discuss Buffy's lingering hurt over Parker and the introduction of Riley at the pub.
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Show Notes
There's beer! There's a history of alewives! There's a fresh divorce! Please enjoy our encore airing of "Beer Bad," live from Brooklyn's Littlefield. Special guests Louis Pietzman, Kathy Tu, and Heather Hogan join us — and the beer is good, actually.
This episode originally aired on July 17, 2018
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