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This episode will cover why Buffy matters in the world outside of Sunnydale. Names to know are Walter Fisher and his Narrative paradigm. The audio is a little iffy because of some mic problems they'll be fixed by episode 3 (I hope).

This episode deals with Season 1 only and focuses on the concepts of Law & Authority in BtVS. We'll be talking mostly about Flutie, Snyder, Giles and a little bit about Cordelia. This episode also deals with a sociologist Max Weber who gives us our working definitions of "authority", if you have some questions there is a good site in Linkage and here is a basic description of Weber's types of Authority.

I promised it Tuesday and here it is! Joyce and The Master are both covered in this podcast and I think the two of them share special outcast status in the BtVS authority structure. I will cover that more in the episode but I feel like neither of them function very effectively as authority figures and in the case of the master he leads through power not authority. Power and power relationships in Buffy is really a huge issue and something that we will be talking about in bits and pieces the whole time we have this podcast going so I only briefly touched on it here.

Allrighty here it is at long last the episode dealing with Season 2. I spent some time talking about the forces of Evil and their concepts of Authority through Spike, Angelus and The Anointed One. I think I will put one of the clips I did not include in the episode into the Library so look for that in the next day or so. This podcast comes in around 45 minutes so it's a touch longer but not obnoxious. I also cover Joyce's growth in S2 as well as Giles. I left off Mrs. Calendar and Snyder as I didn't feel they had a strong impact authority wise in the season, at least not more than they ever did. if you have thoughts on that please feel free to chew me out on the forums.

Hey all, I have decided to push Back L&O 3 in order to get some thoughts from you our gentle viewers. In re-watching Season 3 I think there is going to need to be a re-definition of authority starting in season 3 and moving forward. The Professor in the forums (L&O 2 Feedback) has really hit on a new way for us to do this and I think that his wiggins with Weber is entirely justified. This is a message to all of you to come to the forums and really talk to us about how you want us to do with this show. You can discuss the model for authority, you can talk about the format of the show, you can say my voice sounds funny. I want to hear what everyone thinks and this seemed like a great time to pause for reflection. If I get a great response form everyone we will make changes according to the feedback and get back on trucking if we have a harder time getting feedback then I will sit down with the listeners who come forward and develop something that suits this smaller group. If you like the show how it is let me know, if you want something more focused on forum discussions, okay. If you want something more along the lines of what Buffycast used to do, talking about story arcs and continuity we can do more of that. I originally made this to compliment Buffycast but since Revello hasn't been seen or heard from in several months I think we may want to re-consider some of our content. I didn't want to do what the Buffcast does which is a recitation of plot lines. But as we come up on Season 3 I am looking at a season that may require several hours of discussion and trying to find the right angle to come at it from without making it boring is proving to be a challenge. I also don't want to use Weber if he isn't working for people as a set of definitions. So please, chime in, be heard and make a difference.

Allrighty folks here it is at long last, weighing in around 15mb and 1 hour long the first of several podcasts dedicated to discussing authority and power in BtVS season 3. This episode covers in some detail the systems of power and authority based largely on the discussions in the forums. Thank you all for your feedback on this I think it has made a really excellent show. This episode has tried to do a brief (VERY brief) chronological overview of the season to get a flavor for where the shifts in authority occur. I apologize if it feels rushed and a little like BuffCast I assure you we will be covering a LOT more on this season. I plan to talk about the Mayor at length the relationships between Faith and both the mayor and the Scoobies and the influences of a corrupted system on the season as a whole. So we have at least one more full length episode (~60 min),a or 2-3 shorter ones (~30min) that I want to get out weekly (time willing).

It's all about Faith this episode. Special end Music is Faith/Fame (Remix By Abraham/Durst) which appears on Limp Bizkit's "New Old Songs"

This one is all about the mayor. This episode is our first in a good long while and so I apologize if it is a little scattered. I did this one without a lot of reviewing and outlining so it's more free form. Hope everyone enjoys it.

This episode deals with authority and the relationships Maggie Walsh has with our characters. There are some real substantive issues here, ideas of good and evil, concepts of emotionalattachment as a form of compliance gaining, real good stuff.

This episode, focused on Season 4 deals with the ideas of institutions and thier roles in social authority. A lot of the show deals with how the writers have protrayed the hierarchies of our world in a rather unpleasant light.

I was really pleased that I had enough material to really do a solid Season 5 episode. I spend some time dealing with Harmony as a big bad and her style of leadership as well as the divine paradigm that Joss & Co. set up with Glory and the Crusaders as well as some discussion about Buffy in her new role as big sister. Tied to the discussion about Buffy as big sister there are some references to Kenneth Burke, for some general info on him this Wikipedia article is very helpful.

This deals with 2 large issues in Season 6: the Trio & the Commodification of Power. I had thought about discussing the ideas of drugs (Willow's Magic) as a form of control, the re-definition of Giles' authority, and Xander's Authority as the best friend. But all of those seemed like smaller issues that might not be worth dealing with. If you'd like to discuss them let me know and I will do a 6.2.

Thanks so much to Revan for posting such an insightful and thought provoking post on the forums. This episode deals with 3 issues: Willow as an authority (Rites & Responsibilities), Giles' Lack of Ethos in S6 and Xander's Authority from Weakness. All three of these issues are pretty juicy and I think there will be a lot more for Giles to be doing in L&O 7 but for now we're tracing the shift that rendered him so inert during S6.