With Hayao Miyazaki’s new movie, ‘The Boy and the Heron,’ imminently coming to theaters, Erika sits down with The Ringer’s Mallory Rubin to talk about magical and animal friendships in fantasy stories. They talk about ‘The Never Ending Story,’ ‘E.T.,’ a whole host of Miyazaki films, and some of their favorite fantasy book series like ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘His Dark Materials,’ and ‘Lord of the Rings.’

Host: Erika Ramirez

Guest: Mallory Rubin

Producer: Sasha Ashall

Theme Music: Devon Renaldo

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