A special birthday episode for Aaron means Carlee finally had to watch Hayao Miyazaki's 'Princess Mononoke' alongside friend of the pod Rasheed Allahar. The gang discuss their early adventures in anime, the film's binary-subverting, modern mythmaking, and the absence of western auxiliaries in the realm of earnest animated fare. Then, we read a special report from The Intercept about the Motion Picture Association's efforts to deny vaccine access to the developing world. Read it here: https://theintercept.com/2021/04/27/covid-vaccine-copyright-hollywood-lobbyists/