Hop on the cat bus. We're headed to Japan for Trizaki.

Join us this December for a month long exploration of the trees of Studio Gibley and the films of Hio Miyasaki.

Just like completely arbitrary, Miyasaki's filmography is focused on our relationship with the

natural world.

So each week we'll dive into the colorful world of a studio gibley movie and talk about a tree important to its story.

We've taken inspiration for tree-related topics from four meazaki classics, including my neighbor Todaro, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind,

and Princess Monanoke.

We're turning Miyazaki into Triazaki.

Get it? We'll see a Thursday, December 7th for our first episode on the classic

Spirited O'Wight, here on completely arbitrary. Here on Completely Arbitrary, the

podcast about trees and other related topics. I am one of your hosts,

Alex Croson, and of course the other host here is Casey Club.

Hi Casey.

Hello Alex, good day to you.

A very good day to you, my good chap.

Yes, thank you.

The sun is out. the sky is shining no yes

clouds are on the way actually it hasn't rained in weeks that I mean just more than

one week oh it's just been frightfully cold. Right for the cold. Yeah, actually it's been kind of like normally cold.

Frightfully you think so? It hasn't been like in the teens here and there. Well, yeah, that's that's extremely frightful that's terrifyingly cold yeah that's like your

your mouth is frozen into a ghoulish figure yeah oh like Jack Nicholson in the shining

uh... kaysi yeah you Jack Nicholson in the shining. Exactly. Casey, you and I are taken a week off from the show.

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