Greetings.

And welcome to House of our.

Wow.

A Ringerverse podcast on the Ringer Podcast Network.

I'm Mallory Rubin. Joining me today in the city of

Los Angeles, we've got chemistry, history, plus the real shit. Shared trauma. It's Joanna Robinson.

Wait, so you want to talk about episode seven of season two of Stranger Things already? Is that we meant by shared trauma? Yeah, that's what the entire pod is going to be about today, the lost sister, Callie, eight. What a thrill to be sitting here with you, Mallory Rubin. Can't believe it. Can't believe it. What an honor. A pleasure, a privilege, a joy. I was told that we would be podcasting on the couch so that we could be entangled in each other's arms the entire time.

No, specifically asked not to be on the couch.

But just an absolute joy, not only to be with you in the flesh in person, to be with you podcasting,

welcome back.

We've missed you dearly every second of every day, every moment

of every week, every week of every month. But we get to reunite to talk about Stranger Things

Season 2. Yeah. Revisited. Something we were supposed to do. Doesn't matter. A month ago.

Part of the story is about like the nature of time and all that so it doesn't matter and then yeah

Joanna Mallory it is a curse to see so clearly marie balman taught me that but what it does help

us with is programming reminders next week it's happening it's happening we will be beginning our Buffy journey together. Last night, you and I talked about entangle on the couch. You and I spent five hours. Yeah. More than us tonight. Yeah. On a couch together watching Buffy Season 1 together. And it was a dreamy experience. And I can't wait to podcast with you about it. It was fantastic. Who else was else was there? Halo. Yep, he was there. Adam was in the other room. Adam was in the other room, but Halo is with us in the couch. Hilo was dialed in. He was watching. Thank you so much to everyone who covered for me while I was gone, I should say, and to you for picking up all the slack while I was gone. You did incredible job, obviously, as always.

If everyone, if anyone listening or watching is wondering, Joanna, why don't you have a list of things that you love about Mallory Rubin ready? Well, do not fret. I have that list ready.

We're not going to do it today. I'm going to wait until you and Rob and I are together on the

alien pod so I can dish it back to both of you. Will you be coming back to L.A. next week so that you can do it in person? It's a good question. Something to think about. Something to think about. Something to think about. Do you want to just live in your backyard forever? You have a standing invite, as the kids say, and as you know, we will also, in addition

to Buffy next week, be potting about Alien Earth.

So that's a thrill.

That's exciting.

...