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New Merch: Challenge Coin
Breathing in spite of all those throat spiders is quite the achievement. You deserve a challenge coin.
TUES MAY 23: Hang out w/Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
Heya friends! Joseph and I are hosting another zoom hangout tomorrow, Tuesday May 23, at 6pm ET (New York City time).Come talk to us about woodchucks, legend of zelda, summer travels, Night Vale, or anything really. Just come join us. These are always super fun.ZOOM LINK (waiting room in effect till 6pm start):https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85694386943?pwd=alBOU20yaTVwMjgvUkVoN05uMUs5QT09
New Merch: There Is No Proof You Exist T-shirt
What is existence anyway?Available here.Visit the store.
The Final Haunting
Recently we completed the final leg of The Haunting of Night Vale. The final days of tour are always difficult because you’ve developed an attachment to the story, fine tuned your performance, and then you have to let it go. This final leg of tour was short but we had an amazing time with multiple sold out shows, amazing audiences and beautiful theatres. We have so much fun at our shows from sound check to curtain call, but as you can see we al...
New Merch: Sticker Pack
Four amazing designs by Dev O'Reilly. Collect them here.
In Praise of Jeffrey Cranor
In the last Director's Notes (available to all patron members above the free level), Jeffrey said some very nice things about funny jokes I've added to his scripts. So I would like to take this second to talk about the comedy writing of Jeffrey Cranor. And I'll use a paragraph from one of our very first episodes, The Shape in Grove Park. (I actually was the primary writer of that episode, but our process was different back then. Inste...
Director's Notes: 228 - Diplomacy
The way we write Night Vale episodes is one of us does the first draft and then passes it to the other. That other person does tweaks and then passes it back to the original writer for approval. Once the script is approved, it’s sent on to Cecil Baldwin and Disparition for recording and mixing.Sometimes the scripts get held up between Joseph Fink and me with questions about continuity, character arcs, confusing wording, etc. But most of the tim...
Episode 228 - Diplomacy Illustration
Councilmember Flynn tries a new approach.Listen here.Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it here.
228 - Diplomacy
Councilmember Flynn tries a new approach.Weather: “Rearview“ by Not Jupiter https://wearenotjupiter.bandcamp.com/Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth http://www.jessica-hayworth.com/Episode transcripts http://welcometonightvale.com/transcriptsOur newest podcast, UNLICENSED, is out now!https://audible.com/unlicensedPatreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep making this show. http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/Music: Dispar...
In praise of 3-star storytelling
As I got deeper into literature, film, theater, etc. in high school and college, I began to catalogue the great works of art. Some of those were fed to me: Citizen Kane, 100 Years of Solitude, anything Shakespeare, Pride and Prejudice, Waiting for Godot, and so on.And I learned to use specific criteria to define for myself what other works of art were also in the pantheon. There is a line between good and great. And you can tell the difference ba...
The Free Patreon Membership Level is Here!
Welcome to Night Vale now offers a free Patreon membership level, and we extend a warm welcome to all our new Patreon members!We'll be sending you more news, pictures, and words very soon. In the meantime, you can check out everything that's already on our Patreon page. Future posts will include tour announcements, merchandise information (including new merch and sales), episode artwork, special announcements and more.We are so glad you d...
Episode #227 - A Word with Dr. Jones Illustration
Dr. Jones would like a word… in private.Listen here.Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it here.
May Merchandise Discount Code
The 10% merchandise discount code for all merchandise purchased from TopatoCo in May is: SILAS101
Director's Notes - Episode 227: "A Word with Dr. Jones"
We were asked recently how we decide when to have Cecil speak for characters, and when to bring in guest actors to perform as the characters instead. And it's a good question. There's not a set process for this. It's a call that Jeffrey or I make every time we write an episode.Our default is to let Cecil tell the story, for a few reasons. The first is that, well, it's easier. Cecil, the actor, narrates every episode, so there are ...
227 - A Word with Dr. Jones
Dr. Jones would like a word… in private.Weather: “When a Heart Breaks Slowly“ by Natasha Remihttps://www.instagram.com/natasha_remi/The Voice of Dr. Janet Lubelle is Janet VarneyOriginal episode art by Jessica Hayworth http://www.jessica-hayworth.com/Episode transcripts http://welcometonightvale.com/transcriptsOur newest podcast, UNLICENSED, is out now!https://audible.com/unlicensedPatreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep ma...
Bonus Episode: Behind the Scenes (April 2023)
Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor answer your questions about how we name our characters, how we choose the music, and what if forks... but alive?
Bonus Episode: Behind the Scenes (April 2023)
Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor answer your questions about how we name our characters, how we choose the music, and what if forks... but alive?
Moonchild, an excerpt from a work in progress
For the last three years, I have been working on a massive work in progress. A novel that started out as a minor side project and has now turned into by far the longest and most ambitious thing I've ever tried to write. Part of this novel is a short story written by one of the characters, a woman writing under a man's name for professional reasons, published in a 1952 issue of Amazing Stories. I had recently read the Foundation trilogy by...
Director's Notes: 226 - Creditors
They don't often tell you this in creative classes, but a huge chunk of being a professional artist is administration. 90% is probably a bit high of a percentage but it sometimes feels like it.It doesn't matter if you're working full time or just running an etsy shop on the side, you gotta have phone calls, zoom meetings, tax forms, website updates, social media presences, and so on. And it can feel so overwhelming.So when Station Man...
TODAY APR 17: Hang out w/Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
Heya friends! Joseph and I are hosting another zoom hangout today, Monday April 17, at 4pm ET (New York City time).Come talk to us about fancy cocktails, wood-chopping, perennial vegetables, Night Vale, or anything really. Just come join us. These are always super fun.ZOOM LINK (waiting room in effect till 4pm ET):https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85079358404?pwd=LytaMVYwMlUvRjVkM2RoaTFnV09wdz09
Episode #226 - Creditors Illustration
Payments are long overdue.Listen here.Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it here.
226 - Creditors
Payments are long overdue.Weather: “Crawling Home When the Morning Comes“ by Sweet and Lonely https://sweetandlonely.bandcamp.comOriginal episode art by Jessica Hayworth http://www.jessica-hayworth.com/Episode transcripts http://welcometonightvale.com/transcriptsOur new podcast, UNLICENSED, is out now!https://audible.com/unlicensed2023 US TOUR DATES for “The Haunting of Night Vale”http://welcometonightvale.com/livePatreon is how we exist!...
Director's Notes: 225 - Renegotiations
One of the scariest short films I've seen is Mama (I put the link here for you, but just know if you're not into horror, proceed with caution.) It's 2 minutes of freaky, disconcerting frights.In 2013, Guillermo del Toro produced a feature-length version of this short. Cecil, filmmaker Isa Mazzei, and I reviewed it for the Random Horror No. 9 podcast. I really enjoyed the feature film, though I found it far less frightening. It's c...
Episode 225 - Renegotiations Illustration
It's contract renegotiation time at the station.Listen here.Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it here.
April Merchandise Discount Code
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225 - Renegotiations
It's contract renegotiation time at the station.Weather: “Peculiar Little Town“ by Echoes of Aphelion https://echoesofaphelion.bandcamp.com/Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth http://www.jessica-hayworth.com/Episode transcripts http://welcometonightvale.com/transcriptsOur new podcast, UNLICENSED, is out now!https://audible.com/unlicensed2023 US TOUR DATES for “The Haunting of Night Vale”http://welcometonightvale.com/livePatreon i...
Ask us questions for a behind the scenes episode
Hi there,Joseph here. Hello. Hi. It's nice to see you.Jeffrey and I will be recording a behind the scenes episode for our patrons (that's you!) and we'd love your questions. Ask us about the podcast, writing in general, our books, making the live shows, our adventures in television, or just our thoughts on whatever. We're happy to answer.Thanks!
The Complete and True Story of Trying to Make a Night Vale TV Show
We get questions regularly about what happened to the Night Vale tv show, after we announced the deal with FX years ago. And so I’ve decided, only for our patrons, to tell the complete story. This is nearly ten years of backstage drama in trying to get Night Vale on television:Ten years ago, in the summer of 2013, Night Vale blew up. We went from 150,000 downloads our entire first year, to over 10 million downloads in just two months. And with ...
TODAY: Hang out w/Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor: Mon Mar 20
Calling all Patreons! Yes, all of you. Joseph and I are hosting another zoom hangout tomorrow, Monday March 20, at 4pm ET (New York City time).This is a very special hang-out in that we're inviting all Patreon members, not just Weird Scouts to join us. You can talk to us about M3GAN, Spa treatments, Night Vale, or anything really. Just come join us. These are always super fun.ZOOM LINK (waiting room in effect till 4pm):https://us02web.zoom.us...
Director's Notes - Episode 224: Liminal Spaces
I learned about the word liminal while in college studying religion. It's a word that comes up a lot in religion, looking at those moments that are between our world and another.Liminal is one of those words that, when you learn it, you want to find a reason to start using it. At the time, I was going through a break-up, and I remember writing a personal essay which contained the sentence "we had become liminal but refused to transform...
