The Blood Space War is not without its detractors. The voice of Basimah was Aliee Chan. Weather: “Shake” by Wednesday’s Wolves https://www.wednesdayswolves.com Become a $10+ member of the Night Vale Scouts before May 11 and get a sticker sheet full of Kate Leth’s original Boy and Girl Scout badges and two new exclusive badges, plus all of our other great rewards: https://www.patreon.com/welcometonightvale Our new script books, The Buying of Lot 37 and Who’s A Good Boy? , go on sale in just two w...
May 01, 2019•25 min
Hold on, haven't we been here before? The voice of Lee Marvin was TL Thompson. Weather: “Sicilian Crest” by the Mountain Goats http://www.mountain-goats.com http://ionlylistentothemountaingoats.com Don’t miss our Faceless Old Woman live show at the Largo in Los Angeles on April 27, part of a Night Vale Presents triple bill with Alice Isn’t Dead and Within the Wires: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/ Signed editions of our upcoming script books are available for pre-order from Mysterious Ga...
Apr 15, 2019•25 min
Some veterans return home from the Blood Space War, and enemies have followed. The voice of John Peters is Mark Gagliardi. Weather: “No Good Day” by Windows to Sky https://windowstosky.com Season 2 of I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats premieres on April 4. This year, we’re talking about the brand new Mountain Goats album, In League With Dragons . http://ionlylistentothemountaingoats.com Get your tickets to our shows at Tidewater Comicon 2019 and cities across the US, plus our one-off Night Val...
Apr 01, 2019•26 min
A brand new podcast from Night Vale Presents, and the first podcast Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor have made together since Welcome to Night Vale: Start With This, a podcast gone creativity playground designed to put your ideas in motion. Each episode centers around a topic from world building, to opening lines, and even failure. Then they give listeners two short assignments: something to consume and something to create. The best way to start writing is to start writing. Not sure where to begin...
Mar 25, 2019•35 min
No one knows how the Blood Space War began, who is fighting in it, or what for, so let's start with the story of Eunomia, a 19th century farm girl. Weather: “The Only Thing” by Ali Holder http://aliholder.com/ Subscribe to Joseph and Jeffrey’s new podcast, Start With This, a show designed to get you thinking about, talking about, and, most importantly, making art. Premieres March 22. http://startwiththispodcast.com Our latest live show, A SPY IN THE DESERT, is coming to more U.S. cities this Jul...
Mar 15, 2019•26 min
Pioneer Days are upon us again. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Vines” by Super Boink https://superboink.bandcamp.com/ On April 27, the Faceless Old Woman gets a show of her own at the Largo in LA, along with new live shows from Alice Isn’t Dead and Within the Wires! Tickets available now. Our latest live show, A Spy in the Desert, is out on the road right now! Come see us across the US: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/ Make your alma mater proud with a Night Val...
Mar 01, 2019•22 min
We start today, as we often do, with the latest UFO sighting reports in the community. Weather: "Color TV” by Answering Machine https://answeringmachine.bandcamp.com Our tour of A Spy in the Desert continues this month across US! Get your tickets here: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/ Coming in May 2019: Volumes 3 and 4 of the Welcome to Night Vale Episode Collections! For more info and to pre-order: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/books/ Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo:...
Feb 15, 2019•23 min
Dark Owl Records hosts a fundraiser to save their store. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. The voice of Michelle Nguyen was Kate Jones. The voice of Deb was Meg Bashwiner. The voice of Maureen was Maureen Johnson. Weather: "A Pale Sun Rises Over New York" by Scrawnyman https://scrawnyman.bandcamp.com Coming in May 2019: Volumes 3 and 4 of the Welcome to Night Vale Episode Collections! For more info and to pre-order: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/books/ Our tour of A Spy in the ...
Feb 01, 2019•23 min
A ghost story with no moral. Three spirits that will teach you nothing. Weather: “Draggin' Me Down” by Travis Love Benson featuring Yo! The Moon travislovebenson.com It’s not too late to get weird and beautiful gifts from the Welcome to Night Vale store, including our limited edition knit sweater and our glorious fleece blanket! https://topatoco.com/collections/wtnv Our tour of A SPY IN THE DESERT continues in 2019 with two shows in Seattle on January 18, the night before Podcon, and a tour in t...
Dec 15, 2018•24 min
Night Vale's most local and legendary local legend celebrates his 30th birthday. The voice of Lee Marvin was TL Thompson. Weather: “Impasse” by Juliana Finch https://music.julianafinch.com Dane Terry is joining our world tour of A Spy In The Desert as “the Weather” in the U.S., and will be opening the show with a special live performance of his new podcast, Dreamboy ! Tickets available now. http://welcometonightvale.com/live/ Get weird and beautiful gifts for the weird and beautiful people in yo...
Dec 01, 2018•23 min
It is a time of reaping, sowing, and rebirth. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Friend or Foe” by Low Power https://soundcloud.com/lowpowermusic Podcon 2 is coming back to Seattle next January! Don’t miss this incredible weekend for podcast listeners, makers, and fans. (And if you’re coming to Podcon, check out our live shows at the Neptune Theater that Friday!) https://www.podcon.com Need a gift for the Night Vale fan in your life, or for someone who appreciates cool and...
Nov 15, 2018•25 min
The mayor has a message for Desert Bluffs. The voice of Kevin was Kevin R. Free. The voice of Lauren was Lauren Sharpe. Weather: “Hymn #101” by Joe Pug http://joepugmusic.com Need a gift for the Night Vale fan in your life? We have a limited edition knit sweater and a brand new scout-themed blanket up on our store today, perfect for your wintertime gift exchange. https://topatoco.com/collections/wtnv Alice Isn’t Dead, the latest novel from Welcome to Night Vale creator Joseph Fink, is out now. F...
Nov 01, 2018•25 min
Joseph Fink, co-writer of Welcome to Night Vale, here with a special message about his new novel, Alice Isn’t Dead , a retelling and reimagining of the story from the podcast of the same name. The Alice Isn’t Dead novel is on sale now online and at your local independent book store: http://aliceisntdead.com/#novel See Joseph Fink across the country on the Alice Isn’t Dead book tour, coming to a city near you starting tonight in Brooklyn: http://aliceisntdead.com/#book-tour...
Oct 30, 2018•15 min
A brand new fiction podcast from Night Vale Presents: Dreamboy . Dane, a spun-out musician spending the winter in Cleveland, Ohio, has two main goals: keeping his job at the Pepper Heights Zoo and trying not to waste all his time on Grindr. What he doesn’t expect is to get swept into a story about dreams, about forevers, about flickering lights, about unexplained deaths, about relentless change, and about the parts of ourselves that we wish other people knew to look for. Oh, and also a murderous...
Oct 23, 2018•27 min
Not everything goes as planned. The voice of Kevin was Kevin R. Free. Weather: “She Left Without A Goodbye.” by Cerah https://soundcloud.com/cerahmusic Listen to our sixth bonus episode, featuring Cecil, Carlos, the Faceless Old Woman, Michelle Nguyen, Steve Carlsberg, and Tamika Flynn answering real listener questions, by becoming a member on Patreon today. http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale Stay tuned to the end of today’s episode to hear the trailer for Dreamboy, the newest fiction podcast...
Oct 15, 2018•25 min
A brand new fiction podcast from Night Vale Presents: ADVENTURES IN NEW AMERICA, the first sci-fi, political satire, Afrofuturistic buddy comedy, serialized for New Americans in a new and desperate time. To keep listening to Adventures in New America, find it on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts . New American citizens are terrorized by supernatural beings. A man with cancer who has given up on life is saved by a younger sociopathic girl he meets outside of a poke bowl restaurant...
Oct 03, 2018•32 min
A broadcast from an even friendlier desert community. The voice of Kevin was Kevin R. Free. Weather: “Living On Light” by Silo’s Choice https://siloschoice.bandcamp.com Our new live show, A Spy in the Desert, is on the road in North America right now! Don’t miss us in the U.S. this fall and across the world starting early next year. http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live New on the store: Jessica Hayworth’s Scary Deer design is now available on a pin, plus we have a brand new shirt that says “Bo...
Oct 01, 2018•25 min
A look at all the great kids, ghosts, and trees playing in our upcoming season. Weather: "Raising Helvetica" by Sims x Air Credits x ICETEP sims.bandcamp.com Our 2018 / 2019 World Tour kicks off in Brooklyn next week! Don’t miss our new live show, A Spy in the Desert, coming to over 40 cities across North America, the UK, and Europe! All tickets on sale now! http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live New from Night Vale Presents: Within the Wires is back for Season 3, “Dictation,” a political thrill...
Sep 15, 2018•25 min
Is this the first time you’ve heard me say this? Are you sure? Weather from Caged Animals' new album Escape Artist : https://cagedanimals.bandcamp.com Don’t miss our 2018 / 2019 World Tour, coming to over 40 cities across North America, the UK, and Europe! All tickets on sale now! http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live ALL HAIL recording available now on iTunes and Bandcamp ! Over an hour of brand new material, never-before-heard on the podcast. Join our Patreon for exclusive bonus tracks featur...
Sep 01, 2018•13 min
An excerpt from our latest live show recording, All Hail, featuring Hal Lublin as Steve Carlsberg. Get the full recording on Bandcamp and iTunes . Get four exclusive bonus tracks from All Hail – featuring Wil Wheaton as Earl Harlan, Jasika Nicole as Dana Cardinal, Molly Quinn as Melony Pennington, and Dylan Marron as Carlos the Scientist – by becoming a member on Patreon . Help support the show and get exclusive Director's Notes, bonus episodes, merch, and more. And don’t miss our new live show,...
Aug 23, 2018•12 min
There once was a boy who wanted to know everything. Weather: “Bad Friend” by Cheese On Bread http://cheeseonbread.com/ ALL HAIL recording available now on iTunes and Bandcamp ! Over an hour of brand new material, never-before-heard on the podcast. Join our Patreon for exclusive bonus tracks featuring Earl Harlan, Dana Cardinal, Melony Pennington, and Dylan Marron as Carlos the Scientist. Don’t miss our 2018 / 2019 World Tour, coming to over 40 cities across North America, the UK, and Europe! All...
Aug 15, 2018•24 min
This episode, and also your life, and every life on this and every world, and this entire universe, brought to you by Kellogg's. Weather: “Standard Deviation” by Danny Schmidt http://dannyschmidt.com Our membership program is now on Patreon! Become a Night Vale Scout to help support the show and get cool rewards like behind-the-scenes videos, Director’s Notes, and bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/welcometonightvale Don’t miss our 2018 / 2019 World Tour, coming to over 40 cities across Nor...
Aug 01, 2018•27 min
Welcome to the fourth and final week of the Summer of Night Vale Presents, a celebration and sampling of some of the shows across our network. This week, hear previews of two upcoming Night Vale Presents shows, and full episodes from The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air) and Good Morning Night Vale . To get updates on our new shows, Adventures in New America and Dreamboy, sign up for the Night Vale Presents newsletter , or follow us on Facebook and Twitter . The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Ai...
Jul 27, 2018•1 hr 42 min
This is the Summer of Night Vale Presents, a celebration and sampling of some of the shows across our network. This week, we’re listening to special episodes of Alice Isn’t Dead and Sleep With Me . Alice Isn’t Dead is about a truck driver, played by Jasika Nicole, who searches across America for the wife she had long assumed was dead. In the course of her search, she encounters not-quite-human serial murderers, towns literally lost in time, and a conspiracy that goes way beyond one missing woman...
Jul 20, 2018•48 min
This is the Summer of Night Vale Presents, a celebration and sampling of some of the shows across our network. This week, we hear from two of our newest fiction shows, Pounded In The Butt By My Own Podcast and It Makes A Sound . Plus, an update on Within the Wires Season 3. Within the Wires returns on September 4. Each season tells a new story in the same world, using a single set of found audio. Season One is a prison break / romance told entirely through relaxation tapes. Season Two is the mys...
Jul 13, 2018•51 min
Welcome to the Summer of Night Vale Presents, a celebration and sampling of some of the shows across our network. This week: a look at two of our non-fiction shows, I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats and Conversations with People Who Hate Me . I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats is a show about what it means to be an artist, to be a fan, and as many people are, both at once. Our first season found Welcome to Night Vale creator Joseph Fink in conversation with John Darnielle, singer and songwrit...
Jul 06, 2018•1 hr 5 min
This is a story about us, said the man on the radio, and we were pleased, because we always wanted to hear about ourselves on the radio. Weather: “Space and Time” by Joseph Fink https://josephfink.bandcamp.com Just announced: Welcome to Night Vale World Tour 2018 / 2019. Our brand new live show is coming to over 40 cities across North America, the UK, and Europe. Tickets on sale June 22, member pre-sale June 20. http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Lo...
Jun 15, 2018•26 min
A brand new podcast from Night Vale Presents: Good Morning Night Vale, the official Welcome to Night Vale recap show, hosted by cast members Meg Bashwiner, Symphony Sanders, and Hal Lublin. Each week, our hosts will do a deep dive into one episode of Welcome to Night Vale, starting with the very first episode! Episodes will also feature listener theories, interviews with the cast and creators, and lots of behind-the-scenes trivia. Subscribe to get future episodes: http://goodmorningnightvale.com...
Jun 07, 2018•56 min
The battle for the soul of Dana Cardinal comes to a close. The voice of Dana Cardinal is Jasika Nicole. Weather: “Mariposas” by Yva Las Vegass https://monikerrecordsss.bandcamp.com/album/i-was-born-in-a-place-of-sunshine-and-the-smell-of-ripe-mangoes Night Vale Presents Birthday Party, June 8th at the Bell House in New York City. Tickets on sale now. http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live Brand new proverb t-shirt now available. https://topatoco.com/collections/wtnv Music: Disparition http://dis...
Jun 01, 2018•24 min
The battle for the soul of Dana Cardinal takes a turn. The voice of Dana Cardinal is Jasika Nicole. Weather: “Lemonade in the Shade” by Jeff Scroggins & Colorado http://jeffscrogginsandcolorado.com/ Night Vale Presents Birthday Party, June 8th at the Bell House in New York City. Tickets on sale now. http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live Brand new “Who’s A Good Boy?” poster on our store. https://topatoco.com/collections/wtnv Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://...
May 15, 2018•22 min
