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Before They Were Night Vale #5: Butthole Cookies

(content warning: probably best not to eat food in and around the reading of this.)The concept of this old NY Neo-Futurist play was simple: optimist vs pessimist. Literally, we have the half-full/half-empty back-and-forth right in the middle of it. As a rhetorical debate, this isn't terribly int...

An Update on Sales Tax

Hi everyone,We wanted to give you an update on some changes that we’ll be seeing that may aﬀect some of your pledges. Due to new laws passing in several countries and US states, Patreon will be required to start charging sales tax on some pledges starting July 1st.Based on location, some patrons...

Video link for Quarantine Variety Show #13, with special guest Mal Blum

Join Joseph Fink and special guest Mal Blum as they exchange writing and poetry both new and old, and also, you know, just chat and stuff.Wed May 20 at 6pm eastern.

Night Vale Quarantine Variety Show #13, with special guest Mal Blum

Join Joseph Fink and special guest Mal Blum as they exchange writing and poetry both new and old, and also, you know, just chat and stuff.Wed May 20 at 6pm eastern. Video link to follow this afternoon.

Quarantine Variety Show #12

Stream begins here at 7pm ET on Tues May 19.Jeffrey Cranor had never seen Alfred Hitchcok's Psycho, because he's a baby about horror movies. Cecil Baldwin is helping to correct this. Join Jeffrey & Cecil as they talk about this classic of horror cinema.

Discount Code for Merchandise

As part of your rewards, please stop by the Welcome to Night Vale merchandise store at https://topatoco.com/collections/wtnv to receive a 10% discount off of your purchase. The discount code is BLUEBIRD. This code is good through July 31st, 2020.Happy shopping and thank you for your support!

Director's Notes: 168 - Secret Blotter

This episode is by regular Night Vale guest writer, Brie Williams. We love working with Brie. She's nice, her prose sings, and she responds well to edits and suggestions. That's a magic combination in a writer.I especially love her ability to tell poetic stories in banal forms. One of her fi...

168 - Secret Blotter

For the first time ever, the Sheriff's Secret Police has made their blotter public.Guest writer: Brie WilliamsWeather: “Best Friends” by Curtains: https://curtains.bandcamp.com/If you can, please support our Patreon:http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/Rescheduled tour dates for 2020:http:/...

Before They Were Night Vale #4: An immoral act

Joseph Fink and I first met in Spring of 2009, when he was called back for auditions for the theater company the New York Neo-Futurists – a group I had been a member of since 2006. After a weekend-long callback workshop, he was not one of the ones selected to join the ensemble, but he was a favori...

Quarantine Variety Show 11

Jeffrey Cranor and Cecil Baldwin continue their horror films talk with the 1920 classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Is it scary? It's in black and white, how scary can it be? For Cranor, probably a lot.Stream starts at 7pm ET

Quarantine Variety Show #11: Tues May 12 @ 7pm ET

Jeffrey Cranor and Cecil Baldwin continue their horror films talk with the 1920 classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Is it scary? It's in black and white, how scary can it be? For Cranor, probably a lot.Link to Live Stream post

Before They Were Night Vale #3: A User Friendly Guide to the Torah

Welcome to "Before They Were Night Vale", our new feature in which Night Vale creators Jeffrey and Joseph share writing from before their Welcome to Night Vale collaboration, along with commentary. Come explore their early writing, both good and bad. Warning: This piece contains explicit con...

Night Vale Quarantine Variety Show #10 video link

Join Night Vale creator Joseph Fink and Night Vale live emcee and voice of the credits Meg Bashwiner on a very special Quarantine Variety Show in which they give you a tour of their vast collection of artwork made by Night Vale fans, as well as various other souvenirs and interesting artifacts from ...

Night Vale Quarantine Variety Show #10: Wed May 6, 6pm EST

Join Night Vale creator Joseph Fink and Night Vale live emcee and voice of the credits Meg Bashwiner on a very special Quarantine Variety Show in which they give you a tour of their vast collection of Night Vale fan-made art.Tonight, at 6pm eastern.Post with video link to follow.

Director's Notes: 167 - Echo

(as always Directors Notes may contain spoilers)I wrote this 5-episode series back in January and February, wanting to get it all wrapped up before our live show tours began in early March. Obviously that fell apart, because of [waves hands about to indicate ALL THE THINGS]… well, you know.Our tou...

Director's Notes: 166 - Delta

(as always Directors Notes may contain spoilers)In the mid ‘00s, I worked at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in the Berkshires. I was Manager of Individual Giving, meaning I solicited donations and fulfilled benefits for members, things like early ticket sales, post-performance parties, free tote ...

Before They Were Night Vale #2: Self-conscious acting exorcise

Welcome to "Before They Were Night Vale", our new feature in which Night Vale creators Jeffrey and Joseph share writing from before their Welcome to Night Vale collaboration, along with commentary. Come explore their early writing, both good and bad.JEFFREY: I joined the performance art ense...

167 - Echo

The pilot has arrived, and so have his passengers. (Part 5 of 5)Weather: “The Stolen Century” by Ellen Beizer: http://ellenclairebeizer.com/If you can, please support our Patreon:http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/Rescheduled tour dates for 2020:http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/Our thir...

Quarantine Variety Show #9: Fri Apr 24

Stream starts at 7pm ETNight Vale writer (Jeffrey Cranor) and narrator (Cecil Baldwin) talk horror movies. This week: the 2018 remake of Suspiria. Leave questions and comments for Cecil & Jeffrey below.

Quarantine Variety Show #8: Wed Apr 22

Stream starts Wed Apr 22 @ 6pm PT / 9pm ETNight Vale co-creator Jeffrey Cranor grills actor Hal Lublin (voice of Steve Carlsberg) on how awful it must be to be a sports fan from Philadelphia.You absolutely don't need to be a sports fan to enjoy this talk. We're not talking stats. We're t...

Quarantine Variety Show 9: Fri Apr 24 @ 7pm

Night Vale writer Jeffrey Cranor and voice of Night Vale Cecil Baldwin review the remake of the cult horror classic Suspiria (2018). This is the second in a series of horror film reviews between a horror expert/fan (Cecil) and a squeamish horror novice (Jeffrey).If you're interested it watching ...

Night Vale Quarantine Variety Show #8: Wed Apr 22

Wednesday, April 22 at 6pm PT / 9pm ETNight Vale co-creator Jeffrey Cranor and Night Vale voice actor Hal Lublin talk about how awful it must be to be a sports fan from Philadelphia.(Streaming link to follow in separate post.)

Before They Were Night Vale #1: How To Improve Your Worldwide Conspiracy

Welcome to "Before They Were Night Vale", our new feature in which Night Vale creators Jeffrey and Joseph share writing from before their Welcome to Night Vale collaboration, along with commentary. Come explore their early writing, both good and bad.Today we start with one of Joseph's fi...

Thank you!

There has been a rush of new patrons after our recent message asking for your support. And we are so, so grateful. We have been making this show for almost 8 years, but we don't frequently get to interact with any of you directly. It's the nature of podcasting. We make a thing, throw it out ...

Behind the Scenes Questions 2

Hey y'all! Joseph and I have answered your questions about Cecil's last name, getting published, inclusive language, and conflicts during collaboration (or lack thereof).If you have questions for future behind the scenes bonus episodes, leave them below.-jc

Behind the Scenes Questions 2

Hey y'all! Joseph and I have answered your questions about Cecil's last name, getting published, inclusive language, and conflicts during collaboration (or lack thereof).If you have questions for future behind the scenes bonus episodes, leave them below.-jc

166 - Delta

The passengers have been found, or rather, they have found us.(Part 4 of 5)Weather: “A Prayer for the Sane” by Danny Schmidthttp://dannyschmidt.comRescheduled tour dates for 2020:http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/Our third novel, The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home, is ou...

Night Vale Quarantine Variety Show #7: Livestream link

Well we're back with another Quarantine Variety Show to entertain all of us in our houses and our witching caves.This one is a very special episode of NVQVS: We'll have singer/songwriters Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt on the show with Night Vale co-creator Joseph Fink. They'll be chatti...

Night Vale Quarantine Variety Show 7: April 14 @ 6pm ET

Live Stream airs Tuesday April 14 at 6pm ET (separate post with streaming link to follow day-of)Well we're back with another Quarantine Variety Show to entertain all of us in our houses and our witching caves.This one is a very special episode of NVQVS: We'll have singer/songwriters Carrie E...

Bonus Episode Questions

Hey there, Patreon! Jeffrey Cranor here. We're putting together another bonus episode for June, so if you have questions you want one of the characters in Night Vale to answer, post them here. Can't wait to write the responses!-jc