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Directors Notes: 190 - Listeners
🕑 Added 2021-06-15 16:09:26 +0000 UTCWhen Joseph and I first started hanging out regularly, back in 2010, we bonded over a few things - books, theater, a similar sense of humor - but the thing we talked the most about was podcasts.
In retrospect, the world of podcasts in 2010 seems impossibly small, but at the time, it felt huge. There seemed to be a podcast for everything imaginable, and we found and shared our favorites with each other: WTF with Marc Maron, 99% Invisible, My Brother My Brother and Me, Comedy Bang Bang (or Comedy Death Ray Radio as it was known then).
There were so many more in there, too. And in late 2011, Joseph suggested we make a podcast of our own. There just weren't any fiction podcasts out there, and it would be fun to make something no one else was doing. We didn't have the radio journalist experience of a Brook Gladstone or Roman Mars. We didn't have the improv comedy talents of a Scott Aukerman, nor the interview skills of a Marc Maron. But we did know how to write weird humor.
Welcome to Night Vale was born out of a love of writing together, of telling strange stories, and of wanting to make a podcast. Since we launched our show on this day nine years ago, thousands of new podcasts have come into existence, and our love of this medium continues, unabated. The Dollop, Hidden Brain, Hello from the Magic Tavern, The Allusionist, etc., were all shows one or both of us fell in love with.
Even shows that came along after Night Vale, we feel deserve credit for Night Vale's existence. I know that doesn't make sense in the linear timeline we all assume we live in, but the continued excellence of other podcasters perpetuates our love of podcasting. It's still an exciting field to make work in, and an equally satisfying form to be a fan of. And for that reason, we continue to make our show, because everyday, new people arrive to hear the amazing stories being told, whether it's Maintenance Phase debunking Dr. Oz, or Tim and Guy of The Worst Idea of All Time watching Grown-Ups 2 for the 50th time.
This episode was so much fun to make, and I literally had tears each time one of these podcasts sent us their audio. Thank you so much, not only for supporting Night Vale, but also for loving podcasts. Us too. For more than a decade, podcasts have been our love and passion, and we're so happy to have so many people who want to hear all these stories.
-Jeffrey Cranor
June 15, 2021
Comments
LarryB
I've been catching since I haven't been commuting for quite a while and am in the middle of this episode. It's a lot of fun hearing all these snippets. Since I subscribe to a number of these podcasts, I almost thought something had gone wrong with my podcatcher!
Cas O'kelly
This was such a lovely episode. I adored all of these podcasts coming together, it's such a lovely genre of entertainment in of itself.
Sheri Marvin
Almost a month without an episode, I don't know what do to with myself. I just sit here looking at my tickets for next year's live show
Lindsay Willett
I am listening right now, and literally gasped when I heard Sarah Marshall say she’s working on a book about the Satanic Panic! And now it’s Aaron Mahnke!! This is so amazing. Happy 9th Anniversary, Welcome to Night Vale!
neptune j.b.
holy hell, y'all, this episode was a TRIP. I wonder what the implications will be for Night Vale? excited (and worried!) to find out!
Jon
I shouldn’t have listened to this episode high
Lauren Carnall
Was so much fun and I totally popped for the segments from other podcasts I listen to. A real smile to my face.
Adam Eaton
This was so much fun. It reminded me of the crossover show you did with the Thrilling Adventure Hour years ago. I hope you can do more crossovers in the future.
Serpentine
The peeps on Hey Riddle Riddle recently mentioned that apparently people say there's too many podcasts and so no one should bother making a new one. And as I told them, I do not get that at all. I binge my way through a dozen podcasts until I run out, and then I grab, gasping, for some other new podcast to fill in the silence between the updates of my favourites. I need more! Always MOAR!
James LEE
I'm so used to hearing these actual podcasts that it took a couple of them before I realized they were part of the show and not actual commercials for them. It was also such an amazing experience to realize that you showcased so many of the same podcasts I listen to regularly. It only reaffirms for me why I find Night Vale to resonate so deeply with me all these years.
Sharon
This episode made me so happy! Hearing the creators of all these projects I love, loving another project that I love--each new voice was a delight! Took me a few to catch on to what was happening, lol.
Tim Padgett
This was incredible fun. Please consider adding one from another podcaster every now and then, like in a "Traffic" segment or such.
void
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Alexandra DeCarlo
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Maggie Capalbo
Thank you so much for Night Vale. Even though I’ve only been listening for a little over a year and a half, journeying to Night Vale twice a month is one of my favorite past times. 💙
Ollie of the Beholder
I can tell how much fun everybody had with this episode. Congratulations on nine amazing, weird years! I hope we all have many more years to come.
