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Episode #224 - Liminal Spaces Illustration

Relax and unwind with a liminal spaces compilation.

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Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it here.

Image description: An empty office chair with han...

224 - Liminal Spaces

Relax and unwind with a liminal spaces compilation.

Weather: “Through the Clouds“ by Checkpoints! http://checkpointstheband.bandcamp.com

Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth http://www.jessica-hayworth.com/

Episode transcripts http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts

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Before They Were Night Vale: hologram ABBA

(NOTE: this story is not at all BEFORE i was night vale, but i just wanted to use this regular column to talk about how i think about art, even if it involves contemporary works outside of my own writing. - JC)

So in January of this year, I went to London to celebrate some friends' birthdays. (Y'all may know one of them: Sarah Griffin, fiction-writer and frequent guest on Random Horror No. 9.)

Anyway, Sarah was really into the idea of going to see ABBA Voyage. I didn't know what this was, but I like ABBA just fine, so I ...

Episode #223 Big Rico's Pizza Band Illustration

Big Rico's Pizza has a new animatronic animal band.

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Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it here.

Illustration description: Rodney Rat, a big-eyed smiling rat...

Director's Notes - Episode 223: "Big Rico's Pizza Band"

It’s been a while since I’ve been to Night Vale. Of course, I tune in to the Community Radio every couple of weeks, but it’s been months since I physically set foot on the intersection of Somerset and Main and had a look around for myself (there’s a new stoplight, btw). Apparently, I haven’t written a guest episode since August. Somehow it’s March already. That’s at least two meteorological seasons. But time is weird sometimes, and seasons are a state of mind. If anyone knows that, Night Vale listeners do.

I’ve had the ...

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223 - Big Rico's Pizza Band

Big Rico's Pizza has a new animatronic animal band.

Weather: “On a Journey“ by Theresa Ambat https://theresaambat.bandcamp.com/

This episode was written by Brie Williams

The voice of Steve Carlsberg is Hal Lublin

The voice of Big Rico is Mal Blum

Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth http://www.jessica-hayworth.com/

Episode transc...

Before They Were Night Vale: Romeo and Juliet (with rules)

In March of 2012, I started working on two different projects. One was a series of paragraphs about a weird desert town where every conspiracy theory was true. I didn't know what those paragraphs were for, exactly, but they seemed to have a spark to them so I kept writing them.

The other project was a theater production. I had the idea of a performance of some well-known classic (Romeo and Juliet for example) in which, every few minutes, a card would be randomly chosen from a bucket. The card would have a new rule, either for all of th...

TODAY: Hang Out w/Joseph, Jeffrey... and Symphony Sanders: Mon Feb 20 @ 5pm ET

Hey folx, we're hanging out again on zoom with y'all, and our pal Symphony Sanders from Good Morning Night Vale will be with us. So join us this Monday the 20th at 5pm ET (that's New York time for all those outside of North America).

ZOOM LINK (waiting room in effect till 5PM)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81336502228?pwd=YUhLK3NZUEYxUmJQb2lYdkZFR0Q2dz09

Meeting ID: 813 3650 2228
Passc...

Director's Notes: 222 - Makarov the Magical

About 6 or 7 years back, Night Vale was on the JoCo Cruise. We performed our show and got to share time on the ship with wonderfully nerdy fans and really amazing artists (like Maureen Johnson, Aimee Mann, Jean Grae, etc.)

And among the guest performers on the ship was a magician named Eric Jones. He's very good. Check him out if you get a chance. 

Of course, I don't believe in magic in the same way I don't believe in Santa Claus. But still, I love the suspen...

Episode #222 - Makarov the Magical Illustration

Date night… with more scientists than necessary.

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Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it here.

222 - Makarov the Magical

Date night... with more scientists than necessary.

Weather: “Be Careful What You Wish For“ by Human Barbie https://therealhumanbarbie.bandcamp.com

Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth http://www.jessica-hayworth.com/

Episode transcripts http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts...

Tell me what to write in a Night Vale episode right now

I'm writing an episode right now, and I need some one-off segments. What are some one-off segment categories (like traffic and word from our sponsor, but less common) that you have enjoyed and would like to see again? Please do not provide any specific ideas for those segments as we can't really use outside ideas.

Thank you!

-Joseph Fink

Where do ideas come from?

by Jeffrey Cranor

So we get asked that question a lot: "where do you get your ideas?" And generally speaking, the answer is kind of boring, just years and years of reading books/comics, watching shows/movies, and writing regularly. Activities like that are always churning the creative butter (ugh. that metaphor. yikes.) Anyway, sometimes though, ideas come from real life. You experience something strange, eerie, funny, or scary and you don't really forget it, and years, months, or days later it just ends up in a story. 

Or i...

Director's Notes: Ep 221 - The Glow Cloud, Explained

It's me, I’m the problem, it’s me, I was the one who decided to kill off the Glow Cloud.

It was time to raise the stakes on this particular plotline, and I felt like the best way to do that was to show that it could reach into the core of Night Vale’s heart.

For us, Night Vale is not a story. A story has a start and a middle and an end. I don’t know what Night Vale’s end will be. Maybe one day there will be some great personal tragedy in our lives and we just will stop making episodes. Or maybe we will do a graceful two...

Episode 221 - The Glow Cloud, Explained Illustration

The University of What It Is takes a special interest in a certain glowing cloud.

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Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it here.

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221 - The Glow Cloud, Explained

The University of What It Is takes a special interest in a certain glowing cloud.

Weather: “Blackeyeblue“ by Shotgun Marmalade https://shotgunmarmalade.bandcamp.com/

The voice of Dr. Janet Lubelle is Janet Varney.

Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth http://www.jessica-hayworth.com/

Episode transcripts 2023-02-01 05:00:44 +0000 UTC View Post

TODAY: Hangout w/Joseph & Jeffrey Mon Jan 23 @ 4pm ET

Hey friends, due to a scheduling error, Tuesday has been cancelled (not the whole day, just today's event). So we're moving our hangout to Monday January 23 at the same time: 4pm ET (That's New York City time for folks overseas). 

So... tune out from work for an hour. Let's hang out again. Joseph and I (Jeffrey) will be on Zoom again Monday January 23 @ 4pm ET. So join in! We'll see you soon!

ZOOM LINK (wait room in effect till 4pm):

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