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Now is not the time for panic. Now is the time for despair. Weather: "Radio Down" by Caged Animals Original episode art by ⁠⁠Jessica Hayworth⁠⁠ ⁠Episode transcripts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 2025-26 TOUR DATES⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tix on sale now⁠⁠⁠⁠! ⁠⁠UNLICENSED Season 3⁠⁠⁠⁠ is here! ⁠⁠Only on Audible⁠⁠ Pre-order the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Welcome to Night Vale Roleplaying Game⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Night Vale newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ for news and stories ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ is how we exist⁠⁠! Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Disparition⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Logo: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rob Wilson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Written by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor & Brie Williams Narrated by Cecil Baldwin Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tumblr⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ A production of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Night Vale Presents⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a story about me, said the man speaking, and you are pleased because you always wanted to hear a story about me.  Weather: "House With A Basement" by ⁠Nick Ricks⁠ The voice of Steve Carlsberg is Hal Lublin Original episode art by ⁠Jessica Hayworth⁠ ⁠Read episode transcripts⁠ Night Vale RPG featured at ⁠Renegade Con June 6⁠ ⁠2025-26 TOUR DATES⁠ Tix on sale now! UNLICENSED Season 3 is here! ⁠Only on Audible⁠ Pre-order the ⁠Welcome to Night Vale Roleplaying Game⁠ today! ⁠Sign up⁠ for the Night Vale newsletter for good news and recommendations. ⁠Patreon is how we exist⁠! If you can, please help us keep making this show. Music: ⁠Disparition⁠ Logo: ⁠Rob Wilson⁠ Written by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor & Brie Williams Narrated by Cecil Baldwin Follow us on ⁠BlueSky⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, ⁠Tumblr⁠, and ⁠Instagram⁠. Check out our books, live shows, store, membership program, and official recap show at ⁠welcometonightvale.com⁠ A production of ⁠Night Vale Presents⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s a strange broadcast coming from deep with in Labyrinth headquarters. Weather: "What Really Matters" by Arielle Silver The voice of Leonard Burton is James Urbaniak Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth Read episode transcripts 2025-26 TOUR DATES Just Announced! UNLICENSED Season 2 is here! Only on AudiblePre-order the Welcome to Night Vale Roleplaying Game today! Sign up for the Night Vale newsletter for good news and recommendations. Patreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep making this show. Music: Disparition Logo: Rob Wilson Written by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor & Brie Williams Narrated by Cecil Baldwin Follow us on BlueSky, Facebook, and Instagram. Check out our books, live shows, store, membership program, and official recap show at welcometonightvale.com A production of Night Vale Presents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From New York Times bestselling author Joseph Fink (and creator of Welcome to Night Vale and Alice Isn’t Dead) comes a wickedly fun middle grade novel about a Halloween-obsessed girl named Esther Gold, who goes out trick-or-treating for one last year, only to find her town under the thrall of a mysterious presence. BOOK LAUNCH: July 27 @ 8pm ET with author Joseph Fink in conversation with Ransom Riggs. Pre-order the book here (https://www.welcometonightvale.com/books#halloweenmoon) to attend this event. THE HALLOWEEN MOON by Joseph Fink is available now at welcometonightvale.com/books or wherever it is you get your books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's what happened at the Smithwick house. Weather: "You Cannot" by Erin McKeown erinmckeown.com 2022 US TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED! March 27 - June 24, we’ll be all over America with “The Haunting of Night Vale” Tickets on sale now! http://welcometonightvale.com/live Pre-order THE HALLOWEEN MOON by Joseph Fink https://www.welcometonightvale.com/books#halloweenmoon Patreon is how we exist in this plague year! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ Music: Disparition, https://disparition.bandcamp.com/ Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com. Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. More Info: welcometonightvale.com, and follow @NightValeRadio on Twitter or Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mandatory Annual Spring Cleaning Day is coming. Here are the guidelines for the new municipal landfill facility. (This episode originally posted Feb 1, 2017) This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: "Letters" by Lera Lynn. leralynn.com 2022 US TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED! March 27 - June 24, we’ll be all over America with “The Haunting of Night Vale” Tickets on sale now! http://welcometonightvale.com/live Pre-order THE HALLOWEEN MOON by Joseph Fink https://www.welcometonightvale.com/books#halloweenmoon Patreon is how we exist in this plague year! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ Music: Disparition, https://disparition.bandcamp.com/ Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com. Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. More Info: welcometonightvale.com, and follow @NightValeRadio on Twitter or Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They know. They all know. Featured podcasts in order of appearance: Criminal / The Sporkful / You Must Remember This / Oh No Ross & Carrie / TED Radio Hour / Comedy Bang! Bang! / My Brother, My Brother and Me / The Worst Idea of All Time / Bad With Money / Pod Save America / Underunderstood / The Allusionist / The Dollop / You’re Wrong About / The Purrrcast / LORE / Hello from the Magic Tavern / Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald’s? / Song Exploder / Maintenance Phase / Hidden Brain / Planet Money / 99% Invisible The voice of Steve Carlsberg is Hal Lublin. The voice of Michelle Nguyen is Kate Jones. The voice of Deb is Meg Bashwiner. Music: Chad Lawson (LORE segment); Martin Austwick (The Allusionist segment); Daniel Peterschmidt (Underunderstood segment); Andy Poland (Hello from the Magic Tavern segment); all other music by Disparition Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts 2022 US TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED! March 27 - June 24, we’ll be all over America with “The Haunting of Night Vale” Tickets on sale June 18 (June 16 for Patreon members). http://welcometonightvale.com/live Patreon is how we exist in this plague year! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ Produced by: Disparition http://disparition.bandcamp.com Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Check out our books, live shows, store, membership program, and official recap show. Produced by Night Vale Presents. http://nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan Wallaby is missing. This episode was written by Brie Williams. Weather: “Asenweg 16“ by Laura Theis, https://badasssnowwhite.bandcamp.com/ The voice of Michelle Nguyen is Kate Jones. The voice of Tamika Flynn is Symphony Sanders. The voice of Megan Wallaby is Janet Varney. Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts Order personalized, signed copies of THE FIRST TEN YEARS: TWO SIDES OF THE SAME LOVE STORY by Meg Bashwiner & Joseph Fink https://www.oblongbooks.com/the-first-ten-years-signed Pre-order YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS by Jeffrey Cranor & Janina Matthewson https://www.harpercollins.com/products/you-feel-it-just-below-the-ribs-jeffrey-cranorjanina-matthewson?variant=33105381490722 Patreon is how we exist in this plague year! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ Our third novel, The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home, is out now: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/books/ Music: Disparition http://disparition.bandcamp.com Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Check out our books, live shows, store, membership program, and official recap show. Produced by Night Vale Presents. http://nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let’s go behind the scenes and answer some questions from listeners. Weather: “Hey“ by Standpoint feat. Lady Daisy River, https://soundcloud.com/standpoint-1 The voice of Lucy in Claremont was Julia Morizawa. Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts Live Stream of ALL HAIL May 15. Tickets and info at http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live Pre-order personalized, signed copies of THE FIRST TEN YEARS: TWO SIDES OF THE SAME LOVE STORY by Meg Bashwiner & Joseph Fink https://www.oblongbooks.com/the-first-ten-years-signed Pre-order YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS by Jeffrey Cranor & Janina Matthewson https://www.harpercollins.com/products/you-feel-it-just-below-the-ribs-jeffrey-cranorjanina-matthewson?variant=33105381490722 Patreon is how we exist in this plague year! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ Our third novel, The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home, is out now: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/books/ Music: Disparition http://disparition.bandcamp.com Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Check out our books, live shows, store, membership program, and official recap show. Produced by Night Vale Presents. http://nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A sometimes hilarious, occasionally heartbreaking, and always entertaining joint memoir by Joseph Fink, cocreator of Welcome to Night Vale, and his wife, writer and performer Meg Bashwiner, chronicling the first ten years of their relationship from both sides. There are two sides to every love story. Coming May 11th. Pre-order your copy at your local bookstore or any of these places: Oblong Books (for Personalized Signed Editions) HarperCollins Amazon Barnes & Noble Books-a-Million Indiebound Bookshop Apple Books Google THE FIRST TEN YEARS BOOK TOUR! Joseph and Meg will be on a virtual book tour in May. Come see them live online via these fantastic booksellers: MAY 11 - Politics & Prose (DC), in conversation with Dylan Marron MAY 12 - Oblong Books (NY), in conversation with Jeffrey Cranor MAY 13 - Powell’s (OR), in conversation with Symphony Sanders MAY 14 - Brookline Booksmith (MA), in conversation with Erin McKeown MAY 17 - Malaprop’s Bookstore (NC), in conversation with Jonny Sun MAY 19 - The Booksmith (CA), in conversation with Mara Wilson MAY 20 - Books & Books (FL) MAY 24 - Anderson’s Bookshop (IL), in conversation with Hal Lublin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices