I always meant to read Les Miserables, but I never did. It's an important-seeming book, and all, and so I doubt my life would be worse for having completed that task. But for now, Victor Hugo's most famous epic is in the pile of To-Reads, along with Moby Dick, Sense and Sensibility, Invisible Man, and the manuscript you spent your whole life working on and that you asked me to read, like, 4 mon...
2023-10-01 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe 10% merchandise discount code for all merchandise purchased from TopatoCo in October is: NVCCORIENTATION
2023-10-01 13:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A review of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables
Weather: “Halflight“ by Juliana Finch https://www.julianafinch.com/
The voice of Tamika Flynn is Symphony Sanders
Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth http://www.jessica-hayworth...
2023-10-01 04:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We had two great shows in Woodstock New York with James Felice as our weather which was wonderful! Now we head to Philadelphia!
2023-09-28 16:05:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Before the show starts we arrive hours before to create the show you’ll experience. We set the lights with the designer at the theatre, do sound check , and prepare to give you the best show !!
2023-09-28 15:56:16 +0000 UTC View PostWe are here in Woodstock and yesterday we rehearsed for the debut of The Attic live show! We worked our way through the show and had a great day. This is our first new script since the pandemic and we are excited to share this show with you all! We hope to see you all on the road!
2023-09-26 18:46:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor answer your questions about how we balance horror & humor, what Khoshekh's deal is, and what is Steve Carlsberg's actual relationship to Cecil?
Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor answer your questions about how we balance horror & humor, what Khoshekh's deal is, and what is Steve Carlsberg's actual relationship to Cecil?
2023-09-22 16:28:44 +0000 UTC View Post(by Jeffrey Cranor)
I’ve been thinking a lot about the linguistic term “thought-terminating cliché” lately. I learned this phrase from Amanda Montell’s book Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism. Montell didn’t invent the phrase (Robert Jay Lifton did, in 1961), but she talks about it as it relates to the way cults or cult-like groups (e.g. multi-level marketing schemes)...
2023-09-22 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey friends! Joseph and I are hosting another zoom hangout TODAY Mon Sept 18, at 4pm ET (New York City time).
Come talk to us about airline miles, u-shaped air conditioners, backless chairs, Night Vale, or anything really. Just come hang out with us. These are always super fun.
ZOOM LINK (waiting room in effect till 4pm):
The Patreon pre-sale code for Toronto, ON and Columbus, OH is: INTOSCIENCE
2023-09-15 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Tickets to The Attic are going on sale in Toronto, ON (April 1, 2024) and Columbus, OH (4/5/24)!
Patreon Member Pre-Sale: Friday, September 15th, 2023 at 11 AM
General On Sale: Friday, September 22nd, 2023 at 10 AM.
(Times are local venue time.)
2023-09-15 13:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This morning we found a boy. He has no name, and no one knows who he is.
Listen here.
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Well, now the boy's here. What's up with the boy? I bet we'll find out more later.
When guest writer Ashley Lierman introduced Tamika Flynn as a character, she was a brave 14 year old, striding out of the library with a librarian's head in her hands, ready to lead a teenage militia against invaders. But that was over a decade ago. Tamika Flynn is now in her mid-20s. She has a job. She has...
2023-09-15 05:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This morning we found a boy. He has no name, and no one knows who he is.
Weather: “Runner Up“ by Al Olender https://alolender.com/
Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth http://www.jessica-hayworth.com/
Episode transcripts
A question we get occasionally is "what genre is Night Vale?"
This is, at its heart, an unanswerable question. Genre is a marketing term. It's a way of telling people "liked this other book? then buy this new book!" Of course that's a simplification. Genre can be many other things. A template for writing. A community. A prison to escape. There is no simple definition for genre, even...
2023-09-07 16:20:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello,
It's time for a behind the scenes bonus episode, and for that we need your questions. Do you want to know anything about the writing, performance, or production of Night Vale? About our live tours? How we develop and decide on our merch? Just anything about writing or podcasts or media in general? Ask it here and we'll try to get to as many of the questions as we can. Thanks!
(TW: brief mention of JK Rowling and her stupid shit)
I believe that artists tell on themselves. It’s not always obvious to the audience, but when I read my own work or the work of friends I know well, I can often see their lives on display in the story. Sometimes it’s super obvious. For instance, I love sports and I’m super afraid of spiders, so if you see references to ei...
2023-09-04 21:29:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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2023-09-01 14:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Luca Albescu lives at 831 Lombardi Street, in a dilapidated Victorian mansion at the top of the hill.
Listen here.
Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it here.
2023-09-01 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe 10% merchandise discount code for all merchandise purchased from TopatoCo in September is: B3ANHAMM3R
2023-09-01 13:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Luca Albescu lives at 831 Lombardi Street, in a dilapidated Victorian mansion at the top of the hill.
Weather: “Exit Stage Left“ by Bears with Eagle Arms https://www.bearswitheaglearms.com/
Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth http:...
2023-09-01 04:00:31 +0000 UTC View PostREMINDER: Joseph and I are hosting another zoom hangout TODAY Mon August 28, at 4pm ET (New York City time).
Come talk to us about weird-looking rodents, fruit-flavored antacid tablets, vacation blues, Night Vale, or anything really. Just come hang out with us. These are always super fun.
ZOOM LINK (waiting room in effect till 4pm):
(by Jeffrey Cranor)
I’m on vacation in Belize this week. Never been here before. It’s beautiful. The food is great. The people are even better. I got to swim with nurse sharks and eagle rays. I met an agouti named Agnetha. I went rum-tasting. I read a book on a beach. I did that latter activity a LOT, and I loved it.
That said, there are always complaints, little nits to pick. I...
2023-08-23 13:06:59 +0000 UTC View Post
There was a car crash on Buellton Avenue, listeners. A bad one.
Listen here.
Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it 2023-08-15 13:34:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Night Vale invites you to open that odd looking door that just appeared in your home and enter The Attic. The Attic is Welcome to Night Vale’s brand new touring live show world premiering this fall in cities across the US.
Cecil discovers slides from an old family road trip, which at first seem fun and joyful but begin to change into something strange and dangerous. This neve...
2023-08-15 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostLike many episodes, this one started with a phrase that seemed interesting to me. "A car crash on Buellton Avenue". I started describing that car crash, unsure what the story would be, but knowing if I poked around enough, I would find it. And after writing a couple of the car crash sections, I started to see the shape of the story, understand the loop I was creating for the poor man at its cen...
2023-08-15 05:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
There was a car crash on Buellton Avenue, listeners. A bad one.
Weather: “One Man's Trash“ by 7th Street Big Band
Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth http://www.jessica-hayworth.com/
Episode transcripts http://welcometo...
2023-08-15 04:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostRecently I experienced one of the biggest professional failures of my career.
For the last three years, I have been working on a pitch for a novel. It is a work of historical fiction, with a few elements of the fantastic throughout. It is called The Set Dresser and is about early Hollywood, the development of rocket ships, and the rise of new religions in 20th century Los Angeles. It is...
"For over a decade, Jeffrey and I have been building the world of Night Vale with our podcast, touring live shows, and novels. Now we cannot wait for people to finally get to step into that world themselves, and start telling their own stories about a weird little desert town."
- Night...
2023-08-03 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post