New Merch: Challenge Coin
Breathing in spite of all those throat spiders is quite the achievement.
You deserve a challenge coin.
2023-05-31 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
welcometonightvale activity
TUES MAY 23: Hang out w/Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
Heya friends! Joseph and I are hosting another zoom hangout tomorrow, Tuesday May 23, at 6pm ET (New York City time).
Come talk to us about woodchucks, legend of zelda, summer travels, Night Vale, or anything really. Just come join us. These are always super fun.
ZOOM LINK (wa...
2023-05-22 20:58:03 +0000 UTC View PostNew Merch: There Is No Proof You Exist T-shirt
What is existence anyway?
Available here.
Visit the store.
2023-05-22 15:09:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Final Haunting
Recently we completed the final leg of The Haunting of Night Vale. The final days of tour are always difficult because you’ve developed an attachment to the story, fine tuned your performance, and then you have to let it go. This final leg of tour was short but we had an amazing time with multi...
2023-05-19 16:51:35 +0000 UTC View PostNew Merch: Sticker Pack
Four amazing designs by Dev O'Reilly. Collect them here.
2023-05-18 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn Praise of Jeffrey Cranor
In the last Director's Notes (available to all patron members above the free level), Jeffrey said some very nice things about funny jokes I've added to his scripts. So I would like to take this second to talk about the comedy writing of Jeffrey Cranor. And I'll use a paragraph from one of our ver...
2023-05-17 17:57:46 +0000 UTC View PostDirector's Notes: 228 - Diplomacy
The way we write Night Vale episodes is one of us does the first draft and then passes it to the other. That other person does tweaks and then passes it back to the original writer for approval. Once the script is approved, it’s sent on to Cecil Baldwin and Disparition for recording and mixing....
2023-05-15 15:05:26 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 228 - Diplomacy Illustration
Councilmember Flynn tries a new approach.
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Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it 2023-05-15 14:12:51 +0000 UTC View Post
228 - Diplomacy
Councilmember Flynn tries a new approach.
Weather: “Rearview“ by Not Jupiter https://wearenotjupiter.bandcamp.com/
Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth 2023-05-15 04:00:30 +0000 UTC View Post
In praise of 3-star storytelling
As I got deeper into literature, film, theater, etc. in high school and college, I began to catalogue the great works of art. Some of those were fed to me: Citizen Kane, 100 Years of Solitude, anything Shakespeare, Pride and Prejudice, Waiting for Godot, and so on.
And I learned to use spec...
2023-05-08 22:28:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe Free Patreon Membership Level is Here!
Welcome to Night Vale now offers a free Patreon membership level, and we extend a warm welcome to all our new Patreon members!
We'll be sending you more news, pictures, and words very soon. In the meantime, you can check out everything that's already on our Patreon page. Future posts will i...
2023-05-08 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode #227 - A Word with Dr. Jones Illustration
Dr. Jones would like a word… in private.
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Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it 2023-05-01 14:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post
May Merchandise Discount Code
The 10% merchandise discount code for all merchandise purchased from TopatoCo in May is: SILAS101
2023-05-01 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostDirector's Notes - Episode 227: "A Word with Dr. Jones"
We were asked recently how we decide when to have Cecil speak for characters, and when to bring in guest actors to perform as the characters instead. And it's a good question. There's not a set process for this. It's a call that Jeffrey or I make every time we write an episode.
Our default ...
2023-05-01 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post227 - A Word with Dr. Jones
Dr. Jones would like a word… in private.
Weather: “When a Heart Breaks Slowly“ by Natasha Remi https://www.instagram.com/natasha_remi/
The Voice of Dr. Janet Lubelle is Janet Varney
<... 2023-05-01 04:00:45 +0000 UTC View PostBonus Episode: Behind the Scenes (April 2023)
Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor answer your questions about how we name our characters, how we choose the music, and what if forks... but alive?
2023-04-25 21:43:35 +0000 UTC View PostBonus Episode: Behind the Scenes (April 2023)
Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor answer your questions about how we name our characters, how we choose the music, and what if forks... but alive?
Moonchild, an excerpt from a work in progress
For the last three years, I have been working on a massive work in progress. A novel that started out as a minor side project and has now turned into by far the longest and most ambitious thing I've ever tried to write.
Part of this novel is a short story written by one of the charact...
Director's Notes: 226 - Creditors
They don't often tell you this in creative classes, but a huge chunk of being a professional artist is administration. 90% is probably a bit high of a percentage but it sometimes feels like it.
It doesn't matter if you're working full time or just running an etsy shop on the side, you gotta...
2023-04-17 15:21:57 +0000 UTC View PostTODAY APR 17: Hang out w/Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
Heya friends! Joseph and I are hosting another zoom hangout today, Monday April 17, at 4pm ET (New York City time).
Come talk to us about fancy cocktails, wood-chopping, perennial vegetables, Night Vale, or anything really. Just come join us. These are always super fun.
ZOOM L...
2023-04-16 21:40:53 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode #226 - Creditors Illustration
Payments are long overdue.
Listen here.
Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it 2023-04-15 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
226 - Creditors
Payments are long overdue.
Weather: “Crawling Home When the Morning Comes“ by Sweet and Lonely https://sweetandlonely.bandcamp.com
Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth 2023-04-15 04:00:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Director's Notes: 225 - Renegotiations
One of the scariest short films I've seen is Mama (I put the link here for you, but just know if you're not into horror, proceed with caution.) It's 2 minutes of freaky, disconcerting frights.
Episode 225 - Renegotiations Illustration
It's contract renegotiation time at the station.
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Illustration by Jessica Hayworth. Want it as a print? Buy it 2023-04-01 14:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
April Merchandise Discount Code
The 10% merchandise discount code for all merchandise purchased from TopatoCo in April is: MAZEROOTS
2023-04-01 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post225 - Renegotiations
It's contract renegotiation time at the station.
Weather: “Peculiar Little Town“ by Echoes of Aphelion https://echoesofaphelion.bandcamp.com/
Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth 2023-04-01 04:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Ask us questions for a behind the scenes episode
Hi there,
Joseph here. Hello. Hi. It's nice to see you.
Jeffrey and I will be recording a behind the scenes episode for our patrons (that's you!) and we'd love your questions. Ask us about the podcast, writing in general, our books, making the live shows, 2023-03-28 17:49:47 +0000 UTC View Post
The Complete and True Story of Trying to Make a Night Vale TV Show
We get questions regularly about what happened to the Night Vale tv show, after we announced the deal with FX years ago. And so I’ve decided, only for our patrons, to tell the complete story. This is nearly ten years of backstage drama in trying to get Night Vale on television:
Ten years ...
2023-03-22 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTODAY: Hang out w/Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor: Mon Mar 20
Calling all Patreons! Yes, all of you. Joseph and I are hosting another zoom hangout tomorrow, Monday March 20, at 4pm ET (New York City time).
This is a very special hang-out in that we're inviting all Patreon members, not just Weird Scouts to join us. You can talk to us about M3GAN, Spa t...
2023-03-19 21:13:37 +0000 UTC View PostDirector's Notes - Episode 224: Liminal Spaces
I learned about the word liminal while in college studying religion. It's a word that comes up a lot in religion, looking at those moments that are between our world and another.
Liminal is one of those words that, when you learn it, you want to find a reason to start using it. At the...
2023-03-15 16:18:15 +0000 UTC View Post