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Twice-monthly community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, where every conspiracy theory is true. Turn on your radio and hide. Never listened before? It's an ongoing radio show. Start with the current episode, and you'll catch on in no time. Or, go right to Episode 1 if you wanna binge-listen.
Latest episodes

Jul 26, 2021 • 41min
Excerpt - The Halloween Moon by Joseph Fink
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.
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Jul 15, 2021 • 28min
105 - What Happened at the Smithwick House (R)
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.
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Jul 1, 2021 • 28min
101 - Guidelines for Disposal (R)
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.
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Jun 15, 2021 • 29min
190 - Listeners
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
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Jun 1, 2021 • 26min
189 - Megan Wallaby Is Missing
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

May 15, 2021 • 27min
188 - Listener Questions
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

May 4, 2021 • 43min
The First Ten Years, Year 5: 2014
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
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May 1, 2021 • 28min
187 - Citizen Spotlight: The Spire
Between meters 183 and 207 of the Brown Stone Spire, artist Saad Ibrahim chisels ancient verses in long-forgotten alphabets.
Weather: “Eurydice“ by HEATHERS, https://heathers-mtl.bandcamp.com/
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

Apr 20, 2021 • 42min
The First Ten Years, Year 1: 2009
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
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Apr 15, 2021 • 27min
186 - The Many Lives of Frank Chen
Weather:
Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts
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
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