Welcome to Night Vale

By: Night Vale Presents
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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.
    2016, Night Vale Presents
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Episodes
  • The Best Worst ep 1: Cheers

    The Best Worst ep 1: Cheers
    Mar 4 2025

    Find The Best Worst wherever you get podcasts!

    Apple link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-worst/id1800270997

    Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/show/32aFGAy4PVGvA7U9bLqtZg?si=eIMGsyvPRvWixxnv5hMQGQ\

    RSS feed: https://feeds.libsyn.com/570025/rss

    Cheers

    1982-1993

    270 episodes

    Let's start things off with a place where everyone knows your name.

    To support the show and get access to our biweekly "The Middlest" episodes, join our patreon.

    A production of Night Vale Presents.

    Hosts are Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink

    Editing by Grant Stewart.
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    47 mins
  • 263 - Hysteria Land

    263 - Hysteria Land
    Mar 1 2025

    It's the grand opening of Hysteria Land Theme Park and Succulent Gardens and Resort-Style Property

    Weather: "What You Want From Me" by Petrichor, Ltd.

    Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth

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    UNLICENSED Season 2 is here! Only on Audible

    Pre-order the Welcome to Night Vale Roleplaying Game today!

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    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.
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    29 mins
  • 262 - The Man Who Is Not Tall

    262 - The Man Who Is Not Tall
    Feb 15 2025

    Concerns over Steve Carlsberg's new job

    The voice of Steve Carlsberg is Hal Lublin

    Weather: "The Trundling Path" by No Monster Club

    Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth

    Read episode transcripts

    UNLICENSED Season 2 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, and Instagram.

    Check out our books, live shows, store, membership program, and official recap show at welcometonightvale.com

    A production of Night Vale Presents.
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    26 mins

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Night Vale

This is maybe the best thing that not nearly enough people are listening to.
Quirky, original, well-produced, and in some cases damned disturbing.
Highest recommendation.

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Worth it

Night Vale is the Monty Python of podcasts
Listen from the beginning
Cape Town
South Africa

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"And now for the weather!"

My older sister showed me the pilot episode and a year ago, and now nightvale feels better to listen to than any other audio. ( music, audio books, other podcasts, ect.) the only other podcast I like to listen to is "unlicensed" ( by the same authors ) I am just so obsessed!

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What a Wonderful Day

Such a memorable 100th episode and a fantastic marriage! Cecil and Carlos are a fantastic duo as always!

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Weird

If you like it weird, creepy, and cultish, this is your podcast. I'm still trying to catch up, many hours of content, but not a minute waisted so far.

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More Nightvale please!

I love Night Vale, but I don’t enjoy all the interruptions of podcasts. So I really love the book. Welcome to Night Vale and It Devours, read them both at least twice.
Please write another sequel from some of the storylines in the podcast!

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This is the best podcast I've ever listened to

I am a sucker for abnormal things that are just kinda normal but not normal anyway I absolutely love the story I also love how there's a gay marriage so that's a great highlight of the show. 10/10 great podcast I highly recommend it

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Help

I’ve been a huge fan since 2014! Recently started reading the book. This pod cast plays backwards. Now that I’m on it devours, I want to relisten to nightvale in order to

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Mysterious, strange, and funny

The story of a strange place told bit by bit through a radio show full of strange community announcements.

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Perfectly creepy

A great podcast for those who love the strange and unusual. A small creepy town that will welcome you with open arms... or tentacles. Just avoid the Dog Park

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