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The prisoner tries to reform. (Part 2 of 2) The voice of Silas is Jonathan Atkinson. Weather: “Go Along / Get Along” by Erin McKeown https://www.erinmckeown.com/ Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts Patreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ 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 Get Joseph Fink’s new novel, THE HALLOWEEN MOON https://www.welcometonightvale.com/books#halloweenmoon 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

The prisoner reveals his secrets. (Part 1 of 2) The voice of Silas is Jonathan Atkinson. Weather: “Drink from the Well” by Stöj Snak http://stojsnak.bandcamp.com Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts Patreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ 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 Get Joseph Fink’s new novel, THE HALLOWEEN MOON https://www.welcometonightvale.com/books#halloweenmoon 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

Frank Chen is here. Frank Chen is here. Frank Chen is here... Weather: “Dressful of Dreams” by The Bipeds http://www.thebipedsdance.com/ Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts Patreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ 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 Get Joseph Fink’s new novel, THE HALLOWEEN MOON https://www.welcometonightvale.com/books#halloweenmoon 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

We’re not here to tell you what you’re doing wrong. We’re here to tell you what you could be doing right. Weather: “All This Time” by Ellis https://ellissongs.bandcamp.com/ Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts Patreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ 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 Get Joseph Fink’s new novel, THE HALLOWEEN MOON https://www.welcometonightvale.com/books#halloweenmoon 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

Sometimes our favorite old films don’t stand the test of time. Weather: “Pocket Scheme“ by Brook Pridemore, https://brookpridemore.bandcamp.com Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts Patreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ 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 Get Joseph Fink’s new novel, THE HALLOWEEN MOON https://www.welcometonightvale.com/books#halloweenmoon 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

Frank Chen has been found alive and returned to his family exactly as he was the day he died. Weather: “Zoology“ by Funkrust Brass Band, http://funkrust.com 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 now! http://welcometonightvale.com/live Get Joseph Fink’s new novel, THE HALLOWEEN MOON https://www.welcometonightvale.com/books#halloweenmoon Patreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ 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

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.

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.

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.

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

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: Disparit

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/b

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

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: Dis

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

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

The librarians have escaped during the first annual Book Fair. Weather: “I Will” by Emischramm https://emischramm.bandcamp.com/ The voice of Tamika Flynn is Symphony Sanders. Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts Pre-order The First Ten Years: Two Sides of the Same Love Story by Meg Bashwiner & Joseph Fink http://tinyurl.com/firsttenyears (personalized & signed editions here: https://www.oblongbooks.com/the-first-ten-years-signed) Book Tour Dates for The First Ten Years: 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.

A dense fog seeps through town. Weather: “Hall of Fame” by Mission from Dog http://missionfromdog.com/ The voice of Deb is Meg Bashwiner. Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts Pre-order The First Ten Years: Two Sides of the Same Love Story by Meg Bashwiner & Joseph Fink http://tinyurl.com/firsttenyears (personalized & signed editions here: 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 reca

Hurrah, hurrah, the Nephilim approach. Weather: “Witchcraft” by Graveyard Club http://graveyardclub.com 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

A memorable trip into the woods Weather: “We Perform a Service Here” by Joseph Fink, https://josephfink.bandcamp.com/ Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts 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