Hey y'all, we're talking about DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE by Juan Pablo Villalobos this week. Since it's only 70 pages, we're covering the whole book. See you in the chat! -jeffrey
2025-06-16 18:11:52 +0000 UTC View Post
This was a tricky one.
I am often tapped in to write endings. I wrote the ending to the first Night Vale novel and to It Devours! The final episode of all three seasons of Unlicensed were first drafted by me. (Jeffrey wrote the ending to the Faceless Old Woman novel. He did so very early on in the writing process and it was so creepy that it immediately set the tone and direction for the ...
2025-06-15 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Now is not the time for panic. Now is the time for despair.
Weather: "Radio Down" by Caged Animals
Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth
2025-26 TOUR DATES ...
2025-06-15 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJoseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor, and Brie Williams answer your questions about the upcoming Night Vale RPG, their writerly influences, and how Brie got here.
2025-06-10 15:52:58 +0000 UTC View PostHear Night Vale co-creator Jeffrey Cranor talk about his favorite part of touring.
2025-06-10 15:17:25 +0000 UTC View PostWe're finishing up We Do Not Part this week, and following it up (hopefully a bit lighter) with DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE by Juan Pablo Villalobos. Logline: a darkly comic chronicle of a delirious journey to grant a child's wish.
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE schedule:
June 16 - The whole book (only 70 pages)
Unlicensed star Molly Quinn shares her thoughts on season 3 of Unlicensed.
Watch the full video it here: https://ktla.com/video/molly-c-quinn-shares-details-about-the-new-season-of-unlicensed/10773737/
Listen to Season 3 here: 2025-06-04 15:40:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 13 (“A story about you.”) set up a few things in Night Vale lore. First, we’ve got the Labyrinth, though we didn’t name them that until we wrote the Night Vale novel The Faceless Old Woman. We also set up the “dark planet lit by no sun…” phrase, which of course means death. And we also set up the recurring structure of “A story about…”
This last thing is my fav...
2025-06-01 13:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a story about me, said the man speaking, and you are pleased because you always wanted to hear a story about me.
Weather: "House With A Basement" by Nick Ricks
The voice of Steve Carlsberg is Hal Lublin
Original episode art by Je...
2025-06-01 04:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostNight Vale co-creator Jeffrey Cranor shares his top three travel tips based on over 11 years of touring experience.
2025-05-29 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostNot really secret, just jokes for a very small audience.
I'm the tour manager these days for our Night Vale live shows. (This is Jeffrey btw.) Gotta get people fed, rested, and driven to where they gotta be. It's a fun job that requires a lot of patience, and a lot of coordination. One tool we use is an app called Master Tour, which keeps a calendar of what time to be where: (lobby call, ...
2025-05-27 15:27:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe 10% merchandise discount code for all merchandise purchased from TopatoCo in June is BIZARRERADI0
2025-05-27 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all, we're picking up our discussion of Han Kang's We Do Not Part over in the chat. Spoilers ahead! But please nothing past Chapter 6 until next Monday!
2025-05-26 18:11:43 +0000 UTC View PostHey friends, come hang out with me (Jeffrey) and Joseph at 4pm ET today. We can talk how to frost a cupcake, the opening weekend of the WNBA, and I don't know, Night Vale? It's all fair game. Just come hang out with us, right here on Zoom, this afternoon!
ZOOM LINK (waiting list in effect till 4pm)
We're starting our discussion of Han Kang's WE DO NOT PART over in the chats today! I'm really looking forward to talking to all of you about it. - jeffrey
2025-05-19 13:49:40 +0000 UTC View Post
We wanted a fun spring shirt and couldn't decide which shirt color we liked best... so you get to choose!
Find our pre-sale here and, once all the orders are in, we will fill the orders and put the most popular color in our store.
Pre-order this shirt...
2025-05-16 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostJoseph Fink talks about his favorite mystery novels that influenced how he and Jeffrey thought about constructing mysteries as they wrote Unlicensed.
2025-05-15 19:37:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Night Vale grows organically. This is not the same as it being unplanned, but it does mean that often we find things out only when the listener finds them out. There was no bible written at the beginning, explaining every aspect of the world yet to be written. That would have taken away all the fun of writing it. I get to be surprised and delighted by this world just as you are.
This year...
2025-05-15 13:30:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Labyrinth management is troubled about new developments.
Weather: "How Lucky Am I?" by The Toxhards
The voice of Steve Carlsberg is Hal Lublin
Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth
Time for Old Man Cranor to yell at clouds again, y’all. Buckle up, fellow Olds.
So, I saw Sinners opening weekend. Like most of you (I presume), I loved this movie. But there’s one thing that’s still sitting weird with me, and this is not a big spoiler, btw, for those who haven’t see it yet. (also, if you comment below, please avoid or clearly mark ...
2025-05-12 18:18:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe first two seasons (and the third season on 5/15!) are available through an Audible free trial here.
2025-05-12 14:45:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Having ignored the posted warnings, a team of scientists who were looking for something else recently unearthed several crates of Dark Owl Records totes from what was meant to be their final, desert resting place. Oops.
Find it here.
2025-05-03 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, Jeffrey here. As our Night Film discussion comes to an end, it's time to plan our next books. I've got two for you. I've not read either, but they come highly recommended from people I trust.
The first is WE DO NOT PART by Han Kang. Logline: "We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden ch...
2025-05-02 16:38:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We are so excited to welcome two amazing weather artists on tour with us! Al Olender will be joining us in July and Erin McKeown in October.
We can't wait to see you there!
Hi all,
It's that time again, for us to record our behind the scenes patreon-only episode. If you have questions for the writers, any of the actors, or Disparition who does the sound design, music, and audio editing, please put it here and we'll answer it soon on an episode. Thanks! - Joseph
EDIT: A note that we can't really answer in-universe questions, as if the answer isn't in th...
2025-05-01 19:25:31 +0000 UTC View Post
I have always loved weird little “anonymous” type columns in newspapers, going back to my middle school years when the Portland Mercury had a section called “I Saw You”. I Saw You wasn’t exactly a Missed Connections, but was oddly focused on seeing people on public transit or on the street and then writing about it. The main difference was that the writer never seemed to be wanting a ...
2025-05-01 13:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Today’s show is dedicated to all your chance encounters, wasted moments, pinings, longings, and near-misses.
Weather: "I'm So Bored" by Mal Blum
The voice of Deb is Meg Bashwiner
Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth
The 10% merchandise discount code for all merchandise purchased from TopatoCo in May is G3TDEV0UR3D2025
2025-04-27 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSee you all there!
2025-04-21 19:01:26 +0000 UTC View Post