Welcome to Night Vale
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| Starring | Cecil Baldwin |
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| Language | English |
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"The Ballad of Fiedler and Mundt" by Disparition "The Ballad of Haydon and Prideaux" by Disparition, as of August 1, 2015 |
| No. of episodes | 102 + 5 Live + 5 Bonus (List of episodes) |
| Debut | June 15, 2012 |
| Website |
Official website Bandcamp page |
"The Ballad of Fiedler and Mundt" by Disparition
Welcome to Night Vale is a podcast presented as a radio show for the fictional town of Night Vale, reporting on the strange events that occur within it. The series was created in 2012 by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. It has been published by Night Vale Presents since March 15, 2015, and was previously published by Commonplace Books. Cecil Gershwin Palmer, the host, main character, and narrator, is voiced by Cecil Baldwin, while secondary characters are sometimes voiced by guest stars, such as Carlos, voiced by Dylan Marron. The podcast typically airs on the first and fifteenth of every month, and consists of "news, announcements and advertisements" from the desert town, located "somewhere in the Southwestern United States." In an interview with NPR, Joseph Fink said that he "came up with this idea of a town in that desert where all conspiracy theories were real, and we would just go from there with that understood."
Every episode of the podcast includes a piece of music as "the weather," each by a different independently published artist. The theme and background instrumental music to the series were created by the musician and composer Disparition.
In October 2013, Welcome to Night Vale began presenting live shows, which continued into 2014 with a tour of the West Coast. In addition, it was announced during the episode "The Auction" that a novel would be published in 2015. Fink stated that "it's going to have all the characters and weird atmosphere that you want from Night Vale, with a brand new story that explores parts of Night Vale that we just haven't been able to get into with the podcast." When the book became available for pre-order the following March, it became Amazon's #2 title seven months ahead of its October release date.
Welcome to Night Vale's plot consists of longform storytelling. Individual episodes usually function as standalone narratives and only rarely contain significant developments in storyline. The writers employ running jokes and plot arcs, advanced slowly through the events described in the podcast. For example, The Glow Cloud, one of the series' most iconic characters, hypnotizes the townspeople with its colors and noxious gas, making people chant "ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY GLOW CLOUD", and eventually becomes president of Night Vale's school board. Another running joke is that the job with the highest death rate is being an intern at the radio station; the only interns and former interns who are currently alive include (in order of appearance) Chad Bowinger, Dana Cardinal, Maureen, and Vithya.
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