As you might know, Jeffrey Cranor and Cecil Baldwin have a podcast together called Random Number Generator Horror Podcast No. 9. In it, they watch a (semi-)randomly selected horror movie, and discuss it, Cecil from the point of view of a horror devotee, Jeffrey as a horror novice. (Although, after almost 300 episodes, Jeffrey is probably no long...
2025-09-01 13:00:33 +0000 UTC View PostRecommendations for you horror buffs
Weather: "Watermelon" by Clavicle
Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth
The voice of Carlos is Dy...
2025-09-01 02:44:30 +0000 UTC View PostMany of you know I'm a cat person. I love cats. I grew up in a dog-only household, and by osmosis, I hated cats, because everyone around me always badmouthed them. But when my former partner, Jillian, and I moved in together way back in 2002, we adopted a cat (Simone). Changed my life.
Of course, animal adoption always changes you. Pet com...
2025-08-29 18:05:43 +0000 UTC View PostWe'll be starting Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle next week, here's a schedule:
Tues Sept 2: up to the end of Chapter 5
Monday Sept 8: up to the end of Part 1
Monday Sept 15: up to the end of Chapter 13
Monday Sept 22: the whole book!
-Joseph
2025-08-29 01:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe 10% merchandise discount code for all merchandise purchased from TopatoCo in September is TELLMEASTORY
2025-08-27 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi all, Joseph here. Jeffrey is finishing up Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? over on our book club, and so it's time to announce our next book which will be:
(yes, that John Darnielle.)
Fun fact: ...
2025-08-22 21:12:19 +0000 UTC View PostSorry in advance for my shaky internet today. But I think y'all and Joseph carried this think along nicely! - jeffrey
2025-08-19 21:21:07 +0000 UTC View PostHey friends, Joseph and I are going to go live today on Zoom at 4pm NYC time. So come hang out and talk with us about gumbo recipes, outdoor lighting, or favorite flowers. Or you know, we could talk about Night Vale, too. Whatever you want!
See you soon.
ZOOM LINK:
Hey musicians! We are opening submissions on the weather. We don't do this very often, the last time was like three years ago, so you should jump on this. We'd love to feature your music on our show. Submissions are open now through November 15, 2025. 2025-08-16 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
After 272 episodes and several novels and live shows, we've all gotten pretty comfortable writing this show. Not complacent. It's still very exciting to write. Just comfortable. Meaning: we don't have to think super hard about Cecil's motivations or how the town might respond to X, Y or Z. If you live in a town for thirteen years (even if it's n...
2025-08-15 13:00:23 +0000 UTC View Post
The Welcome to Night Vale RPG is here! We’re shipping now to our US backers, with international backer shipping to begin as soon as those shipments arrive.
Mark your calendars: the game hits retail stores on 9/9/25.
We can’t wait for you to experience it—and hope you love it as much as we do.
If you haven't orde...
2025-08-15 13:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post
It's too hot to think. Let's let the stars guide us.
Weather: "Door is Your Hand" by Adult Mom
Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth
The voice of Harriso...
2025-08-15 04:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey, so let's do a classic of contemporary drama. If you're a theater kid, you've read or seen this play before, and probably the Mike Nichols film, too. Same same. But listen, I love this play. I love Edward Albee for what he can do with language in dialogue. And I can't get enough of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and I'm just dying...
2025-08-04 00:13:09 +0000 UTC View Post
At our last story meeting back at the end of May, I pitched Joseph and Jeffrey a “what if a big summer festival picked Night Vale as its host city and things went very badly” story. It seemed like a fun idea to me, though I have never been to this type of festival—not a Coachella nor a Woodstock, nary a Lollapalooza, ne'er a Burning Man. T...
2025-08-01 13:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Push the boundaries of experience
Weather: "Stretching Thin" by MADWOMAN
Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth
The voice of Josh Crayton is Brie Williams
The 10% merchandise discount code for all merchandise purchased from TopatoCo in August is SPONSORM3SS@GES4U
2025-07-27 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The Patreon pre-sale code is: BLOOD
We can't wait to see you in State College and Aspen! (and everywhere else we are visiting!)
Pre-sale goes live at 10 am theatre local time on 7/16.
2025-07-15 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
We are so excited to announce the addition of two new shows to our tour in State College, PA on September 9, 2025 and in Aspen, CO on January 28, 2026.
Patreon pre-sale: Wednesday, July 16 at 10 am theatre local time
General on-sale: Friday, July 18 at 10 am theatre local time
Pre-sale code will go live on Patreon at 3 pm est t...
2025-07-15 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Pre-sale begins today and runs through July 22. This is your chance to order this t-shirt in any of the four below colors. Once the pre-sale is over, only the most popular color will be available in the store.
... and this design glows in the dark!
Order yours 2025-07-15 13:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post
And here's our hangout from backstage at our Northampton live show! See y'all in August!
2025-07-14 00:58:19 +0000 UTC View PostHey friends! Join Jeffrey and Symphony backstage at our Northampton, MA live show tonight at 7:15pm ET (New York time).
Here's the zoom link (waiting room in effect till start time):
2025-07-13 20:04:58 +0000 UTC View Post
We will post some of our Cosplay and Tour Photos here... and we hope you will post your photos too! You must be a free member or higher to comment, but anyone can view.
Post your pictures on social media and tag us on any of our social media platforms. We can't wait to see your photos!
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For the first time we are giving a sneak peak of tour merch before the tour! The designs are so fun this year and are only available at our live shows, so arrive early to get yours before they sell out.
2025-07-02 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostAnd here's our hangout from June! See y'all on July 13 from backstage of our Northampton show!!
2025-07-01 16:00:25 +0000 UTC View PostIt's late, but here's video from our Patreon Hangout in May! (June is coming this afternoon!)
2025-07-01 15:23:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Have you ever wondered what goes on backstage during a live show? Now you can find out! On July 13th the Welcome to Night Vale cast will hangout on Zoom during their live show in Northampton! This hangout is open to Weird Scout ($10/month) Patreon members and higher. And, if you are attending the Northampton show or can't make the hangout... don...
2025-07-01 13:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe 10% merchandise discount code for all merchandise purchased from TopatoCo in July is SHOUT@THEV0ID
2025-06-27 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post(Jeffrey Cranor here.) I love maps. Always have. If I find a globe in an antique shop, that’s gonna be my next 20 minutes.
I play Worldle every day. Not wordle (though I play that too). No, WorLdle with that extra L in there. If you haven’t played it before it give you the shape of a country and you have 6 guesses to get it right...
2025-06-26 15:45:29 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I was first learning how to write, I wrote a lot of short stories. But once I started writing podcasts and novels, my time to play around with short stories went away.
Sometimes I find myself thinking: oh I should write short stories again. And then I remember that I write several a year, I just structure them as episodes of Night Val...
2025-06-19 23:59:19 +0000 UTC View PostIt's time once again to hang out! Come talk to me (Jeffrey Cranor) and my co-writer Joseph Fink this Thursday on zoom. We can chat about handmade pasta, summer mocktail recipes, or maybe even Night Vale, if you're into that sort of thing.
See you then!
ZOOM LINK (waiting room in effect till 4pm):