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Director's Notes – Episode 101

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

I first encountered the writing of Brie Williams on the wonderful podcast 2018-07-26 16:39:52 +0000 UTC View Post

Director's Notes – Episode 100

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

My wife and I got married a few months after we got engaged. We were married in a short ceremony that took place in our apartmen...

Director's Notes – Episode 99

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

It's hard to remember exactly where you're from. 

Even if you still live in your hometown, there's always change. Bui...

Director's Notes – Episode 98

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

We generally write the podcast well in advance, assuming that we haven’t gotten horribly behind, so we had no way of knowing t...

Director's Notes – Episode 97

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

I inherited some money many years back from my grandmother, Elnora Rey. It wasn't a lot of money. There was no estate or propert...

Director's Notes – Episode 96

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It’s sure been a while since we’ve heard from Tamika or Dana. I have a little spreadsheet showing me when we last used each ...

Director's Notes - Episode 95

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I grew up watching a lot of late night TV. I was around for the tail end of the Johnny Carson era, so for a while that was it. J...

Director's Notes – Episode 94

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Are you doing all right? Good, then let’s begin.

We are always looking for new ways of telling stories both within the w...

Director's Notes – Episode 93

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

In 1999, I watched the US Women's National Team win the World Cup on penalty kicks against China. I've been watching the William...

Director's Notes – Episode 92

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

The basic description we often give for Night Vale is “a town where every conspiracy theory is true”. And there are few cons...

Director's Notes – Episode 91

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

I met James Moran at GeekyCon in Orlando last summer. He was onstage doing a live Tumblr Answer Time. I was there because I was ...

Director's Notes – Episode 90

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

Joseph and I talk a lot about flying. We both deal with flight anxieties while having to fly a lot for our job.

In talking...

Director's Notes – Episode 89

(As always, don’t read these until you’ve listened to the episode unless you don’t care about being spoiled in which case la di dah, aren’t you so above it all.)

I love beag...

Director's Notes – Episode 88

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

PHONE TREE:

I have slogged through quite a few automated phone trees in my time, repeatedly pressing Zero or shouting "Rep...

Director's Notes - Episode 87

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

The trial of Hiram McDaniels has mostly been played for a laugh. But we always knew where it was going. 

The world of...

Director's Notes – Episode 86

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

Molly Quinn has done several live shows with us. She's an absolute delight to tour with. I'm always telling people: work with Mo...

Director's Notes – Episode 85

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

Hello,

I’m writing to you ...

Director's Notes – Episode 84

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

I played one season of little league in Garland, TX. We were the outlaws. I played catcher. My batting average that season was ....

Director's Notes - Episode 83

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When planning out the plot for the second half of year 4, we talked about this episode and how we wanted to approach it. How do ...

Director's Notes – Episode 82

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When I was between 3 & 8 years old, I spent my summer days at Classic Day Care Center in Mesquite, TX. It no longer exists. ...

Director's Notes – Episode 81

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Joseph and Jeffrey asked me to say a few quick words on the making of Episode 81, “After 3327.” This was a really fun episod...

Director's Notes – Episode 13 (January Hiatus)

[There are no new episodes in January, so we're replaying a couple of old favorites. This one originally posted December 15, 2012.]

This episode started as a document in our shared ...

Director's Notes – Episode 26 (January Hiatus)

[There are no new episodes in January, so we're replaying a couple of old favorites. This one originally posted July 1, 2013.]

A couple months into Welcome to Night Vale, we started...

Director's Notes – Episode 80

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

Joseph and I met the author Maureen Johnson on twitter a few years back. (She's 2018-07-26 16:08:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Director's Notes – Episode 79

(NOTE: As always, Director's Notes contain spoilers)

This episode was written with Zack Parsons, who last co-wrote episode 40 “The Deft Bowman”. 

Zack is someone I’...

Director's Notes – Episode 78

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I watch a lot of cooking shows. As a child, I watched reruns of the Galloping Gourmet with my grandmother. My mother would somet...

Director's Notes – Episode 77

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Have you ever read The Unexpected Guest by Edward Gorey? In spite of (because of?) its adorable simplicity, it's one of the...

Listener Questions 3 – July 2018

Donor-exclusive bonus episode, released July 2018. Cecil, Carlos, the Faceless Old Woman, the Glow Cloud, Kevin, and Lauren Mallard answer your questions.

Send in your questions for future bonus epi...

Listener Questions 3 – July 2018

Donor-exclusive bonus episode, released July 2018. Cecil, Carlos, the Faceless Old Woman, the Glow Cloud, Kevin, and Lauren Mallard answer your questions.

Send in your questions for future bonus epi...

Listener Questions 2 – April 2018

Donor-exclusive bonus episode, released April 2018. Cecil, The Faceless Old Woman, Carlos, Tamika Flynn, and Michelle Nguyen answer your questions!

Send in your questions for future bonus episodes h...