#wtnv 161

[ineffable-gallimaufry]

thinking about barbra emmaline quendaline sauce again. i think more people should talk about barb eq sauce nowadays. she's a cat that lives on the moon in a secret pet city. her name is barb eq sauce. literally iconic

[kevin--of-desert-bluffs]

WTNV quick rundown - 161 - The Space Race

Read the rest here!

Space, the final frontier. The womb, the first frontier. Somewhere between those two, the ocean. Welcome to Night Vale.

Cecil is devoting this entire episode ('as he always does on this day every year') to the Children's Fun Fact Science Presentation. This year it's about the Space Race.

The Space Race, Cecil begins, in 1782 at a garden party hosted by the first Duke of Luftnarp in July. All the nobles declare how much they hate the moon and the first Duke of Luftnarp and the Prince of York decide that the first person to find a way to get to the moon to hit it directly would show they hated the moon the most.

Sometime in the 18th or 19th centurary the Archduchess of the Motley Meadow learned to go into a meditative state where she could lucid dream about flying to the moon believing that when she reached it in her dreams so too would she in real life but apparently she was in such a meditative state she didn't notice she died.

In 1953 the North American Slap-the-Moon Agency and the Russians, descendents of those first nobles, are still fighting to be the first to get to the moon and hit it to prove their hatred of it. Neil Armstrong reportedly was a test pilot with the strongest hatred for the moon.

When they reach the moon they find a secret lost pet city hidden by a grey and black mesh from the Earth. A grey cat called Barb. E.Q. Sauce asks him to keep the secret of their city and he agrees, flying back to Earth. Cecil ends by saying that he never did tell anyone, so nobody has ever heard this story before.

Weather: “Have a Smoke” by Head Portals

NV is not unaware of the presidental debate and many spirited debates go on in the Compressed Spine Amateur Boxing Gym. Winner being by knockout or sometimes points. Candidates include; Old Towel Leonard (who everyone hates, according to Cecil), Heartbreak Maggie (she has the most number of arms, the most number of eyes, and her singing voice literally kills) and Cecil's fave Spotless Tony (whose positions include banning guns, legalizing writing utensils, and Medicare for Spotless Tony, a program that would provide comprehensive healthcare to himself).

The lawsuit against NV for the mishandling of Frank Chen's death is still ongoing, made difficult by the absence of Hiram McDaniel's and how difficult and deadly it is to access any NV records.

Cecil signs off quickly after the story this episode.

Proverb: Correct placement from right to left: salad fork, soup spoon, salad spoon, bread knife, bowie knife, meat thermometer, entree fork, and finally, the dessert claws.

[kerink]

wtnv content in (approximate) order

hi guys! if you're getting into wtnv for the first time, or getting back into it after a brief enjoyment, you may not know wntv is more than just the podcast. here's a rough list of where the other media fits into the timeline. liveshows can be purchased here but are not necessarily required listening. iirc "the debate" is the only one that had plot relevant information in it

Episodes 1-31 Liveshow: The Debate Episodes: 32-36 Liveshow: Condos Episode: 37-39 Liveshow: The Librarian Episodes: 40-50 Liveshow: The Thrilling Adventure Hour & WTNV crossover Episodes: 51-75 Book: Welcome to Night Vale Episodes: 76-87 Liveshow: The Investigators Episodes: 88-107 Liveshow: Ghost Stories Episodes: 108-115 Book: It Devours! Episodes: 116-132 Liveshow: All Hail Episodes: 133-160 Liveshow: A Spy in the Desert Episodes: 161-164 Book: The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home Episodes: 165-Present

there's one more liveshow that isn't available yet (The Haunting of Night Vale) and there's patreon exclusive episodes and in-character Q&As which aren't plot relevant but are very fun

[genrebender]

Some Canonically Queer Characters:

Asexuals and/or Aromatic:

-Jon Sims - asexual biromantic (The Magnus Archives)

-Jay - aromatic & asexual (Supernatural Academy -in show not sure about books)

-Alastor - aroace (Hazbin Hotel)

-Caduseus Clay - aroace (Critical Role: Campaign two the Mighty Nein)

-Lilith Clawthorne - aroace (The Owl House)

-Artemis/Diana aroace (PJO)

-Hestia aroace (PJO)

-Athena/Minerva alloromantic & asexual (PJO)

-Reyna Ramírez-Arellano alloromatic & asexual (PJO)

Bisexual:

-Luz Noceda (The Owl House)

-Korra (The Legend of Korra)

-Asami Sato (The Legend of Korra)

-Millie (Helluva Boss)

-Moxxie (Helluva Boss)

-Loki (Marvel Comics and MCU)

-Loki (PJO/Magnus Chase books/Riordianverse)

-Tony Stark (Marvel Comics only)

-Logan/Wolverine (Comics non 161 universe)

-Jesper Fahey (Grishaverse/Six of Crows)

-Nina Zenik (Grishaverse/Six of Crows)

-Tommy Shepherd (Marvel Comics)

-David Alleyne (Marvel Comics)

-Hercules (Marvel Comics)

-Marvel Boy (Marvel Comics)

-Yizhi (Iron Widow)

-Shimin (Iron Widow)

-Zetain (Iron Widow)

-Mystique (Marvel Comics)

-Kate “Kitty�� Pride (Marvel Comics)

-Harley Quinn (DC)

-Poison Ivy (DC)

-Catwoman (DC)

-Joker (DC)

-Tim Drake (DC)

-Wonder Woman (DC)

-Yuuri Katsuki (Yuri!!! On Ice)

-Bow (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

-Glimmer (She-Ra)

-Mermista (She-Ra)

-Sea Hawk (She-Ra)

-Lonnie (She-Ra)

-Rogelio (She-Ra)

-Kyle (She-Ra)

-Entrapta (She-Ra)

-Tim Stoker (TMA)

-Georgie Barker (TMA)

-Vax’ildan (Crit Role: Campaign 1 Vox Machina/TLOVM)

-Vex’ahlia (Vox Machina/TLOVM)

-Allura (Vox Machina)

-Caleb Widowgast (Mighty Nein)

-Mollymauk/Lucien/Kingsley Tealeaf (Mighty Nein)

-Laerryn Coramar-Seelie (EXU Calamity)

-Juno Steel (The Penumbra Podcast)

-Star Lord (Marvel Comics)

-Apollo (PJO)

-Zeus/Jupiter (PJO)

-Poseidon/Neptune (PJO)

Demisexual:

-Keyleth (Vox Machina/TLOVM)

-Essek Theylss - demisexual & demiromantic (The Mighty Nein)

Pansexual:

-Deadpool (Marvel Comics and implied in movies)

-Blitzø (Helluva Boss)

-Rita (The Penumbra Podcast)

Lesbian:

-Adora (She-Ra)

-Catra (She-Ra)

-Perfuma (She-Ra)

-Scorpia (She-Ra)

-Netossa (She-Ra)

-Spinnerella (She-Ra)

-Kima of Vord (Vox Machina/TLOVM)

-Beauregard Lionett (The Mighty Nein)

-Yahsa Nydoorin (The Mighty Nein)

-Kara Brunehilde (Venture Maidens)

-Rem (Venture Maidens)

-Gidget (Venture Maidens)

-Hemithea (Riodianverse)

-Josephine (Riodianverse)

-Lavinia Asimov (Riodianverse)

Gay/Achillean:

-George (She-Ra)

-Lance (She-Ra)

-Double Trouble (She-Ra)

-Taryon Darrington (Vox Machina/TLOVM)

-Shaun Gilmore (Vox Machina/TLOVM)

-Orym (Critical Role: Campaign 3 Hell’s Bells)

-Teddy Altman (Marvel Comics)

-Billy Kaplan (Marvel Comics)

-Bobby Drake (Marvel Comics)

-Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel)

-Cecil Gershwin Palmer (WTNV)

-Carlos (Welcome to Night Vale)

-Nico di Angelo (PJO)

-Hyacinthus (PJO)

-Ganymede (PJO)

-Wylan Van Eck (Grishaverse)

Trans (M&F):

-Jewelstar (She-Ra)

-Perfuma (She-Ra)

-Khemdal Dust (The Mighty Nein)

-Terra (The Mighty Nein)

-Yussa Errenis (The Mighty Nein)

-Sipriotes (Riodianverse)

Nonbinary:

-Double Trouble (She-Ra)

-Jay (Supernatural Academy)

-Bryce Feelid (The Mighty Nein)

-Juno Steel (The Penumbra Podcast)

-Raine Whispers (TOH)

-Masha (TOH)

-Pottery Barn??? (Riodianverse)

-Mother William non-binary & two-spirit (Riordianverse)

Gender-fluid:

-Loki (Marvel Comics)

-Loki (Magnus Chase books)

-Mollymauk Tealeaf (The Might Nein)

-Bryce Feelid (The Mighty Nein)

-Alex Fierro (Magnus Chase books)

Not specified in cannon but generally queer:

-Amity Blight (TOH)

-Raine Whispers (TOH)

-Ed’s Clawthorne (TOH)

-Mara (She-Ra)

-Martin Blackwood MLM (TMA)

-Melanie King WLW (TMA)

-Victor Nikiforov (Yuri!!! On Ice)

-Scanlan Shorthalt (Vox Machina/TLOVM)

-Zahra Hydris (Vox Machina/TLOVM)

-Stolas (Helluva Boss)

-Eadwulf Grieve (The Mighty Nein)

-Zerxus Ilerez (EXU Calamity)

-Will Solace (PJO)

-Magnus Chase (Riodianverse)

-Piper McLean (PJO)

Polyamorous:

-Yizhi (Iron Widow)

-Li Shimin (Iron Widow)

-Wu Zetain (Iron Widow)

-Star Lord (Marvel Comics)

-Caleb Widowgast (The Mighty Nein)

-Astrid Becke (The Mighty Nein)

-Eadwulf Grieve (The Mighty Nein)

-Lonnie (She-Ra)

-Rogelio (She-Ra)

-Kyle (She-Ra)

[sm0kebreaks]

I posted 6,601 times in 2022

That's 6,601 more posts than 2021!

985 posts created (15%)

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@kerink

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I tagged 3,687 of my posts in 2022

Only 44% of my posts had no tags

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#tma - 173 posts

#the magnus archives - 161 posts

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#5

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#4

the drama in this household is atrocious

(every time carlos annoys jon he gets a tally that revokes his right of what he can call jon)

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#3

i think its important to think about stupid conversations between cecil and martin and how regular of a thing that is

wtse by me @kerink and @game-warden​

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#2

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My #1 post of 2022

Staying with Cecil and Carlos has been strange

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[epherwillc]

wtnv 161:

[nightvale-outofcontext]

Then they started to throw things at the moon, to demonstrate how much they hated it. But none of the objects they threw, not the champagne glasses nor the decorative party masks nor the dangerous knives, came anywhere near the moon.

[wt-nv-quotes]

Remember the old days? When your legs were shorter but your life stretched longer? When the shadows were less dark and the lights less bleary? When the internet was a secret club and not a poison chalice? When energy was a bottomless thing, not a quickly siphoned tank?

[svnk1st]

gay rights. 

@ival-eon

[concentrated-mug-of-me]

8, 12, and 18? (are you a romantic, night or day mlm/nblm, cook a meal or go to a restaurant)

8. i am a hopeless romantic 😔 i simply listen to those lil funky gay podcast couples and i cannot help but yearn

12. uhhhh night? 

18. im gonna try to cook but the only things i know how to cook are like: eggs and uhh toast

[wtnvcrossword]

WTNV - Ep 161 - The Space Race

Across

4. Cecil was sure that the annual Night Vale Children’s Fun Fact Science Presentation would delight both the ___ and the ___ at heart.

6. The sponsor for this episode was this now defunct American book and music store.

9. What was the first name of the cat who spoke to Neil Armstrong?

10. Who accompanied Neil Armstrong to the moon? (Two words)

13. According to Cecil, NASA stood for North American ___ ___ ___ Agency.

15. Cecil said that candidate Heartbreak Maggie had a singing voice that literally did what?

16. The party was hosted by the first Duke of which country?

17. What kind of pets inhabited the moon?

18. What kind of drinking glasses did the party-goers attempt to throw at the moon?

20. The official Night Vale motto states, “___ grids or death”.

Down

1. The incumbent in the presidential race, Leonard, had what nickname? (Two words)

2. What kind of building did Neil Armstrong see when he stepped onto the surface of the moon?

3. During the word from the sponsor, the ad asked the listener if they remembered when the internet was a secret club and not a poisoned what?

5. What is the name of the amateur boxing gym in which the Presidential debates were held? (Two words)

7. Candidate Spotless Tony wanted to legalize what objects? (Two words)

8. The Space Race began in 1792 at what kind of party?

11. The Archduchess of the Motley Meadows believed that she could reach the moon by doing what?

12. During the word from the sponsor, the ad asked the listener if they remembered when energy was a ___ thing, not a quickly siphoned tank.

14. Which noble suggested building an object that could make it all the way to the moon? (Three words)

19. Dave Eggers’ new book of essays was about what kind of chains?

[cecilspeaks]

161 - The Space Race

Space, the final frontier. The womb, the first frontier. Somewhere between those two, the ocean. Welcome to Night Vale.

I’m excited today for the annual Night Vale Children’s Fun Fact Science Presentation. Yess, that’s right! As we’ve done every year on this day, we will be devoting our entire episode to a scientific narrative that is sure to delight both the young and the young at heart. And also those who have stolen young hearts and incorporated them into your flesh sacks. For this year’s Children’s Fun Fact Science Presentations, we will be looking into the history of – the Space Race. Mmm! My husband Carlos has been helping me research this. Thanks, honey! And so it should be airtight and without error.

Now, the Space Race truly began in 1792, at a garden party hosted by the first Duke of Luftnarp one lazy July weekend. A bored group of noble people were sitting out in the garden in all their ruffles and wigs, looking absolutely fashionable for the time, and absolutely ridiculous to modern eyes. And soon the conversation turned, as it often does in parties, to how much they all hated the moon. “Stupid moon!” said one. “Lousy orb!” added another. “Why, I loathe that sky rock!” said a third. Then they started to throw things at the moon to demonstrate how much they hated it. But none of the objects they threw, not the champagne glasses, nor the decorative party masks, nor the dangerous knives, came anywhere near the moon. Most of the hurled items followed the tedious arch of gravity back into the party with mixed results for the attendees, some of whom required immediate medical attention. “This won’t do,” said the first Duke of Luftnarp. “We must hit the moon square on with our objects of derision. “Let us endeavour,” said the Prince of  York, “to build an object that can make it all the way to the moon, and smack that awful rock right across its ugly surface. The first one to do so will show that they indeed hate the moon the most.” There was general cheering to that remark, along with some moaning from those who had been struck by the falling objects. And thus, the Space Race was born.

And now the news. As I’m sure we’ve all been following, there is a presidential race going on. Yes, Night Vale may be a small town, mostly preoccupied with the banal goings on of our day to day life, but we are not unaware of national stories. Just like any other town, we have our own opinions on the presidential race. And spirited debates are held weekly in the Compressed Spine amateur boxing gym. Winner is generally by knockout, although occasionally a winner has to be chosen by points. I myself am a strong supporter of Spotless Tony, who I think has the best positions including banning guns, legalizing writing utensils, and Medicare for Spotless Tony. A-a program that would provide comprehensive health care to himself. Others may support Heartbreak Maggie, and I do see the arguments for her. She has the most number of arms, the most number of eyes, and her singing voice literally kills. In any case, I think we can all get together on one thing: Old Towel Leonard has got to go. Get him out of here, ugh! Old Towel Leonard! This has been the news.

And now traffic. Lift your eyes, pilgrims. See above you, another world awaits. This world has grown so tired. This world has grown restless. This world has less color and more dust. Lift your eyes, pilgrims. See above you, another world awaits. Get to that other world by any means, pilgrims. For what are pilgrims without their pilgrimage? What is anyone without a destination? You must lift yourself up to that other place. Gather your supplies, pilgrims. Strip this world bare in order to raise yourself up. Take every scrap around you and put it toward that other world. This is all that matters. It’s all that matters to you, and so it is all that matters. Aloft, pilgrims. You have done it. from here, the sweep of the universe presents itself. Cast down your eyes, pilgrims. See below you the world you left behind, the world you stripped bare to make this journey. There was found all the conditions of life. Up here is only a cold, lonely hollow. Why did you ever feel you needed to leave? But oh well, ooooh well. For what are pilgrims without their pilgrimage? This has been traffic.

Let us know continue with our Children’s Fun Fact Science Presentation. The history of the Space Race. The Space Race went on through the 18th and 19th centuries, with the rich and poor alike trying to be the first to successfully throw something at that horrible moon. The most obvious methods were quickly tried and discarded. Catapults only managed to cause collateral damage to neighboring homes, gunpowder only backfired on the scientists involved, often quite literally. One woman, the Arch Dutchess of the Motley Meadows, believed that she could reach the moon through dreaming. Every night, she performed a series of meditations that allowed her to have lucid control of her dreams. In those dreams, she would fly upward, each time getting a little closer to the dumb old moon. It was her belief that when she reached the moon in her dream, she would attain the same goal in real life. But the moment she finally touched the moon in her dream, she awoke to find herself in the stifling darkness of a coffin. It seems she had died several decades before, but still she dreamed. Having ascertained that there was no way back from the grave, she performed the meditations and fell into one final endless lucid dream. And that basically sums up the Space Race until 1953.

Now a word from our sponsors. Today’s show is brought to you by Borders Books and Music. Remember the old days when your legs were shorter, but your life stretched longer? When the shadows were less dark and the lights less bleary. When the internet was a secret club and not a poisoned chalice. When energy was a bottomless thing, not a quickly siphoned tank. We are what once was. Look on our works, both books and music, ye mighty, and peruse. Borders Books and Music. What you are now, we used to be. What we are now, you will be. This has been a word from our sponsors.

The lawsuit in the case of the estate of Franklin Chen versus the city of Night Vale continues apace. The suit is currently in the discovery phase, which has been made difficult by the fact that the apparent murderer of Franklin Chen, Hiram McDaniels, has not been seen in Night Vale for years. Not since… the incident. And all records in Night Vale are top secret. So every time the lawyers for the Chen family try to see one, they have to dodge the laser grid and tank darts that surround every filing cabinet in City Hall. Those lawyers have filed an injunction against the city to try to force them to turn the laser grids off, but as the official Night Vale motto, written by the town founders hundreds of years ago clearly states: “Laser grids or death”. More news on this lawsuit as news is made by this lawsuit.

Back to the Space Race. Affairs continued with little success until 1953, when the United States, descendants of the Prince of York, decided that enough was enough and established the North American Slap the Moon Agency, or NASA, dedicated to developing the skills and technology needed to give that horrible orbiter what for. Meanwhile, the Russians, descendants of the Duke of Luftnarp, started their own agency designed to kick the moon in the you know what. And so a bet between two bored aristocrats became a global race, as they both tried to be the first to aim missiles at that sad little planetoid. To represent us, we chose Neil Armstrong. He was a test pilot, and he reportedly hated the moon more than anyone. Above his bed, he kept a National Geographic picture of the moon. The caption: “Can this celestial trash ever be put in its place?”, which he had drawn a huge red X through. Below that, he wrote: “Darn you, moon!” Which was the strongest language that existed in the 1950’s.

Finally, all was prepared. Neil Armstrong and his fellow astronauts boarded the rocket. All was quiet. Then, all was loud. More soon, but now for this week’s word jumble.

The following nonsense words will, when the letters are rearranged, produce a simple phrase we all know well. Here we go. Before I went into the cave, the prospect of the cave became so monstrous in my head that I dreamt about it for weeks. In my dreams I was just outside of the cave and I knew that the moment I stepped into the cave, my life would be over. But I also knew I could not delay my journey into the cave. I shook and shook with fear, and in my shaking awoke myself. This happened night after night. Then came the day of our expedition and to my horror, as I stood outside the cave, the same dread certainty came to me as soon as I stepped one foot into the crevice before me, my life would be over. I shook and shook, but I did not awaken, for I was not asleep but in the terrible dream we call life. So there it is. Just take those nonsense words apart and rearrange them into the phrase we’re looking for. If you think you have the answer, you probably do. Great job! Uh, before we go, the answer to last week’s jumble was: “Hop! The window shakes slyly, look here!” Which is, of course, the title to Dave Edgar’s new book of essays about block chains. This has been this week’s word jumble.

We near the end of our story on the Space Race. Neil Armstrong and his comrades hunched in this tiny capsule that absurdity of absurdities was about to be launched through void to lifeless rock. Sweat on his nose, sweat on his lips. Then sweat in his mouth. This was all unnecessary, the-the history of humanity did not require us to physically touch everything there is, but. Some drive made him willing to risk his life, the only life he would ever get, in order to go far away and then come back again. There was a sound. There was a fire! There was pressure! And then, there was an absence of pressure. And they were at the moon. The lander careened its way to the surface. Neil, sweat still on his face, placed one foot on the moon. “I have a small foot,” he said. “But humanity metaphorically has big feet. Biiiig huuuge metaphoric feet.” History would record and repeat these poetic words. Neil looked about him. He had done it. He had been the first one to smack into this disgusting space rock. All around was grey, and above that black. And within that, unnervingly distant blue and green. And then, Neil saw.

What Neil saw in a moment. But we really should, and we really must Go to the weather.

[“Have a Smoke” by Head Portals https://headportals.bandcamp.com]

Neil’s breath made shapes on the inside of his helmet. Some part of him felt that it was not even him on the moon, but that he was merely watching someone else’s body through a little window. That other him stepped forward and saw something truly odd. It was a house. Solidly built, two floors, a front door and gable windows. As he looked at it in disbelief, he realized that it was one of many. An entire town all cleverly camouflaged from above with grey and black mesh, so that it would appear through telescopes to be merely the awful boring surface of the awful boring moon. He was not the first one on the moon after all. Who had come before? He walked through the town, tho it appeared abandoned. He stood in the middle of the main square and he said, tho he would not be able to be heard through his helmet and the thin atmosphere: “Hello?” In every window appeared an animal. Dogs, cats, snakes, hamsters, and parrots. So many animals all watching him silently, regarding him from the windows of their little town. One cat, grey as the moon itself, hopped from her ledge and came over to him. “I am Barbara Emmeline Gwendolyn Sauss,” said the cat. “But you may call me Barb-E-Q –Sauss.” Neil said: “You can talk?” And then he said, “Well, apparently you can, I don’t know why I asked. The cat continued as though he had not spoken. “This is our city. We are the lost pets of your world. We are lost, because that is what we choose to be. We came here so we could be lost forever. Tell no one.” Neil didn’t know what to say. All of his training had been about zero-G maneuvering and the best way to hit the stupid moon when he got there. Nothing about how to interact with a cat that wanted him to keep a secret. “Please,” the cat repeated, and Neil nodded. Not knowing what else to do, he went back to the lander, climbed in, and looked at the other man who had made this journey with him. Lee Marvin looked back at him with gentle eyes. “Lee,” Neil said, “You’re not going to believe this!” “A secret lost pet city on the moon?” Lee said. “Well…” Neil said, “Uh… yes!” Lee nodded thoughtfully. “Better leave them to it then,” he said. “Probably better we keep this between us.” Lee did not look surprised. It seemed to Neil that maybe Lee was there precisely to ensure that this secret was kept. And so again Neil only nodded, and they made their preparations and left. As they launched, out of the tiny window, Neil could just barely see thousands of animal eyes looking up at him. “I’ll keep your secret,” he whispered, “I’ll keep your secret. And he did. He never told anyone. Neither did Lee. No one knows this story. No one has ever heard it.

This has been the Children’s Fun Fact Science Presentation.

Good night, Night Vale, Good night.

Today’s proverb: Correct placement from right to left: salad fork, soup spoon, salad spoon, bread knife, bowie knife, meat thermometer, entrée fork, and finally, the dessert claws.

[samraiyaoi]

wooo!!! we’ve gotten to season 5!! oh no

oh those are some nice warnings

uh

WAIT THE FINAL SEASON??

WAIT NO

i mean theoretically i knew it would end but this is too soon

fuck

[thedeitychildren]

"One woman, the archduchess of the motley meadows, believed that she could reach the moon through dreaming. Every night, she performed a series of meditations that allowed her to have lucid control of her dreams. In those dreams, she would fly upward, each time getting a little closer to the dumb ol' moon."

[hello-from-the-night-archives]

Welcome to Night Vale Episode 161: Space Race

Remember the secret lost pet city on the moon? This is it now. Feel old yet?

[nightvaleintros]

161 - The Space Race

Joseph Fink: Hello, welcome back, we’re excited to be here with our first episode of 2020, it’s extremely educational, you’ll learn a lot about space. But before we get started, I have 3 important things to tell you. Things the first: we are taking our brand new live show to over 50 cities across North America and Europe this year, and we’re excited to announce that in honor of this being the last year that Cecil Baldwin will star in the live version of this show, we are bringing some of our favorite weather acts from the last six years of touring back out on the road with us. We are going to be touring with our friends Eliza Rickman, Dessa, Dane Terry, Mal Blum, Erin McKeown and Danny Schmidt and Carrie Elkin. Go to welcometonightvale.com/live to find out which weather act is coming to your city, and to buy your tickets to this spooky new live show.

Two: speaking of live shows, we just released the live recording of our last live show, “A Spy in the Desert”, on Bandcamp and iTunes. If you missed this show or want to relive it, complete with Cecil’s secret that only one audience member a night go to hear, but yes it’s on this album so now everyone gets to hear it, go check it out. Our members on Patreon who help us continue making this podcast that you are listening to, also get two exclusive bonus tracks featuring Dylan Marron as Carlos and Hal Lublin as Steve Carlsberg, our Patreon will be the only place you can hear those guest parts. More info on our website.

The last important thing: signed editions of our new novel, “The Faceless Old Woman who Secretly Lives in Your Home”, are now available for preorder. And if you order them from our local bookstore, Oblong, you can also get those preorders personalized. We can’t wait for this book to come out on March 24. It’s like if “The Princess Bride” met “The Haunting of Hill House”, met a Faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home. We love this book, it’s our favorite one we’ve written yet. Head over to welcometonightvale.com/books to preorder your signed copies. Plus there’s an audio book read by the voice of the Faceless Old Woman herself, Mara Wilson.

And now, hey, Let’s learn about space.

Meg Bashwiner: Welcome to Night Vale is a production of Night Vale Presents. It is written by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor and produced by Disparition.

The voice of Night Vale is Cecil Baldwin.

Original music by Disparition. All of it can be found at disparition.info or disparition.bandcamp.com.

This episode’s weather was “Have a Smoke” by Head Portals. Find out more at headportals.bandcamp.com.

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Today’s proverb: Correct placement from right to left: salad fork, soup spoon, salad spoon, bread knife, bowie knife, meat thermometer, entrée fork, and finally, the desert claws.