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...is an online club dedicated to listening to one episode of Welcome to Night Vale's first season per week and reviewing it. Click on the button on the right to find out how to join!

This is my second time trying to get into WTNV. The newest reviews will be displayed on top.

Episode 1: Pilot

(12/06/2025)

My best friend was the one who was into Night Vale back in the day. I did try to listen to it around 2014, but I'm not great with the audio medium, so it never really stuck, though I loved the pod's weird fiction vibes. I think I listened to about ten episodes before I gave up. I think this club is the perfect means for me to try and get into it again!

My attention span isn't much better than it used to be. I checked the transcript immediately after listening to the episode only to discover a whole paragraph that I couldn't remember because I apparently zoned out (it was the one about the jet disrupting the practice)! Thank god for transcripts.

I think it was a good pilot episode. We get our first taste of Night Vale weirdness and are introduced to Carlos and Old Woman Josie and the Night Vale/Desert Bluffs rivalry. I loved the line that Carlos had "teeth like a military cemetery" - what a metaphor!

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