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!