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Welcome to Night Vale

143 - Pioneer Days

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4.828.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Pioneer Days are upon us again.

This episode was co-written with Brie Williams.

Weather: “Vines” by Super Boink
https://superboink.bandcamp.com/

On April 27, the Faceless Old Woman gets a show of her own at the Largo in LA, along with new live shows from Alice Isn’t Dead and Within the Wires! Tickets available now.

Our latest live show, A Spy in the Desert, is out on the road right now! Come see us across the US: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/

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Music: Disparition
http://disparition.info

Logo: Rob Wilson
http://robwilsonwork.com

Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.
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Produced by Night Vale Presents.
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I'll keep this short. We have a Patreon. And lately the amount on that Patreon has gone down.

0:05.7

While income from live shows and merch do obviously help, the Patreon is still the main way that

0:11.0

we make this show and pay all the people involved, both behind the scenes and, you know, in front of

0:17.1

the scenes. Is that the phrase? So if you are able to and have not yet supported us on Patreon,

0:22.8

please consider it. It helps the show exist. And we have all sorts of cool rewards, like

0:28.6

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0:34.8

episode, and even having yourself inserted as a character into the show, yes, you could become

0:42.0

an actual citizen of Nightfail. To help us out, go to welcometonightfail.com and click on donate.

0:48.8

Please consider doing that and enjoy the show goodbye.

0:51.2

We are thirsty. We cannot see. We don't know what time it is. We are nearly here. Welcome to Nightfail.

1:21.2

Pioneer Days

1:28.2

Pioneer Days are upon us again. This is, of course, just the folksy rebranding that the public

1:34.4

utilities department gives to randomly selected days throughout the year when they cut all services

1:40.0

without notice. The lights go out, the air conditioners grow warm, the food spoils, the water

1:46.9

supply dries up. All residents are required to dress in the costumes of early settlers to make

1:53.0

the whole thing feel festive and patriotic. Failure to dress in era appropriate clothing,

1:59.2

such as overalls and soft meat crowns, will result in punitive measures, including being called

2:06.2

Time Traveler in a pejorative tone of voice, as was traditional punishment for all real time

2:11.8

travelers back in the early days of Nightfail. Polls show that the civic holidays are

2:17.8

increasingly unpopular, but this time it's going to be different. The utilities department promises,

2:24.5

it's going to be way more fun. We swear, just bear with us. You're so brave. You're all my brave

2:32.2

little pioneers, the pamphlets scattered around town assure us. After all, the pamphlets continue,

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