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218 - The Sitter Cancelled

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Night, Lovecraft, Commonplace, Radio, Science Fiction, Nightvaleradio, Welcome, Cecil, Fiction, Nightvale, Cranor, Vale, Neofuturists, Fink

4.828.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Citizens rise up against the University of What It Is

Weather: “Rotten“ by Missouri Surf Club

Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth

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Music: Disparition

Logo: Rob Wilson

Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor

Narrated by Cecil Baldwin

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0:00.0

Two quick things before we get into the episode 1, it is getting into holiday shopping season,

0:05.6

and we have a shop where you can buy things because it's a shop. These things include some

0:10.8

new incredible work by our resident artist Jessica Hayworth, including a delft rabbit blanket that

0:16.0

is deeply upsetting in the best possible way, and a glow cloud and helicopter themed holiday sweater.

0:22.1

We also buy popular demand have brought back the Moonlight All Night Diner mug for a limited time.

0:27.6

Get a gift for the weird person in your life. Even if that weird person is you.

0:32.7

Two on November 10th we released Unlicensed. The first show Jeffrey and I have created together

0:38.1

since Night Vale, and a ton of the Night Vale team worked on it. Already there have been some

0:42.6

kind reviews, the Guardian called it excellent, and the user, the gun slinger 9825 said,

0:49.2

and I quote, they did it again. You can listen to the entire season now with a free trial at

0:55.0

audible.com slash unlicensed. We poured our heart and soul in this show. We hope you love it.

1:00.8

Oh, and if you do, please leave a review on audible as that will help us convince them to make another

1:05.3

season. Thank you. And hey, thanksgiving. All roads lead to Rome. All streets lead to Cincinnati.

1:13.6

All avenues simply loop back to where they started. Welcome to Night Vale.

1:29.5

I apologize for this listeners, but I have my son Esteban with me in the studio.

1:43.9

Our sitter chanted Bloody Mary three times in a dark bathroom and was subsumed into the dimension

1:49.5

of eternal pain, which as you can imagine is really annoying for us. Like, okay, Kylin,

1:56.6

maybe trap yourself inside a torture dimension on your own time, but we're working adults and we

2:02.6

need childcare. I tried to get Carlos to take Esteban to the lab, but apparently today they're doing

2:09.7

a dangerous experiment and he doesn't want our son to get hurt. I'm not sure I believe that.

2:16.4

I think Carlos might just want some time alone to work on his TikTok dances. He's obsessed

2:22.9

these days with getting one to go viral and he's putting a few too many hours into choreographing

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