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Welcome to Night Vale

248 - Mother Lauren

Welcome to Night Vale

Welcome to Night Vale

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

4.828.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Let's stay focused on the good news.

Weather: “The Fallout“ by The Sublets

The voice of Mother Lauren is Lauren Sharpe

Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth

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Music: Disparition

Logo: Rob Wilson

Written by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor & Brie Williams

Narrated by Cecil Baldwin

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Joseph Fink, co-creator of Nighteil here to give you the latest

0:09.7

news. Here goes. Videos of our live streamed live shows are now available for sale on our Patreon.

0:19.0

You do not have to be a Patreon member to buy them, but you know, consider joining if you are a willing. a

0:25.0

Patreon member to buy them, but you know, consider joining if you are willing, as it is how we are able to make this ritual.

0:28.0

Over on our merch store, we have lots of cool things,

0:31.0

like a Kill Your Double t-shirt and a I survived the summer reading program

0:37.4

patch. Find all of that at welcome to nightfail.com and then, you know, click around until you find your

0:45.0

destination and hey, thanks. It used to take two to tango, but these days it takes 15 on account of the economy.

1:01.3

Welcome to Night Vale. I hate to start out with bad news so I won't. I have really bad news but I think we

1:30.3

should keep things positive around here. Instead, let's focus on some good news.

1:36.8

John Peters, you know, the farmer, he says that he has grown the biggest ear of imaginary corn in history.

1:46.6

He said that the previous record was one foot, three inches, imagined by a farmer down in Argentina, but that just this week he imagined an ear of corn that was 1 foot 6 inches.

1:59.0

Wow! Impressive work, John.

2:02.0

Meanwhile, the Night Vale Boy Scouts have announced a jacket drive for the needy.

2:08.0

If someone is in need, they better cough up a jacket to the Boy Scouts or else.

2:14.0

The Boy Scouts then pounded their fists into their hands for emphasis.

2:18.8

Cute.

2:20.5

And finally, there will be a complete solar eclipse tomorrow.

2:25.0

From the point of view of one of Saturn's moons, so not super local to us, but still still great news.

2:34.0

Ah, I guess I should get to the bad news now.

2:39.0

The bad news is that something has emerged from the portal to the desert otherworld.

2:45.0

Kevin from Desert Bluffs was last seen entering that portal after a bloody fight with his younger self,

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