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Welcome to Night Vale

262 - The Man Who Is Not Tall

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4.828.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Concerns over Steve Carlsberg's new job

The voice of Steve Carlsberg is Hal Lublin

Weather: "The Trundling Path" by No Monster Club

Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth

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1:11.6

At last, alas, alas's Atlas. It's lost. Welcome to Night Vale. Listeners, I am concerned about a beloved member of this town, a beloved member of our neighborhood, a beloved member of my family.

1:52.3

Yes, I am speaking now of everyone's favorite Scorpio, Steve Carlsberg.

1:58.3

Steve has been acting, well, strangely lately. And yes, of course, what does

2:04.9

acting strangely mean in a town such as ours, with a broad understanding of the spectrum of

2:10.8

normal? But I mean only that he is to the left of himself in so many ways.

2:24.7

The Steve I know is a good family man, a good friend, a helpful hand when a hand is needed,

2:28.0

and a helpful silence when what is needed is space.

2:39.5

All of that and more, as we know, has always been my opinion of our Steve. But lately he is, instead, consumed by his new job at that tech startup labyrinth. He is there early in the morning and late at night and

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