ICYMI - Tumblr Revived the Welcome to Night Vale Fandom
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🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode Rachelle Hampton is joined by journalist and podcaster Wil Williams to discuss the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, and how its faceless narrator just won the poll as top “Tumblr Sexyman.” They talk about the show’s origins and importance in the early 2010s podcasting scene, the ways it deftly navigated queerness, and its impact on the audio fiction space.
This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario.
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| 0:13.6 | of color and analyze them in the context of race and Hollywood's diversity issues. |
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| 0:32.1 | on a happy voice. Hey, drag fans, please listen up. I'm Alaska. And my name is Willam. |
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| 1:30.1 | podcasts. Thank you. The surface of the moon is lit by the face of the earth. Our little town |
| 1:41.3 | is lit too by lights just above that we cannot explain. Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton. And I'm |
| 1:50.2 | Will Williams. And you're listening to ICYMI. In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about |
| 1:55.7 | internet culture. And today, I am joined by Will Williams podcasting journalist and CEO of |
| 2:01.9 | podcasting production collective hug house productions, phenomenal names. Thank you. I'm so |
| 2:09.3 | excited for you're here to join us. Not least because you wrote what might have been the |
| 2:13.4 | best email we have ever received the ICYMI inbox. So welcome to the show. Will you're a legend |
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