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Within the Wires

Season 10, Cassette 6: Strange Flowers

Within the Wires

Night Vale Presents

Science Fiction, Fiction

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

"I hate that I can’t just call you." # The voice of Lexi is Meg Bashwiner Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Music: Mary Epworth Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Available Now: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS (a novel) by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Within the Wires T-Shirts & Posters Episode transcripts Logo by Rob Wilson Part of the Night Vale Presents network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We are excited to introduce Redacted, a brand new Monster of the Week horror comedy podcast.

0:07.6

Following the death of his twin, failing actor Jacob Kane assumes his late brother's life in hopes of a fresh start.

0:15.3

Instead of finding stability, Jacob finds himself working within the Redacted unit,

0:20.6

a covert agency tasked with containing

0:23.8

impossible creatures and phenomena. As he becomes entangled with paranormal forces and secret agendas,

0:31.0

Jacob struggles to keep his deception intact. Equal parts horror and surreal comedy, featuring incredible guest writers such as Jeffrey

0:40.2

Reddick, a Final Destination, Trevor Henderson, and many more. Redacted takes inspiration from

0:46.7

late 90s and early 2000s television, like Monster of the Week shows, The X-Files, and Buffy

0:52.9

the Vampire Slayer, and the classic ensemble banter of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Syke.

0:57.9

Redacted is out now on all platforms.

1:01.7

Visit the redactedunit.com to listen.

1:04.9

Music Holy shit, oh my god. Are you okay? Fuck. I hate that I can't just call you. I can't call anyone. I can't email or anything.

1:29.1

All I can do is send fucking letters and cassettes on a goddamn ship and wait for weeks to get a reply.

1:37.3

I did obviously ask if the ship could radio back and check what's going on, but they couldn't get an answer quickly and they wouldn't wait around, said they have a schedule to keep, or whatever, which I would

1:49.2

have thought could have borne a couple of hours delay, but here we are. The captain didn't seem

1:56.1

to take it seriously at all. Like, he practically shrugged. Like, I was being crazy for asking. I mean, I couldn't

2:02.7

see him. I was talking over Zed's walkie-talkie, but it felt like he was shrugging, as if I was

2:08.8

some customer at a restaurant asking for some intricate off-menu meal instead of a terrified

2:14.1

woman worried for her.

2:18.3

I haven't told the kids.

2:20.3

I don't really know if that's because I don't want my team to spend the next few weeks like I'll be spending them, or because I don't want to say aloud.

2:29.3

There really is no point in making the panic when we can't get any actual information.

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