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Within the Wires

Season 8, Cassette 1: Take Responsibility!

Within the Wires

Night Vale Presents

Science Fiction, Fiction

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

"Hi. I’m Tony Tollinger and I’m here to make you look up." # The voice of Tony Tollinger is Joey Rizzolo, joeyrizzolo.com Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com 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 Support this show on Patreon 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

A worm, who spends his days trudging through the mud does so happily for one reason.

0:10.2

The mud is all he knows.

0:12.4

It does not occur to the worm that there is more to be found elsewhere.

0:16.0

It does not occur to the worm to look up.

0:18.7

If he did, look up.

0:20.6

If you saw the wide world around him, if he could comprehend the vastness and opportunity

0:25.8

of the world outside the mud, do you think there is any force on earth

0:29.9

that could stop him fighting for a greater life?

0:34.5

I too have felt like the worm.

0:36.9

I saw only mud, and believe the mud was all there was to see, but once I realized how

0:41.8

much there was beyond it, I knew I had to leave the mud behind.

0:46.8

I had to push myself further than I thought was possible if I was to find happiness.

0:53.5

And I did.

0:55.0

And now that I'm here, now that I've achieved the success I could never have imagined

0:59.5

back when I was only looking at the mud, I want to help you achieve the same success.

1:05.4

Hi, I'm Tony Tolinger, and I'm here to make you look up.

1:22.2

Welcome to the beginning of your journey to success.

1:25.5

This is where it all starts.

1:28.0

There's a long road ahead of you, but the journey is an important one to take.

1:31.5

If you're strong enough.

1:33.3

Not everyone is strong enough, but you are, aren't you?

1:37.4

That's why you're here.

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