{"id":2142,"date":"2026-01-19T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/you-need-to-listen-to-the-cosmic-horror-comedy-podcast-welcome-to-night-vale\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:30:00","slug":"you-need-to-listen-to-the-cosmic-horror-comedy-podcast-welcome-to-night-vale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/you-need-to-listen-to-the-cosmic-horror-comedy-podcast-welcome-to-night-vale\/","title":{"rendered":"You need to listen to the cosmic horror-comedy podcast Welcome to Night Vale"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Final_WelcomeToNightVale_Logo.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">It&rsquo;s relatively rare for a podcast to last 14 years, especially a fiction one. In fact, as far as I can tell, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometonightvale.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Welcome to Night Vale<\/em><\/a> is the longest continually running fiction podcast out there. (Some will argue it&rsquo;s actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.werealive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>We&rsquo;re Alive<\/em><\/a>, but that has taken a few significant breaks between seasons.) The story of Night Vale, the titular desert town, now spans 12 seasons, over 280 episodes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometonightvale.com\/books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three books<\/a>, and at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welcometonightvale.com\/albums\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 live standalone shows<\/a>. While dedicating several hundred hours of your life to listening to every episode might seem like a big ask, I believe you&rsquo;ll be hooked once you dive in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The show is written by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cran \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/column\/864078\/cosmic-horror-comedy-podcast-welcome-to-night-vale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s relatively rare for a podcast to last 14 years, especially a fiction one. 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