Which is why it’s interesting that we’ve decided to get into careers, between book touring and the touring of our live show, where we fly over 50 times a year. Joseph: We’re both quite afraid of flying. Given the intensity and complexity of the Night Vale world, what are you both respectively afraid of on a gut-level? Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor All great art is an investigation of that which terrifies the author. I talked with the creators about fandom, spy communications and the Denver airport, Off-Off-Broadway theatre, and the ultimate inexplicable phenomenon-otherwise known as creation. Since its inception in 2012-predating even the lightning rod of Serial–the podcast has been downloaded over 140 million times and has given rise to a NYT-bestselling novel, a live show, and an imprint called Night Vale Presents.
Taking a page from Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds-with a touch of good old-fashioned BBC radio tossed in for good measure–the podcast unfolds in the format of a community broadcast, detailing the strange conspiracies of a remote desert town. Some of the first innovators in the space were Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, the masterminds behind the sci-fi podcast hit Welcome to Night Vale.
Serialized dramas are enjoying a resurgence of late, thanks to the podcast.
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