WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE is a twice-monthly podcast in the style of community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, featuring local weather, news, announcements from the Sheriff’s Secret Police, mysterious lights in the night sky, dark hooded figures with unknowable powers, and cultural events.
Turn on your radio and hide.
The Thrilling Adventure Hour
The creators of The Thrilling Adventure Hour proudly call it “fake radio.” It’s less an homage to old-time radio and more of a clever update. A live monthly performance at Largo, a 200-seat, scruffy-chic Hollywood nightclub is also available as a popular podcast through Nerdist.
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WireTap
Each week, WireTap invites you to eavesdrop on a mix of funny, thoughtful and unpredictable stories and conversations. Whether it’s a tale about what it’s like to date Lois Lane after she’s broken up with Superman, or an interview with a man who works as a ketchup sommelier, you never quite know where WireTap will take you.
This American Life
There’s a theme to each episode of This American Life, and a variety of stories on that theme. It’s mostly true stories of everyday people, though not always