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[Intro to Criminal podcast]
— Phoebe Judge



"Listeners" is the 190th episode of Welcome to Night Vale. It was released on June 15, 2021.

Synopsis[]

They know. They all know.

Plot Developments[]

  • The world discovers the existence of Night Vale, which becomes widely discussed in the American media.
  • Dark Planet: The Dollop's co-host Dave Anthony mentions a man seeing the dark planet before he decides to move to Night Vale.
  • The House That Doesn't Exist': According to Lore's Aaron Mahnke, it's been concluded that the house doesn't exist at all after years of research, but the conclusion was caused by the scientist (i.e. Carlos) simply having a blind spot.
  • Michigan: The Allusionist's Helen Zaltzman claims no one can agree on how to pronounce the name of this "least recognizable state in America".
  • Wheat & Wheat By-Products: When The Sporkful's host Dan Pashman visits Night Vale, he explains that Rico's pizza is completely crustless. Around the same time, NPR's TED Radio Hour investigates whether wheat & wheat by-products can be trusted, and the hosts of Maintenance Phase attempt to turn snakes back into wheat & wheat by-products so that they can eat some bread again.

Recurring Segments[]

None

Guest Cast[]

In order of appearance:

  • Phoebe Judge, host of Criminal, as herself
  • Dan Pashman, host of The Sporkful, as hismelf
  • Hal Lublin as Steve Carlsberg
  • Karina Longworth, host of You Must Remember This, as herself
  • Ross Blocher, co-host of Oh No Ross & Carrie, as himself
  • Carrie Poppy, co-host of Oh No Ross & Carrie, as herself
  • Manoush Zomorodi, host of TED Radio Hour, as herself
  • Scott Auckerman, host of Comedy Bang! Bang!, as himself
  • Justin McElroy, co-host of My Brother, My Brother and Me, as himself
  • Travis McElroy, co-host of My Brother, My Brother and Me, as himself
  • Tim Batt, co-host of The Worst Idea of All Time, as himself
  • Guy Montgomery, co-host of The Worst Idea of All Time, as himself
  • Gaby Dunn, host of Bad With Money, as herself
  • Jon Favreau, host of Pod Save America, as himself
  • Adrienne Jeffries, co-host of Underunderstood, as herself
  • John Lagomarsino, co-host of Underunderstood, as himself
  • Billy Disney, co-host of Underunderstood, as himself
  • Kate Jones as Michelle Nguyen
  • Helen Zaltzman, host of The Allusionist, as herself
  • Dave Anthony, co-host of The Dollop, as himself
  • Gareth Reynolds, co-host of The Dollop, as himself
  • Sarah Marshall, co-host of You’re Wrong About, as herself
  • Michael Hobbes, co-host of You’re Wrong About, as himself
  • Steven Ray Morris, co-host of The Purrrcast, as himself
  • Sara Iyer, co-host of The Purrrcast, as herself
  • Aaron Mahnke, host of LORE, as himself
  • Arnie Niekamp, co-host of Hello from the Magic Tavern, as himself
  • Matt Young, co-host of Hello from the Magic Tavern, as Usidore
  • Adal Rifai, co-host of Hello from the Magic Tavern, as Chunt
  • Brian Thompson, host of Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald’s?, as himself
  • Hrishikesh Hirway, host of Song Exploder, as himself
  • Aubrey Gordon, co-host of Maintenance Phase, as herself
  • Michael Hobbes, co-host of Maintenance Phase, as himself
  • Meg Bashwiner as Deb
  • Shankar Vedantam, host of Hidden Brain, as himself
  • Mary Childs, co-host of Planet Money, as herself
  • Sarah Gonzalez, co-host of Planet Money, as herself
  • Roman Mars, host of 99% Invisible, as himself
  • Lusia Strus as Missy Wilks (uncredited)



Proverb

Hope for the best. Prepare for the best, too. It’s going to be great. What could go wrong?
— Proverb


Trivia[]

  • There is a post-credits clip of My Brother My Brother and Me.
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