Within the Wires

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Within the Wires
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Presentation
StarringJanina Matthewson (S1)
Rima Te Wiata (S2)
Lee LeBreton (S3)
Mona Grenne (S4)
Amiera Darwish (S5)
Leah Minto (S6)
April Ortiz (S7)
Joey Rizzolo (S8)
Jeffrey Cranor (BB)
Kirsten Potter (YFIJBTR)
Format surrealism, science fiction, anthology, epistolary fiction
LanguageEnglish
Production
No. of episodes70 (plus 11 bonus episodes)
Publication
Original releaseJune 21, 2016 (2016-06-21)
Related
Website www.nightvalepresents.com/withinthewires/

Within the Wires is a dramatic anthology podcast in the style of epistolary fiction. In the first season, the listener, a medical inmate at a place called the Institute, receives guidance from the mysterious narrator of instructional relaxation cassettes. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In the second season, an artist named Roimata Mangakāhia communicates with the listener through a series of museum audio guides. [6] The third season, "a political thriller set in 1950s Chicago", is narrated by the bureaucrat Michael Witten; listeners access letters and notes dictated to his secretary. [7]

Contents

The series was created in 2016 by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson (who also narrated the first season), and it has been published by Night Vale Presents since June 21, 2016. [4] [8] For the first five seasons during its run, the podcast aired on every other Wednesday, but starting with Season 6, changed to a weekly release. The first season ended on October 25, 2016; the second season premiered on September 5, 2017, the third on September 4, 2018, the fourth on September 9, 2019, the fifth on August 25, 2020, the sixth on October 12, 2021, and the seventh on October 18, 2022.

2021 also saw the publication of the first novel set in the Within the Wires world, You Feel It Just Below the Ribs. Written in the style of an annotated autobiography, it details the events of "the Great Reckoning" and the formation of the Society from the point of view of one of its survivors. The book was released on November 16, 2021. The audiobook was narrated by Kirsten Potter and Adepero Oduye.

Production

In an interview with CBC Radio's Podcast Playlist , Jeffrey Cranor explained that the initial idea behind the podcast was to use pre-existing audio guides as a template for storytelling, with the first season taking the form of a relaxation cassette program. Cranor had read and enjoyed Janina Matthewson's book "Of Things Gone Astray", and they first met when he messaged her on Twitter in Autumn 2015 inviting her to the live show for Welcome to Night Vale when it was touring through London. Cranor later pitched the initial idea to Matthewson and they began brainstorming story ideas together. [9] Episodes are outlined by both Cranor and Matthewson, before being written by one of them and then edited by the other. [10] Every season was written by Cranor and Matthewson, with music by Mary Epworth. From Season 4 onwards, Cranor and Matthewson also gain the titles of producer and director respectively. The first season was partially funded through sponsored advertising—a practice shared with other series under the Night Vale Presents banner such as Alice Isn't Dead and The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air) .

With the release of the final episode of the first season, it was announced that those who donate $50 or more to the podcast would receive an exclusive prologue episode for the second season, [11] [12] which was released on August 22, 2017. [13] After the launch of their Patreon, the prologue episode was included in the same tier as the bonus Black Box episodes.

Episodes

Every episode was written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson.

Season 1: "Relaxation Cassettes"

  1. ↑ Packaged together with an episode of It Makes a Sound.

Season 3: "Dictation"

EpisodeTitleDateRunning Time
1"Cassette 1: Stress, Shoulders"June 21, 201624:11
SIDE A: Weight of the World. SIDE B: Shoulders and Giants.
2"Cassette 2: Anxiety, Stomach"July 5, 201622:28
SIDE A: Calming anxiety. SIDE B: Turning the Stomach.
Hess, Amanda (November 11, 2016). "The Story So Far: Fiction Podcasts Take Their Next Steps". The New York Times . ISSN   1553-8095. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  • 1 2 Hershon, Marc (July 15, 2016). "Podcast Reviews: Fake The Nation and Within The Wires". HuffPost . BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  • ↑ Locke, Charley (August 24, 2016). "Fiction Podcasts Are Finally a Thing! Thank You, Sci-Fi and Horror: How the Creepiness of Found-Footage Narratives is Finding Its Way Into Your Earbuds". Wired . Condé Nast. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  • 1 2 Biese, Alex (June 14, 2016). "'Welcome to Night Vale' Celebrates Fourth Anniversary". Asbury Park Press . Gannett. OCLC   16894042. Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  • ↑ Locker, Melissa (June 13, 2016). "The Week's Best Podcasts: From Star Trek to a Serial-Style Whodunnit". The Guardian . ISSN   1756-3224. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  • ↑ Greene, Steve (September 6, 2017). "'Within the Wires' Season 2: This Haunting Audio Mystery Shows the Best of What Podcasts Can Be: A Simple, Confounding Tour Through an Alternate-History Art Museum Shows How the "Welcome to Night Vale" Crew Are Continuing to Shape Audio Entertainment". IndieWire . Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  • ↑ Zutter, Natalie (May 8, 2020). "10 Long-Running SFF and Horror Fiction Podcasts". Tor.com . Macmillan Publishers . Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  • ↑ Locke, Charley (July 25, 2016). "Five Podcasts to Help You Sound Smart Following the RNC: Conservatism, an Aspiring "Asian Oprah," and Eerie Relaxation Tapes". Wired . Condé Nast. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  • ↑ Michael, Lindsay (June 17, 2016). "Within the Wires, an Interview With Podcast Makers Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson". Podcast Playlist . CBC Radio. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  • 1 2 Taylor, Devon (October 10, 2016). "Within the Wires: Five Questions With Jeffrey Cranor". The Sarah Lawrence College International Audio Fiction Award. Sarah Lawrence College. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  • ↑ "Within the Wires". Night Vale Presents . Archived from the original on April 27, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  • ↑ "Within the Wires". withinthewires.libsyn.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  • 1 2 "Within the Wires". withinthewires.libsyn.com. Archived from the original on September 8, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  • ↑ "Within the Wires is creating Immersive Audio Fiction | Patreon". Patreon . Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
  • ↑ "Night Vale Presents: Within the Wires". Kings Place . Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  • ↑ "Night Vale Presents: Within the Wires". Night Vale Presents . Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  • ↑ "@withinthewires: Don't miss @happierman and @unusualgemstone at @thepodx in Nashville this weekend!". Twitter . Retrieved September 8, 2022.
  • ↑ Dorer, Nathan (October 26, 2016). "Podcast Review: Within the Wires Aims for Cult Fame". The Rensselaer Polytechnic . Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Archived from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  • ↑ Greene, Steve (September 7, 2016). "10 Great Podcast Episodes From Summer 2016: Subliminal Cassette Tapes, Kansas Sweet Crude and More". IndieWire . Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
    • EpisodeTitleDateRunning Time
    21"Reel 1: July 3, 1953."September 4, 201818:45
    Letters to Sima Choudary, Helena Wood, and Bernice Jones.
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