Season 10, Cassette 8: Struggling

About this episode

The episode explores themes of struggle and the absence of laughter in a narrative context.

"I wonder how long it’s been since anyone’s laughed." # The voice of Lexi is Meg Bashwiner Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Music: Mary Epworth Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Available Now: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS (a novel) by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Within the Wires T-Shirts & Posters Episode transcripts Logo by Rob Wilson Part of the Night Vale Presents network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor, Janina Matthewson

Guest: Meg Bashwiner

Topics covered

• struggle
• humor
• narrative
• fiction
• science
• emotions

Keywords

• struggling
• laughter
• fiction
• science
• narrative
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Night Vale Presents

Books & works: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS

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