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Night Vale Presents
Night Vale Presents is a production company and independent podcast network founded in 2015 by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. The name is derived from its flagship podcast, ''Welcome to Night Vale'', and the network is also known for publishing ''Alice Isn't Dead'' and ''Sleep with Me (podcast), Sleep with Me''. It is the successor to Commonplace Books, a collaborative fiction group from the early 2010s, which published several books as well as early ''Night Vale'' episodes. Night Vale Presents is partnered with Public Radio Exchange. History Night Vale Presents has its origins in a community writing project orchestrated by Joseph Fink in 2010. Commonplace Books was founded in order to put together a book based on the unfinished story ideas of HP Lovecraft. Along with Fink himself, the book's contributors included Meg Bashwinner and Jeffrey Cranor. The book, ''A Commonplace Book of the Weird: The Untold Stories of H.P. Lovecraft'' was released in October 2010. In 2012, a second c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleep With Me (podcast)
''Sleep with Me'' is a twice-weekly podcast that began on October 18, 2013. It is hosted by "Dearest Scooter" as performed by Drew Ackerman. ''Sleep with Me'' joined the Feral Audio podcast network in February 2017 and moved to Night Vale Presents on March 28, 2018. The podcast's tagline is "The podcast that puts you to sleep". Premise and influences ''Sleep with Me'' is meant to distract listeners, keeping their minds occupied when they experience insomnia, while gently lulling them to sleep. Ackerman is open about his own struggles with insomnia; he has said that his rambling storytelling style began in childhood, when he told his brothers boring bedtime stories when they could not sleep. He names ''The Dr. Demento Show'', Kurt Vonnegut and the Beastie Boys as some of his influences. Ackerman describes his storytelling style as "the good type of weird but not creepy". He does not claim to have expertise in psychology or sleep science, and he relies on feedback from listeners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |