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When I came home, I still had a headache, so I took a nap, and put on some background noise  in the form of listening to episodes of Welcome to Nightvale. Before I drifted off to sleep, I realized that there were a lot concepts that could be stolen, and that I should blog about this. I also thought the concept was very interesting and wanted to share it with everyone.

Welcome to Nightvale is a podcast in the format of a (fictional) radio newscast. The news covers various events in the desert town of Nightvale, USA, and is divided into two parts with a musical "weather" forecast as a interlude.

Events in Nightvale are more than slightly off-kilter; hooded figures and angels wander around the town, a "glowcloud" is a member of the high school PTA, and many odd events are hushed up by "the sheriff's secret police,"...the casual tone of the show's host only brings out the show's eccentricity. The podcast also parodies aspects of our daily life such as the "word from our sponsors" ("That word... is carp!"-Episode 7) It's amusing and slightly creepy at the same time.

The music is excellent. The style of both the background music and "weather" song fits the strange tone of the podcast.

This show is enjoyable for those who like something out of the ordinary that's slightly sarcastic, slightly creepy, slightly humorous, slightly quirky, and slightly Orwellian.
I'd really like to steal the idea of creating fictional news. I also like how simple the podcast is. The cast is composed of one person, the show's host, and I imagine this makes production relatively fast. Definitely doable.

Official website
Soundcloud Official Playlist

Marketing: Surprisingly, the podcast is free. However, the company have a store on their website, and links to other books they have produced.
When looking at the website, I saw that they sell tickets to live shows (I never knew they had live shows before!) And they're in NY! I'm not sure if we'd be able to sell tickets to STAC live...perhaps a special event?