Within the Wires
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{{Short description|Science fiction anthology podcast}}
{{Infobox Podcast
| image = Within the Wires.jpg
| format = Surrealism, science fiction, anthology, epistolary fiction
| starring = Janina Matthewson (S1)
Rima Te Wiata (S2)
Lee LeBreton (S3)
Mona Grenne (S4)
Amiera Darwish (S5)
Leah Minto (S6)
April Ortiz (S7)
Joey Rizzolo (S8)
Robin Virginie (S9)
Jeffrey Cranor (Black Box)
| language = English
| first_aired = {{Start date|2016|6|21}}
| num_episodes = 90 (plus 11 bonus episodes)
| website = {{URL|http://www.nightvalepresents.com/withinthewires/}}
}}
Within the Wires is a science fiction anthology podcast created by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Set in a dystopian society in an alternate history, it is presented as in-universe audio files such as relaxation cassette tapes or museum audio guides. Each season follows a new storyline and characters, all set in the same world.
The series has been produced by Night Vale Presents since 2016.{{cite news |last=Biese |first=Alex |date=June 14, 2016 |title='Welcome to Night Vale' Celebrates Fourth Anniversary |url=http://www.app.com/story/entertainment/arts/2016/06/14/welcome-night-vale-celebrates-fourth-anniversary/85837584/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221105163634/https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/arts/2016/06/14/welcome-night-vale-celebrates-fourth-anniversary/85837584/ |archive-date=November 5, 2022 |accessdate=April 20, 2017 |newspaper=Asbury Park Press |publisher=Gannett |language=en-US |oclc=16894042}}{{cite news |last=Locke |first=Charley |date=July 25, 2016 |title=Five Podcasts to Help You Sound Smart Following the RNC: Conservatism, an Aspiring "Asian Oprah," and Eerie Relaxation Tapes. |language=en-US |newspaper=Wired |publisher=Condé Nast |url=https://www.wired.com/2016/07/this-week-in-podcasts-july-25/ |url-status=live |accessdate=April 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421092432/https://www.wired.com/2016/07/this-week-in-podcasts-july-25/ |archive-date=April 21, 2017}} For its first five seasons, the podcast aired bi-weekly, but changed to a weekly release starting with Season 6. Cranor and Matthewson have written every episode, as well as the novel You Feel It Just Below the Ribs (2021), which is set in the podcast's universe.
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 to invite her to a Welcome to Night Vale live show when it was touring through London. Cranor later pitched the initial idea to Matthewson and they began brainstorming story ideas together.{{cite web |last=Michael |first=Lindsay |date=June 17, 2016 |title=Within the Wires, an Interview With Podcast Makers Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson |url=http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2690500306 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421092202/http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2690500306 |archive-date=April 21, 2017 |accessdate=April 20, 2017 |work=Podcast Playlist |publisher=CBC Radio |language=en-CA}} Each episode is outlined by Cranor and Matthewson, before being written by one of them and then edited by the other. Every season is written by Cranor and Matthewson, with music by Mary Epworth. From season 4 onwards, Cranor and Matthewson also became the producer and director, respectively. The first season was partially funded through sponsored advertising.
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,{{Cite web |title=Within the Wires |url=http://www.nightvalepresents.com/withinthewires/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427004119/http://www.nightvalepresents.com/withinthewires |archive-date=April 27, 2017 |access-date=April 20, 2017 |website=Night Vale Presents |language=en-US}} which was released on August 22, 2017. After the launch of the podcast's Patreon, the prologue episode was included in the same tier as the bonus Black Box episodes.
Episodes
Every episode is written by podcast creators Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson.
= Season 1: "Relaxation Cassettes" =
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.{{cite news |last=Hess |first=Amanda |author-link=Amanda Hess |date=November 11, 2016 |title=The Story So Far: Fiction Podcasts Take Their Next Steps |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/arts/fiction-podcasts-homecoming.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802095803/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/arts/fiction-podcasts-homecoming.html |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |accessdate=April 20, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=1553-8095}}{{cite news |last=Hershon |first=Marc |date=July 15, 2016 |title=Podcast Reviews: Fake The Nation and Within The Wires |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-hershon/podcast-reviews-fake-the_b_11015602.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225051648/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-hershon/podcast-reviews-fake-the_b_11015602.html |archive-date=February 25, 2017 |accessdate=April 20, 2017 |newspaper=HuffPost |publisher=BuzzFeed |language=en-US}}{{cite news |last=Locke |first=Charley |date=August 24, 2016 |title=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. |url=https://www.wired.com/2016/08/found-footage-fiction-podcasts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225030946/https://www.wired.com/2016/08/found-footage-fiction-podcasts/ |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |accessdate=April 20, 2017 |newspaper=Wired |publisher=Condé Nast |language=en-US}}{{cite news |last=Locker |first=Melissa |date=June 13, 2016 |title=The Week's Best Podcasts: From Star Trek to a Serial-Style Whodunnit |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jun/13/best-podcasts-star-trek-malcolm-gladwell-untold |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421100212/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jun/13/best-podcasts-star-trek-malcolm-gladwell-untold |archive-date=April 21, 2017 |accessdate=April 20, 2017 |newspaper=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=1756-3224}}
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= Season 2: "Museum Audio Tours" =
In the second season, an artist named Roimata Mangakāhia communicates with the listener through a series of museum audio guides.{{Cite web |last=Greene |first=Steve |date=September 6, 2017 |title='Within the Wires' Season 2: This Haunting Audio Mystery Shows the Best of What Podcasts Can Be |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/within-the-wires-season-2-podcast-night-vale-presents-1201873567/ |access-date=November 4, 2022 |website=IndieWire |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |language=en-US}} Every episode in this season features a guest star voicing the curator of the museum. Prior to the season premiere, three trailers composed of preview segments from the season itself were released, on August 15, August 22, and August 29, 2017. Donors of $50 or more to the production of the second season received a special prologue episode, "Cassette 0: Karikari Contemporary (1969)", on August 22, 2017, with the release of the second trailer.{{Cite web |title=Within the Wires |url=http://feeds.nightvalepresents.com/withinthewires/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907221417/http://feeds.nightvalepresents.com/withinthewires/ |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |access-date= |website=Nightvale Presents |publisher=Feedburner}}
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|EpisodeNumber=11 |Title=Cassette 1: Tate Modern (1971) |AltDate=September 5, 2017 |Aux4=29:40 |ShortSummary=Still Life with Orchid; House with Yellow Door; The Charcoal Dish; Woman in Bath; Self Portrait with Cat. Featuring Mary Epworth as Fiona Williamson. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=12 |Title=Cassette 2: Ulster Museum (1973) |AltDate=September 19, 2017 |Aux4=26:17 |ShortSummary=Still Life with Tomato Plant and Sword, oil on canvas, 1962; Marketplace, Summer Afternoon, 1965; Stapler (1968); Fingers. Together. (1967); Sunshine Afternoon (1968); Self-Portrait with Cat (1972, unfinished). Featuring Sarah Maria Griffin as Mary Breathnach. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=13 |Title=Cassette 3: El Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (1974) |AltDate=October 3, 2017 |Aux4=55:00{{efn|Packaged together with an episode of It Makes a Sound.}} |ShortSummary=A Palace Removed; The Parade in Paris; The Arising. Featuring Anairis Quiñones as Caty Velasquez. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=14 |Title=Cassette 4: Bardo Museum (1975) |AltDate=October 17, 2017 |Aux4=25:14 |ShortSummary=untitled figure with hat; untitled automobile with driver; untitled waves; untitled dinner party; untitled artists at work; untitled rope and parrot. Featuring Felicity Crentsil as Ama Cudjoe. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=15 |Title=Cassette 5: Van Gogh Museum (1977) |AltDate=October 31, 2017 |Aux4=26:34 |ShortSummary=Childhood Home, 1935; Childhood Home, Left; New Environments; Self-Portraits Sketchbook. Featuring Lia Albers as Lia Bakker. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=16 |Title=Cassette 6: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1978) |AltDate=November 14, 2017 |Aux4=30:40 |ShortSummary=Mantis on Branch; Rubbish #3; Rubbish #7; Rubbish #15; Needlework; Housefly; Darkened Room; Guests. Featuring Kate Leth as Zoe Tremblay. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=17 |Title=Cassette 7: Sree Chitra Art Gallery (1979) |AltDate=November 28, 2017 |Aux4=21:05 |ShortSummary=Women Alone, by Vanessa Nguyen; Self Portrait, by Roimata Mangakāhia; The Three Sisters, by Claudia Atieno. Featuring Lily Potkin as Clarissa Nair. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=18 |Title=Cassette 8: Ohara Museum of Art (1980) |AltDate=December 12, 2017 |Aux4=28:39 |ShortSummary=Stars (oil on canvas); Attentiveness (oil on canvas); Sunglasses and Cigarettes (pencil sketch on paper); Lamp (oil on wood); Box of Acorns (acrylic box, acorns); Eleven. Featuring Julia Morizawa as Leah Akane. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=19 |Title=Cassette 9: Metropolitan Museum of Art (1981) |AltDate=December 26, 2017 |Aux4=19:58 |ShortSummary=House with Yellow Door; Woman in Bath; The Empty Pier; Unfinished Work. Featuring Leah Nanako Winkler as Elaine Hara. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=20 |Title=Cassette 10: Karikari Contemporary Gallery (1986) |AltDate=January 9, 2018 |Aux4=26:39 |ShortSummary=Early sketches (1953-1958); Providence (1964); Cornwall Cliffs (1972); Fingers Together, 1973; The Bodies, 1979; Self Portrait (1970); Claudia Atieno with Cat, 1974; Horopito #2, Horopito #4. Featuring Janina Matthewson as Hester Wells. |LineColor=333333 }} |
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= Season 3: "Dictation" =
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.{{Cite web |last=Zutter |first=Natalie |date=May 8, 2020 |title=10 Long-Running SFF and Horror Fiction Podcasts |url=https://www.tor.com/2020/05/08/10-long-running-sff-horror-fiction-podcasts/ |access-date=November 4, 2022 |website=Tor.com |publisher=Macmillan Publishers |language=en-US}}
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|EpisodeNumber=21 |Title=Reel 1: July 3, 1953. |AltDate=September 4, 2018 |Aux4=18:45 |ShortSummary=Letters to Sima Choudary, Helena Wood, and Bernice Jones. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=22 |Title=Reel 2: August 23, 1953. |AltDate=September 17, 2018 |Aux4=19:40 |ShortSummary=Letters to Ursula Lindholm, Bernice Jones, and Vishwathy Ramadoss. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=23 |Title=Reel 3: November 26, 1953. |AltDate=October 1, 2018 |Aux4=16:59 |ShortSummary=Letters to Sarah Chisholm and Reina Bachelor. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=24 |Title=Reel 4: February 15, 1954. |AltDate=October 16, 2018 |Aux4=19:01 |ShortSummary=Letters to Vishwathi Ramadoss, Leena Mäkinen, and Bernice Jones. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=25 |Title=Reel 5: March 2, 1954. |AltDate=October 30, 2018 |Aux4=18:45 |ShortSummary=Letter to Sarah Chisholm. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=26 |Title=Reel 6: March 24, 1954. |AltDate=November 13, 2018 |Aux4=18:10 |ShortSummary=For Amy. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=27 |Title=Reel 7: March 29, 1954. |AltDate=November 27, 2018 |Aux4=19:36 |ShortSummary=Letters to Vishwathi Ramadoss and Karen Roberts. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=28 |Title=Reel 8: April 20, 1954. |AltDate=December 11, 2018 |Aux4=17:55 |ShortSummary=Letters to Bernice Jones and Sima Choudary. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=29 |Title=Reel 9: September 13, 1954. |AltDate=January 1, 2019 |Aux4=24:02 |ShortSummary=Letters to Alejandra Reagan, Ursula Lindholm, Bernice Jones, and Sarah Chisholm. |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=30 |Title=Reel 10: June 21, 1961. |AltDate=January 15, 2019 |Aux4=24:01 |ShortSummary=Letter to Amy Castillo. |LineColor=333333 }} |
= Season 4: "The Cradle" =
Season Four, "The Cradle," is a story about a mother and daughter as they attempt to lead a family-centric commune surviving on the fringes of society. The leader of The Cradle — an anti-government commune hidden deep in a Scandinavian forest — escapes arrest and travels the globe to build her following. This 10-episode season is told via tape recorded letters home to her daughter and sermons to the commune.
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= Season 5: "Voicemail" =
As well as the main narrator voiced by Amiera Darwish, this season featured a secondary narrator voiced by Norma Butikofer at the end of every episode.
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= Season 6: "Caregiver" =
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= Season 7: "Scavenger Hunt" =
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= Season 8: "Leadership Seminar" =
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= Season 9: "Audiobook" =
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= Bonus: "Black Box" =
Within the Wires' Patreon includes an exclusive season called "Black Box", released four times a year, on solstices and equinoxes. The season tells the story of an unnamed pilot (narrated by Cranor) through his black box recordings.{{cite web |title=Within the Wires is creating Immersive Audio Fiction | Patreon |url=https://www.patreon.com/withinthewires/posts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428135330/https://www.patreon.com/withinthewires/posts |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |accessdate=April 28, 2019 |website=Patreon}}
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|EpisodeNumber=B1 |Title=Black Box Cassette 1: PHL to PWM |AltDate=March 20, 2018 |Aux4=12:31 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=B2 |Title=Black Box Cassette 2: PWM to MDW |AltDate=June 21, 2018 |Aux4=11:16 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=B3 |Title=Black Box Cassette 3: MDW to YYZ |AltDate=September 23, 2018 |Aux4=14:30 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=B4 |Title=Black Box Cassette 4: YYZ to ATL |AltDate=December 21, 2018 |Aux4=13:43 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=B5 |Title=Black Box Cassette 5: HOU to LAX |AltDate=March 20, 2019 |Aux4=11:23 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=B6 |Title=Black Box Cassette 6: LAX to SEA, SEA to YUL, YUL to MSY |AltDate=June 21, 2019 |Aux4=8:50 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=B7 |Title=Black Box Cassette 7: MSY to HOU |AltDate=September 23, 2019 |Aux4=10:30 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=B8 |Title=Black Box Cassette 8: LAX to SEA |AltDate=December 25, 2019 |Aux4=8:40 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=B9 |Title=Black Box Cassette 9: SEA to TIL, TIL to ABQ |AltDate=May 30, 2020 |Aux4=12:54 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=333333 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=B10 |Title=Black Box Cassette 10: ABQ to SCL, LIT to ??? |AltDate=January 25, 2021 |Aux4=11:48 |ShortSummary= |LineColor=333333 }} |
= Live =
Within the Wires
Book
In 2021, Cranor and Matthewson published You Feel It Just Below the Ribs, a novel set in the universe of Within the Wires. A fictional work 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 the survivors. The book was released on November 16, 2021. The audiobook was narrated by Kirsten Potter and Adepero Oduye.
Reception
Marc Hershon of The Huffington Post positively reviewed the second episode, stating that it "has a distinctive flavor all its own" and that the show is "every bit as warped as [Welcome to Night Vale]." Nathan Dorer of The Rensselaer Polytechnic positively reviewed the first season, finding that "the evolution of the podcast throughout the first season was borderline artful" and praising Matthewson's narration and the "effective" atmosphere of the podcast.{{cite web |last=Dorer |first=Nathan |date=October 26, 2016 |title=Podcast Review: Within the Wires Aims for Cult Fame |url=https://poly.rpi.edu/2016/10/26/within_the_wires_aims_for_cult_fame/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224211803/https://poly.rpi.edu/2016/10/26/within_the_wires_aims_for_cult_fame/ |archive-date=February 24, 2017 |accessdate=April 20, 2017 |website=The Rensselaer Polytechnic |publisher=Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |language=en-US}} Steve Greene of IndieWire praised the podcast as "an off-kilter delight" and observed that it was "something that can only exist in this medium."{{cite web |last=Greene |first=Steve |date=September 7, 2016 |title=10 Great Podcast Episodes From Summer 2016: Subliminal Cassette Tapes, Kansas Sweet Crude and More |url=http://www.indiewire.com/2016/09/best-podcast-episodes-summer-2016-planet-money-song-exploder-1201723352/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421092113/http://www.indiewire.com/2016/09/best-podcast-episodes-summer-2016-planet-money-song-exploder-1201723352/ |archive-date=April 21, 2017 |accessdate=April 20, 2017 |website=IndieWire |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |language=en-US}} Devon Taylor of The Sarahs observed that because the story is "parceled out slowly" it could "frustrate listeners accustomed to a more linear plot," while also drawing positive comparisons to Lost and the works of David Lynch.{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Devon |date=October 10, 2016 |title=Within the Wires: Five Questions With Jeffrey Cranor |url=http://thesarahawards.com/article/2016/9/24/review-within-the-wires |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421092343/http://thesarahawards.com/article/2016/9/24/review-within-the-wires |archive-date=April 21, 2017 |accessdate=April 20, 2017 |website=The Sarah Lawrence College International Audio Fiction Award |publisher=Sarah Lawrence College |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.nightvalepresents.com/withinthewires/}}
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Category:Science fiction podcasts
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