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Season 10, Cassette 10: You Should See It

"The bug is eaten. The life cycle continues." # The voice of Lexi is Meg Bashwiner Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Music: Mary Epworth Director: Jani

Dec 16 2025
18 min

Season 10, Cassette 9: Delivery

"It’s been hard, yes, but field work always is." # The voice of Lexi is Meg Bashwiner Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Music: Mary Epworth Director: J

Dec 9 2025
15 min

Season 10, Cassette 8: Struggling

"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 Direct

Dec 2 2025
15 min

Season 10, Cassette 7: Haunted Mansion

"Everything’s fine. It’s fine. Completely normal and good, you know?" # The voice of Lexi is Meg Bashwiner Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Music: Mary

Nov 25 2025
18 min

A 30-second message from Janina

Within the Wires co-creator Janina Matthewson is writing a serial novel: Calamity's Trinket. Read it right here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch

Nov 24 2025
2 min

Season 10, Cassette 6: Strange Flowers

"I hate that I can’t just call you." # The voice of Lexi is Meg Bashwiner Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Music: Mary Epworth Director: Janina Matthe

Nov 18 2025
16 min

Season 10, Cassette 5: Concrete

"There were people here. There were a lot of people here." # The voice of Lexi is Meg Bashwiner Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Music: Mary Epworth D

Nov 11 2025
14 min

Season 10, Cassette 4: Spooked

"I could really use some background on this place." # The voice of Lexi is Meg Bashwiner Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Music: Mary Epworth Director

Nov 4 2025
14 min

Season 10, Cassette 3: Protests

"Safe word from now on is "Graham Cracker.'" # The voice of Lexi is Meg Bashwiner Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Music: Mary Epworth Director: Janin

Oct 28 2025
17 min

Season 10, Cassette 2: Wildlife

"There’s always something awake and active here." # The voice of Lexi is Meg Bashwiner Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Music: Mary Epworth Director:

Oct 21 2025
15 min

Season 10, Cassette 1: Research Island

"Is this what astronauts feel like?" # The voice of Lexi is Meg Bashwiner Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson Music: Mary Epworth Director: Janina Matthe

Oct 14 2025
21 min

Season 9, Cassette 10: Finding Your True Voice

"There’s an event horizon that I reach where everything is drowned out for a while." # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey

Dec 17 2024
22 min

Season 9, Cassette 9: Regression

"You know not to take me seriously when I’m like that." # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson

Dec 10 2024
17 min

Season 9, Cassette 8: Rewriting Wrongs

"I’m only just now understanding what loneliness feels like." # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matt

Dec 3 2024
18 min

Season 9, Cassette 7: New Beginnings

"Have you ever made a really big mess?" # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Ep

Nov 26 2024
17 min

Season 9, Cassette 6: Talk Your Way Out of This One

"And, I’m trying to… Hell, I don’t know what I’m trying to do." # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Ma

Nov 19 2024
21 min

Season 9, Cassette 5: History Is Narrative

"I actually think I demonstrate remarkable discretion" # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson.

Nov 12 2024
16 min

Season 9, Cassette 4: Start from Scratch

"Of course I feel calm and happy. Why wouldn’t I?" # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Mus

Nov 5 2024
17 min

Season 9, Cassette 3: Pick Your Battles

"Well that’s very good for you, but we can’t all be scholars." # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Mat

Oct 29 2024
18 min

Season 9, Cassette 2: Listening Carefully

"I would simply love some clarity." # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Epwort

Oct 22 2024
19 min

Chart trend

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#20

all-time peak

462

days in the top 50 since Nov 2024

Chart positions

Where Within the Wires ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 28, 2026).

#53 ▲ 23 Science Fiction US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Within the Wires is a fiction podcast set in an alternate universe. Each Season stands alone with unique narrators and voices, but also interweaves with the previous. Janina and Jeffrey have deep and incredibly fastidious world building throughout the ten year series. Listening to each episode you get immersed into the world. You feel like you’re listening to a museum audio guide, a lost cassette tape, or old answering machine messages. Written by one half of the original Welcome to Night Vale creative team, Jeffrey Cranor, and Janina Matthewson, dive into a World Within the Wires, and listener will also love their novel “You Feel it Just Below the Ribs”, also set in the same universe. The audio book feels like a bonus season!

Matthew With Two Ts · Dec 2025

… Are brilliant and masterful. I feel like there was such a cohesive and important world being built in the background of these stories that had captured my imagination in a way no piece of media has in a very long time. These three seasons are among the best podcast seasons I have ever heard from any show. To me, season four took a significant left turn, and none of the seasons since have returned to the initial path that this show was on. As a queer person, I truly appreciate and love the representation brought to the show throughout all of the seasons.

Romanek · Jun 2025

I re-listen to every season and reread the book once a year. I love the way the world is slowly revealed and the creepy vibes. The voice acting is top notch! Love love love it

Mochi anne · Nov 2024

I love stepping into this world over and over again and noticing things I missed and how the stories are connected. The stories are beautiful. Truly an experience like no other. I just finished season 7 again and it makes me cry every time. It feels like a warm hug, a welcome home. I cannot recommend this podcast enough. Personally, my favorite seasons are 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and I can’t wait for 9. The book (you feel it just below the ribs) adds so much to the world. I hope you enjoy.

Megan Maruzo · Oct 2024

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