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Mar 2022
1h 44m

93 - Battle Royale (2000)

Night Vale Presents
About this episode

The first year of high school is always the roughest.

Approachability: 5/10 (Super violent (but also super fun) proto-Hunger Games)

Content Warnings: Child death; gore; suicide; reference to child sexual abuse

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Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of their work on Welcome to Night Vale http://welcometonightvale.com/)

Editing: Grant Stewart https://www.grant-stewart.com/

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