# Call of Cthulhu: In Medias Res

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607/call-of-cthulhu-in-medias-res
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607/call-of-cthulhu-in-medias-res.md
Podcast: [Ludonarrative Dissidents](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607)
Published: 2026-04-22T19:21:54+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ludonarrative-dissidents/episodes/Call-of-Cthulhu-In-Medias-Res-e3ia8nu
Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/672330cc/podcast/play/118874302/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-22%2Fedecf7df-a0e0-65b5-55e8-20832cefe78b.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607/episodes/call-of-cthulhu-in-medias-res
Duration seconds: 4303

## Resource

IN MEDIAS RES is a short modern-horror scenario (‘adventure’ is the wrong word for it) by John Scott Tynes, originally designed for Cthulhu Now and first printed in The Unspeakable Oath issue 10 in 1993. It was reprinted in The Resurrected #3 – Out of the Vault in 2003. Thirty years after its publication, it still lives up to its reputation as an unflinching piece of modern horror RPG design that’s genuinely horrific. Read the full show notes here. Discuss this episode on our Discord.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607/episodes/call-of-cthulhu-in-medias-res/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607/call-of-cthulhu-in-medias-res.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.