{"podcast":{"title":"Ludonarrative Dissidents","slug":"ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607","podcast_index_feed_id":4355607,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/672330cc/podcast/rss","website_url":"http://www.slangdesign.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/17203595/17203595-1628529148723-1a6a2a86402f9.jpg","author":"Ross Payton","episode_count":85,"summary":"Ludonarrative Dissidents is a podcast from Greg Stolze, James Wallis, and Ross Payton to explore and analyze tabletop RPGs. What does each game do, how does it work, and why do people play it? We are currently in season 3, and we've expanded to include sourcebooks and adventures. Visit our website at https://www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/ to get detailed show notes. Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/CQt5DbFZCD","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T06:19:35.155013+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607"},"episode":{"title":"Call of Cthulhu: In Medias Res","slug":"call-of-cthulhu-in-medias-res","published_at":"2026-04-22T19:21:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607/call-of-cthulhu-in-medias-res","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ludonarrative-dissidents/episodes/Call-of-Cthulhu-In-Medias-Res-e3ia8nu","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/672330cc/podcast/play/118874302/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-22%2Fedecf7df-a0e0-65b5-55e8-20832cefe78b.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4303,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607/episodes/call-of-cthulhu-in-medias-res/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607/call-of-cthulhu-in-medias-res.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}