{"podcast":{"title":"Necessary Shadows","slug":"necessary-shadows-7769321","podcast_index_feed_id":7769321,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6786774/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://NecessaryShadows.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2f8df2a8b3c5f31cad1d4415e9eaf178.jpg","author":"Brian Lillie","episode_count":16,"summary":"Necessary Shadows is a serialized cosmic horror told through short stories, field reports, oral histories, and institutional archives. Since the early 1900s, a hidden human/nonhuman partnership has quietly managed disturbances across the American Midwest. When a localized anomaly at Nest Lake triggers the reopening of dormant files, the limits of containment begin to show... Season one drops every Tuesday, starting March 17th.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T16:19:08.447147+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/necessary-shadows-7769321"},"episode":{"title":"File 01: The Nest Lake Incident","slug":"file-01-the-nest-lake-incident","published_at":"2026-03-16T18:59:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/necessary-shadows-7769321/file-01-the-nest-lake-incident","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/necessary-shadows-7769321","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/file-01-the-nest-lake-incident--70115738","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70115738/s1_ep01_nest_lake_final.mp3","summary":"When a violent storm forms without warning over Nest Lake—despite atmospheric conditions that make such a system impossible—local residents return to find their shoreline neighborhood in shambles. Drawing from weather memoranda, sheriff’s logs, and recovered oral histories, this first case file examines an anomaly with no terrestrial precedent—and its aftermath. Written and narrated by Brian Lillie. @necessaryshadows necessaryshadows.com Peace! This episode includes AI-generated content.","meta_description":"When a violent storm forms without warning over Nest Lake—despite atmospheric conditions that make such a system impossible—local residents return to find…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1623,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/necessary-shadows-7769321/episodes/file-01-the-nest-lake-incident/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/necessary-shadows-7769321/file-01-the-nest-lake-incident.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}