{"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 05: The Fifth Service, pt. 1","slug":"file-05-the-fifth-service-pt-1","published_at":"2026-03-31T02:36:31+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/necessary-shadows-7769321/file-05-the-fifth-service-pt-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/necessary-shadows-7769321","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/file-05-the-fifth-service-pt-1--70126374","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70126374/s1_ep05_fifth_service_pt1_final.mp3","summary":"Official records occasionally reference a presence known only as the Fifth Service—invoked in moments of disruption, then quietly excised from public explanation. We listen to a brief talk from a perplexed field researcher, followed by a day in the life of Inter-County Special Projects Liaison , Sondra Kellerman. Written by Brian Lillie. Narrated by Merrill Hodnefield. @necessaryshadows necessaryshadows.com Peace! This episode includes AI-generated content.","meta_description":"Official records occasionally reference a presence known only as the Fifth Service—invoked in moments of disruption, then quietly excised from public expl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1685,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/necessary-shadows-7769321/episodes/file-05-the-fifth-service-pt-1/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-05-the-fifth-service-pt-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}