{"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 15: Taken Out of Context / Mirror Chase","slug":"file-15-taken-out-of-context-mirror-chase","published_at":"2026-06-09T14:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/necessary-shadows-7769321/file-15-taken-out-of-context-mirror-chase","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/necessary-shadows-7769321","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/file-15-taken-out-of-context-mirror-chase--72436827","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72436827/s1_ep15_context_mirror_chase_final.mp3","summary":"A double feature from the strange Midwest... Taken Out of Context As part of his Fifth Service training, Marcus joins a team of Contextualists. What begins as a routine rotation becomes considerably less routine when Marcus finds himself increasingly difficult for reality to notice. Narrated by Brian Lillie. Mirror Chase Attempting to enjoy a rare day off, Sondra Kellerman is drawn into an old game with her counterpart in the Reflection District. Played across mirrors, memories, and long-standing agreements. Narrated by Merrill Hodnefield. Both stories written by Brian Lillie. @necessaryshadows necessaryshadows.com Peace! This episode includes AI-generated content.","meta_description":"A double feature from the strange Midwest... Taken Out of Context As part of his Fifth Service training, Marcus joins a team of Contextualists. What begin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1896,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/necessary-shadows-7769321/episodes/file-15-taken-out-of-context-mirror-chase/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-15-taken-out-of-context-mirror-chase.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}