{"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":21,"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":"2026-09-09T04:22:33.971373+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/necessary-shadows-7769321"},"episode":{"title":"File 20: The Winter Manses, Part Three: \"Five Dead Things\"","slug":"file-20-the-winter-manses-part-three-five-dead-things","published_at":"2026-09-08T13:10:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/necessary-shadows-7769321/file-20-the-winter-manses-part-three-five-dead-things","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/necessary-shadows-7769321","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/file-20-the-winter-manses-part-three-five-dead-things--74975680","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74975680/s1_ep20_5_dead_things_final2.mp3","summary":"Plum Island is coming apart. As the Fifth Service struggles to contain an escalating breach, Della and Claudia follow a trail neither of them fully understands, Harrow tries to keep an impossible situation from becoming worse, and something ancient begins putting itself back together. Meanwhile, several unexpected visitors are headed for the island... (This episode continues directly from Parts One and Two of \"The Winter Manses\". We strongly recommend listening to both before beginning Part Three.) Written and narrated by Brian Lillie. @necessaryshadows necessaryshadows.com Peace! This episode includes AI-generated content.","meta_description":"Plum Island is coming apart. As the Fifth Service struggles to contain an escalating breach, Della and Claudia follow a trail neither of them fully unders…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3655,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/necessary-shadows-7769321/episodes/file-20-the-winter-manses-part-three-five-dead-things/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-20-the-winter-manses-part-three-five-dead-things.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}