{"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":"Season 1 Finale \"The Winter Manses\" coming June 30th","slug":"season-1-finale-the-winter-manses-coming-june-30th","published_at":"2026-06-26T18:40:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/necessary-shadows-7769321/season-1-finale-the-winter-manses-coming-june-30th","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/necessary-shadows-7769321","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/season-1-finale-the-winter-manses-coming-june-30th--72706169","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72706169/s1_finale_announcement.mp3","summary":"A quick announcement to let you know that the 3-part finale for Season One of Necessary Shadows drops next Tuesday, June 30th. The finale is called \"The Winter Manses\" and finishes the ongoing story arc of the season. A short guide to the Season so far: As of today, there have been 16 Files released. 8 are stand-alone stories, and 8 form the S1 story arc. THE WINTER MANSES STORY ARC In case you are interested in brushing up on what has happened so far in the story, check these out: File 01: Nest Lake File 03: The Guest File 06: Shape of the Chase File 05: Fifth Service, pt. 1 File 08: Plum Island File 09: Fifth Service, pt. 2 File 13: Lantern Lake File 14: Red STAND ALONE FILES These take place in the same weird midwest America, but are completely standalone stories: File 02: Marrow Falls File 04: Mirror Census/If You Hear Something File 07: the draculars File 10: The Ambassador File 11: The Friedhof Triangle File 12: Local Quirks File 15: Context/Mirror Chase File 16: Tommy Gray Peace! @necessaryshadows necessaryshadows.com Peace! This episode includes AI-generated content.","meta_description":"A quick announcement to let you know that the 3-part finale for Season One of Necessary Shadows drops next Tuesday, June 30th. The finale is called \"The W…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":41,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/necessary-shadows-7769321/episodes/season-1-finale-the-winter-manses-coming-june-30th/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/season-1-finale-the-winter-manses-coming-june-30th.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}