Midst

Midst is a science fiction audio narrative podcast created, written, and performed by the anonymous collective Third Person. Originally released in 2020, it is being re-released with remastered audio and animated video by Critical Role Productions through the Metapigeon production company.

Premise
The planet Midst is located at the border between the dazzling bright The Un and the dark otherworldly fog The Fold, the two halves of the universe. The simple lives of those living on Midst is disrupted when a powerful, shadowy society called The Trust becomes interested in the world. The series follows a group of three unreliable narrators—"a crotchety outlaw, a freakishly-virtuous cultist, and a weird diabolical bastard"—through a narrative involving "unsolved murders, cult brainwashing, supernatural darkness, bright spots of hope, found families, and rich world-building".

Episodes
Midst originally debuted in January 2020 with a nineteen episode first season. Its second season followed in July 2021 with another nineteen episodes. The series is being re-released by Metapigeon with re-mastered audio and new accompanying videos featuring animated artwork to podcast hosting services, the official Critical Role YouTube channel, and the new Midst website.

On April 11, 2023, the first episode was re-released publicly and episodes two through five were additionally re-released to paid subscribers; public releases of episodes two and three followed over the next two days. The series is released weekly on Wednesdays, beginning on April 19 with the public release of episode four and paid subscriber release of episode six. Episodes will thereafter be released first to paid subscribers two weeks before they are released publicly. Metapigeon will also re-release the nineteen episodes of season two.

Third Person is working on a third season.

Production
The setting was originally created by the three members of Third Person, an anonymous performance collective and production studio, as a setting for a TTRPG. They ultimately chose to adapt their TTRPG narrative into a semi-improvised audio podcast.

Metapigeon, the production company of Critical Role Productions, announced that it had acquired the series on March 29, 2023 and that Third Person was developing a third season.

Related pages
Midst glossary