Very Special Episodes
Hosted by Dana Schwartz and Jason English and Zaron Burnett and Zaron and Dana and Jason · iHeartPodcasts
4.5from 401 ratings
- 101
- Episodes
- 99
- Transcribed
- 401
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 419M
- YouTube views
About Very Special Episodes
On the Very Special Episodes podcast, we tell one incredible story each week. Stranger-than-fiction tales about normal people in extraordinary situations. Stories that make you say, “this should be a movie.” Follow Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English down a different rabbit hole every Wednesday.
- Publisher
- iHeartPodcasts
- Category
- education · history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Jan 2024
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
99 of 101 episodes have a transcript.
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Rosey & Bobby
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Like, where is this, where is the world supposed to go now that this guy's gone? There's a story about Bobby Kennedy. In 1967, he was in a congressional hearing about the war on poverty when a young NAACP lawyer testified about poor black families in the Mississippi Delta who were on the verge of starvation. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Very Special Episodes
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Rosey Grier
- Zoe Alderton
- Lisa Napoli
- Dick Starmann
- Stephanie Bergsma
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 419,108,275
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 295 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 106 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 86
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Questions about Very Special Episodes
Who hosts Very Special Episodes?
Dana Schwartz and Jason English and Zaron Burnett and Zaron and Dana and Jason host the show. Published by iHeartPodcasts.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Very Special Episodes take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
Where can I read transcripts?
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