Very Special Episodes
Hosted by Dana Schwartz and Jason English and Zaron Burnett and Zaron and Dana and Jason · iHeartPodcasts
4.5from 395 ratings
- 98
- Episodes
- 96
- Transcribed
- 395
- Ratings
- Daily
- 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
- 19 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
96 of 98 episodes have a transcript.
19 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Joyride: Amelia and Eleanor's Excellent Adventure [Re-Release]
19 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Case of the Missing Novelist [Re-Release]
6 Aug 2026
Nicolas Cage, Y2K, and History's Most Unlikely Art Heist
Inside a recent episode
The Joyride: Amelia and Eleanor's Excellent Adventure [Re-Release]
Published 19 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] These things are all very new at the time. And to many people, they seemed kind of, well, it's just such a weird idea. Both Amelia and Eleanor had a passion for aviation. They really believed flying was the future. Eleanor got a student pilot license at one point, although FDR nixed the idea before it went very far. And in a women's magazine column, Amelia even suggested all mothers should become pilots so that they be good parents and help their kids when they're flying around all the time. Because obviously in the future, that's how we'd be getting around day to day. So it was important to them to get other women involved in this world as pilots and as passengers. […]
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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.
- Lisa Napoli
- Dick Starmann
- Stephanie Bergsma
- Greg Young
- John Green
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
- 292 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 103 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 daily, 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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