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Noble Blood

Noble Blood

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Author Dana Schwartz explores the stories of some of history’s most fascinating royals: the tyrants and the tragic, the murderers and the murdered, and everyone in between. Because when you’re wearing a crown, mistakes often mean blood.

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  • Teaching People Manners
    Jun 24 2025

    In 1921, Katherine Mansfield wrote a letter to Princess Bibesco which began, "I am afraid you must stop writing these little love letters to my husband while he and I still live together." Scandalous as that is, it only scratches the surface of the glamorous and adventerous life of the daughter of a Prime Minister who became royalty.

    Support Noble Blood:

    — Bonus episodes, stickers, and scripts on Patreon
    — Order Dana's book, 'Anatomy: A Love Story' and its sequel 'Immortality: A Love Story'

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    26 mins
  • The Murder of the Last Korean Queen
    Jun 17 2025

    Queen Min was the de facto power behind the throne in Korea, and so she had plenty of enemies. Eventually, a coup would come to the palace.

    Support Noble Blood:

    — Bonus episodes, stickers, and scripts on Patreon
    — Noble Blood merch
    — Order Dana's book, 'Anatomy: A Love Story' and its sequel 'Immortality: A Love Story'

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    36 mins
  • Hemidemisemiquaver: A Modern Quiz Show Scandal [Very Special Episodes]
    Jun 14 2025

    In 2009, a 10-year-old from Arizona flew to Los Angeles to compete on a new game show offering child prodigies the chance to win $500,000. But almost immediately, he could tell something was off. The experience had a profound impact on his life — and confounds legal scholars to this day.

    Plus Dana takes us behind the scenes of her appearance on Jeopardy!, and Jason explains how his two-year-old daughter wound up answering presidential trivia questions on The Rachael Ray Show.

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    On the Very Special Episodes podcast, we tell one incredible story each week. Follow Dana Schwartz down a different rabbit hole every Wednesday. Subscribe to VSE wherever you get your podcasts.

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    56 mins

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Love this deeper dive into historical figures. The story telling is riveting, insightful, smart with a somehow peaceful quality. Thank you all SO very much!

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I love the format, the the content, and the delivery. This is my absolute favorite historical podcast.

Noble Blood fan

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Fantastic Stories sometimes about famous historical figures and sometimes about more obscure nobility but always a fantastic story and presentation.

Love this podcast

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I absolutely do not care about royalty, but this podcast draws me in. The host is such a good story teller.

Great story teller

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If you love royal history stories that you may not be 100% aware of, this podcast is right up your alley.

History

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Dana's voice is easy to listen to and the subject matter is always interesting!

Love!!! Must listen for royals history buffs!

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For decades, I
have looked for facts regarding the infamous black box. Charles and Lucy's love story has always been of interest to me and I enjoyed this podcast tremendously. Thank you for your research and attention to detail.

Wonderful new(to me, at least)details LucyWalters

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This podcast has insights and stories about famous historical figures. Some of them are well known and some are less known, but all of them are interesting!

An enjoyable podcast, despite it’s grim theme.

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I have to admit that when I started listening to this podcast about a year ago, it was an accident. I simply searched up a good history podcast to listen to every night on my Alexa device. And ever since then, I have been hooked on it. I absolutely adore Dana’s perspective and breakdown of significant moments in history. Her voice is also easy to follow and listen too. I love how she calls out past ways of thinking. I know so much more about extraordinary stories throughout the centuries. Dana and the rest of the Noble Blood team thank you for this gem!

Noble Blood SUPERFAN!!!

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I Ioved learning about this man and I do want to see that picture of him and the Chevalière d'Éon.

this was a good two parter

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