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Weekly podcast. Next episode on Thursday.

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.

39 episodes  •  0 archived  •  
S1 E38
The Pizza Funeral
S1 E38·
Yesterday
Yesterday
31 mins
S1 E37
How Gatsby Went From Total Flop to Great American Novel
S1 E37·
April 9
April 9
50 mins
S1 E36
The Improbable Life and Mysterious Death of Andy, the Sneaker-Wearing Goose
S1 E36·
April 2
April 2
37 mins
S1 E35
Night of a Thousand Weddings
S1 E35·
March 26
March 26
47 mins
S1 E34
Live From New York, It's Your Grandmother
S1 E34·
February 14
February 14
51 mins
S1 E33
Super Streaker
S1 E33·
February 5
February 5
51 mins
S1 E32
Hot Wheels of Fortune
S1 E32·
Dec 30, 2024
Dec 30, 2024
28 mins
S1 E31
Stealing Baby Jesus
S1 E31·
Dec 25, 2024
Dec 25, 2024
22 mins
S1 E30
An Artificial Christmas
S1 E30·
Dec 20, 2024
Dec 20, 2024
37 mins
S1 E29
Big Parma
S1 E29·
Dec 11, 2024
Dec 11, 2024
40 mins
S1 E28
The Spider-Man Wedding
S1 E28·
Dec 4, 2024
Dec 4, 2024
55 mins
S1 E27
The Landfill
S1 E27·
Nov 27, 2024
Nov 27, 2024
27 mins
S1 E26
E.T. and Me
S1 E26·
Nov 21, 2024
Nov 21, 2024
50 mins
S1 E25
The Joyride: Amelia and Eleanor's Excellent Adventure
S1 E25·
Nov 13, 2024
Nov 13, 2024
43 mins
S1 E24
The Case of the Missing Novelist
S1 E24·
Nov 8, 2024
Nov 8, 2024
39 mins
S1 E23
Eugene Bullard: Freedom in the Skies
S1 E23·
Oct 31, 2024
Oct 31, 2024
1h 9m
S1 E22
The Amazing Journey of the Three Kichis
S1 E22·
Oct 23, 2024
Oct 23, 2024
42 mins
S1 E21
The Furby Files
S1 E21·
Oct 16, 2024
Oct 16, 2024
42 mins
S1 E20
The Legend of SwordQuest
S1 E20·
Sep 19, 2024
Sep 19, 2024
40 mins
S1 E19
Art of Gold: The Olympic Art Competitions
S1 E19·
Jul 31, 2024
Jul 31, 2024
35 mins
S1 E18
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Mark Twain
S1 E18·
Jun 28, 2024
Jun 28, 2024
1h 5m
S1 E17
Famous Dumpster Fires in History: The 1904 Olympic Marathon
S1 E17·
Jun 12, 2024
Jun 12, 2024
40 mins
S1 E16
The Shot: A Buzzer-Beater That Saved Lives
S1 E16·
May 22, 2024
May 22, 2024
44 mins
S1 E15
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace
S1 E15·
May 18, 2024
May 18, 2024
1 hr
S1 E14
The Buffet Table
S1 E14·
May 1, 2024
May 1, 2024
16 mins
S1 E13
Signs of Life: Revisiting Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
S1 E13·
Apr 24, 2024
Apr 24, 2024
33 mins
S1 E12
On the Hunt for Math's Most Mysterious Number
S1 E12·
Apr 17, 2024
Apr 17, 2024
33 mins
S1 E11
Westward Hoax: The Secret History of Palisade, Nevada
S1 E11·
Apr 10, 2024
Apr 10, 2024
34 mins
S1 E10
The Worldwide Sensation That Started as an April Fools' Joke
S1 E10·
Apr 1, 2024
Apr 1, 2024
19 mins
S1 E9
Up, Up and Away: The Superman Heist
S1 E9·
Mar 27, 2024
Mar 27, 2024
33 mins
S1 E8
Seed Wars: History's Deadliest Botany Rivalry
S1 E8·
Mar 20, 2024
Mar 20, 2024
59 mins
S1 E7
Spider-Man's Surreal Adventures on Broadway
S1 E7·
Mar 13, 2024
Mar 13, 2024
1h 4m
S1 E6
The Case of the Two Nancy Drews
S1 E6·
Mar 6, 2024
Mar 6, 2024
55 mins
S1 E5
Happy Leap Day
S1 E5·
Feb 29, 2024
Feb 29, 2024
12 mins
S1 E4
The Pledge: Who Really Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
S1 E4·
Feb 21, 2024
Feb 21, 2024
46 mins
S1 E3
Old Man on Campus
S1 E3·
Feb 15, 2024
Feb 15, 2024
44 mins
S1 E2
Operation Lunar Eclipse
S1 E2·
Feb 7, 2024
Feb 7, 2024
46 mins
S1 E1
Boat Trip: The Attempted Sinking of Titanic
S1 E1·
Jan 31, 2024
Jan 31, 2024
53 mins
Introducing: Very Special Episodes
Jan 24, 2024
Jan 24, 2024
2 mins