She’s definitely a liberal talking about transgender before the modern era. She ain’t all that as she’s lost her bag of chips. She’s just white, privileged, and all that.

I love the subjects covered on this podcast and have been listening since the beginning, but there are some flaws. Others have mentioned Dana’s error in saying Juan Carlos is still the King of Spain when he famously abdicated almost 10 years ago, but I also cringe when Dana pronounces words and names incorrectly, which happens every few episodes (her French pronunciation sounds like she’s reading French words as if they are literally English words). Please work on this - this is such a great podcast but these little errors hurt your credibility, especially as I imagine many of your listeners are history buffs. ETA - again, does anyone fact check this? In the June 11th Tragedy and the Taj Mahal episode, Dana says that Tsar Nicholas II and his family were killed on January 17th, 1918 - they were killed in July…

I’ve listened for a long time and always look forward to a new episode. Soothing storytelling and I always learn something new. Dana is a perfect narrator. Love it!!

I love the content but can only listen every few months as her manner of speaking is maddening to listen to Add that with finding out she has an issue with conservatives and it leads to a loss of a subscriber. Bye.

Dana is a great storyteller that can really bring the past to life. Appreciate this podcast so much!

Adding five minutes of a terrible podcast to the end of every episode is horrible. Stop trying to force feed us something completely unrelated. Also - many people are mentally ill without being violent. So pretty gross to use that as a justification for violence.

I first started listening to this podcast over two years ago, and I LOVED IT. Interesting historical figures and great storytelling had me hooked. Unfortunately, it seems that in the last six months or so, the quality of the show has gone down. I’m not sure if it’s new writers or what, but I can’t find myself enjoying new episodes as I once did. Jumbled story lines and uninteresting characters. The most recent was my final straw. I think Dana is awesome and I hope maybe this show can get back to where it was. Until then, I’ll take a much needed break.

The hatred of half of the country & polarized thinking, ex. “…no one should use Twitter anymore…” is wildly reactive & indicates a loathing of conservative listeners who have supported you. Consider googling ‘cognitive distortions’ and weighing how many you may be clinging to erroneously. As a therapist, I’ll tell you that hatred becomes pathological. Best wishes…

Dana is such a great interviewer. I love all the episodes of this show but the ones where she interviews an expert in the field of discussion are particularly good. She asks good questions, and gets very interesting information out of the guests. And is also very aware of filler info the listener may not know. Dana is wonderful!

Love this show, had to delete all the I Heart Radio shows as they gave Ted Cruz over 200K for his campaign. Sorry!

Great research. I’ve listened on and off for years but the commentary and judgement of the people and their time is insulting and distracting.

Updated: What is this overly curated, incredibly choppy voice Dana is using?? It's awful. I couldn't even listen to one episode. History podcasts should stick to HISTORY. Tired of the digs to current Political figures & religions based on Dana’s biased opinion. You want an opinion podcast- then start one. I’m disappointed, this podcast started off so great. Being proud to be an American isn’t a negative thing. Disappointing.

I have listened to every episode, even bought her book - love DS. But today is the day I unsubscribe because of the music, it’s maddeningly distracting.

Dana, the content is very interesting, but the music you have added is very distracting and unnecessary to have throughout the entire episode.

Pretty sure Dana Schwartz is my long lost twin! 😍 All the deep-dives that make history interesting & I wanted since I was a kid dying of boredom learning the whitewashed “history” of our stupid patriarchy. 😏

This show is one of my absolute favorites. Education happens through entertainment…and this show is entertaining.

If you’re looking to find historical facts, laced with a slight bit of personal opinion, you won’t find that here. In fact, you’ll find the inverse. Her personal opinion, injected with bits and pieces of convenient historical information, that furthers her own opinion. Her messages are nearly entirely devoid of the relevant contextual information necessary to digest the information for oneself. Instead, she forces her opinion down your throat, and treats it as fact. She’d do better as an alternative history commentator. But, I suppose that’s exactly what she’s already doing, she just decides to label them as facts. Embarrassingly unfortunate podcast, all around. Although, I am happy some get enjoyment from this sort of material. Truly. I wish it were more wildly known that this is not a podcast that tells factual stories about history. But rather, one that uses historical facts, to tell an entertaining story. Ultimately she’s fine…. She probably should just rebrand her content, if she wanted to be taken the slightest bit seriously.

This is my favorite podcast Tuesday are my favorite days of the week Highly recommend.

Pleaseee stop having guests on! I love this podcast but skip every one with a guest. The format & your voice in the regular episodes are perfection!!! Please keep doing that!

I look forward to every episode. Dana’s voice is perfect for storytelling! It’s educational and enthralling, and I’m sad when an episode ends. I recommend this show to everyone I know!

Looked interesting, but lasted about 5 minutes with the host’s choppy, artificial, overly articulated recitation of what is clearly a script. Needs a coach to work on delivery. Can’t stand it, sorry.

I love this podcast. Everyday I turn on a episode and go though my normal schedule. It keeps me going.

I love you’re voice, I love you’re French attempts, I love the way you unravel the tales you tell. A fan forever.. Shane Hinderliter

I keep coming back over the years and I keep seeing how far outside of actual sanity and history this show goes. People existed in their time and in their environment…instead let’s do an obnoxious reinvention 400 years later on how a woman would have felt and how men were the worst. Or race relations or global relations or…anything real & Sigh, sorry, done.

Host’s narration is choppy and mannered. Her pauses for when she want to emphasize what she believes is clever are excruciating. Sad. I really wanted to like this podcast.

There are a lot of history podcasts out there that reaffirm the stereotype of history being boring. Which as someone with a history degree is a hard pill to swallow. This podcast bucks that trend it is beyond well researched and the stories are well told! I rec it to anyone interested and many that weren’t but are now die hards.

I was subscribed to this podcast despite being irritated by a couple of details being wrong. However, the latest episode about Isabella of Angouleme was the last straw. Queen Blanche was incorrectly identified as the sister of King John. She was his niece. Details matter. I will change this review if you hire me to review your episodes for accuracy before the air date.

I loved this show so much! But lately the episodes are bland. Please I need episodes about princesses. There is too many episodes about obscure men. That is not what we come here for.

I enjoy this podcast and especially the more arcane subjects. Dana does have some weird pronunciations (egggsicution, eggsicutioner, there’s meant to be an X in there) but otherwise it’s enjoyable.

I have been following this podcast since the beginning!!! However, I took a little break and when I came back it had changed to explicit! Now I can’t listen to it and I wish, I want, I plead for them to change it back to clean so that I can still listen to this amazing podcast and keep on with it. Thank you so much for the knowledge and amazing episodes that you guys have put work and dedication into. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I love Dana’s storytelling and the way she humanizes historical figures that can otherwise be difficult to understand/empathize with. I’ve been a fan ever since she was on YWA several years ago as a guest. Her books are pretty great as well! ❤️

I really enjoy the history and stories. Dana Schwartz is a great storyteller.

Content is informative and delivered in an interesting manner. I’m addicted. Listen all the time. My only complaint…there aren’t enough episodes. Such an easy listen delivered in a most relaxing tone that soothes while you listen. Dalida Ray

I have been listening to this podcast since it first came out. I’ve found the last couple months have been challenging. An example of this is the Pope Joan episode. I tried to like it but it was, frankly, boring and tedious. Dana herself, did not seem to be enjoying it. Not sure what’s going on, but Noble Blood seems to slipping. I hope it’s temporary but…

Such a clever idea, makes my walks interesting. Great subject matter , I have learned so much!

Sedulously is not pronounced seDOOlusly. It’s SED u lus ly. 🙄 Update: Glamis castles is not pronounced ‘glamis’. It’s pronounced ‘glahms’. The English has gotten worse. It’s happening almost every episode I’ve listened to. You sound uneducated. The copy is really good. The reading is good. But the pronunciations continue to be just cringy. I’m listening to the episode on Richard lll. When someone is awaiting their coronation, they are not ‘uncoronated’, they are uncrowned. Like this show, but the mistakes in basic English are numerous. Maybe check your copy with an editor or a proofreader?

Thank you for Corday episode et.al 🎄🎁

Used to be much better. Most recent episode was unlistenable; the guest was not fun to listen to and they kept talking over each other.

Used to enjoy until political options begin creeping in…tired of hearing political options in unexpected places…whether I agree with them or not. I live in a political town & turn to podcasts to escape politics. Unfollowed after years of following.

I really enjoy this podcast, Dana does a great job with it. Well researched, well delivered.

I realize this your “thing” and I enjoy your great stories and research, but I find your tone too much sometimes. Mental illness, trauma, and abuse seem to be subjects of derision until the end of episode when you wrap things up.

The Angel of Assassination about Charlotte Corday is the best episode yet. I am glad to know more about this famous history! Thanks! I never even wondered why Marat was taking a bath…. Even though later you went on to say, “over-exaggerate,” I still like you.

It’s very distracting.

My two favorite podcast are this one and Music

Well researched and delivered with precision. I’ve learned so much from Dana while listening to this podcast! And I love when she ties it in to current events/mindsets/etc. Thank you, Dana!

I love this podcast. Dana is an intelligent woman but clearly someone has told her to enunciate. It’s difficult to listen to her now. Her speech is so forced & awkward. Please go back to the way you used to speak!

The robot-like delivery makes this podcast unlistenable. Is she auditioning to be the next Siri?

I love the new look at history. Also I find Dana’s voice so soothing, she can put me to sleep, but then I have to go back and relisten to the episodes lol

I’ve listened from the beginning and been a fan of Dana since early Hysteria days, but I really just can’t keep listening to her blatant mispronunciation of words, names, and places. Pronunciation is hard, I get it, but there are so many tools at her disposal to combat those difficulties and it’s disrespectful of historical figures, inconsiderate of listeners, and disingenuous as a presenter of history to not even try. On the most recent episode Dana likens herself to Puccini in her difficulties with pronunciation while then proceeding to explain “Turandot” as a daughter of Turan and then pronounce the name Turn-a-dot for the rest of the episode! In her own words she asks not to be emailed as she reportedly does her best… with research and editing, this best is no longer good enough for me. As much as I enjoy the storytelling style, pronunciation is important and there are ways to be better.

Dana & this podcast are amazing (maybe the best podcast host in the biz) & I never do this, but it was driving me crazy: it’s TurANdot, not TurNAdot. Love you Dana!!!!!