I’ve listened to this podcast since its inception several years ago and always really enjoyed it. I’ve also bought, read, and recommended Dana’s books. She does an incredible job of examining sources, presenting multiple perspectives of historical stories, and narrating them as entertaining anecdotes- no easy task, for sure. However, this most recent episode regarding Elagabalus is just ludicrous. Acknowledging the issue with the sources surrounding Elagabalus’ “gender identity” and then still choosing to refer to him with feminine pronouns is just wild. Shall we call Caligula a deity then? And Incitatus a consul? Since that is how identified themselves, according to Suetonius. Also, the mispronunciation of Macrinus (mack-REE-nuhs) is so distracting and exposes a surface level depth of research into the topic. Dana’s done such a lovely job with medieval and Renaissance histories, and many other time periods and places, but please consult a Classicist before another venture into antiquity.

Don’t let Ms SCHWARTZ normalize this stuff

I’ve loved the podcast—and Dana as a host—for years, but this most recent episode about the Three Kitchis ending with dull bro banter followed by corny guitar jams on the credits sure was an unpleasant surprise. I hope this Very Special Episode crossover or whatever it was isn’t going to be a regular thing.

I’ve been listening to this podcast for the last three years and I can honestly say the only thing I don’t like about about this podcast is the lack of episodes. I wish there were more. I even make my husband listen with me sometimes. Every episode I listen to when it’s just Diana. Makes me feel like I’m in a historical gossip session

I have enjoyed Noble Blood podcast for years. However, I do not care for the ones with guest hosts.

Has always been one of my favorite podcasts but the complete butchering of names lately makes it hard to listen to Please fix this!!

I love the show but please no more guests those episodes are always terrible

Really impressed with this podcast! I’ve never been a history person, but I had a teacher recommend it to me, and I binged the first 50 episodes in a month and a half! Please don’t let the negativity stop you from continuing Noble Blood! I love it!

Just saw you on Jeopardy!

Girl boss history. Total slant, dishonest, hypocritical telling of history. Echo chamber maids

Dana is a writer, not a historian, and a lot of the text is in Wikipedia, word for word. The production quality is lacking for a Grim and Mild production. In one episode, she mispronounces Moilere, calling him “Moly-air-E”. Two episodes later, she uses the word “malingering” to mean loitering. Malingering means faking sick to get out of work. How did no one involved in this show not know these things? Interesting stories, but I take the information provided with a lot of skepticism.

I LOVE this podcast the only thing I would change is if you would upload more then ones a week

I was a listener of this show from the beginning. Sadly, I can no longer listen to the blatant discrimination of conservatives. Dana has injected her opinion many times throughout this show, but over the last year it’s gotten to the extreme. Megan Markel is referenced as a victim many times throughout several episodes and it’s quite frustrating to see. That woman is not a victim. Her and Harry are money hungry cry babies. They have never been victimized unless you count from themselves. Also why do you hate men all of a sudden? I just don’t understand because this podcast used to be so amazing. I’m disappointed that I have to write this review.

Thank you for your awesome research great history lessons. I am always intrigued.

But the recent guest host for the Gloria Vanderbilt episode had an awful voice. I had to turn it off and google the story. Sounded like a valley girl. Otherwise zero notes on this cast!

Well researched. My big complaint, is she spends way more time on the English than literally any other country. I understand Schwartz may not be comfortable with other countries or she may feel others are more qualified, but she could pull in specialists to discuss other countries she’s not comfortable with.

The research and story telling are terrific. History is fascinating!

This is an interesting podcast done in a way that’s easy to listen to. Far from dull and dry history, the people come alive while we hear about their lives. (And deaths at times)

Long May Sark be free!!

This show is so consistently well written and fascinating, just remarkable. Kudos to Dana Schwartz; I always enjoy hearing her present these interesting and often forgotten stories of historical figures full of human detail and a historian’s eye for well-sourced research.

For the most part, I enjoy listening. Little (and not so little) things have added up, though. I just listened to the barbarian kings episode, and Dana pronounced Ravenna at least three different ways. Pointing out mispronunciations might seem like nitpicking, but repeated errors (especially easily avoided ones) take me out of the story. Add that to some glaring factual inaccuracies (ahem, Spanish king, ahem) and I’ve almost vowed to stop listening. History is important and Dana and her team pick great stories. It’d just be nice to feel like they took a bit more care with accuracy and clarity (Google how to pronounce “papacy,” for example).

Great show

This podcast is so informative, interesting and just straight out epic. I suggest this to anyone looking to dive deep into the scandals and mysterious-like parts of history.

I love listening to Noble Blood. This podcast would get 5 stars except that the background music, which is wonderful, is too loud on some episodes and makes it hard to follow what Dana is saying. I say this as someone who has bought both her novels.

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.