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120 episodes tracked 17 Hidden Honey77 from shows you know
Hidden Honey
Episodes you'd never find on a chart
These come from podcasts with small audiences, but the community has spoken louder than the algorithm. Episode-level scores in the 85th+ percentile from shows with under 250k listeners.
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Buzz that outruns the view count — reaction louder than the algorithm.
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We look for episodes that earn real, sustained attention — not a single fluke moment.
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80%Your Anger Is Setting A Negative Tone For Your Family.
Jocko Podcast
13m ·
76%SOGCast 049: Did God Speak to a Bloodied “Dynamite” in a Firefight?
Jocko Podcast
58m ·
76%The Macaroni Riots
New England Legends Podcast
20m ·
76%The Ghost Town of Livermore
New England Legends Podcast
20m ·
76%The Real Armageddon
The Ancients
58m ·
76%The Haunted Ship of New Haven Harbor
New England Legends Podcast
20m ·
75%Honor Your Personal Commitments.
Jocko Podcast
15m ·
75%Hollywood’s Odyssey: The Historians' Verdict
The Ancients
1h 10m ·
75%The Trojan War
The Ancients
1h 09m ·
74%Part Two: The Fake Bomb Detector Grift That Killed Hundreds
Behind the Bastards
57m ·
74%164 John VI (Yes VI, not V)
Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium
1h 59m ·
73%Part Four: How The Navy SEALs Lost Their Mind
Behind the Bastards
51m ·
73%162 Michael IX
Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium
1h 00m ·
72%Episode 332 - Not with a Whimper but a Bang
The History of Byzantium
1h 41m ·
72%169 Manuel II
Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium
1h 58m ·
72%Part One: The Fake Bomb Detector Grift That Killed Hundreds
Behind the Bastards
51m ·
70%BFW Revisited: Reading the Declaration of Independence for Equality
Ben Franklin's World
48m ·
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79%Cancer Update
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78%How America Went Blind in Iran | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
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77%The Witch Men of Iceland
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77%The Gruesome History of Sexual Disease
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77%Burke & Hare's Serial Killing Dissection Business
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76%Mary Beard on Ruling the Roman Empire
Dan Snow's History Hit
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75%BONUS: Which Translation of the Odyssey should I read?
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75%SAS Hijacked A Fascist Train To Liberate A Concentration Camp
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74%The 1866 Midterm Election
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74%Forensics on Trial
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73%The Future of Warfare | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS
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73%The Cancer Episode
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72%Ancient Deforestation
Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More
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72%The Battle of Antietam
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72%Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
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71%A Seismic Political Change
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70%Pups in the Parks: Man’s Best Friend in America’s Best Idea
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69%Rebuilding a Government for Everyone
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69%Die or Amputate Your Arm: Canyonlands National Park
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68%#27 Enemy: The Germans' War, ep. 3 - The Fighting Man
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68%Trail Tales 98: Spooky Sleuths, Tentacle Bunnies & Shaming Monkey Owners
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67%Intelligence Scoop: Why Governments Want Us To Stockpile
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66%Classic Chats: Charlotte Higgins on Ukrainian Lessons
Instant Classics
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66%#439 How Eiichiro Oda Works
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66%Marcus Agrippa: Power behind the throne
Instant Classics
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64%#432 The Mind of Napoleon
Founders
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63%Lesbian Seagulls with Lulu Miller
You're Wrong About
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63%Durban 2001: How Zionism Became a Dirty Word
Unpacking Israeli History
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63%Israel Open Mic: Is the Palestinian flag Illegal in Israel?
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62%Israel's Eurovision story: How a Middle Eastern country crashed Europe's biggest party (Part 1)
Unpacking Israeli History
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61%Intelligence Scoop: Is Russia Preparing to Attack Europe?
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61%The History of Bad Ideas: The Romantic Hero
Past Present Future
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60%Lizzie Borden with Princess Weekes
You're Wrong About
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60%The History of Bad Ideas: Celebrity
Past Present Future
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60%Influencers with Taylor Lorenz
You're Wrong About
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60%73. Chernobyl: An Explosion That Brought Down A Superpower (Ep 6)
Journey Through Time
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60%#24 Enemy, Prologue: Enemies of All Mankind
The Martyr Made Podcast
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59%Embroidery History Sampler, Part 1
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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59%#433 How Michael Bloomberg Works
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57%Embroidery History Sampler, Part 2
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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57%Cleopatra (Part 2)
How to Take Over the World
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57%Lehman Brothers | The Gorilla of Wall Street | 1
American Scandal
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57%198: The Pacific Tide Turns at Coral Sea & Midway
History That Doesn't Suck
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56%Deepwater Horizon I The Well from Hell | 2
American Scandal
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56%#26 Enemy: The Germans' War, ep. 2 - The Work of the Men
The Martyr Made Podcast
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56%57. Black GIs: American Mutiny On British Streets (Ep 4)
Journey Through Time
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56%Lehman Brothers | Lehman is Different | 2
American Scandal
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56%Unearthed Year-end 2025, Part 1
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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56%193: The Empire of the Rising Sun: Military Imperialism in Japan (1853–1941)
History That Doesn't Suck
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56%196: An Epilogue to Pearl Harbor with Steve Twomey
History That Doesn't Suck
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53%77. McCarthyism: The Crucible, High Noon, and Hollywood’s Revenge (Ep 4)
Journey Through Time
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51%Alexandria: city of knowledge and culture
You're Dead to Me
56m ·
50%Hannibal of Carthage: fearsome enemy of ancient Rome
You're Dead to Me
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46%S2E9: The Lady was a Tiger
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45%Season 2 (Episode 4): How the Hamburger Became America’s Sandwich
Eating History
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45%S2E6: The Man Who Heard Voices
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44%Norma Jeane And The Women Who Raised Her
Right Answers Mostly
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42%The US Mercenaries Fighting Haiti’s Deadly Gang War
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42%The Habsburg Dynasty: The Most Inbred Family in History
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41%422: Scottish folklore: Witchful Thinking
Myths and Legends
56m ·
41%Season 2 (Episode 6): The Po' boy Takes on the Hoagie and there Can Be Only One Winner
Eating History
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41%Marilyn Monroe: The Men, the Movies & the Myth
Right Answers Mostly
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38%439: Indian folklore: Guess I'll Die
Myths and Legends
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38%432: Japanese folklore: Sword it Out
Myths and Legends
1h 07m ·
37%Season 2 (Episode 1): Who Really Invented the Sandwich?
Eating History
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30%S2E8: Here Goes the Bride
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CRIMES: The Tech Bro Murders
Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes
38m ·
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Justinian and Theodora
You're Dead to Me
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The Phoenix Lights UFO: Flares, Formation, or Something Else?
Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat
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Not scored yet
3 Kingdoms 030: Forgetting the First Rule of Fight Club
Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast
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Not scored yet
Salem’s First Witch Trial
HISTORY This Week
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Introducing WHAT THE FACT with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy, a new Rewind podcast!
History's Greatest Mysteries
38m ·
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Britain’s Lost Kingdoms
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The Spy Who Betrayed Bin Laden | Aimen Dean talks about his time as MI6's Top Spy Inside Al-Qaeda | 5
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Day 136: Absalom Is Defeated (2026)
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