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Hey everyone, it's Ben. This week we're excited to share a new show with you from our friends at Dakota Ring,

Slate's podcast about cracking cultural mysteries, hosted by Willipaskin.

This year they're back and I say this as a member of a team making a different narrative historical

podcast, they are back on an impressively regular schedule.

They're now going to be putting out new episodes over at

Slate every two weeks all year long. And today we're bringing you an episode of

theirs that we love. It's called The Curious Case of Colombo's message to Romania, part one.

And in it, you can follow Willa as she investigates an old clip that resurfaced and went viral

last year of Peter Falk on David Letterman in which he told an

intriguing tale about recording a special Cold War message for Romanian state

television. In this episode you'll find out if the tale was actually true, and if a fictional American detective really did help quell a communist revolt.

It's an honest to goodness Cold War caper about American soft power behind the iron curtain. They go so deep that in the process of listening to this episode I heard Pass can tell a story that exactly intersects with the story my grandma always tells about the time she was living in Romania and the band

Blood, Sweat and Tears came to town. It's involved. So involved that it takes two

episodes to solve. So if you enjoyed this episode you're going to want to head over to the Dakota Ring

feed to download part two of this show and subscribe. Now here's the episode and host

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