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- "'The Mad Russian': Reflections of a Cold War Wrestling Villain"
- Summary: Pro wrestler Nikolai Volkoff used to infuriate Cold War crowds with his singing of the Soviet National Anthem --- now he's a 55-year-old grandfather, a vegetarian, and a patriot.
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Review of 'The Mad Russian': Reflections of a Cold War Wrestling Villain
michele ernsting
Posted on March 30, 2006 at 09:27 AM
This is a marvelous piece of radio. My favorite items are those which take an intriguing or off-beat tale and use it to tell a much larger story. This brief biography of Nikolai Volkoff, the "Mad Russian" wrestler contains the tragedy and the surreal comedy of cold war thinking.
It's unexpectedly poignant. There's lots of great archival audio, good writing, excellent presentation. An all round entertaining and high quality production.