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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Communist Countries Thought The TV Show “Dallas” Would Scare Citizens Away From Capitalism, But It Backfired
Description: Today in 1978, the premiere of the iconic TV show “Dallas.” It was originally just supposed to be a miniseries, but it just kept winning over audience after audience - even some audiences that were behind the Iron Curtain. Plus: all month long in and around Mount Vernon, Washington, it's the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.
How 'Dallas' Won the Cold War (Washington Post)
J. R. Ewing Shot Down Communism in Estonia (New York Times)
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
You don’t have to be as rich as the people on “Dallas” to back our sho...