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Why Is There a Statue of Columbo in Budapest?

6/23/2025 • 16 min

The TV show Columbo, about a loveable schlub detective, is internationally beloved. But Hungary has an extra special relationship with the show, dating all the way back to the 1970s when the communist government banned most other American shows. Play episode

The Coffee Palace (Classic)
Ashley House (Classic)
The Bible with a Massive Portrait of a Devil Inside
The Mysterious Drones at Langley Air Force Base
Dylan’s Mailbag: Trips We’d Never Go On, the First Places in the Atlas, an…
We Want To Hear From You: Love & Travel
The Super Museum (Classic)
The Wall of Sound
Where We Would Spend Our Last Day Before the Apocalypse
How to Dine Like an Ancient Philosopher
The Library on the Border
National Parks Week: Discovery Tree
National Parks Week: The Allagash Four
National Parks Week: Montezuma Well
National Parks Week: Yellowstone’s Zone of Death
National Parks Week: Take a Walk, Find A New Species
Little Lambs, Big Back Story
Dolly Parton’s Dreambox (Classic)
Atlas Obscura Presents: Traveling Back in Time for Coconut Cake with The S…
Museum of Friends
Why Is There a Dinosaur Here?
Welcome to Summer (Classic)
We’re Looking for Stories about Places that Celebrate Lesser-Known Queer H…
Kalakuta Museum (Classic)
A Disappearance from the Ocean View Hotel
Edward Bellamy's Real-World Utopia
In Guyana, a Rebellion Thwarted by a Letter
The Places YOU Gained After the Pandemic
Chicago Bridge Houses (Classic)
The Man Who Rebuilds the Last Inca Rope Bridge
Finding The Great Gatsby in Louisville
Saving the World’s Rarest Pasta
Dylan’s Mailbag: Waiting in Lines, Traveling with Mixed Budgets, and Unexp…
Medical Clowning Program (Classic)
That Time Locusts Ate The Entire Midwest
Club Ebony
The Big Well
The Places We Gained After the Pandemic
Bad Rap Week: Ashley Ray’s Secret Place (Classic)
Bad Rap Week: Prowling for Coyotes in Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery
Bad Rap Week: Searching for Wonder in the Most Boring Mall in Canada
Bad Rap Week: Dylan and Alan Fall Down the Rat Hole
Bad Rap Week: Listeners Defend Places with Bad Reputations
Leaning Tower of Niles (Classic)
Retracing Historic Journeys with Elise Wortley
The Kolache Triangle
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Dylan’s Mailbag: A Disturbing Listener Question
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