Don’t even think about trying to pick a fight with this man… Pro wrestler Nikolai Volkoff infuriated crowds as ‘The Mad Russian’ during The Cold War.

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We’re rolling out some of our favorite stories from past shows, including:

• The unusual immigrant experience of Nikolai Volkoff — He was one of the most despised villains in the history of professional wrestling, infuriating his opponents and inciting Cold War-era wrestling crowds with his singing of the Soviet national anthem
• A visit with guitar players Dave Heumann and Nathan Bell. Their aptly named collaboration, Human Bell, blends banjo-picking techniques and traditional blues influences into a new and hypnotic genre of instrumental music
• And an audio portrait of Baltimore poet and MC Slick Vic Low. He manages to share space in his mind with three disparate musical alter egos: The Lyrical Leviathan, Slangston Hughes, and Thelonious Coltrane

Is this mysterious man: a. Slick Vic Low, b. The Lyrical Leviathan, c. Slangston Hughes, d. Thelonious Coltrane, or e. All of the above? Find out this Friday on The Signal