Evil Genius with Russell Kane Podcast
It鈥檚 good, bad, ugly - and very very funny. Changing the way we see heroes and villains in history.
Episodes to download
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Charles Dickens
Thu 13 Dec 2018
Amy Annette, Marcus Bronzy and Inel Tomlinson read up on author Charles Dickens
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Darth Vader
Thu 6 Dec 2018
James Acaster, Jayde Adams and Romesh Ranganathan ask if he's just misunderstood.
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Pablo Escobar
Thu 29 Nov 2018
Danielle Ward, Rachel Fairburn and Danny McLoughlin weigh up drug lord Pablo Escobar.
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Sid Vicious at Latitude Festival
Thu 22 Nov 2018
Grainne Maguire, Jen Brister and Shappi Khorsandi talk about what comedy owes to punk.
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JFK
Thu 15 Nov 2018
Elf Lyons, Ken Cheng and Sadie Harrison poke around JFK: John F. Kennedy, US President.
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Tupac Shakur
Wed 7 Nov 2018
Romesh Ranganathan, James Acaster and Jayde Adams judge hip hop artist Tupac Shakur.
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Mother Teresa
Thu 1 Nov 2018
Alan Carr, Desiree Burch and Catherine Bohart talk goodness, badness and bin babies.
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Margaret Thatcher
Wed 9 May 2018
Russell and his panel weigh up the Iron Lady. The debate involves hairspray and ninjas.
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Steve Jobs
Wed 2 May 2018
Will Russell and his panelists be swayed because without him this podcast may not exist?
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Gandhi
Wed 18 Apr 2018
Surely not Gandhi? Russell Kane reveals an evil side to the father of modern India.
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Roald Dahl
Wed 11 Apr 2018
Will Russell鈥檚 revelations about Roald Dahl stop you from reading The BFG ever again?
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Albert Einstein
Wed 4 Apr 2018
Kindly favourite-uncle genius with comedy hair, or controlling egomanic?
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Richard Pryor
Wed 28 Mar 2018
Richard Pryor may be the comedian鈥檚 comedian, but plenty in his life story isn鈥檛 so funny
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Evelyn Waugh
Wed 21 Mar 2018
Writing Brideshead Revisited? Genius. Naming his son Auberon? Evil. And it gets worse...
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Marie Stopes: birth control pioneer
Wed 14 Mar 2018
Russell Kane asks whether birth control pioneer Marie Stopes had a more sinister motive.
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Welcome to Evil Genius with Russell Kane
Mon 5 Mar 2018
The show where we ask: Where do you draw the line?
Three things you might not know about Queen Victoria
Comedian Russell Kane shares a different side of one of the world's most famous monarchs
How well do you know John Lennon?
Comedian Russell Kane shares a side of John Lennon you might not have been aware of
How well do you know Mahatma Gandhi?
Comedian Russell Kane shares a side of Mahatma Gandhi you might not have been aware of.
