Evil Genius with Russell Kane Podcast
It’s good, bad, ugly - and very very funny. Changing the way we see heroes and villains in history.
Episodes to download
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Lara Croft, Tomb Raider—Series 6
Thu 24 Mar 2022
Sikisa, Sarah Callaghan and Ivo Graham dig the dirt on Tomb Raider, Lara Croft
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Richard Nixon—Series 6
Thu 17 Mar 2022
Athena Kugblenu, Lou Sanders and Nathan Caton decide: Evilgate or Geniusgate?
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Frida Kahlo—Series 6
Thu 10 Mar 2022
Gráinne Maguire, Harriet Braine and Hal Cruttenden paint a picture of the artist.
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Sigmund Freud—Series 6
Thu 3 Mar 2022
Sophie Duker, Rhys James and Evelyn Mok analyse the father of psychoanalysis
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Allen Ginsberg—Series 6
Thu 24 Feb 2022
Gráinne Maguire, Harriet Braine and Hal Cruttenden beat up beat poet Allen Ginsberg.
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Genghis Khan—Series 6
Thu 17 Feb 2022
Esther Manito, Robin Morgan and Sarah Mills discuss whether the warrior was actually woke
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Notorious B.I.G.—Series 6
Thu 10 Feb 2022
Lou Sanders, Nathan Caton and Athena Kugblenu decide whether they're hypnotized by Biggie
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Wernher von Braun—Series 6
Thu 3 Feb 2022
Sikisa, Sarah Callaghan and Ivo Graham take a look at the man behind the Apollo missions.
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Virginia Woolf—Series 6
Thu 27 Jan 2022
Sophie Duker, Rhys James and Evelyn Mok decide if Virginia is more Woolf or puppy dog.
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Cecil Rhodes—Series 6
Thu 20 Jan 2022
Johnny Cochrane, Thanyia Moore and Olga Koch knock down the man behind the statues debate.
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Elizabeth I—Series 6
Thu 13 Jan 2022
Robin Morgan, Esther Manito & Sarah Mills on the Virgin Queen. Pure evil or pure genius?
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Prince—Series 6
Thu 6 Jan 2022
Olga Koch, Thanyia Moore and Johnny Cochrane uncover some truths about The Purple One.
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James Bond—Series 5
Thu 1 Apr 2021
Rob Beckett, Athena Kugblenu & Heidi Regan decide whether to use the ejector seat on Bond
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Diego Maradona—Series 5
Thu 25 Mar 2021
Will Jon Richardson, Johnny Cochrane and Susie McCabe give Maradona the red card?
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Che Guevara—Series 5
Fri 19 Mar 2021
Comrades Ria Lina, Esther Manito and Michael Odewale dissect the Argentine revolutionary.
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Dr Seuss—Series 5
Fri 12 Mar 2021
The controversial children's author.How will Josh Jones, Ola Labib & Joanne McNally vote?
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Billie Holiday—Series 5
Thu 4 Mar 2021
Sophie Duker, Daliso Chaponda and Kemah Bob riff over jazz singer Billie Holiday.
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Kellogg—Series 5
Thu 25 Feb 2021
Fern Brady, Alison Spittle and Alex Edelman on John Harvey Kellogg, man of cornflakes.
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Boudicca—Series 5
Thu 18 Feb 2021
Grainne Maguire Athena Kugblenu and Tony Law assess the Queen of East Anglia AKA Boudicca
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Charles Darwin—Series 5
Thu 11 Feb 2021
Jayde Adams, Angela Barnes and Neil Delamere on the man who came up with evolution.
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Alfred Hitchcock—Series 5
Thu 4 Feb 2021
Catherine Bohart, Tom Parry & Heidi Regan keep you in suspense. Hitchcock:evil or genius?
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Henry VIII—Series 5
Thu 28 Jan 2021
Grainne Maguire, Felicity Ward and Alex Kealy decide, was Henry more monarch or murderer?
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Malcolm X—Series 5
Thu 21 Jan 2021
Darren Harriott, Sikisa and Johnny Cochrane examine the civil rights leader.
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Alexander Hamilton—Series 5
Thu 14 Jan 2021
Sara Barron, Ivo Graham and Jenny Bede on the real man behind the hit musical Hamilton.
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Karl Marx—Series 4
Wed 17 Jun 2020
Olga Koch, Eshaan Akbar and Geoff Norcott give the political thinker Marx out of ten.
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Charlie Chaplin—Series 4
Thu 11 Jun 2020
Jon Richardson, Catherine Bohart & Shappi Khorsandi look at the film star in close-up.
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Freddie Mercury—Series 4
Thu 16 Apr 2020
Tom Allen, Evelyn Mok and Isma Almas share what Queen's singing superstar means to them.
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Emmeline Pankhurst—Series 4
Thu 9 Apr 2020
Will Sarah Keyworth, Athena Kugblenu and Luisa Omielan use their votes wisely?
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Elvis—Series 4
Thu 2 Apr 2020
Will Colin Murray,Johnny Cochrane and Neil Delamere have suspicious minds about The King?
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Picasso—Series 4
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Tom Allen, Suzi Ruffell and Harriet Braine paint a wonky picture of the great artist.
