Evil Genius with Russell Kane
It’s good, bad, ugly - and very very funny. Changing the way we see heroes and villains in history.
History 63 rész
Diego Maradona
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63. rész
Will Jon Richardson, Johnny Cochrane and Susie McCabe give Maradona the red card?
Che Guevara
47 perc
62. rész
Comrades Ria Lina, Esther Manito and Michael Odewale dissect the Argentine revolutionary.
Dr Seuss
46 perc
61. rész
The controversial children's author.How will Josh Jones, Ola Labib & Joanne McNally vote?
Billie Holiday
42 perc
60. rész
Sophie Duker, Daliso Chaponda and Kemah Bob riff over jazz singer Billie Holiday, who sang Strange Fruit.
Kellogg
41 perc
59. rész
Fern Brady, Alison Spittle and Alex Edelman on John Harvey Kellogg, man of cornflakes.
Boudicca
37 perc
58. rész
Grainne Maguire Athena Kugblenu and Tony Law assess the Queen of East Anglia AKA Boudicca
Charles Darwin
40 perc
57. rész
Jayde Adams, Angela Barnes and Neil Delamere on the scientist who came up with evolution and explained how life works. No biggie.
Alfred Hitchcock
48 perc
56. rész
Catherine Bohart, Tom Parry & Heidi Regan keep you in suspense. Hitchcock:evil or genius?
Henry VIII
40 perc
55. rész
Grainne Maguire, Felicity Ward and Alex Kealy decide, was Henry more monarch or murderer?
Malcolm X
46 perc
54. rész
Darren Harriott, Sikisa and Johnny Cochrane examine the civil rights leader.
Alexander Hamilton (from the musical)
42 perc
53. rész
Sara Barron, Ivo Graham & Jenny Bede on the American Founding Father, the real man behind the hit musical Hamilton.
Evil Genius returns Thursday 14 January!
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52. rész
Russell and panel take on US Founding Father Alexander Hamilton - of the musical fame..
Karl Marx
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52. rész
Olga Koch, Eshaan Akbar and Geoff Norcott give the political thinker Marx out of ten.
Charlie Chaplin
40 perc
51. rész
Jon Richardson, Catherine Bohart & Shappi Khorsandi look at the film star in close-up.
we're taking a break
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49. rész
a message from Russell Kane
Freddie Mercury
44 perc
48. rész
Tom Allen, Evelyn Mok and Isma Almas share what Queen's singing superstar means to them.
Emmeline Pankurst
39 perc
47. rész
Will Sarah Keyworth, Athena Kugblenu and Luisa Omielan use their votes wisely?
Elvis
42 perc
46. rész
Will Colin Murray,Johnny Cochrane and Neil Delamere have suspicious minds about The King?
Picasso
43 perc
45. rész
Tom Allen, Suzi Ruffell and Harriet Braine paint a wonky picture of the great artist.
Nina Simone
42 perc
44. rész
Are Athena Kugblenu, Njambi McGrath and Harriet Dyer feeling good about Nina Simone?
WG Grace: the greatest cricketer and his dark legacy
43 perc
43. rész
Ivo Graham and Aatif Nawaz bowl over non-cricket fans Russell Kane and Joanne McNally.
Adi Dassler, founder of Adidas
43 perc
42. rész
Darren Harriott, Nathan Caton and Joanne McNally put the boot in to the sportswear giant.
George Best
43 perc
41. rész
Colin Murray, Chloe Petts and Neil Delamere give the greatest footballer a good kicking.
Evil Genius is back on 27 February
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40. rész
Starting with three sport episodes - two sports megastars and one king of sportswear
Oscar Wilde
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39. rész
Jen Brister, Larry Dean & Esther Manito consign Oscar Wilde to the gutter or the stars.
Lou Reed
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38. rész
Sophie Duker, Laura Lexx & Neil Delamere take a walk on the wild side with the rock star
Whitney Houston
36 perc
37. rész
Dane Baptiste, Jodie Mitchell and Athena Kugblenu decide, will they always love Whitney?
Bernard Manning
41 perc
36. rész
Jessica Fostekew, Marlon Davis and Leo Kearse ask if the popular comedian is still funny.
Salvador Dali
32 perc
35. rész
Jen Brister, Esther Manito and Larry Dean wax their moustaches ready to talk Salvador Dali
Winston Churchill
37 perc
34. rész
Daliso Chaponda, Ivo Graham & Jessica Fostekew discuss the man voted the Greatest Briton.
Fidel Castro
39 perc
33. rész
Comrades Heidi Regan, Konstantin Kisin and Eleanor Morton consider Fidel Castro.
Muhammad Ali
43 perc
32. rész
Darren Harriott, Laura Davis, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd on the boxer called The Greatest
Queen Victoria
34 perc
31. rész
Dane Baptiste, Jodie Mitchell and Athena Kugblenu weigh up Queen Victoria.
Amy Winehouse
38 perc
30. rész
Suzi Ruffell Joanne McNally and Maisie Adam take on Amy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Evil Genius is back on 5 Sept! Watch out, dead famous people
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29. rész
Evil Genius is good, bad, ugly and funny. And it's returning to your lucky earholes.
James Brown
30 perc
28. rész
Lou Sanders, Johnny Cochrane and Tom Lucy find out how James Brown Got On Up to no good.
Walt Disney
26 perc
27. rész
Fern Brady, Tiff Stevenson and Kae Kurd have an animated chat, about animator Walt Disney
Enid Blyton
28 perc
26. rész
Danielle Ward, Rachel Fairburn & Danny McLoughlin have a jolly old time with Enid Blyton
Joan Crawford
27 perc
25. rész
Amy Annette, Marcus Bronzy and Inel Tomlinson find the upsides in having an arch-nemesis
Bill Hicks
28 perc
24. rész
Tiff Stevenson, Fern Brady and Kae Kurd weigh up the comedian Bill Hicks
Coco Chanel
32 perc
23. rész
Elf Lyons, Ken Cheng and Sadie Harrison debate Coco Chanel and lying about your age.
Frank Sinatra
39 perc
22. rész
Lou Sanders, Johnny Cochrane and Tom Lucy bandy words about singing and civil rights.
Joan Rivers
44 perc
21. rész
Desiree Burch, Catherine Bohart and Alan Carr chat being outrageous and having no limits.
Father Christmas
29 perc
20. rész
Sindhu Vee, Grainne Maguire and Dane Baptiste mull over the magic of Santa himself
Charles Dickens
37 perc
19. rész
Amy Annette, Marcus Bronzy and Inel Tomlinson read up on author Charles Dickens
Darth Vader
21 perc
18. rész
James Acaster, Jayde Adams and Romesh Ranganathan ask if he's just misunderstood.
Pablo Escobar
29 perc
17. rész
Danielle Ward, Rachel Fairburn and Danny McLoughlin weigh up drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Sid Vicious at Latitude Festival
31 perc
16. rész
Grainne Maguire, Jen Brister and Shappi Khorsandi talk about what comedy owes to punk.
JFK
34 perc
15. rész
Elf Lyons, Ken Cheng and Sadie Harrison poke around JFK: John F. Kennedy, US President.
Tupac Shakur
30 perc
14. rész
Romesh Ranganathan, James Acaster and Jayde Adams judge hip hop artist Tupac Shakur.
Mother Teresa
39 perc
13. rész
Alan Carr, Desiree Burch and Catherine Bohart talk about goodness, badness and bin babies.
Evil Genius is coming back!
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12. rész
A new series of Evil Genius is on its way..
Margaret Thatcher
32 perc
11. rész
Russell and his panellists Grainne Maguire, Sindhu Vee and Omar Hamdi weigh up the Iron Lady. It's a hard hitting political debate involving hairspray, Judi Dench and ninjas.
Steve Jobs
29 perc
10. rész
Russell and his panelists Simon Evans, Bec Hill and Stephen Bailey try and decide whether Steve Jobs is evil or a genius. Without him this podcast may not have existed. Will that affect their decision?
Hugh Hefner
31 perc
9. rész
Russell Kane gets into his dressing gown to talk about Hugh Hefner while his panel Stephen Bailey, Bec Hill and Simon Evans look the other way.
Gandhi
34 perc
8. rész
Surely not Gandhi? Russell Kane reveals there might be an evil side to the father of modern India. With panelists Grainne Maguire, Sindhu Vee and Omar Hamdi.
Roald Dahl
28 perc
7. rész
Will Russell Kane’s revelations about Roald Dahl stop you from reading The BFG ever again? Panellists Judi Love, Kelly Convey and Imran Yusuf have their childhood memories tainted forever.
Albert Einstein
26 perc
6. rész
Kindly favourite-uncle genius with comedy hair, or controlling egomanic? Russell Kane attempts to explain the theory of relativity to Caz Frear, Sean McLoughlin and Rachel Parris.
Richard Pryor
31 perc
5. rész
Richard Pryor may be the comedian’s comedian, but there is plenty in his life story that isn’t so funny. Russell Kane discusses whether his genius outweighs his evil, with panellists Judi Love, Kelly Convey and Imran Yusuf.
Evelyn Waugh
26 perc
4. rész
Writing Brideshead Revisited? Genius. Naming his son Auberon? Evil. And it gets worse... Russell weighs it all up with Jolyon Rubinstein, Ellie White and Sadie Harrison.
Marie Stopes: birth control pioneer
36 perc
3. rész
Russell Kane asks whether birth control pioneer Marie Stopes had a more sinister motive.. with Dane Baptiste, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Iszi Lawrence.
John Lennon
30 perc
2. rész
Peace, love and an intolerance of laughter. Was the music worth it all? Depends who you ask. With Rachel Parris, Caz Frear and Sean McLoughlin.
Welcome to Evil Genius with Russell Kane
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1. rész
The show where we ask: Where do you draw the line?
