Evil Genius with Russell Kane
BBC Sounds
It’s good, bad, ugly - and very very funny. Changing the way we see heroes and villains in history.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Dec 6, 2018 • 21min
Darth Vader
James Acaster, Jayde Adams and Romesh Ranganathan ask if he's just misunderstood.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Nov 29, 2018 • 29min
Pablo Escobar
Danielle Ward, Rachel Fairburn and Danny McLoughlin weigh up drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Nov 22, 2018 • 31min
Sid Vicious at Latitude Festival
Grainne Maguire, Jen Brister and Shappi Khorsandi talk about what comedy owes to punk.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Nov 15, 2018 • 34min
JFK
Elf Lyons, Ken Cheng and Sadie Harrison poke around JFK: John F. Kennedy, US President.
Nov 7, 2018 • 31min
Tupac Shakur
Romesh Ranganathan, James Acaster and Jayde Adams judge hip hop artist Tupac Shakur.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Nov 1, 2018 • 39min
Mother Teresa
Alan Carr, Desiree Burch and Catherine Bohart talk about goodness, badness and bin babies.
Producer Beth O'Dea
Oct 26, 2018 • 43sec
Evil Genius is coming back!
A new series of Evil Genius is on its way..
May 9, 2018 • 32min
Margaret Thatcher
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.
May 2, 2018 • 30min
Steve Jobs
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?
Apr 25, 2018 • 32min
Hugh Hefner
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.
