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
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Jan 19, 2023 • 46min
Batman
Stevie Martin, Rachel Fairburn and Johnny Cochrane ask how super the superhero really is. Is the caped crusader the sexiest superhero of all? Or a weirdo in a cave who makes it all worse, actually?
Producer: Beth O’Dea
Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Audio Bristol production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
Mar 24, 2022 • 36min
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider
Sikisa, Sarah Callaghan and Ivo Graham dig the dirt on Tomb Raider, Lara Croft
Mar 17, 2022 • 40min
Richard Nixon
Athena Kugblenu, Lou Sanders and Nathan Caton decide: Evilgate or Geniusgate?
Mar 10, 2022 • 42min
Frida Kahlo
Gráinne Maguire, Harriet Braine and Hal Cruttenden paint a not-so-pretty picture of the Mexican artist.This episode was recorded before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Mar 3, 2022 • 35min
Sigmund Freud
Sophie Duker, Rhys James and Evelyn Mok analyse the father of psychoanalysis
Feb 24, 2022 • 45min
Allen Ginsberg
Gráinne Maguire, Harriet Braine and Hal Cruttenden beat up beat poet Allen Ginsberg.
Feb 17, 2022 • 41min
Genghis Khan
Esther Manito, Robin Morgan and Sarah Mills discuss whether the warrior was actually woke
Feb 10, 2022 • 34min
Notorious B.I.G.
Lou Sanders, Nathan Caton and Athena Kugblenu decide whether they're hypnotized by Biggie
Feb 3, 2022 • 38min
Wernher von Braun; the rocket scientist who put man on the moon
Sikisa, Sarah Callaghan and Ivo Graham take a look at the man behind the Apollo missions.
Jan 27, 2022 • 43min
Virginia Woolf
Sophie Duker, Rhys James and Evelyn Mok decide if Virginia is more Woolf or puppy dog.
