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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Sid Vicious at Latitude Festival—Series 2
Thu 22 Nov 2018
Grainne Maguire, Jen Brister and Shappi Khorsandi talk about what comedy owes to punk.
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JFK—Series 2
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—Series 2
Wed 7 Nov 2018
Romesh Ranganathan, James Acaster and Jayde Adams judge hip hop artist Tupac Shakur.
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Mother Teresa—Series 2
Thu 1 Nov 2018
Alan Carr, Desiree Burch and Catherine Bohart talk goodness, badness and bin babies.
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Margaret Thatcher—Series 1
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—Series 1
Wed 2 May 2018
Will Russell and his panelists be swayed because without him this podcast may not exist?
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Hugh Hefner—Series 1
Wed 25 Apr 2018
Russell Kane gets into his dressing gown to talk about Hugh Hefner.
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Gandhi—Series 1
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—Series 1
Wed 11 Apr 2018
Will Russell’s revelations about Roald Dahl stop you from reading The BFG ever again?
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Albert Einstein—Series 1
Wed 4 Apr 2018
Kindly favourite-uncle genius with comedy hair, or controlling egomanic?
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Richard Pryor—Series 1
Wed 28 Mar 2018
Richard Pryor may be the comedian’s comedian, but plenty in his life story isn’t so funny
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Evelyn Waugh—Series 1
Wed 21 Mar 2018
Writing Brideshead Revisited? Genius. Naming his son Auberon? Evil. And it gets worse...
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Marie Stopes—Series 1
Wed 14 Mar 2018
Russell Kane asks whether birth control pioneer Marie Stopes had a more sinister motive.
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