Muhammad Ali
Darren Harriott, Laura Davis, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd on the boxer called The Greatest. Recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe. Producer Beth O'Dea
Sep 19, 2019•44 min
Evil Genius with Russell Kane
It’s good, bad, ugly - and very very funny. Changing the way we see heroes and villains in history.
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Episodes
Queen Victoria
Dane Baptiste, Jodie Mitchell and Athena Kugblenu weigh up Queen Victoria.
Sep 12, 2019•34 min
Amy Winehouse
Suzi Ruffell Joanne McNally and Maisie Adam take on Amy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Producer Beth O'Dea
Sep 05, 2019•39 min
Evil Genius is back on 5 Sept! Watch out, dead famous people
Evil Genius is good, bad, ugly and funny. And it's returning to your lucky earholes.
Aug 29, 2019•2 min
James Brown
Lou Sanders, Johnny Cochrane and Tom Lucy find out how James Brown Got On Up to no good.
Feb 14, 2019•30 min
Walt Disney
Fern Brady, Tiff Stevenson and Kae Kurd have an animated chat, about animator Walt Disney
Feb 07, 2019•26 min
Enid Blyton
Danielle Ward, Rachel Fairburn & Danny McLoughlin have a jolly old time with Enid Blyton
Jan 31, 2019•28 min
Joan Crawford
Amy Annette, Marcus Bronzy and Inel Tomlinson find the upsides in having an arch-nemesis
Jan 24, 2019•28 min
Bill Hicks
Tiff Stevenson, Fern Brady and Kae Kurd weigh up the comedian Bill Hicks
Jan 19, 2019•29 min
Coco Chanel
Elf Lyons, Ken Cheng and Sadie Harrison debate Coco Chanel and lying about your age.
Jan 10, 2019•33 min
Frank Sinatra
Lou Sanders, Johnny Cochrane and Tom Lucy bandy words about singing and civil rights. Producer Beth O'Dea
Jan 03, 2019•39 min
Joan Rivers
Desiree Burch, Catherine Bohart and Alan Carr chat being outrageous and having no limits. Producer Beth O'Dea
Dec 27, 2018•45 min
Father Christmas
Sindhu Vee, Grainne Maguire and Dane Baptiste mull over the magic of Santa himself.
Dec 21, 2018•29 min
Charles Dickens
Amy Annette, Marcus Bronzy and Inel Tomlinson read up on author Charles Dickens
Dec 13, 2018•37 min
Darth Vader
James Acaster, Jayde Adams and Romesh Ranganathan ask if he's just misunderstood. Producer Beth O'Dea
Dec 06, 2018•21 min
Pablo Escobar
Danielle Ward, Rachel Fairburn and Danny McLoughlin weigh up drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Nov 29, 2018•29 min
Sid Vicious at Latitude Festival
Grainne Maguire, Jen Brister and Shappi Khorsandi talk about what comedy owes to punk. Producer Beth O'Dea
Nov 22, 2018•31 min
JFK
Elf Lyons, Ken Cheng and Sadie Harrison poke around JFK: John F. Kennedy, US President.
Nov 15, 2018•34 min
Tupac Shakur
Romesh Ranganathan, James Acaster and Jayde Adams judge hip hop artist Tupac Shakur. Producer Beth O'Dea
Nov 07, 2018•31 min
Mother Teresa
Alan Carr, Desiree Burch and Catherine Bohart talk about goodness, badness and bin babies. Producer Beth O'Dea
Nov 01, 2018•39 min
Evil Genius is coming back!
A new series of Evil Genius is on its way..
Oct 26, 2018•43 sec
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 09, 2018•32 min
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?
May 02, 2018•30 min
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.
Apr 25, 2018•32 min
Gandhi
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.
Apr 18, 2018•35 min
Roald Dahl
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.
Apr 11, 2018•29 min
Albert Einstein
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.
Apr 04, 2018•26 min
Richard Pryor
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.
Mar 28, 2018•32 min
Evelyn Waugh
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.
Mar 21, 2018•27 min
Marie Stopes: birth control pioneer
Russell Kane asks whether birth control pioneer Marie Stopes had a more sinister motive.. with Dane Baptiste, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Iszi Lawrence.
Mar 14, 2018•36 min
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