Evil Genius With Russell Kane (podcast)

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

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Where do you draw the line? Each week, we examine a cultural icon’s back story and weigh up the good against the bad.

11 episodes available. A new episode about every 6 days averaging 28 mins duration .

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

Margaret Thatcher32:10

15d ago32:10

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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.

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

Steve Jobs29:54

23d ago29:54

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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?

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Hugh Hefner31:45

30d ago31:45

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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.

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Gandhi34:55

1M ago34:55

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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.

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Roald Dahl28:45

1M ago28:45

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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.

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Albert Einstein26:05

2M ago26:05

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26:05

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.

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Richard Pryor31:38

2M ago31:38

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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.

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Evelyn Waugh26:37

2M ago26:37

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26:37

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.

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

Marie Stopes: birth control pioneer36:09

2M ago36:09

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Russell Kane asks whether birth control pioneer Marie Stopes had a more sinister motive.. with Dane Baptiste, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Iszi Lawrence.

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John Lennon30:26

3M ago30:26

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30:26

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.

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

Welcome to Evil Genius with Russell Kane1:05

3M ago1:05

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The show where we ask: Where do you draw the line?

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