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Evil Genius with Russell Kane

It’s good, bad, ugly - and very very funny. Changing the way we see heroes and villains in history.

Sounds,148 episodes

Episodes

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Evil Animals - Dogs
Are dogs - aka Bark Wahlberg – evil or just plain genius?
07 Jan 2026,35 mins
Evil Animals: Returning Soon
Evil Animals has come crawling back. Stay tuned for brand new episodes.
01 Jan 2026,1 min
Hulk Hogan
Sara Pascoe, Gbemi Oladipo and John Tothill wrestle with his legacy.
17 Dec 2025,37 mins,
Mata Hari
Daliso Chaponda, Maisie Adam and Jack Skipper unpack the mystery of the convicted spy.
10 Dec 2025,33 mins,
Richard Wagner
Peter Rethinasamy, Laura Smyth and Rachel Fairburn examine the life of the musician.
03 Dec 2025,30 mins,
Francis Bacon
Jess Fostekew, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Eshaan Akbar examine the artist's colourful life.
26 Nov 2025,33 mins,
Mary Tudor
Ria Lina, Pierre Novellie and Catherine Bohart examine Mary’s bloody life.
19 Nov 2025,33 mins,
Serge Gainsbourg
Catherine Bohart, Ria Lina and Pierre Novellie look back on the trésor national.
12 Nov 2025,33 mins,
Peter Stringfellow
Josh Jones, Rachel Fairburn and Chantel Nash examine the legacy of the nightclub king.
05 Nov 2025,38 mins,
Kim Philby
Glenn Moore, Susie McCabe and Daniel Foxx decode the ultimate double agent.
29 Oct 2025,37 mins,
The Greatest Showman (P.T. Barnum)
Sara Pascoe, John Tothill and Gbemi Oladipo examine the life of The Greatest Showman.
22 Oct 2025,35 mins
Griselda Blanco
Peter Rethinasamy, Laura Smyth and Rachel Fairburn dissect ‘The Godmother’.
15 Oct 2025,29 mins,
Agatha Christie
Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jess Fostekew and Eshaan Akbar examine the life of the author.
08 Oct 2025,33 mins,
Al Capone
Jack Skipper, Maisie Adam and Daliso Chaponda examine the legacy of the mob king.
01 Oct 2025,34 mins
Evil Genius: Returning Soon
Evil Genius is back soon with more good, bad, ugly - and very, very funny
26 Sep 2025,1 min
Evil Animals - Vampire Bats
Vampire Bats: spooky little weirdos or misunderstood goth pigeons?
24 Sep 2025,32 mins,
Evil Animals - Maggots
Maggots: misunderstood baby flies or gruesome creepies?
17 Sep 2025,31 mins
Evil Animals - Snakes
Are they slithering wronguns, or super sleek legends?
10 Sep 2025,30 mins
Evil Animals - Cats
Stress-busting snugglebugs or smug little killers?
03 Sep 2025,32 mins
Evil Animals - Bottlenose Dolphins
With their fiendish tendencies, are Bottlenose Dolphins evil? Or bona-fide genius?
27 Aug 2025,31 mins,
Evil Animals - Hamsters
With their vicious bitey ways, are hamsters evil? Or just plain genius?
20 Aug 2025,38 mins
Welcome to Evil Animals...
The feral sibling of Evil Genius.
13 Aug 2025,2 mins
Jackie Kennedy
Amy Matthews, Ray Badran and Rajiv Karia examine the legacy of Jackie Kennedy
02 Jul 2025,43 mins,
Nostradamus
Richard Herring, Ola Labib and Pierre Novellie decode the quatrains of Nostradamus
25 Jun 2025,40 mins,
Catherine The Great
Rajiv Karia, Amy Matthews and Ray Badran debate whether Catherine was so great after all.
18 Jun 2025,37 mins,
Florence Nightingale
Richard Herring, Ola Labib and Pierre Novellie shine a lamp on Florence Nightingale.
11 Jun 2025,31 mins,
Marilyn Monroe
Hannah Platt, Janine Harouni and Tony Hawks explore the legacy of Marilyn Monroe
04 Jun 2025,34 mins,
Father of bodybuilding, Joe Weider
Jess Fostekew, Joe Sutherland and Emmanuel Sonubi put Joe Weider in the squat rack.
28 May 2025,38 mins,
Robert Maxwell
Tony Hawks, Janine Harouni and Hannah Platt examine the life of Robert Maxwell.
21 May 2025,41 mins,
Wicked: Elphaba (The Wicked Witch of the West)
Emmanuel Sonubi, Joe Sutherland and Jess Fostekew see if Elphaba was changed 'for good'.
14 May 2025,34 mins