BBC Radio Podcasts from Evil Genius with Russell Kane

Evil Animals, Series 3: Wasps

Are Wasps - aka Buzzkill Betties – Evil or Genius?

Evil Animals, Series 3: Koalas

Are Koalas - aka Koala Minogue – Evil or Genius?

Series 12: Ronnie Biggs

Was the career criminal evil, or genius?

Series 12: Joan of Arc

Was the pick-me peasant evil, or genius?

Series 12: Mozart

Was the controversial composer evil, or genius?

Evil Animals, Series 3: The Critters Are Back!

Russell Kane returns with the feral sibling of Evil Genius.

Series 12: Helen of Troy

Was the Hellenic hottie evil or genius?

Series 12: William Shakespeare

Was the Bard a bit of a Bastard?

Series 12: Nancy Reagan

Is the former First Lady Evil, or Genius?

Series 12: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Is the great American novelist really so great?

Series 12: Brigitte Bardot

Is the screen siren evil or a genius?

Series 12: Colonel Sanders

Is fast food’s founding father evil or a genius?

Series 12: Lord Lucan

Is the absent aristocrat a villain or a victim?

Series 12: Nancy Mitford

Laura Smyth, Josh Jones and Laura Hackett dive between the covers with Nancy Mitford.

Series 12: Ozzy Osbourne

Does the Prince of Darkness live up to his name?

Evil Animals, Series 2: Sea Otters

Are sea otters – aka Harry Otter – Evil or Genius?

Evil Animals, Series 2: Spiders

Are spiders – aka Webbie McGee – Evil or Genius?

Evil Animals, Series 2: Herring Gulls

Herring Gulls – are they Evil or Genius?

Evil Animals, Series 2: Sharks

Are sharks – aka Fin Diesel – Evil or Genius?

Evil Animals, Series 2: Mosquitoes

Are mosquitoes buzz kills or buzz buddies?

Evil Animals, Series 2: Penguins

Are penguins - aka The Beaky Blinders – Evil or Genius?

Evil Animals, Series 2: Dogs

Are dogs - aka Bark Wahlberg – evil or just plain genius?

Series 11: Hulk Hogan

Sara Pascoe, Gbemi Oladipo and John Tothill wrestle with his legacy.

Series 11: Mata Hari

Daliso Chaponda, Maisie Adam and Jack Skipper unpack the mystery of the convicted spy.

Series 11: Richard Wagner

Peter Rethinasamy, Laura Smyth and Rachel Fairburn examine the life of the musician.

Series 11: Francis Bacon

Jess Fostekew, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Eshaan Akbar examine the artist's colourful life.

Series 11: Mary Tudor

Ria Lina, Pierre Novellie and Catherine Bohart examine Mary’s bloody life.

Series 11: Serge Gainsbourg

Catherine Bohart, Ria Lina and Pierre Novellie look back on the trésor national.

Series 11: Peter Stringfellow

Josh Jones, Rachel Fairburn and Chantel Nash examine the legacy of the nightclub king.

Series 11: Kim Philby

Glenn Moore, Susie McCabe and Daniel Foxx decode the ultimate double agent.

Series 11: The Greatest Showman (P.T. Barnum)

Sara Pascoe, John Tothill and Gbemi Oladipo examine the life of The Greatest Showman.

Series 11: Griselda Blanco

Peter Rethinasamy, Laura Smyth and Rachel Fairburn dissect ‘The Godmother’.

Series 11: Agatha Christie

Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jess Fostekew and Eshaan Akbar examine the life of the author.

Series 11: Al Capone

Jack Skipper, Maisie Adam and Daliso Chaponda examine the legacy of the mob king.

Evil Animals, Series 1: Vampire Bats

Vampire Bats: spooky little weirdos or misunderstood goth pigeons?

Evil Animals, Series 1: Maggots

Maggots: misunderstood baby flies or gruesome creepies?

Evil Animals, Series 1: Snakes

Are they slithering wronguns, or super sleek legends?

Evil Animals, Series 1: Cats

Stress-busting snugglebugs or smug little killers?

Evil Animals, Series 1: Bottlenose Dolphins

With their fiendish tendencies, are Bottlenose Dolphins evil? Or bona-fide genius?

Evil Animals, Series 1: Hamsters

With their vicious bitey ways, are hamsters evil? Or just plain genius?

Evil Animals, Series 1: Trailer

The feral sibling of Evil Genius.

Series 10: Jackie Kennedy

Amy Matthews, Ray Badran and Rajiv Karia examine the legacy of Jackie Kennedy

Series 10: Nostradamus

Richard Herring, Ola Labib and Pierre Novellie decode the quatrains of Nostradamus

Series 10: Catherine The Great

Rajiv Karia, Amy Matthews and Ray Badran debate whether Catherine was so great after all.

Series 10: Florence Nightingale

Richard Herring, Ola Labib and Pierre Novellie shine a lamp on Florence Nightingale.

Series 10: Marilyn Monroe

Hannah Platt, Janine Harouni and Tony Hawks explore the legacy of Marilyn Monroe

Series 10: Father of Bodybuilding, Joe Weider

Jess Fostekew, Joe Sutherland and Emmanuel Sonubi put Joe Weider in the squat rack.

Series 10: Robert Maxwell

Tony Hawks, Janine Harouni and Hannah Platt examine the life of Robert Maxwell.

Series 10: Elphaba (The Wicked Witch of the West)

Emmanuel Sonubi, Joe Sutherland and Jess Fostekew see if Elphaba was changed 'for good'.

Series 10: Napoleon

Johnny Cochrane, Glenn Moore and Celya AB get complex about Napoleon.

Series 10: Christine Keeler

Sara Barron, Rachel Fairburn and Michael Odewale examine the legacy of Christine Keeler.

Series 10: Harper Lee

Celya AB, Glenn Moore and Johnny Cochrane put Harper Lee in the dock.

Series 10: OJ Simpson

Michael Odewale, Sara Barron and Rachel Fairburn take a sip of ‘The Juice’.

Series 9: Lawrence of Arabia

Susie McCabe, Desiree Burch and Ian Smith dissect the fairytale.

Series 9: Lady Macbeth

Laura Smyth, Josh Jones and Johnny Cochrane delve into The Scottish Play.

Series 9: John D. Rockefeller

Phil Wang, Lindsey Santoro and Katie Norris on the world's first billionaire.

Series 9: Oliver Cromwell

Kerry Godliman, Helen Bauer and Glenn Moore bite the head off the Lord Protector.

Series 9: Jim Morrison

Rachel Parris, Daliso Chaponda and Stephen Bailey on the multifaceted 'Lizard King'.

Series 9: Marlene Dietrich

Amy Gledhill, Ria Lina and Alasdair Beckett-King decide - diva or devil?

Series 9: Miles Davis

Will the legendary jazz musician fall flat on Desiree Burch, Ian Smith and Susie McCabe?

Series 9: Eva Perón

Kerry Godliman, Glenn Moore and Helen Bauer debate - was Eva a saint or sinner?

Series 9: Simone de Beauvoir

Phil Wang, Lindsey Santoro and Katie Norris have an existential crisis.

Series 9: J. Edgar Hoover

Laura Smyth, Josh Jones and Johnny Cochrane expose the king of the FBI.

Series 9: Anne Boleyn

Rachel Parris, Daliso Chaponda and Stephen Bailey debate the life of the iconic queen.

Series 9: Rasputin

Amy Gledhill, Alasdair Beckett-King and Ria Lina discuss the life of 'the debauched one'.

Series 8: George Harrison

Daliso Chaponda, Catherine Bohart & Rachel Parris explore the enigma of the Quiet Beatle.

Series 8: Princess Margaret

Geoff Norcott, Felicity Ward and Sophie Duker debate - wearing a crown, or going down?

Series 8: Karl Lagerfeld

Kerry Godliman, Darren Harriott and Helen Bauer spill the tea on the Chanel fashion guru.

Series 8: Ronald Reagan

Grainne Maguire, Athena Kugblenu and Robin Morgan decide, Reagan? Or wrong 'un?

Series 8: Marie Antoinette

Rachel Parris, Daliso Chaponda and Catherine Bohart on the original drama queen.

Series 8: Homer Simpson

Sophie Duker, Felicity Ward and Geoff Norcott decide - Duff Beer or just duff?

Series 8: Jerry Springer

Desiree Burch, Josh Jones and Sara Barron - will their final thought be evil? Or genius?

Series 8: IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad

Stevie Martin, Johnny Cochrane and Maisie Adam deconstruct the Swedish furniture king.

Series 8: The Kray Twins

Helen Bauer, Darren Harriott and Kerry Godliman take on the infamous gangster double act.

Series 8: Attila the Hun

Robin Morgan, Grainne Maguire and Athena Kugblenu ask: you OK, hun?

Series 8: Elizabeth Taylor

Desiree Burch, Sara Barron and Josh Jones provide more laughs than Liz had husbands.

Series 8: Count Dracula

Maisie Adam, Stevie Martin & Johnny Cochrane open the coffin to assess the undead legend.

Series 7: David Bowie

Kerry Godliman, Esther Manito and Rhys James decide – Starman or laughing gnome?

Series 7: Marvin Gaye

Maisie Adam, Ania Magliano and Marlon Davis wonder what was goin' on with the soul singer.

Series 7: Cleopatra

Kerry Godliman, Esther Manito and Rhys James debate - was the Egyptian a pain in the asp?

Series 7: Christopher Columbus

Sara Barron, Helen Bauer & Darren Harriott on the man who's credited with finding America.

Series 7: Johnny Cash

Thanyia Moore, Pierre Novellie & Lauren Pattison ask if the country star did walk the line

Series 7: Mary Whitehouse

Felicity Ward, Ria Lina and Peter Rethinasamy decide: is the campaigner prophet or prude?

Series 7: Andy Warhol

Darren Harriott, Helen Bauer & Sara Barron on the weird and wonderful founder of pop art.

Series 7: Marlon Brando

Maisie Adam, Marlon Davis and Ania Magliano's decision will be an offer he can't refuse.

Series 7: Meat Loaf

Rachel Fairburn, Johnny Cochrane and Stevie Martin slice up the Bat Out Of Hell singer.

Series 7: Bruce Lee

Felicity Ward, Ria Lina and Peter Rethinasamy decide if Lee deserves a one-inch punch

Series 7: JRR Tolkien

Thanyia Moore, Lauren Pattison and Pierre Novellie quest for the man behind the Ring.

Series 7: Batman

Stevie Martin, Rachel Fairburn and Johnny Cochrane ask how super the superhero really is.

Series 6: Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

Sikisa, Sarah Callaghan and Ivo Graham dig the dirt on Tomb Raider, Lara Croft

Series 6: Richard Nixon

Athena Kugblenu, Lou Sanders and Nathan Caton decide: Evilgate or Geniusgate?

Series 6: Frida Kahlo

Gráinne Maguire, Harriet Braine and Hal Cruttenden paint a picture of the artist.

Series 6: Sigmund Freud

Sophie Duker, Rhys James and Evelyn Mok analyse the father of psychoanalysis

Series 6: Allen Ginsberg

Gráinne Maguire, Harriet Braine and Hal Cruttenden beat up beat poet Allen Ginsberg.

Series 6: Genghis Khan

Esther Manito, Robin Morgan and Sarah Mills discuss whether the warrior was actually woke

Series 6: Notorious B.I.G.

Lou Sanders, Nathan Caton and Athena Kugblenu decide whether they're hypnotized by Biggie

Series 6: Wernher von Braun

Sikisa, Sarah Callaghan and Ivo Graham take a look at the man behind the Apollo missions.

Series 6: Virginia Woolf

Sophie Duker, Rhys James and Evelyn Mok decide if Virginia is more Woolf or puppy dog.

Series 6: Cecil Rhodes

Johnny Cochrane, Thanyia Moore and Olga Koch knock down the man behind the statues debate.

Series 6: Elizabeth I

Robin Morgan, Esther Manito & Sarah Mills on the Virgin Queen. Pure evil or pure genius?

Series 6: Prince

Olga Koch, Thanyia Moore and Johnny Cochrane uncover some truths about The Purple One.

Series 5: James Bond

Rob Beckett, Athena Kugblenu & Heidi Regan decide whether to use the ejector seat on Bond

Series 5: Diego Maradona

Will Jon Richardson, Johnny Cochrane and Susie McCabe give Maradona the red card?

Series 5: Che Guevara

Comrades Ria Lina, Esther Manito and Michael Odewale dissect the Argentine revolutionary.

Series 5: Dr Seuss

The controversial children's author.How will Josh Jones, Ola Labib & Joanne McNally vote?

Series 5: Billie Holiday

Sophie Duker, Daliso Chaponda and Kemah Bob riff over jazz singer Billie Holiday.

Series 5: Kellogg

Fern Brady, Alison Spittle and Alex Edelman on John Harvey Kellogg, man of cornflakes.

Series 5: Boudicca

Grainne Maguire Athena Kugblenu and Tony Law assess the Queen of East Anglia AKA Boudicca

Series 5: Charles Darwin

Jayde Adams, Angela Barnes and Neil Delamere on the man who came up with evolution.

Series 5: Alfred Hitchcock

Catherine Bohart, Tom Parry & Heidi Regan keep you in suspense. Hitchcock:evil or genius?

Series 5: Henry VIII

Grainne Maguire, Felicity Ward and Alex Kealy decide, was Henry more monarch or murderer?

Series 5: Malcolm X

Darren Harriott, Sikisa and Johnny Cochrane examine the civil rights leader.

Series 5: Alexander Hamilton

Sara Barron, Ivo Graham and Jenny Bede on the real man behind the hit musical Hamilton.

Series 4: Karl Marx

Olga Koch, Eshaan Akbar and Geoff Norcott give the political thinker Marx out of ten.

Series 4: Charlie Chaplin

Jon Richardson, Catherine Bohart & Shappi Khorsandi look at the film star in close-up.

Series 4: Freddie Mercury

Tom Allen, Evelyn Mok and Isma Almas share what Queen's singing superstar means to them.

Series 4: Emmeline Pankhurst

Will Sarah Keyworth, Athena Kugblenu and Luisa Omielan use their votes wisely?

Series 4: Elvis

Will Colin Murray,Johnny Cochrane and Neil Delamere have suspicious minds about The King?

Series 4: Picasso

Tom Allen, Suzi Ruffell and Harriet Braine paint a wonky picture of the great artist.

Series 4: Nina Simone

Are Athena Kugblenu, Njambi McGrath and Harriet Dyer feeling good about Nina Simone?

Series 4: WG Grace

Ivo Graham and Aatif Nawaz bowl over non-cricket fans Russell Kane and Joanne McNally.

Series 4: Adi Dassler, founder of Adidas

Darren Harriott, Nathan Caton and Joanne McNally put the boot in to the sportswear giant.

Series 4: George Best

Colin Murray, Chloe Petts and Neil Delamere give the greatest footballer a good kicking.

Series 3: Oscar Wilde

Jen Brister, Larry Dean & Esther Manito consign Oscar Wilde to the gutter or the stars.

Series 3: Lou Reed

Sophie Duker, Laura Lexx & Neil Delamere take a walk on the wild side with the rock star

Series 3: Whitney Houston

Dane Baptiste, Jodie Mitchell and Athena Kugblenu decide, will they always love Whitney?

Series 3: Bernard Manning

Jessica Fostekew, Marlon Davis and Leo Kearse ask if the popular comedian is still funny.

Series 3: Salvador Dali

Jen Brister, Esther Manito and Larry Dean wax their moustaches ready to talk Salvador Dali

Series 3: Winston Churchill

Daliso Chaponda, Ivo Graham & Jessica Fostekew discuss the man voted the Greatest Briton.

Series 3: Fidel Castro

Comrades Heidi Regan, Konstantin Kisin and Eleanor Morton consider Fidel Castro.

Series 3: Muhammad Ali

Darren Harriott, Laura Davis, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd on the boxer called The Greatest

Series 3: Queen Victoria

Dane Baptiste, Jodie Mitchell and Athena Kugblenu weigh up Queen Victoria.

Series 3: Amy Winehouse

Suzi Ruffell Joanne McNally and Maisie Adam take on Amy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Series 2: James Brown

Lou Sanders, Johnny Cochrane and Tom Lucy find out how James Brown Got On Up to no good.

Series 2: Walt Disney

Fern Brady, Tiff Stevenson and Kae Kurd have an animated chat, about animator Walt Disney

Series 2: Enid Blyton

Danielle Ward, Rachel Fairburn & Danny McLoughlin have a jolly old time with Enid Blyton

Series 2: Joan Crawford

Amy Annette, Marcus Bronzy and Inel Tomlinson find the upsides in having an arch-nemesis

Series 2: Bill Hicks

Tiff Stevenson, Fern Brady and Kae Kurd weigh up the comedian Bill Hicks

Series 2: Coco Chanel

Elf Lyons, Ken Cheng and Sadie Harrison debate Coco Chanel and lying about your age.

Series 2: Frank Sinatra

Lou Sanders, Johnny Cochrane and Tom Lucy bandy words about singing and civil rights.

Series 2: Joan Rivers

Desiree Burch, Catherine Bohart and Alan Carr chat being outrageous and having no limits.

Series 2: Father Christmas

Sindhu Vee, Grainne Maguire and Dane Baptiste mull over the magic of Santa himself.

Series 2: Charles Dickens

Amy Annette, Marcus Bronzy and Inel Tomlinson read up on author Charles Dickens

Series 2: Darth Vader

James Acaster, Jayde Adams and Romesh Ranganathan ask if he's just misunderstood.

Series 2: Pablo Escobar

Danielle Ward, Rachel Fairburn and Danny McLoughlin weigh up drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Series 2: Sid Vicious at Latitude Festival

Grainne Maguire, Jen Brister and Shappi Khorsandi talk about what comedy owes to punk.

Series 2: JFK

Elf Lyons, Ken Cheng and Sadie Harrison poke around JFK: John F. Kennedy, US President.

Series 2: Tupac Shakur

Romesh Ranganathan, James Acaster and Jayde Adams judge hip hop artist Tupac Shakur.

Series 2: Mother Teresa

Alan Carr, Desiree Burch and Catherine Bohart talk goodness, badness and bin babies.

Series 1: Margaret Thatcher

Russell and his panel weigh up the Iron Lady. The debate involves hairspray and ninjas.

Series 1: Steve Jobs

Will Russell and his panelists be swayed because without him this podcast may not exist?

Series 1: Hugh Hefner

Russell Kane gets into his dressing gown to talk about Hugh Hefner.

Series 1: Gandhi

Surely not Gandhi? Russell Kane reveals an evil side to the father of modern India.

Series 1: Roald Dahl

Will Russell’s revelations about Roald Dahl stop you from reading The BFG ever again?

Series 1: Albert Einstein

Kindly favourite-uncle genius with comedy hair, or controlling egomanic?

Series 1: Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor may be the comedian’s comedian, but plenty in his life story isn’t so funny

Series 1: Evelyn Waugh

Writing Brideshead Revisited? Genius. Naming his son Auberon? Evil. And it gets worse...

Series 1: Marie Stopes

Russell Kane asks whether birth control pioneer Marie Stopes had a more sinister motive.

Series 1: John Lennon

Peace, love and an intolerance of laughter.

Series 1: Trailer

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