Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that is some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?

It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream van plays music when it's out of ice cream.

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Hello, welcome to free thinking, and as I say those words,

I'd like you to imagine them rendered in eight-foot-high pink neon letters,

lighting up the night, because on this programme,

we're going to trace the line from the Victorian age to the modern age to now,

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