Colonel Sanders

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

BBC

Comedy, History

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

To fast food fans, he’s a deity. To chickens, he’s public enemy number one. But there’s more to Colonel Sanders than just that secret blend of 11 herbs and spices. Josh Jones, Laura Smyth and chef Ruby Bhogal take a deep dive into the Colonel’s life - and find gunfights, court cases, and an unexpected detour into gynaecology. Was Colonel Sanders evil or a genius?

Additional material: Christina Riggs, Ruth Husko and Katie Sayer Researcher: Christina Riggs Recording Engineer: Dan Nagy Sound Editor: Kate Mac Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul Smith

The producer was Katie Sayer. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.
0:07.0	Shall we get cracking?
0:08.7	You've got a BBC podcast coming up.
0:10.8	These were immensely popular.
0:13.0	But if you also like looking back,
0:14.7	then the BBC has loads of history podcasts to offer.
0:17.6	Proof that being a historian is a very exciting job.
0:19.7	Covering everything.
0:20.7	From epic events.
0:21.7	It was the year 1666.
0:23.8	Two personal stories.
0:25.0	It was an anxiety that people felt even in the ancient world.
0:27.9	So in future, for more history podcasts.
0:30.4	Free people making a free choice about what they wanted.
0:34.3	Search History on BBC Sounds.
0:38.6	Episodes of Evil Genius are released weekly, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
0:43.0	But if you can't wait, you can listen to the latest episode now, 28 days early, first on BBC Sounds.
0:50.3	Warning, this episode contains strong language.
0:56.0	Genius! Genius! Genius!
0:58.0	Genius!
0:59.0	Hello and welcome to evil genius. I'm Russell Kane.
1:05.0	Think Mika with a ketamine addiction.
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