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, it's 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 at 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.

Listen to evil genius on BBC Sounds.

On tonight's program, we have one of Britain's preeminent contemporary dancers.

Akram Khan live in the studio with me.

Join the hunt for witches, glam ones, wiz and crones alike, down the centuries of art.

And the well-known baseball film, responsible for a revolution in recruitment,

with some help from our new friend, The Algorithm.

The technique that was pioneered, as documented in that film,

has actually gone on to be very widespread within sports.

It's been introduced to cricket, rugby, and even football.

Arsenal have recently purchased a data analytics company specifically to help them find what makes a good team on the football field.

This moneyball effect has been used to propel companies,

as documented in the movie, from the bottom of the league, right the way to the top.

More later on the morphing of people analytics from sport to how we get a job.

But my first guest this evening, Akram Khan, surely ranks as one of the most prolific

choreographers and dancers of his

generation. He's famously at ease with the diversity of his art form, mixing his early training

in North Indian dance with classical ballet and working on collaborations ranging from Sylvie

Galeem to Kylie Minogue. In a recent BBC 4 film about his work, we see him in Seville preparing his upcoming piece at Sadler's Wells,

a dance duel, no less, with the great flamenco exponent, Israel Galvan.

It's very challenging.

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