Hulk Hogan
Evil Genius with Russell Kane
BBC
4.2 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Hulk Hogan was undeniably a star and cultural icon. But beneath his rock hard brand lies scandal, abuse and shocking values. Sara Pascoe, Gbemi Oladipo and John Tothill must weigh up the evidence before deciding: evil or genius.
Additional material: Eve Delaney and Christina Riggs Researcher: Christina Riggs Sound Editor: Kate Mac Production Coordinator: Liz Tuohy Executive Producer: Paul Smith
The producer was Sasha Bobak. Evil Genius with Russell Kane is a BBC Studios Audio Production for BBC Sounds.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.1 | The Traitors Uncloaked is the only place you'll see players react as they find out who's been deceiving them. |
| 0:12.6 | That is brilliant. |
| 0:14.9 | It's the only place for official behind the scenes deep dives into the latest plot twists. |
| 0:19.3 | And it's the only place where we chat to famous fans and players from series gone by. |
| 0:23.8 | I wouldn't want to be a traitor. |
| 0:25.3 | Oh, that's what a traitor would say. |
| 0:28.4 | The traitors uncloked, the official visualised companion podcast with me, Ed Gamble. |
| 0:33.2 | Watch on Eye Player, listen for more on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.1 | Warning, this episode contains strong language. |
| 0:42.7 | Genius! |
| 0:43.3 | Genius! |
| 0:43.8 | Genius! |
| 0:44.3 | Genius! |
| 0:45.3 | Welcome to evil genius. |
| 0:47.3 | I'm Russell Kane, proof that you don't need to be six foot seven to wrestle a nation into submission. |
| 0:52.3 | You just need a hyperactivity disorder, |
| 0:55.0 | unresolved trauma and a microphone. The idea is simple, a panel, some facts, and a vote, |
| 1:01.1 | evil or genius. But the whole contraption is tongue-in-cheek. It's designed to collapse under its |
| 1:07.0 | own false clarity. In the rubble, what's left are the ambiguities, the rich, grey |
| 1:12.8 | discussions that prove the game was never about the answer, only the performance of certainty, |
| 1:18.2 | like wrestling. Wherever you sit on the spectrum, from WrestleMania to fighterphobe, |
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