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?

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Hello. for Sound of Gaming and hit subscribe to listen now. Hello, we like the big questions on free thinking, the sex and death ones, the truth

and doubt ones, and a lot of the time I sit here and watch the green light come on in the

studio and I'm like, this is just too massive.

We don't stand a chance.

And I get to thinking, what would be the best way to fail to answer these questions?

Like tonight's, for instance, we're going to talk about Jewish identity.

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