Joan of Arc
Evil Genius with Russell Kane
BBC
4.4 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
A teenage nerd with anger management issues, Joan of Arc has been immortalised as a figure of resistance across the generations. But was the Maid of Orleans really just a pick-me girl with a dodgy haircut? Ola Labib, Edd Hedges and Lily Phillips must decide whether Joan of Arc was a virgin martyr, or a virgin loser.
Additional material: Christina Riggs, Angela Channell and Katie Sayer Researcher: Christina Riggs Recording Engineer: Gareth Wood 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 | My name's Steve Bracknell, a sister manager at Royal Oak FC. |
| 0:12.0 | You may have seen me online with Vinyl. Vinyl sensation. |
| 0:16.3 | And now the BBC have given me the chance to set the footballing world banter rights. |
| 0:22.4 | VAR. If we analyse everything for five minutes, you'll always find a fault we're in. |
| 0:27.2 | Unbelievable. |
| 0:28.3 | We're going to claim back the beautiful game. |
| 0:30.6 | Games gone. The Steve Bracknell podcast. |
| 0:33.6 | Listen, on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.6 | Episodes of Evil Genius are released weekly, wherever you get your BBC podcasts. |
| 0:41.0 | But if you can't wait, you can listen to the latest episode now, 28 days early. |
| 0:45.8 | First, on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:48.3 | Warning, this episode contains strong language. |
| 0:54.7 | Genius! Genius! Genius. Genius! |
| 0:55.2 | Genius! |
| 0:55.7 | Genius! |
| 0:56.3 | Genius! |
| 0:56.5 | Hello, I'm Russell Kane. |
| 1:00.0 | I'm what would happen if you ask ChatG-GpT to generate a cruise magician on his way |
| 1:04.0 | to Dignitas. |
| 1:06.8 | Welcome to Evil Genius, the show that opens up the archives of history, blows off the dust, |
| 1:12.1 | then immediately draws a cock and balls on it. Not on the face, Amber Lynn. Oh wait, that doesn't |
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