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Their company's success helped build a nation.

The company is such a big part of Korea's economy.

But who are the family behind one of the world's tech giants?

They often say, look, we built the nation.

And without us, South Korea as it exists today,

would simply not be here. Inheritance, Samsung explores the real-life dramas of the Lee family

and their company. They are the equivalent of royalty. Listen first on BBC sounds.

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Genius! Genius! Genius!

Hello and welcome to Evil Genius.

I'm Russell Kane.

Imagine there was a fifth in-betweener.

They kept hidden in the attic.

Now, this isn't some Ponzi culture show

where we circle jerk about the ephemerality of the semicolon.

This is a book at bedtime if the book was actually a copy of nuts and the bed was a heavy duty builder's skip. We're higherbrow, but only for people who never read past Captain Underpants as a child. Don't worry, Josh, I'll introduce you in a minute. Sure, don't. Each week, we'll take a notable figure from history and uncover three surprising facts about their life.

At the end, my panel must vote, evil or genius.

It's horribly reductive and it winds up everyone.

Today's subject is a best-selling novelist, satirist and socialite.

To some, she's an art deco Ian Hisslot in a flapper dress and pearls. To others,

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