Nancy Reagan

Evil Genius with Russell Kane

BBC

Comedy, History

4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

A socialite in shoulder pads or the real power behind the throne? It’s up to Limahl Germain, Louise Young and Peter Rethinasamy to decide if Nancy Reagan was a typical tradwife or a Machiavellian manipulator, via goths, psychics, and bananas in the bedroom

Additional material: Miriam O’Byrne, Angela Channell and Katie Sayer Researcher: Miriam O’Byrne Recording Engineer: Dom Boucher 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.
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0:22.7	I know what it's like, obviously scored two goals in that final and that was an amazing feeling.
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0:36.3	Episodes of Evil Genius are released weekly,
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0:40.7	But if you can't wait,
0:41.8	you can listen to the latest episode now,
0:44.0	28 days early,
0:45.5	first on BBC Sounds.
0:47.9	Warning, this episode contains strong language.
0:54.5	Genius! Genius! Genius! Genius! language. Genius.
0:55.2	Genius.
0:56.0	Genius.
0:56.6	Genius.
0:58.7	Welcome to Evil Genius.
1:00.3	I'm Russell Kane, one of the only BBC presenters who is fully in between
1:03.9	posh and scumbag.
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