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, it's 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 at some level of genius. It also helps

that it's a long time ago, right? It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream

van plays music when it's out of ice cream. Listen to evil genius on BBC sounds. This is a download

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Tonight we'll be reviewing the latest show by the British Nigerian artist Yinkeshonibari,

exploring a new history of the Industrial Revolution that challenges some of the Dickensian stereotypes

and asking if design is a moral calling.

Can a weapon of war, something that was designed and developed specifically to kill to destroy,

can it ever be seen as good design?

Now, many people would argue that it could be.

The AK-47 is a brilliant example of functional design if you only judge it on those criteria.

I think it becomes more complex.

The critic Alice Ralsthorn on the problems facing today's designers is just one of the issues raised by her book, Hello World.

I'll be talking to her about toothbrushes and AK-47s later on.

But first, Alexander Heyman is a writer whose own life seems to contain the multitudes

of post-Cold War history. Brought up in Sarajevo, in Tito's Yugoslavia, Haman charts the

tragic comedy that happens when the historical glue comes unstuck. His college tutor turns into

a rampant Serbian nationalist, and the family has to work out how to sort the dog's lavatory needs

in the middle of an onslaught of shells.

Haman emigrated to Chicago before the siege of Sarajevo in 1992,

and in the book of my lives, he takes us on a rye journey

through the pitfalls and pleasures of a young man forging a new life,

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