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?

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Hello, tonight on night waves, we bring you the first night review of a musical stage production of the novel that divided 1990s America.

Chanel, Gautier or Georgio Armani, Mosquito, Alaya or Norma Kamali.

I will try on these mod for Sons.

I think I'll go to Farragamo.

I don't know if I'm such a...

American Psycho in London, more on that later.

And we'll be reassessing Britain's colonial

architecture from Trinidad to Lahore as a new exhibition opens at the VNA. And please,

don't fret about defrosting that turkey. We'll be bringing you our Nightwaves Guide to a medieval

Christmas. When Doris Kearns-Goodwin revived interest in the presidency of Abraham Lincoln

with her book on the first presidential cabinet team of rivals, she spurred When Doris Kearns-Gudwin revived interest in the presidency of Abraham Lincoln,

with her book on the first presidential cabinet team of rivals,

she spurred fresh interest in using long-dead American presidencies to illuminate the present.

Her view of Lincoln's reign even inspired a blockbuster film.

Now she turns her attention to the America of the early 20th century with the bully pulpit,

charting the switchback political fortunes of Theodore Roosevelt.

But it also charts the rise of the investigative press,

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