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 is 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.

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Tonight we'll meet Jaron Lanier, the internet visionary, who might just be the Friedrich Engels of the digital age, or the Thomas Payne, perhaps.

We'll review what Stephen Soderberg says is his last film ever, positively, absolutely, maybe,

and examine a drama about a woman whose retirement plans are in the hands of God.

I only ever wanted to be ordinary.

Well, in which way do you consider you have failed in that ambition?

What's going on in my political life at the moment is just so extraordinary.

My government is tearing itself apart

and the papers are being so awful.

It is a dangerous business reading newspapers.

You know, most of your predecessors claimed not to.

And I can't help feeling that's wise.

I know.

Did you know 18 months before I became Prime Minister, just 2% of the country had even heard of me. Yeah, beware the quiet man. Beware

the invisible man. When I walk into a room, heads failed to turn. Oh, lovely. Helen Mirren as the

Queen again and Paul Ritter as John Major.

Susanna Clap is here to tell us whether the audience deserves one, an audience, that is.

First, though, we discuss a problem from history.

The main thing you can say about the present day is that the reason it really isn't that much of it.

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