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

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On tonight's programme, we are becoming more spiritual, less religious, and it's a danger to our well-being.

So says a report, but a flowers left at a roadside accident, a Nike trainer rather than an angel over a grave,

just a travesty of spirituality, never mind religion.

We discuss.

And the actor Fiona Shaw takes Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner onto a stage

with nothing more than her voice, a body, a silent dancer, a sail, two hats and a staff.

It is very lonely, and it's very lonely. You feel terrible responsibility. I think I do it because

I'm practised at it. I think I now would dare to do it.

Fiona Shaw and more from her later. But first, Les Mis Raab, the film version of a musical that some see as Puccini Light. The press kit for the new film says Victor Hugo's story

and the musical version of it, a more resonant and ever. It's story of the disenfranchised

joining together to challenge corruption

and demand change a tale for our own times. It's an interesting proposition. Yet most of us

know Les and Meuseyre as a stage musical that's been seen by 60 million people in 42 countries

and 21 languages around the world. Based on Victor Hugo's great novel,

tells us tale of Valjean,

a former criminal who's pursued through France

during the early part of the 19th century by Javert,

the officer in charge of the convict workforce.

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