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, I'm Philip Dodd, and welcome to Radio 3's Arts and Ideas podcast featuring the best of Radio 3's nightwaves.

In this week's podcast, we're becoming more spiritual, less religious, and it's a danger to our

mental well-being, also says a recent 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 Stanislasky at 150, a trio of theatrical experts

join Anne McElvoy to trace the legacy of Russia's great realist. But first, I was joined by

David Benedict to review the New Year blockbuster Les Miserables.

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 Meuseyarab 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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