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, 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 it.

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.

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

Hello, I'm Shahe Dabari and this is the Arts and Ideas podcast.

We hope you're keeping safe and well at home through the coronavirus pandemic.

If you're anything like me, you might have found yourself whipping out the family scrabble board

and dusting off the dominoes to pass the time.

If so, this program from the

Freethinking Archive is for you. It's about games, from ancient Mesopotamian ones that demand

strategy and cunning, to the sort you play on consoles until your thumbs hurt. We ask,

why do we play games and what do they tell us about being human?

So, let the games begin.

Hello, what better way to bring everyone together than a good old-fashioned family board game.

So, are you a dab hand at Uno?

Or maybe you're magnificent at Monopoly?

If you're about to dust off your trivial pursuit cards, 1978 edition,

then you'll want to stay tuned for today's programme.

We're talking games, ancient games, video games, games, games shows,

and the gamification of life in general.

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