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 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.

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Thanks for listening to the Arts and Ideas podcast, presented by me Shahedavari.

This episode about the news is hot of the press, of course.

Join us for some headline-grabbing crime, satire and state-sponsored assassinations just after this.

Hi, I'm Alistair Suk, and I want to tell you about the way I see it,

a brand new podcast from BBC Radio 3.

It's a 30-part series in which we're throwing open the collection at MoMA,

the Museum of Modern Art in New York,

to some of the sharpest creative minds of our time.

We'll be speaking to comedian, Steve Martin, writer Roxanne Gay, musician Steve Reich, and many, many more.

I'll be your guide throughout the series, so join me as I explore one of the greatest collections of modern art in the world.

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Hello, I'm Shahadabari, and this is not the 10 o'clock news.

It's free thinking, actually, which you can listen to at whatever time you like on BBC Sounds.

But since we're talking about news, crime, satire and state-sponsored assassinations today,

all of which feature in this year's Being Human Festival,

let's keep up the portentous music as I give you the program headlines.

Murder of a Morris dancer in 1722,

just one of the historical true crimes that's inspired a new app.

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