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.

Listen to evil genius on BBC sounds.

Is there a collective word for a group of women speaking their minds?

Perhaps you might come up with one while listening to this episode of the BBC Arts and Ideas podcast.

I'm Catherine Fletcher, but before I introduce you to my guests,

here's a quick word about another podcast.

It's amazing how many recordings you can find these days

of a favourite piece of classical music,

hundreds of Beethoven symphonies, Mozart concertos,

Schubert sonatas or Verdi operas. So wouldn't it be great to have someone to help you pick the very

best? Consider it done. I'm Andrew McGregor from BBC Radio 3's Record Review. Just download our

podcast and one of our experts building a library reviewers will guide you through a great piece of music, comparing recordings, choosing the finest performances.

Search for us wherever you pick up your podcasts. Record review.

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Now the novelist Rebecca West once said that she had never been able to find out what feminism was.

She only knew that people called her a feminist whenever she expressed sentiments that differentiated her from a doormat.

How are women today expressing themselves in art, theatre and comedy?

And is their work always feminist? That's our question today as we

discuss the sculptor Louise Bourgeois, a 21st century musical take on Aristophanes, and a new

approach to Shakespeare's histories. On which note, here's how the hugely successful

guilty feminist podcast reworked Henry V.

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