This episode is brought to you by the new cinema release Civil War

directed by Alex Garland.

I love what ifs, those counterfactual versions of history that make you ask fresh questions of the past.

How about then a what if of the near future that will make you ask urgent questions of the present. Civil War is a

high octane, action-packed, adrenaline-fueled ride through a near future America, one fractured and balanced on a

raiser's edge. It is a thrilling and immersive action film, but it's also a thought

provoking analysis of human nature.

Its apocalypse now meets World War Z,

with a side order of provocative questions about what an alternate tomorrow

might look like.

This is not one you're going to want to miss.

I reckon that everyone is going to be talking about this one.

Experience Civil War, the film on the big screen exclusively in cinemas from the 12th of April including in IMAX.

Erasmus of Rotterdam is probably a name that you know. In the 16th century he was about as famous as anybody could be, a sort of intellectual hero, like today's guest has suggested Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking.

It's rather amazing he became so.

Born the illegitimate son of a priest, Erasmus did not have the greatest of starts in life.

But hard work and natural brilliance made him one of the greatest

scholars of his age.

As such, he offered something radical, a vision of a humanist philosophy of Christ. He was critical of hypocrisy but shamelessly in

search of fame. He believed in independence but sought the attention of the rich and

powerful and he practiced a spirit of constructive debate

and tolerance from which we could learn, but he was anti-Semitic. In other words, he certainly

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