The story that Danny tells seems fantastical but he backs it up with copious documentation.

The names he mentions – the Rothschilds, the Astors, JP Morgan and the Vanderbilts - are only vaguely known to Emma and he has to quickly sketch in who they are, the Robber Barons who control Wall Street and who are also are deeply involved in machinations in the City of London. They are among the richest and most ruthless men in the world.

Some kind of high level dispute involving billions of dollars and the re-shaping of the world’s monetary order has made some of them the implacable enemies of the others. It seems to involve the creation of a central bank, which will in effect be privately owned by Morgan’s allies.

Emma’s head has been spinning as she listens to this story, backed up as it is by newspaper reports and other documents. Is it true?

Danny says it’s for the reader to make up their own mind. He’s a journalist and, in the end, maybe in this modern world there can be two or three or even more alternative facts and realities.

When she asks what he means by saying that he might not publish the story, he says there might be a bigger payday in not publishing it.

Written by Ron Hutchinson.

EMMA ……Jasmine Hyde
DANNY …. Nathan Osgood
SWANSON .… Colin Stinton
HAVERMAYER … Matt Rippy
DOCTOR ….Patrick Bailey
Reception Clerk .... Laurel Lefkow

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan.

A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2019. Show less