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EPISODE 1 | WHEN THE LUSITANIA WENT DOWN On 2 April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went to Congress to seek permission to declare war. He was met with tumultuous applause and on 6 April 1917 America finally entered the conflict. A new drama from Martyn Wade - ENTER THE PEACE BROKER - brings America’s journey into war vividly alive. Based on first-hand accounts – diaries, letters and contemporary press coverage – it is a compelling story of duplicity and diplomatic intrigue, of colourful personalities engaged in great power politics, and of secret communications between Washington, London and Berlin set against the backdrop of war. FEBRUARY 1915. Colonel House, President Wilson’s right-hand man, is aboard the Lusitania bound for Liverpool. His mission: to negotiate peace. But the voyage is a perilous one. German submarines are on the prowl in the Irish Sea. CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) LORD NORTHCLIFFE – Henry Goodman | COLONEL HOUSE – Nathan Osgood | COUNT VON BERNSTORFF – Chris Pavlo | WILLIAM HINES PAGE – William Hope | COUNTESS BLÜCHER – Jasmine Hyde CREDITS Script consultant - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Director - Elizabeth Rigbey | Sound design - David Chilton | Songs performed by Jessica Walker, with James Holmes on piano A ChromeRadio Production 2017 | With thanks to the Rothermere Foundation

EPISODE 5 | JOHNNY, GET YOUR GUN INTRODUCTION BY PROFESSOR SIR HEW STRACHAN By the time America joined the War in April 1917, Britain was on the verge of bankruptcy. President Wilson had finally accepted that the US would have to fight if it wanted to help shape the peace, but there was concern in Britain that he did not appreciate how critical the Allied position had become. Professor Sir Hew Strachan considers how the peacemaker turned belligerent and the War Missions despatched by Britain to the US to press its case. PRESENTER Sir Hew Strachan is Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, an Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and a Life Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford (2002-2015) and Director of the Oxford Programme on the Changing Character of War (2003-2012). He is a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum, and a Commonwealth War Graves Commissioner. CREDITS Music - James Holmes on piano | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Recorded at Essential Music | A ChromeRadio Production 2017 | With thanks to the Rothermere Foundation.

EPISODE 3 | I DIDN'T RAISE MY BOY TO BE A SOLDIER INTRODUCTION BY PROFESSOR SIR HEW STRACHAN The efforts of President Wilson’s adviser, Colonel House, to use the neutrality of the United States to broker a peace in 1915 and early 1916 had little hope of success. But by the end of 1916, the prospects for peace had improved. Professor Sir Hew Strachan considers Germany’s and America’s competing peace initiatives of December 1916. PRESENTER Sir Hew Strachan is Professor of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, an Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and a Life Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War, University of Oxford (2002-2015) and Director of the Oxford Programme on the Changing Character of War (2003-2012). He is a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum, and a Commonwealth War Graves Commissioner. CREDITS Music - James Holmes on piano | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Recorded at Essential Music | A ChromeRadio Production 2017 | With thanks to the Rothermere Foundation.

EPISODE 2 | THE HERO OF THE EUROPEAN WAR On 2 April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went to Congress to seek permission to declare war. He was met with tumultuous applause and on 6 April 1917 America finally entered the conflict. A new drama from Martyn Wade - ENTER THE PEACE BROKER - brings America’s journey into war vividly alive. Based on first-hand accounts – diaries, letters and contemporary press coverage – it is a compelling story of duplicity and diplomatic intrigue, of colourful personalities engaged in great power politics, and of secret communications between Washington, London and Berlin set against the backdrop of war. JUNE 1915. Anti-German feeling in America is running high following the sinking of the Lusitania. At the front, the Allies are not making the progress they had hoped for. But President Wilson refuses to be drawn into the conflict - he has an election at home to think about. CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) COUNT VON BERNSTORFF – Chris Pavlo | COLONEL HOUSE – Nathan Osgood | COUNTESS BLÜCHER – Jasmine Hyde | KURT RIEZLER – Gunnar Cauthery | LORD NORTHCLIFFE – Henry Goodman | MARGOT ASQUITH – Sophie Thompson | AJ BALFOUR – Tim Woodward | EDITH BOLLING – Laurel Lefkow | WILLIAM HINES PAGE – William Hope CREDITS Script consultant - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Director - Elizabeth Rigbey | Sound design - David Chilton | Songs performed by Jessica Walker, with James Holmes on piano A ChromeRadio Production 2017 | With thanks to the Rothermere Foundation

EPISODE 5 | JOHNNY, GET YOUR GUN On 2 April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went to Congress to seek permission to declare war. He was met with tumultuous applause and on 6 April 1917 America finally entered the conflict. A new drama from Martyn Wade - ENTER THE PEACE BROKER - brings America’s journey into war vividly alive. Based on first-hand accounts – diaries, letters and contemporary press coverage – it is a compelling story of duplicity and diplomatic intrigue, of colourful personalities engaged in great power politics, and of secret communications between Washington, London and Berlin set against the backdrop of war. FEBRUARY 1917. President Wilson orders the arming of merchant ships as America drifts ever closer to war. On 2 April 1917, President Wilson addresses Congress and on 6 April America declares war on Germany. But has help come too late? Britain sends Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to Washington to press the Allied cause. CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) LORD NORTHCLIFFE – Henry Goodman | KURT RIEZLER – Gunnar Cauthery | COLONEL HOUSE – Nathan Osgood | WILLIAM HINES PAGE – William Hope | EDITH WILSON – Laurel Lefkow | COUNT VON BERNSTORFF – Chris Pavlo | FRANCES STEVENSON – Tuppence Middleton | AJ BALFOUR – Tim Woodward CREDITS Script consultant - Professor Sir Hew Strachan | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Director - Elizabeth Rigbey | Sound design - David Chilton | Songs performed by Jessica Walker, with James Holmes on piano A ChromeRadio Production 2017 | With thanks to the Rothermere Foundation

This month, we are in Vienna with American systems scientist JOHN CASTI, an expert on X-events. In EPISODE 4, the last podcast in the series, we learn how to anticipate, prepare for, and manage future X-events. RECAP: in EPISODE 1, we entered the world of X-events. In EPISODE 2, we encountered Wittgenstein. measured complexity gaps, and kept a look out for plateaux morphing into mountain peaks. In EPISODE 3, we learned about resilience and the four 'As', survival Hundertwasser-style, and creative destruction. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with XEventDynamics LLC | Recorded on location in Vienna, October 2017 | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

This month, we are in Vienna with American systems scientist JOHN CASTI, an expert on X-events. In EPISODE 1, we entered the world of X-events. In EPISODE 2, we encountered Wittgenstein. measured complexity gaps, and kept a look out for plateaux morphing into mountain peaks. In EPISODE 3, we learn about resilience and the four 'As', survival Hundertwasser-style, and creative destruction. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with XEventDynamics LLC | Recorded on location in Vienna, October 2017 | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

This month, we are in Vienna with American systems scientist JOHN CASTI, an expert on X-events. In EPISODE 1, he introduced us to the world of X-events, with its shifting landscapes, complexity gaps, and random triggers. In EPISODE 2, we encounter Wittgenstein and his passion for simplicity, learn how to measure complexity gaps, and understand how a comfortable plateau can morph into a perilous mountain peak! PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with XEventDynamics LLC | Recorded on location in Vienna, October 2017 | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Financial crises, disruptions to global communications systems, political upheavals, pandemics...  Extreme - or 'X' - events are difficult to predict, high impact, and cause significant damage.  How can we prepare for them, and can we survive them? We travel to Vienna to meet American systems scientist JOHN CASTI, an expert on X-events, to find out more.  Over coffee and cake in Café Landtmann, we enter a world of shifting landscapes, complexity gaps, and random triggers.  Watch that precipice! PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with XEventDynamics LLC | Recorded on location in Vienna, October 2017 | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.

Dmitri Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, on understanding Russia under Vladimir Putin. PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio in partnership with The Monthly Barometer and Anadeo, Chamonix | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Chris Sharp.