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16/05/2010

Tracing the silvery threads of a spider’s web… Our programme today is all about the power of connections.

Connections and Rupture

Harvard physician and social scientist, Professor Nicholas Christakis explains how our behaviour, health and even basic beliefs can be shaped by people we’ve never met. Israeli film director Amos Gitai gives his poignant memories of frontline military services, and how this affected his vision as a film maker.
Pakistani novelist Daniyal Mueenuddin draws us into his fictional world of age- old connections built on a feudal society. He argues that the poorer and more desperate you are, the less likely you are to take risks and change your life.

Below the surface, networks and connections between soldiers, servants and traders by Emily Kasriel

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55 minutes

Last on

Sun 16 May 2010 08:05GMT

Chapters

  • Nicholas Christakis

    Making his own connections.

    Duration: 17:27

  • 60 Second Idea to Change the World

    Top ranking military servicemen should be at the front line.

    Duration: 05:33

  • Amos Gitai

    Dramatising the Middle East.

    Duration: 15:00

  • Daniyal Mueenuddin

    Exposing the fault lines in the social fabric of rural Pakistan.

    Duration: 14:59

Broadcast

  • Sun 16 May 2010 08:05GMT

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