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"Allegiance" | The New York Times Close Up with Sam Robert

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Channel: CUNY TV · 2017 · News & Politics

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Sam Roberts talks with  The Pulitzer Prize winning historian Stephen Greenblatt about his latest work, “The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve.”  It couldn’t be more relevant today. His book  raises a remarkable question:  Who wrote the story and why does it continue to have such resonance.
New York Times journalists Contributing Writers Clyde Haberman and Eleanor Randolph, “About New York” Columnist Jim Dwyer and City Hall Bureau reporter J. David Goodman discuss the week's lead stories  and offer informed opinions about the week ahead.
And he offers some thoughts about patriotism and the flag  in “Coda.”  (Taped:  092817)

Get closer to this week’s important issues and events. Veteran Times correspondent Sam Roberts returns to television to discuss the big stories with journalists covering them and with leading newsmakers. Preview articles that will appear in The New York Times over the weekend, discover the back stories and savor the conversation that has distinguished the program for 25 years.

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