This Week on The Confab: A culture takeover! Obama practices Arabic while the Republicans keep swinging at Sotomayor. MLK gets a movie makeover and black viewers everywhere brace themselves for a Tyler Perry existence. Plus, the NBA playoffs ... in song? Join The Root's Deputy Editor Terence Samuel as he chats with Copy Editor Erin Evans and Assistant Editor Saaret E. Yoseph.

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* Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.