This Week on The Confab: Is Van Jones the new Rev. Jeremiah Wright? Pessimism on the public option and an out-of-body experience with propofol. Join The Root's deputy editor Terence Samuel as he talks with senior culture writer Teresa Wiltz and contributors to The Root David Swerdlick and Angie Chuang.

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