This weeks Father Figures include Dave Zirin, sports columnist for The Nation; sports commentator and host of PRI’s The Takewaway Ibrahim Abdul-Matin; hiphop journalist and sociology professor Oliver Wang; and Bakari Kitwana, Executive Director of Rap Sessions. Musician and 10 time Grammy nominee Meshell Ndegeocello is our Token Mom. SHOPTALK topics include the importance of athletics, LINsanity, Black-Asian relations, raising non-racist children, and “HipHop Parenting”