--  Listener email and thank yous especially to mykinkycreed.com and an apology to a listener who got TMI.

--  Rant. Make that a double cheeseburger and a prom dress to go or parents need to learn to say "NO"

-- Sunny does NY in June

News Items (15:10)

--  Obama Prepares for Republican Scare Tactics. He Ain't Afraid of No Ghost  Newsweek

--  Taking Aim at First Ladies in Waiting  Financial Times

--  Red or Blue, The South Rethinks Its Allegiance The New York Times

--  We Shall Overcome? Not Yet The Economist (you must read this)

--  It's a Shrink Rapped Shame The Economist

--  Skip the Grocery Store and Hit the Backyard Garden  The Christian Science Monitor

--  Cynthia Tucker's Take on the Hip-hop Lie Atlanta Journal-Constitution

--  Doing It Right, Education in Nassau County, New York The New York Times

--  Getting it Wrong, Chicago's Gang and Gun Violence The Economist

--  Making it Work, Chicago's Urban Prep and Renaissance Schools Fund The Economist

--  Near Death Changes Doctor's Paradigm, Tanzania Reaps the Benefits  San Francisco Chronicle

--  Women Shine in Rwanda The Washington Post

(59:00)
On the Street - For the Littlest Obamas--Public or Private?

--  For the Musically Stuck in a Rut . . . The Roots' Rising Down Makes Hip-hop A Pleasure Again

--  Sunny's Good Word - Appeasement

--  Where In the World is . . . Mount Kilimanjaro?