Roughly Speaking

1:11: John Fritze, who covers Washington and Congress for The Baltimore Sun, talks about the Senate's controversial and widely criticized overhaul of Obamacare, HUD secretary Ben Carson's visit to Baltimore, and Maryland's bid to locate the new FBI headquarters in Prince George's County.13:15: Paula Gallagher, book critic and librarian with the Baltimore County Public Library, offers a rich selection of 2017 fiction and non-fiction titles for your consideration for summer reading.Links:http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bs-md-health-care-poll-20170621-story.htmlhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-carson-visits-baltimore-20170629-story.htmlhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-congress-fbi-cut-20170629-story.htmlhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/dan-rodricks-blog/bal-books-for-summer-2017-recommended-by-librarian-paula-gallagher-20170630-story.html

Tech expert Sean Gallagher says what's happening in cyberspace is a battle royal, with multiple, mysterious combatants hacking away at each other, disrupting commerce and public life. Cyber attacks have occurred around the world, with actors holding computer systems hostage for ransom, and some just destroying data. Some cyberweapons develeoped by the National Security Agency in Maryland have been used in recent attacks. If all this seems over our heads, Gallagher brings it down to Earth with 20 minutes of tech'splaining. Sean is the Baltimore-based IT and national security editor of Ars Technica and joins us on the podcast every few weeks to talk about the latest in tech news.Links:https://arstechnica.com/author/sean-gallagher/https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/petya-outbreak-was-a-chaos-sowing-wiper-not-profit-seeking-ransomware/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/28/technology/ransomware-nsa-hacking-tools.html

Within the last couple of months, two of Maryland's oldest family-owned newspapers were sold to media companies based in West Virginia. In April, the daily Frederick News-Post, established in 1883 by William T. Delaplaine and owned by his descendants, was sold to Ogden Newspapers, Inc. This week marks the end of Sincell family ownership of the weekly Republican in Oakland, Garrett County. NCWV Media, headquartered in Clarksburg, W.Va., purchased The Republican, which has been in the Sincell family since 1890. Donald W. Sincell, the paper's retiring editor, talks about the sale and about his experiences of recent years, railing with editorials against fracking in Western Maryland and the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump.Links:https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/services/will-randall-signs-off-after-years-of-family-publishing-history/article_d1ff9eca-f6a9-5021-80f2-d424307482ca.htmlhttps://www.therepublicannews.com/

3:10 British comedian and actor Eddie Izzard has written an enjoyable new memoir about his childhood, boarding school days, getting into show business and coming out transgender, says our book critic Paula Gallagher. 6:35 Racial slurs are repugnant, but, according to last week's Supreme Court ruling in the "Slants" case, they are also protected under the law. The real check on hateful, offensive speech is social civility, says Sheri Parks, associate dean at the University of Maryland and a Roughly Speaking regular. Parks thinks we're in a strange, new era where the line between civil and offensive has become murky — a problematic situation for an increasingly diverse nation.Links: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318643/believe-me-by-eddie-izzard/9780399175831/http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-slants-disparate-trademark-20170619-story.htmlhttp://amst.umd.edu/faculty/sheri-parks/

Presenting the final of five encore episodes about the history, culture, and folklore of Maryland and its largest city: The Boys of Dunbar: Baltimore's greatest basketball team, the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Poets of 1981-1982.

Presenting the fourth of five encore episodes about the history, culture, and folklore of Maryland and its largest city: Legends of Baltimore: Little Willie Adams and Philip Berrigan, two very different men who left their marks on Baltimore in very different ways.

Presenting the third of five encore episodes about the history, culture, and folklore of Maryland and its largest city: City College's first black graduate, plus, the day Frank Robinson hit a ball out of Memorial Stadium.Links:http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-home-run-20160508-story.html

Presenting the second of five encore episodes about the history, culture, and folklore of Maryland and its largest city: Thomas McCreary, the notorious Maryland slave catcher, and the kidnaping of the Parker sisters.

Presenting the first of five encore episodes about the history, culture, and folklore of Maryland and its largest city: The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 and the shocking death of the mayor, Baltimore's youngest ever, who saw the city through the disaster.Links: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/history/bs-baltimorefire-slideshow-htmlstory.htmlhttp://articles.baltimoresun.com/2004-02-07/news/0402070176_1_mclane-committed-suicide-baltimore

2:45: Paula Gallagher, Roughly Speaking book critic, has read and recommends Roxane Gay's much-anticipated memoir, "Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body."7:01: Barrooms offered special drinks — Russian vodka and “impeachmint” cocktails — for every Trump tweet during fired FBI Director James Comey's televised testimony to Congress on Thursday. But bartenders did not have to deliver on the offer. Trump showed remarkable restraint — until Friday morning, when he accused Comey of "false statements and lies," and claimed "complete vindication." After another week of Trumpian drama and anxiety, it's time again for Happy Hour on the Roughly Speaking podcast with Baltimore bartender Brendan Dorr. This time, Dan's smarter brothers, Ed and Joe, join the conversation to talk about their favorite mixed drinks — the Negroni, the Old Fashioned, the Hemingway Daiquiri — and Brendan's brother, Aaron, shares a favorite cocktail, the Gin-Gin Mule. Brendan Dorr is president of the Baltimore Bartenders Guild and tends bar at the B----O

"Wonder Woman," starring Gal Gadot, debuted last week with $103.3 million in ticket sales and is expected to retain the top spot at the box office in the U.S. and Canada. Roughly Speaking film critics Linda DeLibero and Christopher Llewellyn Reed talk about "Wonder Woman" and the too few other movies that have featured female action heroes, from 1942's "Mrs. Miniver," starring Greer Garson, to Charlize Theron's Furiosa in "Mad Max: Fury Road" in 2015. Also on our list: "The Furies" (1950), "Aliens" (1986), "Jackie Brown" (1997), "Kill Bill, Volume 1" (2003), and "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1" (2014).Links:http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-movie-projector-mummy-wonder-woman20170606-htmlstory.html

1:46: Weekly Reader: Paula Gallagher, Baltimore County librarian and Roughly Speaking book critic, recommends, "No Apparent Distress," a memoir about a woman's journey to serving the poor as a physician.7:26: Hitting The Books: Gary Thorne, in his 11th season as the play-by-play announcer for the Orioles, reads a lot more than the sports pages. He reads books — non-fiction and novels — and over the last several months he's written about what he reads in a blog on the MASN web site. Today, Thorne talks about how "Hitting The Books" came about, which titles he's been reading while on the road with the Birds, and a favorite novel he makes sure to read about once a year.Links:http://books.wwnorton.com/books/No-Apparent-Distress/http://www.masnsports.com/gary-thorne/http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2165.The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea

For their senior-year class project at Park School, Rebecca Margolis and Catherine Turner examined the history of lynchings that occurred in Maryland in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Drawing on the research of Sherrilyn Iffil, among others, the students focused on five cases — three of which took place in the Baltimore area. As hate crimes escalate across the country, with nooses discovered on college campuses and in the nation's capital, Margolis and Turner provide timely perspective on a form of racial terrorism that, while most common in the South, is believed to have occurred more than 30 times in Maryland. Students of Park School history teacher Daniel Jacoby, Margolis and Turner were part of a larger group of students who have been researching Maryland lynchings for a documentary film project of Baltimore producer Will Schwarz.Links:http://www.law.umaryland.edu/about/news_details.html?news=224https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/third-noose-in-a-week-found-in-dc-this-time-in-southeast/2017/

1:35: Making her weekly appearance on the show, book critic Paula Gallagher recommends a food history of the American South, "The Potlikker Papers," by John T. Edge.12:18: The Fourth Amendment is facing a crisis, says University of Maryland law professor David Gray. The constitutional right against unreasonable search and seizure is threatened by the advance of technology that empowers police and other government agencies to track our communications, our social contacts and financial transactions. In a new book, Gray explores the original meaning of the Fourth Amendment and how the courts, including the Supreme Court, will be challenged to secure its protections as government surveillance power grows. Gray is the author of, "The Fourth Amendment In An Age of Surveillance," from Cambridge University Press.Links:http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318266/the-potlikker-papers-by-john-t-edge/9781594206559/http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/us-law/fourth-amendment-age-surveillance?format=PB#MYDq

Should young offenders who rape or kill be sentenced to life in prison, and if so, should they be treated differently than adults who commit crimes of violence? Since 2005, the Supreme Court has had a lot to say about how we treat juveniles who kill and rape. The high court banned the death penalty for offenders under 18. It limited sentences of life without parole to those convicted of murder. It banned the use of mandatory life without parole, though some states, including Maryland, still have it as an option. And even in cases where juveniles serving life might be eligible for parole, in Maryland the governor has the final say. Therefore, the American Civil Liberties Union argues that Maryland has de facto life without parole for juvenile offenders, and the ACLU says that unconstitutional. To explain a lawsuit filed against the state, Dan's guest is Sonia Kumar, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland. Further reading: An overview of juveniles and life without parole from the S

1:08: Paula Gallagher, Baltimore County librarian and Roughly Speaking book critic, recommends a new novel, "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine," soon to be a motion picture directed by Reese Witherspoon.5:31: Mark Romano, a photographer and teacher of photography, talks about his collection of the works of Finley Taylor, who captured life in the logging camps of West Virginia in the early 20th Century. Romano has thousands of negatives from Taylor, a studio photographer who ventured by horseback and rail into the wilderness to chronicle the harvest of hardwood trees near the boom town of Richwood. Taylor's photographs appear in a three-volume set of books, "Last Photographers," published by Romano during the last year. Taylor is also the subject of Dan's Sunday column, accompanied by an online gallery of his photos.Links:http://deadline.com/2017/05/reese-witherspoon-hello-sunshine-eleanor-oliphant-is-completely-fine-something-in-the-water-1202090140/http://www.imagesbyromano.com/https://lastphotographers.co

1:36: Book critic Paula Gallagher recommends a book about a bird with a lousy reputation: "Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird," by Katie Fallon.6:08: Could Baltimore reverse its population slide, grow by 80,000 residents and fill 40,000 empty rowhouses? Architect Klaus Philipsen offers informed opinions — and a dose of optimism — in today's wide-ranging conversation about the city's past, present and future. Philipsen, president of ArchPlan Inc., writes a daily blog about urban life, and he is the author of a new book, "Baltimore: Reinventing An Industrial Legacy City." Mentioned in this segment: State Center, Red Line, Eager Park.Links:http://www.upne.com/1611689716.htmlhttp://www.archplan.com/index.htmlhttp://archplanbaltimore.blogspot.com/2012/08/anatomy-of-baltimore-rowhouse.htmlhttps://www.routledge.com/Baltimore-Reinventing-an-Industrial-Legacy-City/Philipsen/p/book/9781138230361http://communityarchitectdaily.blogspot.com/2017/05/who-can-save-state-center.htmlhttp://communityarchitectdaily.blo

1:04: Dan's commentary on the terror attack in Britain and a potential hate crime at the University of Maryland.5:35: Richard Cross, a Maryland-based Republican political analyst and speechwriter, talks about the issues raised just before the president's trip abroad — the firing of the FBI director, the appointment of a special counsel to investigate possible collusion between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign — and whether these controversies will prompt any Republican leaders to distance themselves from the president.16:02: Maryland Rep. John Sarbanes, D-3rd, says the Trump presidency presents "a maximum stress test for the democracy," with numerous conflicts of interest and now a "draconian" federal budget that could be "cataclysmic to the core functions of government." Sarbanes, chair of the House Democrats' newly created Democracy Reform Task Force, says Trump, with his cabinet and other appointments, has "filled the swamp" with former lobbyists and industry lawyers. "There's a fox in charge of every he

2:00: The Sun's Childs Walker previews the 142d Preakness Stakes, with Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming, trained by Todd Pletcher, the oddsmakers' 4-5 favorite.6:27: As attention shifts once again to Pimlico Race Course and the Preakness, Sun reporter Luke Broadwater talks about his recent story on Park Heights, the blighted neighborhood near the track and hopes for a redevelopment of the area. A lot of those hopes, Luke says, are intertwined with Pimlico and the future of the Preakness.19:28: Listen to a 12-minute recording of a ceremony honoring Chris Roberson, the 38-year-old nurse practitioner who went above and beyond good citizenship to return a wallet stolen from a disabled senior citizen outside Lexington Market in early April. The ceremony features remarks by Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, Dr. Bob Padousis, the robbery victim, and Chris Roberson.http://www.baltimoresun.com/balnews-childs-walker-20130507-staff.htmlhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/horse-racing/preakness/bal-always-dr

Today a look at a new HBO movie and a Netflix docuseries, both about true crimes — the massive financial fraud of Bernie Madoff, and the unsolved murder, nearly 50 years ago, of a young Baltimore nun.5:25: Baltimore Sun reporter Alison Knezevich talks about the 1969 murder of Sister Catherine Cesnick, now the subject of a seven-part Netflix documentary called, "The Keepers." This week, Baltimore County police reported that a DNA sample taken from the remains of a Catholic priest did not match evidence from the nearly 50-year-old crime scene. 14:18: Financial journalist and author Diana Henriques talks about her role in "The Wizard of Lies," an HBO film about the Bernie Madoff scandal starring Oscar-winner Robert DeNiro and Michelle Pfeiffer, and directed by Baltimore native Barry Levinson. Henriques is the author of the best-selling book upon which the movie is based. She covered the Madoff scandal for The New York Times and interviewed the crook in prison. She tells how she ended up playing herself, opposite