Roughly Speaking

John Eisenberg, former Sun sports columnist and author, takes a deep dive into what might be baseball's most enduring record — Cal Ripken Jr.'s consecutive game streak of 2,632, surpassing on Sept. 6, 1995 at Oriole Park in Baltimore Lou Gehrig's record of 2,130 that had stood for 56 years. Eisenberg not only compares Gehrig's streak with Ripken's, but surveys the entire history of the American game — back before accurate records were kept — to find other players who set impressive endurance marks. Eisenberg's book is, "The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr. and Baseball's Most Historic Record." Eisenberg will read from and discuss his book at The Ivy Bookshop on Monday, July 10 at 7 p.m.Links:http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-orioles-to-celebrate-20th-anniversary-of-cal-ripken-jrs-2131st-consecutive-game-20150709-story.htmlhttp://www.theivybookshop.com/upcomingevent/3343

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