Hour 2
We're coming into the 150th anniversary of the American South's first organized attempt to secede from the Union. Our guest, University of Pennsylvania professor of history STEPHANIE MCCURRY, looks at the Confederate War through the experience of the South's women and slave struggles in her new book, "Confederate Reckoning." We'll talk to her about how women and slaves influenced the demise of the Confederacy, including how they took on the Jefferson Davis government on government enlistment, and tax and welfare policies.

Filed under: author, military |

Hour 2
If you wanted to get to know your neighbors better, how would you go about it? What about inviting yourself to stay overnight at their homes? Our guest PETER LOVENHEIM lived out this social experiment in his leafy Rochester, NY suburb by staying over night at many of his neighbor’s homes on his street. After seven years of sleepovers and interviews, he’s written a book of his experience, "In the Neighborhood: The Search for Community on an American Street, One Sleepover at a Time." We'll talk about how a traumatic incident on his street inspired him to understand his neighbors deeper in a world of digital social networking and insular suburban living.

Filed under: author, family issues, social issues |