host: author mary eberstadt, where -- why are there two versions of your book? mary: there are actually two books. the first was written about 10 years ago called "adam and eve after the pill." it is about -- about a decade later, i published "adam and eve after the pill, revisited" which looks at society and christianity itself. we are taking in the biggest possible terrain. host: what are some of those macro trends that you have noticed? mary: it is a big story, but let's try to do the short version. i have been interested in tracing the faultlines that are beneath society as we know it. i am not a reporter. i tried to get underneath at the big things that are transforming our world. one of these things is the sexual revolution and the collapse of christianity, which begins in the early 1960's. now, what is the effect of these trends? one thing that has happened is that emily's have gotten smaller. families are more broken than they used to be. many people live alone, who did not used to. this has been a transformative effect on our world, i think. the collapse

the letters here's a quote from mary eberstadt. cheering for and omnivorous broken homes and abuse and up kids and allsc the rest of the revolution's fallout may not bel everyone's thing but most of you new atheist guys have definitely made it yours. >> a total hard to explain but w atheism. i'm sure you remember the years that were dominated by is their and isn't there a and there was push back. most people who were not in the atheist camp who are trying to respond to this for taking it at face value and riding serious books. many other people wrote serious books they know here's why the claim that science -- are compatible is false or here's why the new atheism is wrong. i have wanted to take a different tack because i suspect when it comes to these questions of are you religious and are you not religious there is more going on under the surface than just the loss of the 101 arguments about whether god exists. these often had to do with deep personal issues for our reasons for not wanting to believe. i tried to get it despite inv

host: author mary eberstadt author mary eberstadt why are there two versions of your book adam and eve after the pill and adam and eve after the pill revisited? care to books peter. the first one written about 10 years ago called adam and eve after the pill was what i call a microscopic look at the effects of the revolution to individuals with men, women, children and a decade later adam and eve after the pill revisited which is a macrotopic of the revolution on politics on society and christianity itself. so the aperture has been widened. >> what are some of those macrotrends? >> well it's a long story. let's try to do the short version here. d i've been interested for a long and tracing the fault lines that are beneath society as you know it. i'm not a reporter, i don't look at the surface. i tried to get underneath the trends that are transforming our these trends is the sexual revolution and the concomitant of christianity which begins really in the early 1960s. what is the effect of these combined trends? one thing that has happened his families have gotten smaller. families are m

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host: mary eberstadt, with four kids and writing, how did you manage to do the? stly, i did not. i did not write a lot when they were growing up. host: when you write your books, ready right -- where do you write them? mary: i write them in my head at 4:00 in the morning, and then when i wake up, i put them on paper. i make the notes in longhand and then i type out the argument. host: you are on the air. caller: thank you for taking my call. one question. when things better when you're young or better now? i find that the depends on you are and where you are in society. growing up my and privileged, it was a totally different world than african-american and his panic who are now doing much better. there are people who are also doing worse. i do not know how you make the judgment as to society is better or worse. you have to look at individuals. there are an awful lot of things . i look back and i honestly think that there were some things that were much better and there were some things that were much worse. that is just a comment. thank you. mary: thank you. that