PA Books, a weekly PCN program, features hour-long conversations with authors about Pennsylvania’s history and culture. For over 20 years, it has explored key events, notable figures, and significant topics.
Watch new episodes Sundays at 7 PM and weekdays at 8 AM on PCN or stream anytime on PCN Select. Listen on the go with the PA Books podcast, available on major platforms.
Upcoming Episodes:
December 29: “Work, Fight, Or Play Ball” with William Ecenbarger (2024) - In 1918, Bethlehem Steel started the world’s greatest industrial baseball league. Appealing to Major League Baseball players looking to avoid service in the Great War, teams employed “ringers” like Babe Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, and Shoeless Joe Jackson in what became scornfully known as “safe shelter” leagues. In Work, Fight, or Play Ball, William Ecenbarger fondly […]
January 12: “Voices from Gettysburg” with Allen Guelzo (2024) - Gathering a treasure trove of powerful, rare, and haunting original documents, New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian Allen C. Guelzo presents a uniquely readable and intimate oral history of the Civil War’s turning point. We hear from a Union staff officer, a Confederate amputee, artilleryman, a sympathetic Northern woman, a Union prisoner-of-war, Union […]
