When Washington set the world on fire… George Washington has frequently been criticized for his first military campaign, which sparked the French and Indian War. This backwoods campaign between British and French colonials eventually grew into the Seven Years’ War, a global conflict between these European empires. In 1754 Washington was an ambitious yet inexperienced […]
PA Books: “Telling of the Anthracite” with Philip Mosley
“Telling of the Anthracite” explores the various ways in which anthracite history has been represented and remembered since 1960, the chosen date for the start of the “posthistorical” era coinciding approximately with the Knox mine disaster (1959) and the beginning of the Centralia mine fire (1962-), two cataclysmic and fateful events that symbolize the beginning […]
PA Books: “The Whiskey Rebellion” with Brady Crytzer (2023)
In March 1791 Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton shocked the western frontier when he proposed a domestic excise tax on whiskey to balance America’s national debt. The law, known colloquially as the “Whiskey Act,” disproportionately penalized farmers in the backcountry, while offering favorable tax incentives designed to protect larger distillers. Although Hamilton viewed the law as […]
PA Books: “American Ramble” with Neil King (2023)
A memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City—an unforgettable pilgrimage to the heart of America across some of our oldest common ground. Neil King Jr.’s desire to walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City began as a whim and soon became an obsession. By the spring of 2021, events […]
PA Books: “Donora Death Fog” with Andy McPhee (2023)
In October 1948, a seemingly average fog descended on the tiny mill town of Donora, Pennsylvania. With a population of fewer than fifteen thousand, the town’s main industry was steel and zinc mills—mills that continually emitted pollutants into the air. The six-day smog event left twenty-one people dead and thousands sick. Even after the fog […]
March 1: Election 2022
Everett Stern, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, joined us to discuss his candidacy at 7 PM. This PCN Call-in Program aired Tuesday, March 1 at 7 PM.
PA Books: “Made Free and Thrown Open to the Public” with Bernadette Lear
“Made Free and Thrown Open to the Public” charts the history of public libraries and librarianship in Pennsylvania. Based on archival research at more than fifty libraries and historical societies, it describes a long progression from private, subscription-based associations to publicly funded institutions, highlighting the dramatic period during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries […]
PCN is Celebrating Two Appellate Court Coverage Anniversaries in 2021
By Todd Abele, PCN Producer In 2021 PCN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network, celebrates 10- and 15-year anniversaries of its televised coverage of the oral arguments of two of Pennsylvania’s state appellate courts. “It’s now been a decade since PCN cameras were permitted to televise Pennsylvania Supreme Court proceedings,” said President and CEO Debra Kohr Sheppard. […]
PA Books: “Bridges…Pittsburgh at the Point…A Journey Through History”
“Bridges…Pittsburgh at the Point…A Journey Through History” tells the stories of the 34 bridges that crossed the Monongahela, Allegheny, and Ohio rivers in Pittsburgh from 1818 to today. Told through the words of engineers, architects, planners, and historians this is a story of the development of technology, the rise of a city, and the progress […]
PA Books: Stolen
“Stolen” tells the story of five young, free black boys who fall into the clutches of a fearsome gang of kidnappers and slavers in Philadelphia in 1825. Lured onto a small ship with the promise of food and pay, they are instead met with blindfolds, ropes, and knives. Over four long months, their kidnappers drive […]
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