
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 PA Books Sundays at 7 PM and weekdays at 8 AM on PCN or stream anytime with PCN Select. Listen on the go with the PA Books podcast, available on major platforms.

Upcoming Episodes:
February 8: “Mud, Rocks, Blazes” with Heather Anderson - Despite her success setting a self-supported Fastest Known Time record on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2013, Heather “Anish” Anderson still had such deep-seated insecurities that she became convinced her feat had been a fluke. So two years later she set out again, this time hiking through mud, rocks, and mountain blazes to crush her […]
Three Roads to Gettysburg, PA Books
Unclaimed Valor, PA Books
Mud, Rocks, Blazes, PA Books
PA Books "The Whiz Kids"
Theatres of the Body, PA Books
Fighting for Philadelphia, PA Books
A Saddlebag Doctor of the Mahantongo Valley of PA, PA Books
Charles E. Hires and the Drink that Wowed a Nation, PA Books
A History of Philadelphia Sandwiches, PA Books
City of Brotherly Blood, PA Books*Books featured in these episodes are not available from PCN*
