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 […]
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
The Weather Gods Curse the Gettysburg Campaign, PA Books
"Street Diplomacy," PA Books*Books featured in these episodes are not available from PCN*