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:
January 19: “Into the Cold Blue” with John Homan - One of the last great memoirs of World War II, Into the Cold Blue is a riveting account of the air war over Europe, when hell was four miles above the earth. A born daredevil, John Homan joined the Army Air Forces after the attack on Pearl Harbor. By 1944, he was co-piloting a B-24 […]
January 26: “Gen X Pittsburgh” with David Rullo (2024) - Beginning in the early 1990s, Pittsburgh's South Side neighborhood began to transform from the post-industrial morass it had been suffering for the last few decades. Artists began to rent empty apartments, what were once shot-and-a-beer bars became hip dive bars and entrepreneurs found inexpensive real estate to follow their visions. It was in this landscape […]
