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:
December 14: “Theatres of the Body” with Lynn Matluck Brooks - Theatres of the Body is Lynn Matluck Brooks’ critical examination of danced stage productions in antebellum Philadelphia. Starting in the 1820s, Brooks explores visual art and social and theatrical dancing across different classes, focusing on the work of E. W. Clay. Continuing through the 1830s, she looks at pantomime ballets and blackface minstrelsy through a […]
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
Kaufmann's: The Family That Built Pittsburgh's Famed Department Store, PA Books
American Workman: The Life and Art of John Kane, PA Books*Books featured in these episodes are not available from PCN*