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Karl Helicher former director of the Upper Merion Township Library sits down with various Authors to discuss their books.

Karl Helicher


    • Dec 23, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 32 EPISODES


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    Alice L. George - Awaiting Armageddon: How Americans Faced the Cuban Missile Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 23:44


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with authors Alice L. George, to discuss her book "Awaiting Armageddon: How Americans Faced the Cuban Missile Crisis". (Recorded 2007)

    Harold Gullan - Don't Call Me Coach

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2022 23:32


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with authors Harold Gullan, to discuss their book "Don't Call Me Coach". (Recorded 2007)

    Rich Westcott - Native Sons

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 24:17


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with authors Rich Westcott, to discuss their book "Native Sons". (Recorded 2004)

    Mathew Kerbel - If it Bleeds it Leads

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 25:05


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with authors Mathew Kerbel, to discuss their book "If it Bleeds it Leads". (Recorded 2004)

    Lorett Treese - Railroads of Pennsylvania

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 23:41


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with authors Lorett Treese, to discuss their book "Railroads of Pennsylvania". (Recorded 2004)

    Lorett Treese

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 23:41


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with authors Lorett Treese, to discuss their book "Railroads of Pennsylvania". (Recorded 2004)

    George Sheldon - When the Smoke Cleared at Gettysburg

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 23:57


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with authors George Sheldon, to discuss their book "When the Smoke Cleared at Gettysburg". (Recorded 2004)

    Roger Lane - Murder in America

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 24:29


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with authors Roger Lane, to discuss their book "Murder in America". (Recorded 2004)

    Helen Berger - Voices from the Pegan Census

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 24:07


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with authors Helen Berger, to discuss their book "Voices from the Pegan Census". (Recorded 2003)

    Steven Hahn - A Nation Under Our Feet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 24:32


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with authors Steven Hahn, to discuss their book "A Nation Under Our Feet". (Recorded 2004)

    Rich Wescott & Frank Bilovsky - The Phillies Encyclopedia

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 23:58


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with authors Rich Wescott & Frank Bilovsky, to discuss their book "The Phillies Encyclopedia". (Recorded 2004)

    John Pollack - Cork Boat

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 24:05


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author John Pollack, to discuss his book "Cork Boat". (Recorded 2004)

    Thomas J. Sugrue - The Origins of the Urban Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 24:43


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author Thomas J. Sugrue, to discuss his book "The Origins of the Urban Crisis". (Recorded 2004)

    W.D. Ehrhart Ph.D. -"The Madness of it All: Essays on war, Literature and American Life"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 28:33


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author W.D. Ehrhart Ph.D., to discuss his book "The Madness of it All: Essays on war, Literature and American Life". (Recorded 2004)

    William Kashatus, Ph.D. - September Swoon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 23:21


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author William Kashatus, Ph.D., to discuss his book "September Swoon: Richie Allen, The '64 Phillies and Racial Intergration". (Recorded 2004)

    Neil Lanctot, Ph.D. - "Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 24:30


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author Neil Lanctot, Ph.D. to discuss his book "Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution". (Recorded 2004)

    Jennie Skerl, Ph.D. - "Reconstructing the Beats"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 23:19


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author Jennie Skerl, Ph.D. to discuss "Reconstructing the Beats". (Recorded 2004)

    Peter Kafer Ph.D. - Charles Brockden Brown's Revolution and the Birth of American Gothic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022 23:07


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author Peter Kafer Ph.D to discuss his book "Charles Brockden Brown's Revolution and the Birth of American Gothic". (Recorded 2004)

    James A. McGowan - Station Master on the Underground Railroad

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 23:55


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author James A. McGowan to discuss his book "Station Master on the Underground Railroad: The Life and Letters of Thomas Garrett". (Recorded 2005)

    Jeff Silverman - "Lardner on War"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2021 21:20


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author Jeff Silverman to discuss his book "Lardner on War". (Recorded 2004)

    Rick Eckstein - "Public Dollars, Private Stadiums"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 24:05


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author Rick Eckstein to discuss his book "Public Dollars, Private Stadiums". (Recorded 2004)

    April White - Philadelphia Magazine's "Ultimate Restaurant Guide".

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 23:42


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author April White to discuss the Philadelphia Magazine's "Ultimate Restaurant Guide". (Recorded 2004)

    David Farber - "Taking Hostages"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 23:45


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author David Farber to discuss his book "Taking Hostages". (Recorded 2004)

    Dave Brown - "Jim McMahon's In-Your-Face"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 24:06


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with Co-author Dave Brown to discuss his book "Jim McMahon's In-Your-Face". (Recorded 2004)

    Prof. Michael G. Hagen - "The 2000 Presidential Election and the Foundations of Party Politics"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 23:24


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author Prof. Michael G. Hagen to discuss his book "The 2000 Presidential Election and the Foundations of Party Politics". (Recorded 2004)

    Marc Stein - "City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 23:18


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author Marc Stein to discuss his book "City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves".

    Bill Hirsch - "Passing the Baton: The Norman "Joe" Hirsch Story".

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 23:53


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author Bill Hirsch to discuss his book "Passing the Baton: The Norman "Joe" Hirsch Story".

    Paul Douglas Newman - PFries's Rebellion: The Enduring Struggle for the American Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 25:23


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with author Paul Douglas Newman to discuss his book "PFries's Rebellion: The Enduring Struggle for the American Revolution".

    David Zucchino - The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 24:17


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with David Zucchino to discuss his book Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad.

    Bryant Simon Pk.D. - Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 23:07


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with Bryant Simon Pk.D. to discuss his book Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America.

    Marc Stein - City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 23:17


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with Marc Stein to discuss his book City of Sisterly and Brotherly Loves.

    Larry Kane - Ticket to Ride

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 24:47


    Karl Helicher, former director of the Upper Merion Library, sits down with Larry Kane to discuss his book Ticket to Ride and his experiences touring with the Beatles.

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