Monday Morningside

On October 8, 2024 we aired coverage including speeches, interviews, and man on the street audio from the protests on and around Columbia University's campus on October 7, 2024. Listen for a comprehensive recap showcasing all perspectives on campus. Listener discretion is advised. Hosted by Macyn Hanzlik-Barend.

On September 8, 2024, we discussed: First week demonstrations and protests An investigation into disciplinary and public safety proceedings at Columbia A personal account of discipline against student media Minouche Shafik's resignation Katrina Armstrong's introduction Rules and protest guideline changes Task Force on Antisemitism Report 2 An open letter from faculty

On July 30th, 2024, WKCR aired an exclusive interview with Mark Rudd. Rudd discusses his experience in the 1968 Columbia protests and his thoughts on the current pro-Palestine student movement on Columbia’s campus. Mark Rudd was a leader of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), one of the leading student groups during the 1968 Columbia Protests which saw students occupy 5 Columbia buildings on...

A third pro-Palestine encampment was launched at Columbia in response to Israel’s bombing of Rafah and Columbia’s alumni weekend. The encampment was established on the West Lawn under and around a tent rented for Columbia’s alumni weekend, an event which had its programming disrupted by the demonstration. Listen for interviews from the ground, field audio, and a comprehensive recap of this 3-day o...

On the April 15th episode of Monday Morningside: we hear "The Poet" by Pablo Neruda and we discuss WKCR's rich station history from Louis Armstrong, to Sputnik, to the 1968 campus protests along with special audio highlights from the library archives. You can listen to Monday Morningside every Monday from 8:30-9:30am on 89.9 FM or wkcr.org online. You can contact us at wkcrmorningsid...

On the April 8th episode of Monday Morningside: we hear "The Eclipse" by Deborah Trustman (3:07); we review WKCR field team coverage from the April 4th protests on Columbia's campus** (4:24); and we have a conversation with the student group Plant Based Columbia who is working to make Columbia's dining plan entirely plant based (40:20) PBC petition link: https://docs.google.com/f...

On the April 1st episode of Monday Morningside: we hear "My Loves" by Langston Hughes (2:45); we get a rundown on the Yankee Stadium concessions preview (3:45); we talk with the manager of local music venue Postcrypt Coffeehouse (9:23); and we hear a comprehensive panel on Bukele's leadership in El Salvador (24:25). You can listen to Monday Morningside every Monday from 8:30-9:30am o...

On the March 25th episode of Monday Morningside: we hear specific details by Hosam Maarouf (2:43); we have a conversation with musician and composer Graham Haynes regarding his month long residency with FourOneOne (3:45); and we hear a piece called "Nuss and Them" followed by a conversation with author Sagar Castleman on the ethics of Columbia residential buildings (27:58). You can liste...

On the February 26th episode of Monday Morningside: we hear Theme for English B by Langston Hughes (2:42); we have a conversation with Grassroots Grocery founder Dan Zauderer on the importance of food justice (6:57); and discuss the importance of third places (39:00). You can listen to Monday Morningside every Monday from 8:30-9:30 on 89.9 FM or wkcr.org online. You can contact us at wkcrmorningsi...

On the February 19th episode of Monday Morningside: We hear Sunday's Empire by Peter Gizzi (2:55); An interview commemorating the poet Federico García Lorca's stint in New York City (3:36); a portrait of the great Nina Simone as told through her songs (33:52); and finally a review of the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit Women Dressing Women , on view until March 10, 2024 (52:16). You can...

On the February 12th episode of Monday Morningside: We hear Sonnet 18 (2:42); we discuss Now's the Time replacing Friday Morning Bird Flight (5:40); we hear thoughts on the lecture series 'Reporting in the Aftermath of Conflict' (17:48); an archival conversation on altered images (29:35); and lastly an essay for your Valentine's week (47:46). You can listen to Monday Morningside ev...

Originally aired Monday, February 5th, from 8:30 until 9:30 AM. This special news broadcast covers protests that occurred outside Columbia University's campus on Friday, February 2nd, 2024. We are presenting an account of events from a student perspective including context leading up to the protests, interviews from protesters and counter-protesters, and a chronology of events from the WKCR fi...

On the January 22nd episode of Monday Morningside: We hear a poem by Mary Oliver (3:25); The founder and director of The Remedy Project joins us to speak about the importance of prison reform and advocating for the human rights of incarcerated individuals (5:20); host discusses the importance of third places and the local Hungarian Pastry Shop (39:26); and an archival conversation between AC4 and...

From the December 18th episode of Monday Morningside is the standalone recording of Josh Kazali's special arts feature, The Airwaves of Paradise Lost . John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost : It’s a titanic work which you’re likely familiar with, whether you’re aware of it or not. It’s launched the story of Adam and Eve into the literary imagination, and has become one of the most enduring wo...

On the December 19th (2023) episode of Monday Morningside: Some opening thoughts on the last episode of Monday Morningside from our host for the year (0:00); on Milly Hopkins' Found Sound, an delightful interview with Plimpton Hall's security guard Sherrod, including a reading of some of his poetry (3:00); and Josh Kazali's special arts broadcast, The Airwaves of Paradise Lost, an in-d...

A special broadcast from December 12th, 2023 featuring representatives from the Columbia Review, Housing Equity Project, Reproductive Justice Collective, and the CU Tuition Strike. All these groups are a part of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest coalition, originally formed in 2016 but reactivated in November of this year. They discuss the process of joining the coalition, their experiences...

On the December 11th episode of Monday Morningside: We are extremely excited to be introducing Macy Hanzlik-Barend, your new host of Monday Morningside for 2024! (0:09) Plus, Vivien Sweet reads " Altruism, Butchered " from the November issue of the Blue and White (3:24); and an archival interview with Professor Frances Negrón-Mutaner from 2013 on the El Diario photo archive (31:19). You...

On the November 13th episode of Monday Morningside: Columbia Spectator's University News Deputy Editor joins to discuss the recent suspension of the Columbia chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, following a walkout last Thursday , November 9th (4:17); Renee Morales reads and discusses her poetry, as well as her upcoming poetry collage project (26:22); and M...

On the October 23rd episode of Monday Morningside: A brief statement from WKCR's News and Arts Department (1:29); a conversation with Colin Roedl's project, To Resist is to Love What Could Be and their recent event on Columbia's campus (5:10); a report from Natalie Buttner on the Barnard RA Union, and their recent rally on the 20th of October (26:56); and a preview for Ian Pumphrey&#39...

Originally aired Friday, October 13th, from 8:20 until 9:30 AM. This special news broadcast covers student protests on Columbia’s campus on Thursday, October 12th, 2023, by the student groups Students for Justice in Palestine and Students Supporting Israel. Widely reported by national media media outlets including the NYT, WSJ, NBC, NY Post , we are presenting an account of yesterday's account...

Monday Morningside is back for Fall 2023, for the first live episode of the new season! On the October 9th episode of Monday Morningside: we speak to WKCR's program director Maria Shaughnessy about the history and upcoming airing of Ragas Live (2:06); Ashwin Marathe interviews Professor Michael Gerrard, the Andrew Sabin Professor at Columbia Law School, on the recent Supreme Court rulings on E...

On the May 8th episode of Monday Morningside (the last episode of Columbia's academic year until the Fall!), after some tender thank yous: Josh Kazali and Milly Hopkins talk about the Writer's Guild of America strike—which began last week—with Samantha Herman, a writer and strike captain for WGA West (4:33); Tara Isabel Zia reads her Blue Note, " The Good Kind of 'Extra '&quot...

On the (jam-packed) April 24th episode of Monday Morningside: Iris Hsiang dives into the continued efforts* of Columbia's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race to secure departmentalization, reporting from the rally on April 20th (2:38); Milly Hopkins speaks with students at the April 6th protest against the eviction of the Red Balloon Learning Center** (13:23); Josh Kazali speaks with Al...

In an extra special feature, enjoy a conversation with Jinwoo Chong, a recent graduate of Columbia's Creative Writing MFA, and the debut author of Flux. In our conversation, we talked about Theranos, Timothee Chalamet, time travel, and much, much more. If you want to skip straight to the interview, you can go to (3:35). Flux  was published in March of this year, and was an Amazon Editor's...

On the April 3rd episode of Monday Morningside: Ashwin Marathe and Isaac Stiepelmann interview Annapurna Schreiber on role of the Red Balloon Learning Center in the local Upper West Side and Harlem community, especially regarding Columbia's recent decision to not renew the Red Balloon lease (2:19); Schuyler Rabbin-Birnbaum reports from Yankee Stadium, where the Yankees face the San Francisco G...