On May 7th, 2025, the WKCR News Team aired an update on the student protest action in Butler Library including the arrests of 80 protestors.
April 14th, 2025: We aired a segment featuring an interview conducted with a representative of the Columbia University local chapter of the UAW. Recap of the Defend Harlem community clean-up which took place on April 13, 2025 and interviews from members of the organization, and guest speaker, Dapper Dan, an influential member of the Harlem community. Hosted by CJ Gamble and Natalie Lahr.
On March 5th, 2025 we aired live coverage and hourly updates of a sit-in held by Columbia University Apartheid Divest in the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning. An hour long segment aired later in the evening on March 5th and is available for a more comprehensive recap of the protest.Hosted in-studio by Georgia Dillane, featuring contributions from several of our field reporters.
On April 24, 2025, WKCR aired the first part of a multi-part series on the 1968 protests that took place at Columbia University. This series invites reflection on the protests of 1968 not just as a moment in history but as a powerful lens for interpreting the struggles on Columbia’s campus today. By revisiting the voices, demands, and conflicts of that year we explore their lasting impact on the university's structure and how they can inform our response to the challenges and repression confronting our community this year. Produced by Sawyer Huckabee and Macy Hanzlik-Barend.
On April 7, 2025—what would be Billie Holiday's 110th birthday—we sit down with her godson, Bevan Dufty, the son of Maely and William Dufty, to reflect on Lady Day's immortal legacy and some personal memories that keep her spirit alive. Hosted by Macyn Hanzlik-Barend.
March 24th, 2025: We aired a segment featuring a postgame report by WKCR sports reporter Justine Dugger-Ades highlighting the Columbia University Women's Basketball team's final round in this year's NCAA March Madness tournament. There is a preview of the New York Yankees newest editions to the concessions line up this season by Schuyler Rabbin-Birnbaum. News reporter, Sawyer Huckabee, analyzes the response of Columbia administration and implications of the new campus policies that have arose due to pressure from the federal government. WKCR and SIPA alum Dan McSweeney conducts an interview with independent stone carver and lifelong Morningside Heights resident Chris Pellettieri for this month's edition of Morningside Now. Hosted by Natalie Lahr and CJ Gamble.
March 17th, 2025: We aired an overview dedicated to the events that have occurred on the Columbia Morningside Heights campus alongside Barnard College's campus in the past two weeks. This includes a recap of the walkout hosted on March 14th and notable topics of discussion during the University Senate's most recent town hall meeting. Hosted by CJ Gamble and Natalie Lahr.
On March 12, 2025, we aired an update on the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil by ICE and the subsequent community response from Columbia University students, faculty, and administrators.
On March 5, 2025, we aired a comprehensive update on the sit-in at Barnard College’s Milstein Library and the arrests of nine students that followed.
March 3, 2025: We aired a recent roundtable discussion between members of NYC for Abortion Rights and the Reproductive Justice Collective which is housed at Barnard College and Columbia University. Includes a clip of March 2nd's protest coverage recap which recounts the events of the Milbank Hall sit-in (Feb. 26th) and the Picket Line (Feb. 27th) which took place outside the gates of Barnard College.
Originally aired on Sunday, March 2nd, from 9:00 to 10:00pm. This special news broadcast covers the protests that occurred on Barnard's campus on Wednesday, February 26th and Thursday the 27th. The views presented in this program do not reflect the beliefs of WKCR, nor the programmers of WKCR. We have attempted to present a fair and balanced depiction of what happened, from the perspective of our selves and other students. As a disclaimer, the following program will contain sensitive and potentially upsetting content that may not be suitable for all listeners. Please listen at your own discretion.
February 24, 2025: In celebration of Black History Month, we interviewed several students and an alumni about their personal experience during their time at Columbia University. Selections from the Manhattan School of Music's Black History Month concert organized by their Black Student Union. Hosted by CJ Gamble.
February 17, 2025: We aired an interview with two members of Columbia University's Housing Equity Project (also known as CU H.E.P.) speaking about the history and legacy of this group and more about their direct outreach project. Coverage of a recent protest which took place on Columbia's campus February 12th. Joined by WKCR and SIPA alum, Dan McSweeney, for an interview and information regarding the Morningside Heights Coalition. Dan will be reviving his monthly segment, Morningside Now on Monday Morningside. Hosted by Natalie Lahr and CJ Gamble.
February 10, 2025: we aired a recap of the first meeting of the newly formed Columbia University student union, and the implications of this new organization's presence as discussed by Caroline Nieto. An interview with a director of the university's Student Organization of Latinos on informing immigrants of their rights in the presence of ICE. Additionally an arts segment with a review of newly released, The Brutalist, and an analysis of an adaptation of the play One Thousand and One Nights directed by Columbia MFA student Ghina Fawaz. Hosted by CJ Gamble and Natalie Lahr.
On February 3, 2025 we aired coverage of the inaugural Zora Neale Hurston Summit hosted at Barnard College, celebrating Zora's legacy and a century of black students at the college. A recap of the Upper West Side's Democratic Mayoral Forum and the discussion held during this meeting by Terran Li. A roundtable discussion about the impact serving on the executive board has left them with, and what they hope to see from WKCR and college radio in the coming years. Hosted by Natalie Lahr and CJ Gamble.
On January 27, 2025 we aired an interview with Izzy Caruso, a volunteer social worker at the Ark Immigration Clinic in New York City. The conversation speaks to the importance of nonprofit immigration clinics in the current political climate and the role of social work in this sphere. Interview conducted by Macyn Hanzlik-Barend.
On January 23, 2025 we were joined by Kai Cogsville from Defend Harlem and the New York Interfaith Commission for Housing Equality and Dan McSweeney and Dave Robinson from the Morningside Heights Community Coalition. The roundtable discusses pertinent issues in the Harlem community particularly Columbia University expansion projects. Hosted by Macyn Hanzlik-Barend and Ian Pumphrey.
We hear from WKCR's music acquisitions director Ben Rothman on his experience at the Adrianne Lenker tour, an Interview with WKCR's News and Arts department head Macy Hanzlik-Barend, & an archival interview with Nancy Kates
We hear from WKCR's publicity director Tanvi Krishnamurthy on her experience at the MJ Lenderman Show, an interview with student and writer Eudora Demiri-Worman, and an archival interview with student activists from the student worker solidarity series
We hear from student and writer Yahney Marie-Sangare, a review of the Ragas Live Experience, and reflect on the past season of the NY METS with WKCR sports dept. head, Isabelle Fishbein