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'" from the April issue of the Blue and White, and talks about Mediterranean hospitality and her love of cardamom tea (31:20); and Josh Kapilian reports on the Mets-Rockies game from Citi Field (49:45).

Monday Morningside will return regularly in the Fall, but WKCR's News and Arts department will continue to produce programming over the summer, in large part to listener donations. You can tune in 24 hours, 7 days a week at 89.9 FM, and WKCR.org.

You can also email Monday Morningside at [email protected].