In the Loop (Segments)

The McAninch Arts Center premiered their Frida Kahlo exhibit on Saturday in suburban Glen Ellyn. It's the largest Kahlo exhibit in over 40 years. Reset talks to the director and the curator of the exhibit on what to expect and why Glen Ellyn was picked to celebrate the works of the legendary Mexican artist.

Reset talks to Chicago area bar owners about how business is going, now that the pandemic is waning.

There’s more than just the summer breeze in the air this summer — clusters of flies are appearing everywhere in the city. Experts say uptick in home gardening and pet waste could be the culprit. Reset brings on a pest expert to find out more about this pesty problem.

New ethics laws, an elected school board for Chicago and a bill allowing college sports betting. The pandemic brought on a backlog of bills in Springfield. Reset gets a rundown on which bills did and didn’t make it through Springfield this week.

Reset brings on an infectious disease expert for our weekly check-in to provide clarity and answers to your questions, comments and concerns about COVID-19.

The latest jobs report shows that restaurants are coming back online as pandemic restrictions ease, but many former workers in Chicago’s restaurant industry say they’ve moved on for good. Reset digs into the inner workings of the restaurant business to understand why workers are staying away and what it means for the future.

Our pets have gotten used to seeing us all day every day. How will they react now that we’ll be out of the house more than we have been for the last 15 months? Reset brings on pet behavior expert Jamie Damato to answer your questions about how to spot signs of separation anxiety, how to prepare your pets for your post-pandemic life and when you need to reach out for professional help.

New language within a bill headed towards governor Pritkzer allows for rewording of government positions to make them more gender neutral. In Chicago, that means a change in title for the position from alderman to alderperson. Today on Reset, we bring on a politics reporter and an alderman to speak on the significance of the change in language.

In the last few weeks we’ve seen officials offer everything from paid days off to free sports and Six Flags tickets… all to encourage that last one third of holdouts to get a life-saving vaccine. Will a shot at winning the lottery get the final third of the state vaccinated? Reset examines the odds of a vaccine lottery.

For 30 years, After School Matters has provided a variety of extracurricular programs for high school teens. This summer, they are offering a hybrid version of their summer programs to reach even more kids. Reset talks with a spokesperson from the local non-profit more about this program.

Some economic soothsayers have warned that the remote work boom we’ve seen during the pandemic will slowly suck the life from big U.S. cities. Reset checks in with a demographer who thinks the worry is overblown and points to what happened in cities after the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.

If you’re looking for a way to celebrate Pride Month, Deerfield Public Library has a virtual option. Every day in June, the library is putting on a virtual literary Pride Parade of poets. Reset brings on the co-directors of Queer Poem-a-Day to learn more about the special podcast series and their hopes for what the project will achieve beyond Pride Month.

The Cubs and the White Sox are in first place. Fans are in the stands. And the weather looks like it’s finally turning toward something that looks like summer. WBEZ’s sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout updates us on the diamond, the gridiron, and the court

The name “Lake Shore Drive” is as Chicago as our famous 7-topping hotdog, but some aldermen want to honor Chicago’s first non-native Black resident by renaming part of the drive after Jean Baptise Point DuSable. Reset takes the pulse of listeners about the proposed change, which is expected to be voted on in City Council in June.

Illinois senators closed up the spring session into the early hours of Tuesday morning to approve the last couple bills that will go to the governor's desk for his approval or veto. Questions around budgeting, racial justice, college sports and more were on the line this week. Reset brings in our state politics reporter and education reporter for a recap of the legislative session.

A former Chicago alderman with some big ideas helps us wrap up our series on how community investment and economic development could work better in Chicago.

The New Venture Challenge at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business has served as an innovation hub for startups and entrepreneurs. On Wednesday, a dozen teams will pitch their business plans for a chance of at least $1 million in investment. Reset brings on a co-founder of the annual competition and an alumni company to discuss Chicago Booth’s legacy of supporting startups.

Located on Michigan Avenue near Millennium Park, you may have walked by the American Writers Museum countless times without knowing it. The only one of its kind in the country, it’s a museum devoted to our national heroes of the written word, literary legends like Walt Whitman and Upton Sinclair, as well as film critic Roger Ebert and comedian Richard Pryor. Reset gets summer book recommendations...

Reset brings on a bioethicist and opens the phones to listeners to discuss the COVID-19 honor system and other ethical challenges during the pandemic.

For the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Reset explores how the destruction and denial of Black wealth in Tulsa and across America over the last 100 years built the pillars of structural racism today.

Reset talks with an energy policy expert about what would be landmark environmental legislation.

Reset checks in with two top city officials to hear their ideas and to hear them react to some creative solutions proposed earlier in our Re-imagine Chicago series.

Reset talks with two wedding pros about how the industry is preparing for a predicted post-pandemic wedding boom this summer and fall.

Reset learns more about what’s causing the shortages and how they are rippling across Chicago-area commercial and residential real estate.

Clean energy, ethics, an elected school board and marijuana expansion — COVID-19 caused a backlog of bills in Springfield. Now legislators are frantically trying to finish up the spring session by Monday’s deadline. Reset gets an update on state legislation and finds out what’s been happening with police reform in Chicago, as well as a stalled plan to rename parts of the Outer Drive after Jean Bap...