In the Loop (Segments)

A few months ahead of Chicago’s municipal elections, aldermen approved the mayor’s spending plan 32-18. Reset explores the biggest takeaways from Chicago’s newly-approved budget. GUEST: Heather Cherone, WTTW politics reporter

There is no more walking down the streets of Chicago. The lake has taken the land. This is the story of a new audio drama called Lake Song. Reset explores the story of success and survival in the future Windy City. GUESTS: Jeremy McCarter, founder and executive producer for Make-Believe Association Laura Alcalá Baker, co-creator, casting director and line producer for Lake Song

Inflation has hit everyone and everything this year — from grocery store receipts and electric bills to vacation costs. And as much as many parents would like to shield their children from money troubles, kids often feel the strain. Reset speaks with a financial planner to learn how to talk to kids about financial issues, including inflation. GUEST: Gregg Murset, CEO of BusyKid

Inflation is one of the top issues on voters’ minds this election season, but so is crime. Reset explores the latest crime statistics. GUEST: Robert Vargas, associate professor and deputy dean of the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago

As we approach the winter, RSV is being reported at unprecedented levels and as a result, less than 6% of beds are available in pediatric ICUs in Illinois. Reset gets the latest on the surge of RSV cases and how worried Chicago-area residents should be about a possible “tripledemic” of RSV, COVID and the flu. GUEST: Dr. Mia Taormina, infectious disease specialist with Duly Health and Care

Symptoms of SAD range from irritability, to hopelessness and a sense of worthlessness, and usually begin in late fall and taper off in the spring. And making a plan now, before it gets colder and darker, can help in the depths of winter. Reset hears tips from psychologists on how to reduce seasonal sadness. https://www.self.com/story/prepare-for-seasonal-affective-disorder GUEST: Jinnie Cristerna,...

The Chicago Public Schools are facing a $600 million deficit that could have dire consequences in the years to come if a long-term source of funding isn’t found. Reset digs into what options the district is facing and how students and teachers will be impacted. GUEST: Sarah Karp, WBEZ education reporter

Traditional karaoke night fare ranges from Whitney Houston to ABBA, but you probably don’t expect opera at a karaoke bar. Edgewater resident Jason E. Jackson subverted those expectations when he sang an aria to win the first Chicago Sings Karaoke competition. Reset riffs with Chicago’s first-ever karaoke champion. GUEST: Jason E. Jackson, winner of Chicago Sings Karaoke

Six groups across the South and West sides are in the running for a $10 million dollar grant from the Pritzker Traubert Foundation. The Chicago Prize will be awarded to the group with the best pitch for a development project in their neighborhood on the South or West sides. Reset explores the opportunities a community development hub could bring to their LeClaire Courts neighborhood. GUESTS: Nique...

A Halloween night mass shooting in East Garfield Park leaves 14 shot, including three children. Illinois State Board of Elections warns of a text message misinformation campaign. And a big name seems poised to jump into the mayor’s race. Reset goes behind those headlines and more in our Weekly News Recap. GUESTS: Lynn Sweet, Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times Carrie Shepherd, lead p...

A Halloween night mass shooting in East Garfield Park leaves 14 shot, including three children. Illinois State Board of Elections warns of a text message misinformation campaign. And a big name seems poised to jump into the mayor’s race. Reset goes behind those headlines and more in our Weekly News Recap. GUESTS: Lynn Sweet, Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times Carrie Shepherd, lead p...

A Halloween night mass shooting in East Garfield Park leaves 14 shot, including three children. Illinois State Board of Elections warns of a text message misinformation campaign. And a big name seems poised to jump into the mayor’s race. Reset goes behind those headlines and more in our Weekly News Recap. GUESTS: Lynn Sweet, Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times Carrie Shepherd, lead p...

Take a closer look at your Halloween Candy. Notice anything? Many of them were probably made in Chicago! Reset talks though the city’s history with sweet treats. GUEST: Leslie Goddard, historian and author of Chicago’s Sweet Candy History

The latest jobs report out Friday shows the U.S. economy added 261,000 jobs. This comes as the Federal Reserve bumped interest rates up again this week, in an aggressive attempt to curb inflation. But repeated rate hikes so far have yielded little progress. So how can inflation be tamped down, and can it be done without weakening the job market? Reset checks in with an economic expert to find out...

The ever-growing politicization of abortion has reached new heights since the repeal of Roe v. Wade. Reset observes the development of this issue towards the upcoming election with community voices and bioethics experts. GUEST: Qudsiyyah Shariyf, Chicago Abortion Fund Deputy Director Katie Watson, Northwestern University bioethicist, author of Scarlet A

The Black Harvest Film Festival features films that explore Black, African American, and diasporic experiences. Reset speaks with two of the organizers of the festival about some of their favorite films that will be featured. GUEST: Rebecca Fons, Director of Programming the Gene Siskel Film Center, Rita Coburn, CEO of RCW Productions and director of the film Mariane Anderson: The World in Her Hand...

According to the University of Illinois Extension, food waste – the leftovers or veggies you didn’t get around to eating – make up 37% of what’s in Cook County’s landfill. This is a problem because food emits methane as it breaks down which contributes to a warming climate. Reset talks about efforts to reduce food waste, and fun events around town this weekend to divert your jack o’ lantern from a...

A patient at Northwestern Medicine’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute is expected to go home this week after receiving the state’s first heart donated after circulatory death or DCD. Reset learns more about how this technology could help heart transplant patients in and around Chicago. GUEST: Dr. Jane Wilcox, chief of heart failure at Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute

Illinois is one of sixteen states where those convicted of a felony automatically have their right to vote restored upon release from prison. But many of those who are formerly incarcerated don’t realize they have the right to vote. Reset speaks with an organizer who is working to empower the formerly incarcerated to know and express their rights. GUESTS: Greg Chambers, policy organizer for Live F...

For decades chemical relaxers have been central to the hair management regime of many Black women. Recently, court cases and ongoing studies have challenged that these same chemical relaxers are linked to cancer. Reset convenes a panel of health, community, and cultural voices on this means for Black Hair. GUESTS: Arionne Nettles, journalist, lecturer at Northwestern University Mary Mitchell, Chic...

You might think in a city as big as Chicago finding a Spanish class would be a cinch, but a Reset listener called in after struggling to find the right spot. For our ongoing series, “Reset: Lost and Found,” we located a Spanish language class in the city. GUEST: Chris Bentley, owner of Spanish Studio

How do you decipher fact from fiction? That’s something on a lot of our minds when we scroll through social media, but what do we do when we’re sent fake newspapers? Reset talks about recent reports of ring-wing campaign mailers disguised as newspapers ahead of the Illinois General Election and the importance of media literacy. GUESTS: David Folkenflik, NPR media correspondent Dan Mihalopoulos, go...

A recent report says tech companies are misusing their power to shape public discourse ahead of this year’s election Reset hears why tech giants weren’t prepared for the slew of misinformation last election cycle and what they’re doing differently this time around. GUEST: Naomi Nix, staff writer focusing on social media for the Washington Post

If you’re not going to fight for your community, then who is? Residents of the Southeast Side came together when a car-shredding facility built their factory in their neighborhood. But with General Iron behind them, what more needs to change for the community? Reset discusses the work of two Southeast Side community members to improve the lives of their neighbors. GUESTS: Gina Ramirez, mother livi...

The recent attack of Paul Pelosi has once again put a spotlight on rising political violence. It’s just one of numerous examples of threats and attacks, particularly by far-right groups, that have occurred in the wake of form er President Donald Trump’s presidency. Reset speaks with historian Kathleen Belew about why we’re seeing this rise and violence and how it might affect the election just one...