In the Loop (Segments)

Chicago is known for its harsh winters, which can be especially punishing for the city’s unhoused population. Reset finds out what resources are available to the city’s homeless, and what steps they can take to stay safe and warm this winter. GUEST: Harry Williams, Grassroots Leader with Chicago Coalition for the Homeless

One community-based project will get $10 million from the Pritzker Traubert Foundation for the best plan to improve the lives of residents on the South or West Side of Chicago through economic development projects. Reset talks about the efforts of this Chicago Prize finalist to hear about their plans to create a safer and healthier community in West Garfield Park. GUESTS: Theodore Joseph, executiv...

Have you voted yet? The Illinois general election is coming up Nov. 8 and candidates up and down the ballot are making their final pitches to voters. Meanwhile, the Nation’s Report Card shows how much learning was lost during the pandemic, reported hate crimes are up in Chicago, and more Chicago workers are unionizing as inflation and interest rates put the squeeze on many Americans. Reset goes be...

Kevin Morby released his personal and vulnerable new album, This Is A Photograph, this past spring. Reset connects with the artist to find out more about his country music and Americana influences, as well as how a family member’s medical scare affected him. GUEST: Kevin Morby, indie-rock musician

Looking for some delicious fall recipes? A new book by a Chicago chef shows some veggie love. Reset chats with the Monteverde co-owner about her new cookbook. GUEST: Sarah Grueneberg, co-owner of West Loop restaurant Monteverde

Weapon modifications like switches and extended magazines are making guns deadlier. Reset finds out where this hardware is coming from and how it's affecting violent crime. GUESTS: Stephanie Zimmerman, consumer investigations reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times Frank Main, veteran crime reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times

For the first-ever Chicago Sukkah Design Festival, three groups of architects designed sukkot for three North Lawndale organizations to use long term for their programming.

Jemele Hill’s new memoir Uphill is a thought-provoking, humorous and inspiring account of her rise to becoming an influential sports journalist and media iconoclast. Reset learns from Hill about growing up in Detroit, being a Black woman in sports media and how she found her voice as a writer and cultural critic. GUEST: Jemele Hill, sports journalist, cultural commentator, author

This local increase follows a rising trend of hate crimes across the state. Between 2016 and 2021, the Anti-Defamation League tracked a 430% increase in antisemetic reports. Reset hears more on that increase. GUEST: David Goldenberg, Anti-Defamation League Midwest Regional Director

Checking out Chicago’s sites and city skyline is one of the best things to do during the summer in the city, but imagine this... a haunted boat. Reset sets sail on a haunted boat tour.

Chicago relies on food shipped from states and countries experiencing droughts and wildfires, which threatens food supply. While it’s not possible to grow all of the food we consume here in the city, it is possible to grow quite a lot in small spaces: a 10,000 sq. foot urban farm can sustainably produce over 12,000 pounds of food annually, feeding thousands of families. But increasing the capacity...

Chicago’s City Council has approved Shapack Partners’ plans for roughly 1,400 new apartment units as well as a hotel near the site of the proposed Bally’s Casino. Reset learns more about these projects and what they mean for the surrounding areas. GUEST: Danny Ecker, Commercial real estate reporter, Crain’s Chicago Business

Hull House Halloween Activities

Curious City Ghost Stories

From plants and critters dying with the cooler months, to the passing of our loved ones, death and decay is all around us… and one Chicago professor argues there’s some beauty in it. Reset talks about how we benefit from the constant death and decay around us. GUEST: Liam Heneghan, DePaul professor of Environmental Science and Studies

What are you most afraid of? Everyone’s afraid of something — but there’s a difference between a healthy fear and one that incapacitates you. So how do you face your fears and stop them from controlling your life? Reset gets advice from a fear expert and psychologist. GUEST: Tyler Fortman, clinical psychologist

If you’re looking for a not-so-scary Halloween for the whole family, Chicago blogger Mama Fresh joins Reset with a few ideas. GUEST: Jenny LeFlore, creator of Mama Fresh

From Resurrection Mary to the Candyman, there is no shortage of urban legends and ghost stories in Chicago. What is behind all this local mythology and lore? Author and historian Adam Selzer joins Reset to dig into what goes bump in the night in Chicago. GUEST: Adam Selzer, Chicago historian, tour guide, and author of Mysterious Chicago

We dig into the haunted history of the historic Jane Addams Hull-House.

When you hear Filipino culture, what do you think of? Do you think of food? Dances? Reset explores the unique experience of sharing culture among Filipino diaspora through traditional dance performances. GUESTS: Ginger Leopoldo, executive director of Center for Immigrant Resources and Community Arts-Pintig, or CIRCA-Pintig Neil Lagatao, student at Loyola University and member of KAPWA Loyola Ysabe...

The Field Museum is collaborating with the local Filipino community on a collection of Filipino artifacts called Pulong ng Bayan. Reset talks with people leading the effort to learn more about the importance of preserving heritage and history through artifact collection. GUESTS: Jamie Kelly, head of Anthropology Collections and an Anthropology Collections manager at the Field Museum Lani Chan, ant...

Though Mayor Lightfoot boasted that she was the first mayor to address the lead water pipe crisis, the replacement process is very behind schedule. Advocates say this leaves residents vulnerable to brain-damaging lead in the water supply and that filters ought to be provided as replacement continues. Reset speaks with a reporter for the Sun Times who has been covering the crisis, as well as two ad...

The Whole Foods on 63rd and Halsted is the largest grocery store in Englewood, providing a diversity of options for residents. The chain announced the store closure in May, disappointing many. Reset hears from residents and leaders about what they’d like to see in the space, and how they hope the next grocer will engage local efforts to expand food access. GUESTS: Cecile De Mello, executive direct...

The release of the Nation’s Report Card this week demonstrated a significant decrease in math and reading scores for fourth and eighth graders. Reset checks in with North Shore School District 112 Superintendent Michael Lubelfeld about how students and parents can overcome the pandemic learning gap. GUEST: Michael Lubelfeld, Superintendent: North Shore School District 112

Poetry can be difficult to share in an era full of digital distractions. But in Ours Poetica, a video series on YouTube from the Poetry Foundation and Complexly, the camera zooms in on the poems themselves, making words leap off of yellowed pages of well-loved poetry books. Reset learns more about the project and hears some poems. GUESTS: Sarah Kay, poet, co-curator, Ours Poetica Charlotte Abotsi,...