In the Loop (Segments)

Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) celebrates its 25th anniversary with a fundraising gala this Saturday, September 17, at The Geraghty. Among its many initiatives, IMAN advocates for access to fresh produce, runs a health center and a grocery store and provides resources to ease the transitions of formerly incarcerated people. Reset talks with two of the group’s leaders about its past, prese...

Parts of northwest chicago and suburbs saw nearly 5inches of rain in a matter of hours on Sunday. GUEST: Scott Collis, atmospheric scientist, Argonne National Laboratory Contact Info: (FACETIME) 630-235-8025 Email + Social: scollis@anl.gov @cyclogenesis_au PLANTED CALLER #1: Katie Pratt, Ravenswood resident Contact Info: (TELOS) 312-217-3165 Email + Social: klpratt5@gmail.com + @cleverkatiep GUEST...

As football season kicks off, the Bears release plans for a new stadium in Arlington Heights. Plus, aldermen feel the pressure over a near 10 percent pay raise, while more announce they’re leaving City Council. Reset goes behind the headlines on the Weekly News Recap. GUESTS: Paris Schutz, correspondent and anchor, WTTW-TV Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune reporter Alex Nitkin, Better Governm...

Wandering foodies look no further! If you’re road tripping around the Midwest this weekend, or just hanging in the Chicago area, you can take advantage of delicious food and a bargain during Black Restaurant Week. The event runs through Sunday, September 11. Reset talks with a couple participating restaurant owners about their tasty menus. GUESTS: Derek Robinson, co-founder of Black Restaurants We...

The 46-page report from COPA includes eyewitness accounts of the fatal shooting and restates that ‘the evidence in this case shows that Mr. Alvarez was attempting to flee without the use of force.” Police Supt. Brown has not taken COPA’s recommendations to dismiss the officer who shot Alvarez. Reset gets the latest from a criminal justice reporter. GUEST: Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune reporter

Depending on who you ask, Queen Elizabeth was either a paragon of dignity and tradition, or a symbol or even perpetrator of the ills of British colonialism around the globe. Reset checks in with a reporter who heard differing views on the queen and her legacy when she canvassed people in Chicago for their reaction to Queen Elizabeth’s death. GUEST: Indi Khera, WBEZ metro reporter

The Bears provided more details on the potential Arlington Heights development at a community meeting yesterday. Reset is joined by WBEZ reporter Claudia Morell who was at the meeting and has the details on the potential impact of the team’s move to the suburbs. GUEST: Claudia Morell

Choate Mental Health and Development Center in rural Illinois is a state run facility that serves people with profound mental conditions. Illinois state police have opened at least 40 criminal investigations into alleged midsconduct at the facility over a ten year period through last year. Reset talks with two reporters who have been investigating this story. GUEST: Molly Parker, investigative rep...

A few weeks ago, Reset checked in with the principal of St. Nicholas Cathedral School, which is doing their part to support the over 100,000 Ukrainian refugees in the United States. This school year they have taken in 75 Ukrainian refugee students, bought supplies for their families, and created an English immersion summer camp for the last weeks before school starts. Now that the school year has...

How does representation of Muslims on screen impact attitudes toward them in your day to day? A recent report says a lot. Reset hears more about that impact and how TV directors and producers can be more inclusive of Muslim characters. GUEST: Arij Mikati, Pillars Managing Director of Culture Change

The lab was one of three cities to receive a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. GUEST: Cristina Negri, director of Argonne’s Environmental Sciences Division and CROCUS lead

A recent story published by Block Club Chicago details prospective renters finding themselves in bidding wars just to find an apartment or condo. Reset talks with the journalist behind the story and a real estate agent to make sense of the current rental market in Chicago. GUEST: Tim Brent, real estate agent for Baird and Warner, Mina Bloom, Block Club Reporter covering Logan Square, Avondale and...

Skin cancer is highly treatable if caught early. As part of Skin Cancer Awareness Month, Reset talks with the founder of an app that provides early detection and screening for melanoma. GUEST: Kyoko Crawford, founder of SkinIO

Two writers argue that the immediacy of smartphones and social media have forever changed the journey to racial justice. Reset talks about the role technology plays during pivotal moments in America’s racial divide with the authors of Seen and Unseen: Technology, Social Media, and the Fight for Racial Justice. GUESTS: Marc Lamont Hill, author, professor at Temple University, host of BET News and U...

After experiencing a surge in medical misinformation during the pandemic, Dr. Vineet Arora and Sara Serritella decided medical professionals needed training to help combat it. Reset sits down with Dr. Arora and Serritella to learn about their new course and how to prevent medical misinformation from spreading. GUEST: Dr. Vineet Arora, assistant dean at UChicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine, Sara...

Ibram X. Kendi’s new picture book, Magnolia Flower, celebrates its release this week. The book, adapted from a short story by Zora Neale Hurston, tells the story of Magnolia, the daughter of parents who escaped slavery and the Trail of Tears. It features vibrant illustrations of the characters and the island where they find freedom by the artist Loveis Wise. Reset gets to know the author and the s...

The Bears released an open letter two days ahead of a community meeting to discuss the 326 acre Arlington Heights development. Though the Bears are contractually obligated to purchase the property, the team re-stated that they do not have to develop it, and that they have not yet closed on the deal, but they did make the case for why the development deserves public financial support. Reset gets th...

New COVID-19 vaccines are available to Chicago residents this week. The city has received 150,000 doses of both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNtech updated boosters. Reset gets the latest from Chicago’s top doctor. GUEST: Dr. Allison Arwady, Chicago Public Health Commissioner

Leaving summer behind for the school year could mean earlier mornings, but how much sleep do your kids need to function at their best in the classroom? Reset learns more from two pediatric sleep experts.

The economics of child care are fundamentally broken. Like health care, it will take a flood of public resources to help support a system that costs more to maintain than consumers can afford. That’s why currently, the cost of child care for everyone is going up. At the same time, childcare workers are notoriously overworked and underpaid. In Illinois, a quiet reckoning is underway led by a privat...

Bad Mexicans tells the story of the Magonistas, a rebel group who overthrew the Mexican dictator, Porfirio Diaz, in 1910. Countering the narrative that immigrants to the U.S. cast off their old cultures and politics, the book tells the story of a group of Mexican immigrant rebels who started a revolution, all while living in the United States. The rebels were repressed both by the Mexican governme...

Derrick Milligan wants to give seniors a chance to excel at sports. It’s a chance many of them — due to racial and gender barriers when they were in school — didn’t have. Now, through Milligan’s Chicago-based organization Team Dream, they do. He teaches seniors to play cycling, swimming, triathlon and sports like tennis. Essentially, he’s getting them ready for the Olympics. Through sports, Millig...

A new investigation from ProPublica reveals a million-dollar Instagram verification scheme. Reset talks with one of the reporters behind the investigation to learn more about the inner workings of the scheme and the motivation of its users. GUEST: Craig Silverman, reporter at ProPublica

Since the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Illinois medical professionals and advocates are working to make sure people have access to contraceptive care. Reset talks with a doctor and the head of a local organization working to get free and low-cost contraception to people. GUESTS: Dr. Debra Stulberg, primary care physician at the University of Chicago Medical Center Kate Thiede, executive...

More than a hundred migrants, many of them from central and South America, have arrived in Chicago in the past week. Reset hears from organizers who are helping them get settled with shelter, clothing and support in the asylum process. GUEST: Ed Pratt, executive director of Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants Veronica Castro, deputy director at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Ref...