In the Loop (Segments)

In this South Side neighborhood sits an unusual historic district of double peaked houses, designed to increase home ownership 100 years ago.

Reset gets all the info you need to know about where you can search for rapid, PCR and at-home COVID tests ahead of your holiday plans.

In her new book Revelations in Air, author Jude Stewart explores the least understood of our five senses by diving into the fascinating — and weird — world of smell.

Following several delays, the James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch Friday from the coast of French Guiana. Reset talks to a UChicago astronomy professor about the telescope’s launch, orbit and potential research findings.

If you give your parents new tech, chances are you’ll have to be their tech support and install it for them. Reset covers what you need to know when they ask other tech questions so you sound like a pro.

What exactly is the metaverse? And why are some entrepreneurs and businesses betting big on it. Reset explores those questions and more with a tech enthusiast and a researcher who worries the next iteration of the internet won’t be inclusive to all people.

During a speech on public safety Monday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to send additional agents and prosecutors to help curb gun violence across the city. Reset gets the latest from WBEZ’s Chip Mitchell.

Reset checks in with Ally Marotti of Crain’s Chicago Business to learn how restaurateurs are responding to the new COVID variants.

Every Town for Gun Safety is graduating nearly 100 people who have been personally impacted by gun violence from a program readying them to run for office. Reset talks with NPR’s Juana Summers about the political climate they face.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention says Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine has increasing evidence of triggering a rare blood clot disorder. Reset also gets an update on the rise in local COVID cases and how it might affect your holiday plans.

Reset Sustainability Contributor, Karen Weigert, gives a retrospective on the sustainability highs and lows for 2021. She’s joined by Naomi Davis of the environmental justice coalition “Blacks In Green” to evaluate the progress in Chicago for the last year in defeating environmental racism and inequity.

City Council holds its last session of 2021, passing the sports betting ordinance and unanimously approving a near 3 million dollar settlement for Anjanette Young, for a wrongful raid Chicago police carried out on her home. Reset goes behind the headlines on the Weekly News Recap.

The People’s Music School wants to give students who otherwise couldn’t afford expensive music lessons the opportunity to learn an instrument. Reset talks to two educators from the school about how and why they’re expanding music access to Chicago kids.

For the latest in our series “Food Friday,” Reset talks to legendary mixologist Julia Momosé about her new book, The Way of the Cocktail. Momose is the creative force behind Kumiko, ranked No. 61 on this year’s World’s Best Bars list.

Advocates for this law hope this will create more birthing options and regulation. Reset checks in with a Certified Professional Midwife about why licensure wasn’t previously available, what impact this law will have and a Certified Nurse Midwife about equity.

Reset gets the latest on recovery efforts in Kentucky from two NPR reporters and hears from a suburban Chicago man about his plans to help people affected by the storm.

Local blogger and influencer Jenny LeFlore shares her holiday traditions and responds to listeners.

Feminist, author, and poet bell hooks used her writing to explore the intersection of race, gender, economics and politics. Reset talks about her impact and influence on women of color.

Gov. JB Prtizker on Wednesday announced plans to sell the James R. Thompson Center for $70 million to a real estate development group that would preserve the building. Reset takes a closer look at plans for the Helmut-Jahn designed building.

The city of Chicago recently unveiled plans for the first-ever affordable housing development designed to serve Chicago’s Native American population. Reset checks in with the president of Visionary Ventures to discuss the new housing complex and the services it will offer.

A new investigation from the Better Government Association lays out the failed promises of jobs and housing made to Cabrini’s residents — predominantly Black Chicagoans — and where those promises stand today. Reset gets the details from investigative reporter Alejandra Cancino.

Many employers are tackling when to ask workers to come back to the office, but one CEO says it’s not a good ask. Reset hears more about why the pandemic has changed employees' expectations of what work looks like.

Women represent a large portion of the restaurant workforce but they make up only 18% of top chef positions in America, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Reset talks with Chicago chef Beverly Kim who wants to change that through her nonprofit, The Abundance Setting.

Reset checks in with the Cook County Department of Public Health to discuss how experts are handling the messaging around COVID and its new variants -- and how the county hopes to reach people who are still skeptical about vaccines.

The official start of winter is less than a week away. Time to map out those winter escapes and find ways to make the best of the shorter days and colder nights. Reset hears highlights from Chicago magazine’s cover story on fun ways to beat the winter blues.