In the Loop (Segments)

Whether you’re preparing for the family road trip or just relaxing in the backyard or beach, kid-friendly podcasts are a great way to entertain the little ones in your life. A local journalist shares her kid-friendly favs, and tells us why she decided to create her own podcast for kids. Reset hears from journalist Arionne Nettles about her new podcast, “Is that True?”.

Sleepaway camp is a right of passage for some kids and a significant milestone. While it’s exciting, it can also be worrisome. As families prepare to send their kids off to overnight camp, actress Jamie Lee Curtis and Audible are releasing season two of her kids podcast, Letters from Camp.

As the debate over the name change continues, Reset brings on two transportation writers to discuss how Lake Shore Drive could be improved. The iconic highway has been a staple to the Windy City’s development, second maybe only to the skyline. But what if we could repurpose it and find a way to squeeze in more green space?

Rainbow flags have long been a staple for Pride Month parades in Chicago. But there is more to Pride than just one single parade, and activists and organizers are doing their best to diversify who gets heard when we talk about LGBTQ+ issues and stories. Reset brings on LGTBQ+ activists to break down the protests and celebrations related to Pride in the month of June.

The history of comics in Chicago is so expansive that there needed to be two separate exhibitions dedicated to it: one at the Chicago Cultural Center and another at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Reset learns more about how comics came to life in Chicago and what makes the city a special place for cartoonists and other artists.

After a year of online life and learning, parents are struggling with how to unplug their kids from the technology that kept them connected during the pandemic. Reset talks tech with Heather Kelley of the Washington Post and gets tips on how to keep the battle over screen time from turning into a screaming match.

After more than a decade in the education world, Imran Khan is convinced experiences are the starting point for better outcomes in the classroom and beyond. He turned this core belief into the driving mission behind his organization Embarc, which has expanded to serve more than 2,000 students across 20 Chicago Public Schools. Reset learns more about Embarc and what it means to bring true innovatio...

Wednesday’s Chicago City Council meeting abruptly ended without a vote on the renaming of Lake Shore Drive in honor of Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, the first non-Native resident in Chicago. WBEZ’s Becky Vevea joins Reset to break down what happened during the meeting.

Reset checks in with three anti-violence groups who are working together to bring resources to some of Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods.

Reset talks with sportscaster Len Kasper about changing teams after 16 seasons with the Chicago Cubs, broadcasting during COVID, and a new baseball podcast. Plus, on the heels of their latest album release, Kasper discusses his band, Sonic 45.

You might think of SCIENCE and ART as separate domains, but a yearlong project is bringing them together to explore the impact climate change is having on the Chicago region. The exhibition “Third Coast Disrupted: Scientists and Artists on Climate” is on display at the Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods, an arts and cultural center in suburban Riverwoods.

The last day of classes at Chicago Public Schools comes at a time of change. The district named a new interim CEO, announced a round of layoffs and is waiting for Gov. JB Pritzker to sign a bill that would create an elected school board. Reset gets the latest education news in our region and opens the phones to listeners to reflect on this pandemic school year.

When two teenage Harwood Heights sisters uploaded a ten second video of a pretty park near their home, they were just having fun during a pandemic. They didn’t expect that three quarters of a million people would end up seeing it on Tik Tok. Reset finds out what they love about Chicago and Tik Tok.

Investigators in Benton Harbor, Mich. are reopening the 30-year-old cold case of Black teen Eric McGinnis’s death, following the emergence of a new eye witness. Chicago author Alex Kotlowitz detailed the case in the 1998 book The Other Side Of The River. He joins Reset for the latest on the case and why it continues to resonate today. GUEST: Alex Kotlowitz, author of the 1998 book The Other Side O...

The suburbs are in recovery mode after a tornado ripped through parts of Naperville, Woodridge and nearby towns late Sunday. At least eight people were injured and more than 100 homes were damaged in the storm. According to the National Weather Service, it was the first significant tornado to hit the Chicago metropolitan area since 2015.

We check in with a Chicago writer who used the pandemic as a chance to bike across the country and interview Americans about how they've been coping with the last year.

At the worst point of the pandemic recession, women’s participation in the workforce fell to 57% — a level not seen since the mid-1980s. Many working mothers left a job they love to take care of the family they love, bearing the brunt of disruptions to child care and school. As life returns to normal, will women return to work? Reset examines what the future holds for working women.

Even as customers return to cabs and ride shares, companies are finding it hard to get drivers back behind the wheel. A.D. Quig of Crain’s Chicago Business explains why. Plus, we hear from riders and drivers.

Houses of worship were largely closed during the pandemic, with nearly all religious services that required people to gather suspended to avoid becoming superspreading events. So with the state reopened, how have houses of worship welcomed congregants back? And what lessons have faith leaders learned from the global pandemic? Reset checks in with two local faith leaders about what reopening has me...

For the latest in our “Re-imagine Chicago” series, we examine what public safety would look like if more non-criminal 911 calls were diverted to crisis responders and not police.

Reset checks in with the Naperville fire chief, an atmospheric scientist and a reporter on the ground about Sunday night's severe storms and tornado in Illinois' suburbs.

For more than 150 years, Juneteenth has been commemorated as the end of slavery in the U.S. Now, Juneteenth is a federal holiday and will be observed as an official holiday in Illinois and Chicago starting next year. Reset discusses the significance of these decisions and how the legacy of Juneteenth impacts our present and future.

Fatherhood for many young men can be a challenge. Sheldon Smith recognizes this and has been able to help hundreds of young Black and Latino men accomplish their financial goals, education goals and quality time goals with the Dovetail Project, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization. Reset talks to Sheldon about his story and why fatherhood is so important.

In the heart of Logan Square comes a new “hybrid” restaurant and bar called The Duplex. With a menu and chefs that will rotate every six months, its objective is to share the spotlight with chefs who have had a difficult time breaking into the restaurant industry. Reset talks with owner Le’Qoinne Rice about how a sudden pandemic closure sparked this promising new concept.

Lawmakers were back in Springfield dealing with energy, an elected school board and gun control. Meanwhile, Illinois rolls out a shot at big money in a special lottery for vaccinated residents. Reset goes behind the headlines with local reporters.