In the Loop (Segments)

Chicago ended 2019 on a hopeful note as preliminary numbers show a steep drop in shootings and homicides. WBEZ criminal justice reporter Patrick Smith breaks down the numbers.

Whether it’s a new release or a dusty classic you finally got around to diving into, we’re asking local bookworms what was the best thing they read all year.

WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout breaks down the middling season for the Bears and what comes next.

Chicago attorney Karen Daniel was struck and killed by a vehicle Thursday in Oak Park. Reset sits down with Judy Royal with the Center on Wrongful Convictions about Daniel’s legacy and impact in Chicago.

Reset sits down with two healthcare professionals to talk self-care and hear from listeners on their thoughts on self-care.

Cartoonist and educator Lynda Barry is out with the new book “Making Comics,” a curriculum and exercise guide to comic storytelling. Reset sits down with her to hear about the book and her recent 2019 MacArthur award.

Reset talks to historian Dominic Pacyga about his new book "American Warsaw: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Polish Chicago."

On Jan. 1 Illinois will join the recreational marijuana market. WBEZ reporter Mariah Woelfel breaks down everything consumers need to know about the emerging recreational marijuana industry in Illinois.

Twenty years ago, we were told that independent bookstores were dead. But after surviving big box stores and Amazon, Chicago's indie bookstores are thriving. Reset talks to two longtime local booksellers.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report that says limiting exposure to toxic stress for children could reduce chronic health conditions and risky behaviors later in life. Reset digs in.

50,000 Cook County Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP recipients will be subject to the work requirement rules come January 1. Reset sits down with two food stamp experts to learn about the changes and how they will affect recipients.

Reset talks with Leila Taylor creative director at the Brooklyn Public Library and author of the new book Darkly: Black History and America’s Gothic Soul about black gothicism.

Recreational marijuana becomes legal in Illinois. What’s generally being called “the equity” portion of legalization? Natalie Moore guest hosts.

Our panel breaks down the biggest Chicago-area food stories of 2019 and best restaurants. Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, Food & Dining Reporter, Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune food and dining reporter, Monica Eng, reporter, WBEZ

Natalie Moore in for Jenn White presents WBEZ and podcast production company Make-Believe Association's audio docudrama "Chicago Race Riot 1919"

Reset sits down with Tanisha C. Ford Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl's Love Letter to the Power of Fashion. Host, Natalie Moore

Reset looks back at the biggest stories and moments of the last decade. Sylvia Puente, Latino Policy Forum; Arionne Nettles, journalism lecturer at Northwestern; Amanda Williams, Chicago Artist and Brendan Shiller, a lawyer, West Side Center for Justice

Reset checks in with Matthew Schuerman, author of the new book Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents. Host: Natalie Moore

Chicago’s new city sticker debt relief program drew only a fraction of motorists. The program, announced back in September, promoted the opportunity to relieve some 500,000 Chicago motorists of up to 500 million dollars in unpaid debt.

Reset reviews movies from 2019 with Arionne Nettles, Annie Russell and Tasha Robinson.

Vanilla is a common ingredient in holiday treats. Did you know it comes from an orchid grown in Mexico, Tahiti and Madagascar?

Reset talks to Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad, host of the new podcast “Dolly Parton’s America,” co-produced with WNYC Studios. The last episode comes out on Dec. 31.

Reset takes a look at the good, the bad and the ugly in TV and film in 2019 with Reset producer Meha Ahmad and Matt Peters, host of "Since Last We Spoke."

Reset checks in with WBEZ's environment and climate reporter Jerome McDonnell, Paul Botts and Megan Dwyer about nutrient pollution.

The final chapter in the Skywalker saga has arrived. A fandom spanning more than four decades has high expectations for the installment and our panel of Star Wars superfans gathers in studio to give their spoiler-free review of the film.