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Reset explores the debate around health and safety in the NFL after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and was resuscitated on the field. We check in with WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout and former Chicago Bears linebacker Sam Acho.

In the past two decades, Chicago Public Schools has built a vibrant chess program. Reset checks in with CPS student and chess master Avi Kaplan, CPS chess coordinator Arlecia Taylor and CPS chess consultant David Heiser.

Supporters of an Illinois bill are pushing for an assault weapons ban as the state marks six months since the deadly mass shooting in Highland Park. Reset checks in with the bill’s sponsor, State Rep. Bob Morgan (D-Deerfield) and youth organizer Rachel Jacoby of March For Our Lives

If you don’t think news out of the tech world affects you, think again. With your favorite streaming service shaking things up and the metaverse looming, this might be a big year for the tech we use every day. Reset checks in with Tatum Hunter, Washington Post technology writer.

Reset hears the latest on COVID, the flu, RSV and more from Dr. Mia Taormina, infectious disease specialist with Duly Health and Care

Murders dropped 13% in 2022, but all reported crimes were up 12% during the same time period. Reset goes behind the statistics with Chicago Sun-Times reporters Andy Grimm and Tom Schuba.

Reset explores different approaches to self-care and ways we can prevent the cycle of burnout with therapist, podcast host and author Matthias Roberts, speaker and author Laura Vanderkam and author Jonathan Malesic.

Exercise can be fraught for people with larger bodies. So, how about a weight-neutral approach to fitness? We kick off our “Bias Against Bodies” series with plus-size trainer and founder of “Big Fit Girl” Louise Green and runner, speaker and author Mirna Valerio. Next week, we explore the challenges of flying on an airplane for people with larger bodies.

We’re revisiting some of our favorite music interviews from 2022. Today, we’re featuring the art rock duo FINOM, formerly known as OHMME. The band is made up of Macie Stewart and Sima Cunningham, who are veterans in Chicago's DIY music scene. They test the boundaries of their voices and their instruments to create a strange — yet spellbinding — sound. Reset sat down with FINOM to talk about the na...

Reset chats with artist Matt B about his recent Global Music Grammy nomination and what led him to the Afrobeats genre.

Reset gets the dish on some of the best restaurants from this past year. Chicago Tribune food critic Nick Kindelsperger and co-hosts of the podcast “77 Flavors of Chicago” Dario Durham and Sara Faddah all share the best grub they had in 2022.

We’re revisiting some of our favorite interviews with Chicago musicians from the past year. We spoke with multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird back in April. Bird discussed performing, songwriting, and the violin he bought when he was sixteen years old.

From comedies like “Abbott Elementary'' to epic sci-fi like “Andor”, 2022 was a fantastic year for the small screen. Reset assembles a panel featuring: Danette Chavez, editor-in-chief of Primetimer, Brandon Pope, reporter/anchor at CW 26, and Arionne Nettles, journalist, lecturer at Northwestern University. They share their picks and some shows that flew under the radar.

Winter storm Elliott brought ice, sub-zero temperatures and high winds to much of the U.S. leading to a cascade of cancellations and delays over the busiest travel weekend of the year. On Monday alone there were over 4,000 flight cancellations in the U.S. and over 9,000 delays. Reset learns how this happens, what you need to know as a passenger, and what advocates are pushing for to make travel sm...

Chicago R&B artist Ravyn Lenae is out with her debut album Hypnos. It’s been four years since she released her last EP, and fans are overjoyed. Ravyn joins Reset to discuss musical inspirations, Chicago artists and her new music. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us.

Reset reviews the best movies of the year with Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips, PRISM editor Michi Trota and Facets film program director Charles Coleman.

We're revisiting our conversation with Jess Shoman, frontwoman of the band Tenci. She joined Reset to discuss her music, recent tour and Chicago’s DIY music scene. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us

Saba’s latest album “Few Good Things,” took almost four years to finish. “Part of the personal evolution that you hear is just the time spent sitting with the record, tweaking the record, and being able to be present,” he told Reset. The Chicago hip-hop artist takes us inside his follow-up to 2018’s “CARE FOR ME” and tells us how vulnerability fuels his process. For more Reset interviews, subscrib...

Chicago multi-instrumentalist Nnamdi visits Reset on the release day of his impressive new album, Please Have A Seat. He also shares who he’s excited about in the Chicago music scene, and why he’s already looking ahead to what’s next.

Students hold a walkout after shooting at a high school in Pilsen; COVID cases rise as holidays approach; Frigid temps hit Chicago; and a new round of marijuana licenses is announced. Reset goes behind those headlines and with Amy Guth, host of Crain’s Chicago Business podcast, “Daily Gist”, David Greising, president, CEO Better Government Association, and Becky Vevea, bureau chief, Chalkbeat Chic...

A winter storm is upon us. It’s bringing snow and dropping temperatures, so for those that have cars, here’s what you need to know to winterize your vehicle. Reset gets some inside tips from auto expert, Joe Betancourt Jr. of Joe’s Expert Auto in Lincoln Park.

With all of us closing the book on 2022, we’re taking a moment to look back on some of the best things that happened to Chicagoans. Reset talks to listener Margot McMahon about finishing a book about her parents who were longtime activists in Chicago.

In 2020, gun deaths surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children. Reset hears from Brandy Martin, who has lost family members to gun violence, and journalist Ben Austen, who’s been reporting these stories of loss.

How do you take care of yourself and your mental health while pursuing both school, passion projects and the pressure that comes with both? For the latest in our Black mental health series, Reset hears from Adeeb Borden, CEO of Black Youth Leadership 21, about how he balances high ambitions and self care. Then, Reset hears from Black mental healthcare provider Tasha Jackson about her career, as we...

The Urban Institute and ProPublica published a study in 2018 that found that 56% of workers 50 or older said they were pushed out of jobs they’d had for a long time and long before they wanted to retire. Reset hears from Mary O’Donnell, president of RRF Foundation for Aging, and Tom Kuczmarski, member of RRF Board of Trustees and founder of Kuczmarski Innovation consulting firm, who say we’re in a...