In the Loop (Segments)

Reset brings on David Marienthal to discuss the story of his family’s legendary Chicago night club, Mister Kelly's. He partnered with director and screenwriter Ted Bogosian on the new documentary Live At Mister Kelly’s.

The typical Puerto Rican-inspired jibarito is a sandwich of thin-cut steak or shredded beef, tomatoes, lettuce, and garlicky mayo stuck between two fried and flattened green plantains. Recommended by a Reset listener, host Sasha-Ann Simons tries a jibarito for the first time.

Reset brings on an infectious disease expert for our weekly check-in to provide clarity and answers to your questions, comments and concerns about COVID-19.

Most U.S. history classes making little more than passing references to the impact Asian Americans have had on the nation or to the discrimination many faced after arriving in the United States as immigrants. With Illinois poised to become the first state to require instruction in Asian American history in high schools, Reset checks in with a scholar on the subject for a primer.

Illinois legalized recreational marijuana in 2019, and incorporated strong social justice initiatives into the legislation, including licenses set aside for “social equity applicants” hoping to own marijuana dispensaries. Reset examines the details of cannabis legislation aiming to increase non-existent minority marijuana business ownership in Illinois.

Reset checks in with the president of the Chicago Transit Authority to learn how the agency is preparing to welcome riders back post-pandemic.

Nearly a century ago, a white mob attacked businesses, homes and residents in the predominantly Black Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Okla. Historians estimate as many as 300 people died. Hundreds of businesses and homes were looted and burned down. One of the businesses destroyed belonged to the great-grandfather of Keewa Nurullah, a fourth-generation Chicago entrepreneur. Reset talks to Nurulla...

Reset producer and Radio Z host Jason Marck talks about making the one-hour audio documentary Dylan At 80: A Chicago Music Perspective. The special focuses on six of the biggest names in Chicago music from a wide variety of genres, and each one explains the influence Bob Dylan had on their art and their lives.

A year after the police murder of George Floyd, some companies and corporations are taking major steps to combat racial inequities in the workplace — from addressing hiring discrepancy to incorporating more people of color in leadership. Reset speaks with a reporter and a CEO for more on the significance of this past year in corporate America.

If you’re looking for something fun to do on Memorial Day weekend, consider taking a walk around Chicago’s Outerbelt. The 210-mile trail begins and ends at Grant Park, and weaves through some of the loveliest natural areas in and around the city. Reset checks in with the Outerbelt Alliance for hiking tips.

While the massive protests of last summer have subsided, there’s still a lot of work going on behind the scenes in cities and communities across the country. Reset brings on a Chicago activist to reflect on what has and hasn’t changed since George Floyd’s death and the ongoing fight for racial justice.

The Chicago City Council is taking up a number of major ordinances and measures Wednesday, including renaming the iconic outer Lake Shore Drive. WTTW’s Heather Cherone gives Reset a City Council update.

Reset takes listener recommendations on the best things to do and eat as we head into Memorial Day weekend.

Reset learns how Chicago Apprentice Network started and why organizers are pushing local companies to hire more graduates from the City Colleges.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday unveiled her long-awaited civilian police oversight plan, which forms a commission of seven Chicagoans to provide input on CPD organization and leadership.

Reset checks in with the co-founder of The Greenwood Project, a non-profit aimed at helping Black and brown students pursue careers in finance.

One year after George Floyd’s murder, his death has amplified the Black Lives Matter movement around the world and sparked new conversations around policing and racism in schools and workplaces and between family and friends. Reset brings on two guests and opens the phones to listeners to reflect on the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s murder and how to find healing from “racial battle fatigue.”

As a new crop of graduates start their journey into the post-COVID job market, Reset’s sustainability contributor Karen Weigert and clean energy consultant Elevate discuss the green economy’s future.

A 2019 study from New York University shows Chicago has the widest life expectancy gap of any city in the nation. Residents in largely white and wealthy Streeterville live to 90 years old on average, but Black residents of Englewood, a South Side neighborhood that hasn’t seen much investment, live to be just 60. Reset checks in with an organization working to close the life expectancy gap between...

The Segundo Belvis Ruiz Cultural Center in Hermosa on Chicago’s West Side will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a screening of the documentary on Rita Moreno titled Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided To Go For It. More details on how to attend the event here. Reset talks to a producer from the documentary about the center’s significance and how it will continue to celebrate culture in Hermo...

A new bill would require Illinois school districts to add media literacy instruction as part of their computer literacy curriculum. Reset checks in with a co-sponsor of the legislation and a media literacy expert for more.

Reset checks in with Crain’s Chicago Business reporter Ally Marotti to discuss how restaurants in the Loop are adapting for post-pandemic life as customers start trickling back to the office.

The federal government’s latest inflation report shows consumer prices jumped 4.2% last month from a year ago. That’s the biggest increase since the financial crisis in 2008. Reset brings on NPR’s Scott Horsley to discuss why prices are rising and opens the phones to listeners

Partisan bickering has erupted in the Illinois General Assembly over a newly drawn legislative map. Other important issues remain unresolved. Two reporters update Reset on what's happening in Springfield.

The post-COVID world will leave many institutions and businesses in American urban centers permanently shuttered. Does this spell the end of the American city as we know it? Famed urban thinker Richard Florida joins Reset to re-imagine what 21st century cities should become to help foster equitable and just societies.