In the Loop

By WBEZ ChicagoNews

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In the Loop episodes

July 27, 2023 Chicago’s Housing Prices Remain Resilient
Housing prices are hitting an all-time high in Chicago, and it’s making the city the hottest market in the nation. Reset find out why with Dennis Rodkin, residential real estate reporter at Crain’s Chicago Business.
13 min
July 26, 2023 Homelessness In The Face Of More Frequent Extreme Weather
Every summer, Chicago officials release recommendations on how to stay cool in extreme heat. But the suggestions can be challenging to follow for people experiencing homelessness. Reset talks through available options for unhoused people and what else can be done to support them with Andy Robledo, a Chicagoan providing tents to homeless encampments and Colleen Ryan, nurse practitioner with Heartland Alliance Health.
18 min
July 26, 2023 The Renewed Push For The ‘Treatment Not Trauma’ Plan
Organizers and officials recently held a summit to discuss how the city responds to mental health crises, with Mayor Brandon Johnson saying he would invest in more social services.

Reset discusses how it could affect Chicagoans with Northwestern University’s Dr. Eric Reinhart, anthropologist of policing, prisons, and public health, and Emily Piff, member of Jewish Council on Urban Affairs.
19 min
July 25, 2023 What You Need To Know About Paying Back Student Loans
Millions of borrowers will have to start paying back their student loans starting this fall, after three years of payment pauses.

Reset digs into what borrowers need to know and do to prepare themselves for October. Our guests are Lisa Philip, WBEZ higher education reporter, and Jack Wallace, the head of government affairs and industry relations at Yrefy.
31 min
July 25, 2023 July Rains Prove Too Much For Chicago’s Expensive Back-Up Plan
Chicago’s $3.8 billion Deep Tunnel flood-control project was seemingly ready to go before the torrential downpours in early July. But as the rain came down, runoff overflowed onto streets and into residents’ homes in what would become a record-setting storm. So why didn't the Deep Tunnel system reduce floods like it’s supposed to?

Reset gets the latest from Chicago Tribune environment and public health reporter Michael Hawthorne.
16 min
July 24, 2023 People With Disabilities Don’t Always Get A Fair Shot At Jobs
July is Disability Pride Month — a time to celebrate those with a range of physical and mental abilities. But one of the key issues the disabled community still faces is accessibility in the workplace.

Reset discusses what’s being done to help with a panel of Chicago disability advocates: Daisy Feidt, vice president of Access Living; Jamie Sandberg, assistant director of Duman Opportunity Center at Jewish Child and Family Services of Chicago; and Emily Blum, executive director of Disability Lead.
18 min
July 24, 2023 People With Disabilities Don’t Always Get A Fair Shot At Jobs
July is Disability Pride Month — a time to celebrate those with a range of physical and mental abilities. But one of the key issues the disabled community still faces is accessibility in the workplace.

Reset discusses what’s being done to help with a panel of Chicago disability advocates: Daisy Feidt, vice president of Access Living; Jamie Sandberg, assistant director of Duman Opportunity Center at Jewish Child and Family Services of Chicago; and Emily Blum, executive director of Disability Lead.
0 min
July 24, 2023 How To Protect Victims of Domestic Abuse
Producer: Dan Tucker
Editor: Meha Ahmad

17 min
July 22, 2023 Barbenheimer Is Here
Producer: Claire Hyman
Editor: Meha Ahmad

18 min
July 21, 2023 WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: July 21, 2023
Producer: Andrea Guthmann
Editors: Dan Tucker, Meha Ahmad
46 min