In the Loop

If you’re looking for an out-of-this-world festival, the Cosmic Country Cookout on Sunday is bound to have something you’ll love. Reset talks with event organizer Sully Davis and Lavender Country’s Patrick Haggerty for more details.

From shipwrecks to singing port-a-potties, Secret Northwest Indiana serves as a history book and travel guide about hidden gems in the Hoosier state. Reset talks with author Joseph Pete for more.

Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger is in the national spotlight for leading Thursday’s Jan. 6th committee hearing while Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky makes her own headlines in D.C.

Reset takes a deep dive into those stories and more on the Weekly News Recap.

Chicago’s own Chance the Rapper recently shared about his new music and future plans with WBEZ’s sister station Vocalo Radio. Reset hears highlights from the interview with Vocalo’s Ayana Contreras.

Reset discusses why Europe is experiencing record-setting heat and how Chicago’s new 10-year plan looks to address rising temperatures with Reset Sustainability Contributor Karen Weigert, Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford and Chicago Chief Sustainability Officer Angela Tovar.

Reset gets tips for finding a love connection offline with freelance writer Amanda Chatel and Chicago dating experts Bela Gandhi and Anita Chlipala.

Chicago Public Schools has full-time librarians at only about 20% of its schools, and students of color are hit the hardest by this shortage. Reset learns more about this issue with Chicago Sun-Times education reporter Nader Issa and two CPS librarians who were recently laid off.

Three Chicago police officers have died by suicide in July. Reset discusses what can be done to address mental health challenges facing the Chicago Police Department with Alexa James, a former CPD mental health adviser. Plus, we get the latest on the new 988 Crisis and Suicide Lifeline with Philip Martinez of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Illinois.

So far this year, there have been nearly 350 homicides and over 1,000 shootings in Chicago. Now, many anti-violence groups throughout the city are getting federal COVID relief money to ramp up their efforts. Reset learns more from WBEZ criminal justice reporter Patrick Smith.

Pharmacists in some states with abortion bans are reportedly refusing to fill prescriptions for methotrexate because it can be used to end a pregnancy. Reset discusses why access to methotrexate and other drugs could become an issue of sex discrimination in post-Roe America with Vox senior correspondent Ian Millhiser and Dr. Cuoghi Edens with the University of Chicago Medicine.