In the Loop

A devastating Fourth of July massacre in Highland Park, a prison sentence for former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson and NASCAR racing through Chicago streets. Reset takes a deep dive into these stories and more in the Weekly News Recap with The Washington Post’s Kim Bellware, ProPublica’s Mick Dumke and WGN-TV reporter Mike Lowe.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Stephanie Kim

Producer: Sarah Stark

Pod producer: Meha Ahmad

GUEST: Samira Ahmed, New York Times bestselling author; comic book writer of Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit

Reset talks to sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh about his new book The Tomorrow Game, which follows the story of two rival teens on the Chicago’s South Side and a community that’s trying to save them from gun violence.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Stephanie Kim

As we learn the identities of the seven people killed in the Highland Park parade shooting, their loved ones are speaking out about how they want them to be remembered. Reset hears from WBEZ education reporter Susie An, who talked to the friends, families and neighbors of those who were killed or injured in the deadly attack.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Stephanie Kim

A shooter opened fire on a July 4th parade route in suburban Chicago, killing seven people and injuring dozens more. What now?

GUESTS: Sarah Karp, WBEZ reporter

Lynn Sweet, Washington correspondent for the Chicago Sun-Times

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

An expert explains how to discuss the tragic mass shooting in Highland Park, Ill., with children of different ages.

GUEST: Dr. Tali Raviv, child clinical psychologist and associate director of the Center for Childhood Resilience at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Brenda Ruiz

The Highland Park shooter was arrested “peacefully” despite being heavily armed. Meanwhile, an unarmed Black man in Akron, Ohio, was shot 60 times and killed by officers. Reset checks in with an expert who says the two stories help illustrate the fact that Black people are many times more likely than white people to be killed by police in the U.S.

GUEST: Rashawn Ray, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; professor of sociology at the University of Maryland

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Stephanie Kim