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A viral tweet from journalist Vikkie Walker sparked a nationwide conversation about pay transparency after she posted her salary so anyone applying to her old job would know how to negotiate pay. So, why are we so secretive about salaries? And what’s at stake when we keep that information to ourselves?

Reset tackles the taboo topic of pay transparency.

Guests: Victoria Walker, journalist

Andrew Challenger, senior vice president at employment consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas

Producer: Andrea Guthmann, Andrew Meriwether

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

A downstate judge has overruled Illinois’ mask mandate in schools.

Reset hears from parents on both sides of the masking divide and gets an update from a Springfield reporter about how the Governor plans to appeal.

Producer: Andrea Guthmann, Andrew Meriwether

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Illinois Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger was one of just 10 House GOP members who voted to impeach President Trump after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. And he’s one of just two Republicans on the House Committee investigating that attack. What’s his political future?

Producer: Andrea Guthmann, Andrew Meriwether

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Reset gets you up to speed with all of it during our Weekly News Recap with WBEZ’s Dave McKinney and Alex Nitkin from The Daily Line.

Producer: Andrew Meriwether

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Two experts discuss Chicago Public Media’s acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times and other models for reinvigorating local news coverage.

Guests: Mark Jacob, independent journalist

Victor Pickard, professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania

Producer: Meha Ahmad, Andrew Meriwether

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

The 2014 murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald and the trial of his shooter, former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, was supposed to be a watershed moment for the Chicago Police Department and the city itself.

Reset discusses how much Chicago and CPD have changed in the last three years with an attorney who led the negotiations of Chicago’s consent decree and a law professor.

Guests: Shareese Pryor, senior staff counsel and director of justice reform at BPI Chicago

Ekow N. Yankah, professor at Cardozo School of Law

Producer: Meha Ahmad

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

This February marks the 46th recognized Black History Month, but the history behind this commemorative month begins further back in time right here in the Windy City.

Reset checks in with an urban historian for the story.

Guest: Shermann “Dilla” Thomas, Chicago’s favorite neighborhood historian

Producer: Isabelle Earl

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Restaurant work and rest don’t often mix, but after a brush with death, one local chef is giving herself and her staff a chance to take a deep breath and relax.

Reset checks in with her about this and other shifts she’s making as well as with a reporter who writes about the food and beverage industry.

GUEST: Bo Fowler, chef and owner of Owen and Engine and Bixi

Josh Noel, Chicago Tribune reporter

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

Reset talks to WTTW co-anchor Brandis Friedman and Chicago Tribune City Hall reporter John Byrne for the big headlines of the last few days in the Weekly News Recap.

GUESTS: John Byrne, Chicago Tribune City Hall reporter

Brandis Friedman, WTTW co-anchor and correspondent; host of “Chicago Tonight: Black Voices”

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad

The year 2022 is being labeled as the “Year of Healing” for Chicago, which will focus on restorative racial transformation around the city. Reset checks in with Candace Moore, the city’s first chief equity officer, to understand what she has in plan for this year.

GUESTS: Candace Moore, chief equity officer, city of Chicago

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann