In the Loop

The police killing of George Floyd ignited nationwide protests in the summer of 2020. More than a year after Floyd’s death, where are we when it comes to police reform?

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

Mayor Lightfoot unveils her budget proposal for 2022 while continuing to receive opposition from the police union over the vaccine mandate.

Reset goes behind the headlines on the Weekly News Recap.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Stephanie Kim

Female sexual anatomy, especially the vagina, has been, and still is, one of the most politicized, misconstrued and misunderstood aspects of human biology.

Reset meets an OB-GYN who demystifies and empowers the vagina in her new book.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Steve Bynum

For more than 40 years in Chicago, Pastor T.L. Barrett has been delivering sermons, speaking up for civil rights and political issues, and singing gospel songs on the piano with his congregation. Now, his life’s work will be captured in a new five-album collection, I Shall Wear A Crown.

Reset sits down with the South Side preacher to discuss the new box set, his life and career, and his hopes for the future.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

Sky Day Project brings together artists and scientists to contemplate, discuss and act on the climate crisis. Each September, SkyDay Project encourages school-aged children to look up and photograph the sky in support of the climate and planet.

Reset learns more about the project’s approach during the COVID pandemic.

Host: Susie An

Producers: Steve Bynum

The White House originally planned to roll out COVID-19 booster shots starting Monday. Then, on Friday, an advisory panel for the FDA voted against recommending a third shot for most Americans.

Reset checks in with an infectious disease specialist to break down the latest on boosters.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad

The subject of countless documentaries, movies and biographies, it’s hard to determine just what is left to learn about Muhammad Ali.

Filmmaker Ken Burns joins Reset to discuss his comprehensive look at Ali’s life, with footage even his family has never seen.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad, Dan Tucker

Illinois’s last Sears store prepares to shut its doors, Chicago Park District Inspector General resigns as its revealed the State’s Attorney is investigating allegations of sexual abuse by city lifeguards, and Mayor Lightfoot announces a plan to sue gang members for their assets.

Reset’s Weekly News Recap goes behind the week’s headlines.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

A South Side Chicago mother faces first-degree murder charges for the shooting death of her young son, but her family says the real culprit here is mental illness. And though family and colleagues around the woman reportedly did attempt to connect her with help, her husband said “it was too late.”

Reset talks with NAMI Chicago about how to connect to resources, practice conversations with family, and other ways to help loved ones with mental health issues.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad

Author and alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra stops by Reset to preview his forthcoming podcast, Mind Body Zone: Living Outside the Box. It’s available on September 12 on Audible.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Claire Hyman