In the Loop

Find out everything you need to know about Hamilton tickets as we talk to Chicago Tribune theatre critic Chris Jones. Hamilton premieres at the Private Bank Theater this fall. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, June 21.

In the latest installment of the Morning Shift’s “Working Shift” series, we talk to two guests about some of the best bike practices.  We sit down with Dave Tibbets, head mechanic of Robert’s Cycle, and Brandon Goodall, assistant manager at Kozy’s Cyclery. These two bike experts answer questions about bike safety and keeping up a solid bike.

As Chicago continues to shed residents, we’ve heard a lot of reasons why they’re saying adieu. The weather. Gun violence. The state budget crisis. Chicago Public Schools. The list goes on.  In 2015, we lost more residents than any other major city or region in the country. Nevertheless, people are moving to Chicago. Morning Shift talks with recent transplants about why they moved to town and how they’re liking things so far.

Morning Shift talks to Suzanne Sellers, founder and Executive Director of Families Organizing for Child Welfare Justice and Diane Redleaf, founder and Executive Director of the Family Defense Center.

Plenty of families will be making their dads meals this Father's day, but at 27 locations around the country fathers will be cooking for their families and communities as part of the Real Men Cook celebration. The goal, aside from sharing some delicious food, is to show the positive side of urban families. Morning Shift talks to Yvette Moyo, one of the founders of the celebration, and Rael Jackson, president of Real Men Cook.

​Morning Shift talks to education writer Paul Tough about his new book Helping Children Succeed, where he uses the latest neuroscience and research to explain how kids can do well in school and life.

Earlier this week, designers, architects, furniture makers and other forces of the design world came to Chicago from all over the globe to the Merchandise Mart for this year's NeoCon. The tradeshow and conference aims to present new and effective ways to use the space around us. And one space where we spend a lot of time is the office. We talk to Shawn Green from Wisconsin-based designer firm KI about some of the ways the workplace looks different from past decades, and how the best ideas and decisions are not happening in conference rooms, but around the water cooler.

Everyone gets angry, but what allows some people to keep their anger in check while others seem to fly off the handle early and often?  We  talk with Chicago-based psychotherapist Dr. Bernard Golden, author of the new book Overcoming Destructive Anger: Strategies That Work.

A bill headed to Governor Bruce Rauner’s desk could inject some much-needed life into Illinois’ medical marijuana pilot program, which has been slow to get off the ground since it was first announced a few years ago. The legislation, which the Governor has indicated he will sign, would make marijuana for medicinal purposes more readily available and approve its use for PTSD and terminal illnesses.  Morning Shift host Tony Sarabia sits down with pilot program director Joseph Wright to discuss what passing the bill would mean for the future of medical marijuana in Illinois.

For some reason, dads, by their very nature, seem to be uncool. No matter what they do or how hard they try, they consistently fail the “coolness test” in the eyes of their kids.  Sometimes, though, dads manage to do something that makes them stand out, something you might even call “cool.”  In honor of Father’s Day, Morning Shift celebrates the “coolest” thing your dad has ever done and getting tips from real dads on trying and sometimes failing to be cool.