79,000 Afghans have come to the U.S in the past year,... 2,500 of them to Illinois, and countless Afghans are trying to leave but are stuck in limbo, waiting on visas.

Reset checks in with Afghan refugees to hear more.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

Guest: Siam Pasarly, Sima Quraishi

Free preschool is now available for all students in 64 of Chicago’s 77 community areas. But after an enrollment dip from the COVID pandemic, over 3 thousand preschool seats, especially on the South and West Sides, remain unfilled.

Reset checks in with an education reporter. We also hear from volunteers who are leading an effort to go door-to-door spreading awareness and helping parents with the preschool enrollment process.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Char Daston

Guest: Nereida Moreno

A study published in the journal Pediatrics earlier this year found transgender children who socially transition are unlikely to detransition — or “retransition,” as the study notates. This disproves the common anti-trans talking point that children are likely to regret transitioning.

Reset breaks down the latest research and what it means with a Chicago-based researcher.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Sarah Stark

Guest: TJ Billard

The Chicago Sky lost their first WNBA semifinal game 68-63 Sunday night against the Connecticut Sun. The Sky will need to win three of their four remaining semifinal games against the Sun to advance to the WNBA finals.

Reset checks in with a reporter and a Sky superfan.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Char Daston, Meha Ahmad

Guest: Cheryl Raye-Stout, Marquita Wiggins

The White House asserts that the price of a four-year university has tripled in the past forty years, creating a level of debt that prevents “access to the middle-class life that the college degree once provided.” President Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness announcement has sparked relief and ire, with some people saying it’s too much money, and prominent politicians like Senator Tammy Duckworth saying it doesn’t go far enough.

Reset hears reactions from Chicagoans who are having some of their debt forgiven.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik, Claire Hyman

Guest: Eman Abdelhadi, Kat Murphy

The pandemic has undoubtedly affected all the relationships in our lives, our friendships in particular. So how can we get back on track and start making platonic connections or rebuilding friendships that fell to the wayside?

Reset gets tips from a relationship expert.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Marie Mendoza

Guest: Kat Vellos

Many students will receive loan forgiveness after the Biden Administration’s announcement last week, but how can issues with college affordability be addressed?

Reset talks with policy experts about the state of college costs and we hear from a college adviser on what students can do themselves to find and apply for scholarships.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Andrew Meriwether

Guest: David Feldman, Sandy Baum, Dante Vozza

The FDA says COVID-19 booster shots targeting Omicron variants could roll out to Americans 12 and up as early as the week after Labor Day.

Reset breaks down everything you need to know about the boosters with an infectious disease specialist.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Sarah Stark

Guest: Dr. Mia Taormina

Chef Jessica Pamonicutt champions Indigenous foods in her catering business. Though these ingredients have been hard for Native people living in urban areas to access for generations, factors including climate change and inflation are making them more inaccessible than ever.

Reset sits down with Chef Jessica to discuss her inspiration, connecting with her cultural identity through food, and the importance of food sovereignty.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Sarah Stark

Guest: Jessica Pamonicutt

Chicago Public Schools’ CEO Pedro Martinez unveiled his 3 year pandemic recovery plan this week. One of the points in the plan is to strengthen career and technical education, or CTE, in CPS. This is reflective of a push toward CTE happening across the nation. A recent Chalkbeat Chicago analysis looked at the potential of stronger CTE programs in schools, and the barriers for wider implementation.

Reset learns more from the reporter behind the investigation.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Marie Mendoza

Guest: Mila Koumpilova