This week the U.S Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke to the Chicago Council on Global affairs to address food insecurity and other humanitarian issues.

Reset spoke to the Ambassador about her visit and how global food security issues affect Chicago and Illinois.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Andrew Meriwether

Guest: Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Former Alderman Patrick Daley Thompson heads to prison in Wisconsin and a Chicago cop charged in the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol rejects a plea deal. Reset goes behind the week’s headlines with local journalists on the Weekly News Recap.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Andrea Guthmann

Guest: Patrick Smith, Brandon Pope, Carrie Shepherd

With the recent signing of the Inflation Reduction Act and the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act passed last year in Illinois, residents have access to more incentives to upgrade their homes to make them more energy efficient.

Reset speaks with policy experts to understand how these incentives will be implemented and who will have access to them.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Andrew Meriwether

Guest: Ari Matusiak, Jen Walling, Dave Kolata

WBEZ is partnering with Illinois public radio stations to bring a special broadcast statewide for people locked up and their loved ones. The project is inspired by the fourth season of “Motive,” about prisons and prison towns in Illinois. After years of reporting on the Illinois department of corrections, host Shannon Heffernan wanted to serve people most affected by the prison system.

Reset hears more about the broadcast from WBEZ’s criminal justice desk editor.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Marie Mendoza

Guest: Rob Wildeboer

After months of signing petitions and attending city council meetings, the Campaign to Stop Luxury Development at Weiss Hospital has now occupied the former hospital parking lot in Uptown. The campaign seeks to block a new 314-unit apartment building from breaking ground because they say it will displace Uptown residents and put the neighborhood’s affordable housing in jeopardy.

Reset checks in with an Uptown reporter and one of the organizers involved in the action.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Sarah Stark

Guest: Joe Ward, Angela Clay, Adam Gottlieb

With a statewide election just over two months away, candidates are in full-on campaign mode. Reset takes a look at campaign ads and political messaging.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Andrea Guthmann

Guest: Connie Mixon, Delmarie Cobb

When a listener called in looking for pickleball lessons in her neighborhood, we learned the basics of the country’s fastest growing sport from a pickleball program coordinator and the founder of the Association of Pickleball Professionals.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Claire Hyman

Guest: Mir Rahim, Ken Herrmann

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Meha Ahmad

Guest: Sarah Karp

Reset speaks with Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of the Washington Post about the latest in the Biden Administration’s forthcoming plans for student debt forgiveness. Then, Sasha talks with author and reporter, Josh Mitchell, and founder of the Student Debt Crisis Center, Cody Hounanian, about the ramifications of this announcement.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Andrew Meriwether

Guest: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Josh Mitchell, Cody Hounanian

In 2014, major tech companies released diversity reports that showed their workforce was made up of mostly white and Asian men, and since then, there has been a desire to change, but progress has been slow. Advocates say that before companies can recruit, diverse candidates need to have competitive experience, and that’s what Strong Start is trying to provide.

Reset checks in with the director to look more about their approach.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Andrea Guthmann, Lynnea Domienik

Guest: Aleena Agrawal