Beyonce’s much-anticipated seventh studio album ‘Renaissance is out now. People across the internet are raving about the 16-track record which draws influences from house and disco music. But does it get the Chicago house seal of approval?

Reset checks in with a Beyonce superfan and a legend in the Chicago’s house scene.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Marie Mendoza

Guest: Tiffany Walden, Darlene Jackson

Landlords continue to raise rent rates but tenants struggle to keep up with the rising cost of everything from food, gas, and everyday necessities.

Reset talks to tenants advocate groups about renter’s rights.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Brenda Ruiz

Guest: Gregory, Conor Malloy

In Mohsin Hamid’s latest book The Last White Man, Hamid takes a page out of Franz Kafka’s book when his own main character wakes up one day looking completely differently. The Last White Man tackles issues of otherism, belonging, and just to what extent race is an imagined social construct.

Reset talks to critically-acclaimed author Mohsin Hamid about The Last White Man.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Meha Ahmad, Sasha-Ann Simons

Guest: Mohsin Hamid

Northshore is admitting no wrongdoing, and is still requiring vaccination against COVID-19 for all staff. If an exemption is granted, they say they’ll work with that employee to accommodate the exemption.

Reset gets the details from a reporter and hears analysis from a legal expert.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

Guest: Lisa Schencker, Randall Schmidt

New York health officials are urging residents to get vaccinated against polio after finding the virus in wastewater.

Reset gets the latest details about the case and how it’s shedding light on areas with lower vaccination rates.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Stephanie Kim

Guest: Arthur Allen

WBEZ reporter Kristen Schorsh fills us in on her reporting.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Claire Hyman

Guest: Kristen Schorsch, Kristen Schultz

Food pantries are seeing a higher demand for their services but struggle to meet them with a higher cost of food and fewer volunteers.

Reset hears from food pantries across Chicago about their struggles and needs.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Brenda Ruiz

Guest: Greg Trotter, Alici McNeal, Man-Yee Lee

Legislation went into effect on July 1 mandating that every city college employ a liaison to help undocumented students navigate college. Now, each of Chicago’s seven City Colleges will ring in the new school year with more resources for undocumented students.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Sarah Stark

Guest: Daniel Lopez, Luvia Moreno

Illinois officials will use hundreds of millions of dollars from opioid settlements with three major drug distributors and a drugmaker to fund opioid treatment and prevention programs across the state.

Reset checks in with people who work on opioid treatment for their reaction and analysis.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

Guest: Lee Rusch, Dave Jimenez, Luther Syas

Pfizer and Moderna have said that millions of doses of omicron-specific vaccines could be available in the U.S. in early September. Reset checks in with an infectious disease specialist about what the booster rollout will be like.

Plus, with back-to-school is around the corner, how can we prepare Chicago’s education institutions for another year of teaching with COVID?

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Claire Hyman

Guest: Dr. Mia Taormina