Health officials are monitoring an outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox spreading through Europe, the U.K. and North America. Reset learns about the signs, symptoms and likelihood of monkeypox spread from an infectious disease specialist.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Claire Hyman

Guests: Dr. Mia Taormina

In one of the most contentious elections, the Chicago Teachers Union elected Stacy Davis Gates as their new president. Reset hears from the CTU’s new leader on her goals for the organization.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Brenda Ruiz

Guests: Stacy Davis Gates

As carjackings have increased during the pandemic, some Chicago neighborhoods are turning to private security firms to patrol their streets. Hyde Park, Bucktown, and now Lincoln Park’s Fullerton area have all hired P4 Security Solutions, a private security company which hires off-duty police officers to keep watch and report suspicious activity to the Chicago Police.

Reset talks with a reporter who covered this story, as well as a resident of Bucktown. We also hear from the

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Char Daston

Guesst: Quinn Myers, Angela Eastlund, and Paul Ohm

It’s Lyme disease awareness month and the beginning of tick season in Illinois. Where are ticks right now, how are they spreading across the state and how can you stay safe while spending time in nature?

Reset checks in with tick and vector-borne disease experts to learn more.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Christian Elliott

Guests: Kim Fake and Holly Tuten

Chicago R&B artist Ravyn Lenae is out with her debut album Hypnos. It’s been four years since she released her last EP, and fans are overjoyed.

Ravyn joins Reset to discuss musical inspirations, Chicago artists and her new music.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Ethan Schwabe

Guest: Ravyn Lenae, Chicago R&B artist

Chicago’s controversial new ward map gets approved. Meanwhile, Mayor Lori Lightfoot pushes for an earlier curfew for teens under 18. Plus, Illinois becomes the first state in the Midwest to ban “ghost guns."

Reset goes behind the headlines in WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Andrea Guthmann

Guests: Becky Vevea, WBEZ political reporter, Brandon Pope, reporter and anchor for CW 26 and David Greising, president of the Better Government Association

Reset talks about vegan, vegetarian restaurants around town and takes a bite out of the latest Portillo Garden Dog.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Brenda Ruiz

Guests:Aimee Leavitt, deputy editor at Eater Chicago and Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune food critic

Reset gets the details on how the Cook County Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot will work and who is eligible.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Claire Hyman

Guest: Esther Yoon-Ji Kang, reporter on WBEZ’s Race, Class and Communities desk

Commonwealth Edison is building a microgrid in Bronzeville on Chicago’s South Side, thanks to a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The network of solar panels, natural gas-powered generators and batteries will be enough to fully power the community.

Reset learns more about the new project.

GUEST: Francesca Mathewes, contributor for NextCity and Block Club Chicago

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Char Daston, Claire Hyman

Last week’s record-breaking heat was deadly for three women at the James Sneider Apartments, a living facility for seniors and people with disabilities in Rogers Park. The women were found unresponsive Saturday after multiple heat complaints from residents.

Reset discusses what can be done to prevent this from happening again, and reflects on lessons from Chicago’s 1995 heat wave.

GUESTS: Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th Ward

Eric Klinenberg, sociologist at New York University; author of Heat Wave: a Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Char Daston