Reset discusses the scope and impact of Ukraine’s current humanitarian crisis.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Brenda Ruiz

What’s That Building series with Dennis Rodkin of Crain’s Chicago Business. We’re talking about John and Mary Jane Jones, a Black power couple back in late 1800s Chicago, and the locations and structures where they left their mark in this city.



Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Sasha-Ann Simons

For the first time in nearly three decades, Major League Baseball games are being canceled due to a labor dispute. And the bad baseball news might not end there. Major League Baseball owners and the union representing players continue to be at a standstill over a new collective bargaining agreement. And they are far from seeing eye to eye. WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout has the latest.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad

Residents flee Kherson as Russian troops claim their first Ukrainian city take-over. Reset gets reaction from a Ukrainian-Chicagoan on the lay of the land and from a senior policy counsel on the refugee crisis at hand.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Brenda Ruiz, Dan Tucker

Reset talks to the retired DEA special agents who took down Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in the early 1990s. Javier Peña and Steve Murphy served as consultants on the first two seasons of the Netflix series Narcos, which follows Ecobar’s rise to power as head of the Medellin Cartel. They’re scheduled to speak Friday at City Winery.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

The One Earth Film Festival features films about the most pressing environmental concerns of our time. Woven throughout the festival, and culminating in an awards night, are films made by young filmmakers from third grade to twenty five years old. Reset checks in with the founding director of that program, as well as a former participant in the young filmmakers contest, to learn more about these efforts.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Lynnea Domienik

A federal grand jury returned a 22-count indictment after a lengthy investigation in former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, alleging that his political endeavors resulted in personal financial gain. Reset uncovers the details of the crimes Madigan is accused of committing.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim, Meha Ahmad

The Chicago Biomedical Consortium is capitalizing on the science that is happening within the participating institutions, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago, by investing in training scientists to understand the business side of things. The members of the inaugural cohort were just announced; they begin on March 7, 2022.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Lynnea Domienik

National security experts say Western financial and trading sanctions against Russia could prompt aggressive cyber attacks on Ukraine and NATO partners.

Reset hears more of what could come.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Brenda Ruiz

Nearly a week into Russia’s attack on Ukraine, but where does this go from here?

Reset hears from a former U.S. Ambassador on how he sees this conflict playing out.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Brenda Ruiz