The test kitchen is currently on display in Harlem as part of an exhibit called “African/American: Making the Nation’s Table.” We learned about the lasting impact the test kitchen had on the culinary world from Charla Draper, a former food editor at Ebony.

Hosts: Natalie Moore and Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Claire Hyman

In his first State of the Union address Tuesday, President Joe Biden addressed the Ukraine crisis and tackled a wide range of issues affecting Americans. Reset checks in with a Democratic speechwriter for the biggest takeaways and missed opportunities.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

Most of us have been shocked by the death and destruction we’ve seen in news coverage of the war in Ukraine. But some have begun voicing their shock over something else they’re seeing in the coverage… bias and racism. Both in how the war is being reported and how black refugees are being treated at the border.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

Anti-transgender bills and directives from top state officials in Texas and elsewhere have put trans youth in fear for their health and safety. Reset checks in with two providers of gender-affirming care about how those efforts put trans youth at more risk and can also spread misinformation.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Stephanie Kim

Ukrainian Chicagoans hope conflict in their home country will end soon as Russian forces continue to lay siege to Ukrainian cities.

Reset gets analysis from a local lawyer who worked with Ukraine in the early days of its independence.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Brenda Ruiz

Each episode of Unboxing Queer History focuses on a different collection that was donated to the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives in Rogers Park. They range from profiling Miss Tillie, the ‘Dirty Old Lady of Chicago’ to the creators of Amigas Latinas.

Reset talks with two of the people involved in making this podcast, about what these collections can open up and teach us about ourselves.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

All throughout the pandemic, we’ve heard countless facts and figures about the toll COVID-19 has taken on our country and our world. But what often gets forgotten in those numbers are the people we’ve lost and the loved ones who are left grieving.

Reset hears from two women about how they’re navigating their grief after losing their husband to the virus, and what they want people to understand about their situation.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Stephanie Kim

The masks may have come off in many public spaces across Illinois, but Chicago Public Schools insists on keeping faces covered for the time being. What’s the rationale behind the city’s mask mandate?

Host: Sasha Ann-Simons

Producer: Andrea Guthmann

Tony award-winning musical “Come from Away”, playing at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre, tells the story of how the small town Gander, Newfoundland, opened its arms to thousands of diverted passengers on 9/11.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Andrea Guthmann

The government agency ranks Covid-related hospital admissions and number of available ICU hospital beds as more important than number of Covid cases in a community for assessing virus risk. Reset asks infectious disease specialist Dr. Mia Taormina about what these changes will mean for Illinois.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Claire Hyman