The COVID-19 pandemic has sent Chicago area home prices into the stratosphere. How long will the highs last? Reset checks in on the state of the housing market in the city and the suburbs.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Daniel Tucker

If you have children over the age of ten, they probably know John Green from his young adult novels and YouTube channel, “Crash Course”. Reset hears about his first book for adults, The Anthropocene Reviewed.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

Illinois’ gubernatorial race heats up and a member of the Daley dynasty is convicted of tax fraud. Reset’s “Weekly News Recap” goes behind the headlines with analysis of the week’s events.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

As Chicago Black Restaurant Week comes to a close, Reset checks in with the owner of The Black Vegan in Little Village for the latest in our series “Food Friday.” The restaurant offers plant-based comfort food classics like portabella wings and jackfruit sliders.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

One of the owners of The Chicago Reader wrote an essay questioning the rush to vaccinate children against COVID-19. The editorial board hired fact-checkers, which the owner said was censorship, which has led to a stalemate of sorts and choosing sides. Reset checks in with an independent journalist to learn more about what has transpired and what might be next for The Reader.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Lynnea Domienik

Illinois is preparing to lift a mask mandate for businesses at the end of the month, and schools are split on whether they’ll follow suit. We checked in with school superintendent Michael Lubelfel to hear how things are going in his district. And WBEZ Education Reporter Susie An explains what a recent court ruling means for schools aiming to make masks optional.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Claire Hyman

From Issa Rae to Jonelle Monae and from Stacey Abrams to Kamala Harris, there is no shortage of the amazing Black women who shape, inspire and change us. In honor of them, Chicago artist Harold Green III aims to honor and celebrate trailblazing Black women through art and poetry in his upcoming book Black Roses.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Meha Ahmad

Chicago sits amidst two important migration flyways. And conservationists say that your participation in the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend will help gather data that they’ll use to identify how climate change affects bird population and migration.

Reset checks in with a conservationist and an amateur birder about what can be gained from taking a moment to stop and notice birds.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Lynnea Domienik

Another few inches of snow is expected to hit the Chicagoland area Thursday. Reset gets the rundown on what to expect for snowfall.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Isabelle Earl

Chicago’s newest music venue, the Salt Shed, opens this summer on the site of the iconic Morton Salt factory on North Elston Avenue.

Reset talks to two music writers about the Salt Shed’s lineup and how music venues are doing right now as the omicron surge wanes.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Nereida Moreno