A school shooting in Michigan claimed FOUR lives this week leaving many parents and students reeling. Reset hears from an expert on how to talk about these traumatizing events with your kids.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Brenda Ruiz

Reset checks in with WTTW’s Heather Cherone for the latest on ward remap negotiations. Fifteen aldermen on Thursday filed a proposal crafted by the Chicago Latino Caucus, triggering a referendum in June 2022.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

Lots of Chicago-area buildings make you stop and ask: “What’s that building?” WBEZ’s Reset is collecting the stories behind them! When the Des Plaines Theatre recently held a grand opening, it was the fifth such night in its 96-year life.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Sasha-Ann Simons

Reset talks to Dr. Kiran Joshi about the Omicron variant and how Cook County residents can stay safe this winter.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

Spotify Wrapped lists are out. What songs did you listen to this year? Which did you turn to just get you through it? We break out our playlists and share our favorite tracks, ear worms and guilty pleasures as the year winds down.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad

After a University of Chicago graduate was murdered in Hyde Park, students and community groups are calling for new public safety measures. But not everyone agrees on what needs to be done to keep the U of C community safe. Reset checks in with folks organizing in the wake of the death of 24-year-old Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

The cloud might seem like a good place to keep family photos and other important digital files, but what happens when you want to put them back where they came from? Reset checks in with a technology reporter for the details.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Olivia Canny

About 40,000 people in Illinois are living with HIV, according to a 2017 estimate. Dozens of organizations around the state hope to end the HIV epidemic in Illinois by 2030. Reset checks in a Chicago nonprofit involved in this effort for the latest on World AIDS Day.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

We talked to Carol Reese, a licensed clinical social worker and the program director of Healing Hurt People, a local nonprofit that helps individuals who have experienced violence recover and chart a new path forward.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Claire Hyman

Reset looks at the new book Chicago Exposed, which provides a detailed look at more than 100 photographs that have been recently archived at the Chicago History Museum. Photos and stories include Chicagoans in uniform marching off to WWII, the funeral of Emmett Till, Disco Demolition Night and an array of life and color in Chicago’s neighborhoods throughout the decades.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad