Pedro Martinez has been in charge at Chicago Public Schools for a little more than a month, and what a month it’s been.

Reset checks in with Martinez about the role schools will play as pediatric COVID-19 vaccines begin to roll out in Chicago as well as other topics like dwindling enrollment and student mental health during the pandemic.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Daniel Tucker

Local food expert Steve Dolinsky has proven time and again, whether through books, TV segments or podcasts, that he knows good pizza. Especially Chicago-style. His latest book, released this month, is called “The Ultimate Chicago Pizza Guide: A History of Squares and Slices In The Windy City.”

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Sasha-Ann Simons

Reset talks to the director and founder of the Artemis Chamber Orchestra about her push to grow the classical music scene in Chicago’s North Shore. The group will perform Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Church in Highland Park.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

Halloween costumes are all fun and games, but they can cross a line, without you necessarily realizing it.

Reset checks in with a local costume enthusiast and a professor to figure out how to identify that line.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Lynnea Domienik

Illinois politicians wrap up the fall legislative session in Springfield by repealing the state’s abortion parental notification law and passing a new Congressional map, as Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger announces he won’t seek reelection. Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s 2022 budget sails through City Council, but she remains at odds with the police union over vaccine mandates.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

After a year on the chopping block, Mercy Hospital was saved from closure at the eleventh hour. But even then, patients, staff and community members say the win did not come without substantial loss.

Reset hears from a former patient and activist who worked to save the hospital, a former Mercy cardiologist and a WBEZ reporter who followed the story for more than a year.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad

Chicago’s inspector general is charged with getting the mayor and city agencies to be transparent, ethical and accountable. Reset talks with the man who held that job for 12 years.

GUEST: Joe Ferguson, former Chicago inspector general