From COVID-19 to climate change and gun violence, kids have a lot on their minds these days. A new Illinois law will soon let them take off five mental health days a year.

Host: Susie An

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

In 2012, Chicago-based artist Jenny Lam left thousands of postcards around the city with a simple inscription: “Tell me one thing you dream of doing before you die.” Since then, more than 600 cards have been mailed back to her. Lam stops by Reset to tell us what she’s learned about her neighbors nine years later.

Host: Susie An

Producers: Claire Hyman

President Biden is eyeing billions in emergency funding to help tens of thousands Afghan allies and evacuees resettle in the U.S. More than 500 refugees are expected to arrive in Chicago this fall.

Reset checks in with a local resettlement organization and an immigration attorney for the latest on those efforts.

Host: Susie An

Producers: Stephanie Kim

After months of waiting, Kanye West’s new album is finally out. In Donda, the rapper and fashion mogul explores his faith, takes on cancel culture and pays tribute to his late mother Donda West.

Reset reviews Kanye’s 10th album and discusses Donda West’s influence on the new record and his overall career.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Stephanie Kim

Infectious disease expert Dr. Mia Taormina joins Reset for another weekly check-in about the latest developments in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Olivia Canny

Reset talks to Chef Joe Flamm about his experience winning Top Chef and his debut Italian-Croatian restaurant, Rose Mary, located at 932 W Fulton St. in the West Loop.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

Illinois lawmakers hold a one day session in Springfield where they redraw legislative maps, charge forward with changing energy policy and reject an ethics bill.

Reset goes behind the headlines of the week’s news.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

With the nation’s most restrictive abortion law now in effect in Texas, Reset checks in with Megan Jeyifo of the Chicago Abortion Fund to learn about abortion access in Illinois, and how the new Texas law might impact our region.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Lynnea Domienik

As the summer comes to an end, Chicago is on track to have its highest murder count since 1996. So what is the city doing to stop the violence and protect its residents? Reset checks in with WBEZ’s Chip Mitchell for the latest.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

On its 20th anniversary, Chicago Public Library’s “One Book, One Chicago” book club will bring readers together with a novel based on Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood. CPL’s commissioner gives Reset the details.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Olivia Canny