Like many comedians during the pandemic, Lisa Beasley has turned to social media platforms to create content and to find an audience. Last fall, her parody of Maragaret Thatcher from Netflix’s The Crown went viral. And now, she’s getting buzz for her latest parody: Mayor Lory Litefoot.

Reset talks to the Second City-trained performer about comedy, expressing her frustration with Chicago politics and what the future holds for the entertainment scene.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

Can Chicago’s cash-strapped real estate industry afford to survive the COVID-19 economy while the market moves towards a carbon-neutral future?

Reset asks Crain’s commercial real estate reporter Danny Ecker.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Steve Bynum, Daniel Tucker

WBEZ's Tracy Brown stops by Reset to ask listeners to become a member today.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Sasha-Ann Simons

Mayor Lightfoot named Jose Torres, former head of the second largest school district in Illinois, interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools. At the same time, Lightfoot made a final push to persuade Illinois House members to delay a vote on an elected school board.

Reset examines what impact an elected school board could have on the Chicago Public Schools CEO search.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

Overwork and long hours contributed to more than 745,000 deaths worldwide in just one year, according to a recent study from the World Health Organization.

Reset dives into how overwork is deadly, and best practices for prioritizing one’s mental and physical health while not sacrificing professional success.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad

Affordable and quality childcare services are rare, sometimes costing as much as public university tuition. But this is not a new issue and has been challenging the industry before the pandemic.

Reset brings on a reporter to talk more about how childcare services and providers are doing as the world slowly opens back up.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Steve Bynum, Daniel Tucker

It’s been a long journey to get here. The state of Illinois entered Phase 5 of reopening last week, and Chicagoans were able to enjoy it all this weekend.

WBEZ’s Mariah Woelfel joins Reset to tell us everything that happened.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stina Chang

Dan O'Connor’s hangover cure has made him a bit of a celebrity in Chicago. He joins Reset to reflect on the past year’s divings.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Richard Requena

Reset talks to Radley Balko, the author of Rise Of The Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces, about what's driven the increase of military tactics and a soldier's mentality in U.S. law enforcement departments.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad, Nereida Moreno

U.S. police departments kill far, far more citizens per 10 million people than departments in any other developed nation. Why is that? And what can Chicago and other U.S. cities learn from other cities and countries?

Reset talks to sociologist Paul Hischfield for the latest in our series “Reimagine Chicago.”

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno, Meha Ahmed