After nearly 15 months of COVID-19 restrictions, Illinois is now in Phase 5 of its reopening plan. The move comes as the state’s positivity rate is below 1%.

Reset opens the phones to listeners to talk about how the first fully reopened weekend went in Chicago and Illinois and what the road to COVID recovery looks like.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Sasha-Ann Simons, Stephanie Kim

“Boystown” is the nickname first used in the 1980’s to describe Chicago’s North Side LGBTQ neighborhood around Wrigley Field. But LGBTQ activists are asking the name be dropped, arguing it excludes lesbian, transgender and other queer residents and visitors.

Reset explores the debate over renaming “Boystown” to Northalsted.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

Reset brings on an infectious disease expert for our weekly check-in to provide clarity and answers to your questions, comments and concerns about COVID-19.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

The founder of Mariano’s grocery stores has co-founded a new food shopping experience.

He tells Reset why he hopes it will re-popularize in-person shopping.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Steve Bynum, Dan Tucker

Illinois reaches a milestone as it lifts all COVID restrictions, but are hotels and restaurants ready to be back in business? State politicians prepare to head back to Springfield, and new details are revealed in a federal corruption investigation involving former longtime Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan.

Reset goes behind the headlines in the weekly news recap.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

For years, Illinois state debt has been piling up faster than it is able to pay back. But that might not be the case this year. The finances are showing signs that it’s getting better.

Dave McKinney, WBEZ state politics reporter, joins Reset to talk more of this change

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stina Chang, Daniel Tucker

State officials hope changing the name of the invasive species will make the fish more appetizing. WTTW’s Paris Schutz explains why the state is so eager to put Asian carp on the dinner plate.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Richard Requena

This pandemic has not been easy. But for some others who are experiencing loss of loved ones, it’s been extra difficult. COVID-19 has brought a unique and harder mourning to those people.

Reset brings on a sociology professor to talk more about this unique mourning.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stina Chang

So far this year in Chicago, 147 kids have been shot and more than 20 have been killed, according to the latest data from the Chicago Police Department.

Reset talks to two organizations about the impact of gun violence on children and families in Chicago and solutions to the ongoing issue.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

At just 21 years old, Jeremiah Paprocki already has his dream job: the new PA announcer for the Chicago Cubs. Reset checks in with Paprocki about the new gig ahead of the Cubs-Cardinal game Friday, when Wrigley Field returns to 100 percent full capacity.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad