Vocalo’s Jill Hopkins joins Reset for a trip down memory lane as MTV turns 40. We also open the phones to hear from listeners about their favorite music videos and memories of the music channel.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad

More than 40 million people rely on the Great Lakes for drinking water, but the supply is increasingly filled with microplastics. Reset asks how the tiny particles affect our health and environment.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Olivia Canny

Reset brings on co-hosts Sara Faddah and Dario Durham to discuss their new podcast, 77 Flavors of Chicago. Each episode will follow the real-life couple as they explore the city’s neighborhoods through food.

Host: Susie An

Producers: Nereida Moreno

Illinois is now the second state to completely reverse its HIV criminalization law. Gov. JB Pritzker repealed the 32-year-old statute Tuesday, when he signed three other bills into law that aim to advance the rights of the LGBTQ+ community.

Reset discusses what this move means for the state and those impacted by HIV criminalization.

Host: Susie An

Producers: Stephanie Kim

Lollapalooza asked fans arriving for the festival to bring a copy of their COVID vaccination card or negative test results. Time Out Chicago editor Zach Long joins Reset to tell us what that looked like, and more about the lineup.

Host: Susie An

Producers: Olivia Canny

Reset brings on University of Illinois Chancellor Robert Jones to discuss his push to achieve greater education access and equity. Jones spoke before a Congressional subcommittee Thursday, arguing that it’s time to double a form of federal aid called the Pell Grant so more low-income students can have a shot at a college education.

Host: Susie An

Producers: Daniel Tucker

Hundreds of thousands descend on Chicago for Lollapalooza as indoor mask mandates resume. Plus, Chicago Police come to a tentative agreement with the city on a new contract.

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

Host: Susie An

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

From COVID-19 to the heat to athletes being open about the mental strain of performing at the highest level, the Tokyo olympics have been anything but ordinary.

Reset checks in with Stacy St. Clair, reporting live from Japan.

Host: Susie An

Producers: Jason Marck

Chicagoan and blues legend Buddy Guy is turning 85 years old. He’s the subject of a new PBS documentary called “Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase The Blues Away.”

Reset meets Chicago blues musicians Joanna Connor and Dave Specter to hear about Guy’s impact and influence on other Chicago artists.

Host: Susie An

Producers: Meha Ahmad

Defending champion Simone Biles withdrew from Olympic competition this week, sending shock waves around the world. Many praised the American gymnastics superstar for prioritizing her mental health and well-being at Tokyo 2020, while others criticized her decision to step down.

Reset talks to a licensed clinical psychologist who researches Black women’s mental health about Biles’ radical act of self-care.

Host: Susie An

Producers: Nereida Moreno