The typical Puerto Rican-inspired jibarito is a sandwich of thin-cut steak or shredded beef, tomatoes, lettuce, and garlicky mayo stuck between two fried and flattened green plantains.

Recommended by a Reset listener, host Sasha-Ann Simons tries a jibarito for the first time.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Sasha-Ann Simons

Reset brings on David Marienthal to discuss the story of his family’s legendary Chicago night club, Mister Kelly's. He partnered with director and screenwriter Ted Bogosian on the new documentary Live At Mister Kelly’s.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Jason Marck

Clean energy, ethics, an elected school board and marijuana expansion — COVID-19 caused a backlog of bills in Springfield. Now legislators are frantically trying to finish up the spring session by Monday’s deadline.

Reset gets an update on state legislation and finds out what’s been happening with police reform in Chicago, as well as a stalled plan to rename parts of the Outer Drive after Jean Baptiste DuSable.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

Illinois legalized recreational marijuana in 2019, and incorporated strong social justice initiatives into the legislation, including licenses set aside for “social equity applicants” hoping to own marijuana dispensaries.

Reset examines the details of cannabis legislation aiming to increase non-existent minority marijuana business ownership in Illinois.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

Reset checks in with the president of the Chicago Transit Authority to learn how the agency is preparing to welcome riders back post-pandemic.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

Nearly a century ago, a white mob attacked businesses, homes and residents in the predominantly Black Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Okla. Historians estimate as many as 300 people died. Hundreds of businesses and homes were looted and burned down.

One of the businesses destroyed belonged to the great-grandfather of Keewa Nurullah, a fourth-generation Chicago entrepreneur. Reset talks to Nurullah about her family history.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

Reset producer and Radio Z host Jason Marck talks about making the one-hour audio documentary Dylan At 80: A Chicago Music Perspective.

The special focuses on six of the biggest names in Chicago music from a wide variety of genres, and each one explains the influence Bob Dylan had on their art and their lives.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Jason Marck

A year after the police murder of George Floyd, some companies and corporations are taking major steps to combat racial inequities in the workplace — from addressing hiring discrepancy to incorporating more people of color in leadership.

Reset speaks with a reporter and a CEO for more on the significance of this past year in corporate America.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stina Chang

Reset learns how Chicago Apprentice Network started and why organizers are pushing local companies to hire more graduates from the City Colleges.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

Reset takes listener recommendations on the best things to do and eat as we head into Memorial Day weekend.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann