The Chicago City Council is taking up a number of major ordinances and measures Wednesday, including renaming the iconic outer Lake Shore Drive.

WTTW’s Heather Cherone gives Reset a City Council update.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Steve Bynum, Daniel Tucker

While the massive protests of last summer have subsided, there’s still a lot of work going on behind the scenes in cities and communities across the country.

Reset brings on a Chicago activist to reflect on what has and hasn’t changed since George Floyd’s death and the ongoing fight for racial justice.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

If you’re looking for something fun to do on Memorial Day weekend, consider taking a walk around Chicago’s Outerbelt. The 210-mile trail begins and ends at Grant Park, and weaves through some of the loveliest natural areas in and around the city. Reset checks in with the Outerbelt Alliance for hiking tips.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday unveiled her long-awaited civilian police oversight plan, which forms a commission of seven Chicagoans to provide input on CPD organization and leadership.

A 2019 study from New York University shows Chicago has the widest life expectancy gap of any city in the nation. Residents in largely white and wealthy Streeterville live to 90 years old on average, but Black residents of Englewood, a South Side neighborhood that hasn’t seen much investment, live to be just 60.

Reset checks in with an organization working to close the life expectancy gap between Black and white Chicagoans.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

As a new crop of graduates start their journey into the post-COVID job market, Reset’s sustainability contributor Karen Weigert and clean energy consultant Elevate discuss the green economy’s future.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Steve Bynum

One year after George Floyd’s murder, his death has amplified the Black Lives Matter movement around the world and sparked new conversations around policing and racism in schools and workplaces and between family and friends.

Reset brings on two guests and opens the phones to listeners to reflect on the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s murder and how to find healing from “racial battle fatigue.”

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

Reset checks in with the co-founder of The Greenwood Project, a non-profit aimed at helping Black and brown students pursue careers in finance.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

Reset checks in with Crain’s Chicago Business reporter Ally Marotti to discuss how restaurants in the Loop are adapting for post-pandemic life as customers start trickling back to the office.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

A new bill would require Illinois school districts to add media literacy instruction as part of their computer literacy curriculum.

Reset checks in with a co-sponsor of the legislation and a media literacy expert for more.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno