Four months into the state’s vaccine rollout, roughly half of Chicagoans and half of Illinoisans have gotten a first dose. Now that supply is catching up with demand, the state faces its next hurdle: vaccine skepticism.

Reset checks in with two reporters to learn how local leaders are responding.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

Each week, Reset’s infectious disease expert Dr. Mia Taormina joins us to answer your questions relating to the coronavirus and vaccines.

As part of a new weekly segment to discover Chicago through its iconic eats, Reset host Sasha-Ann Simons tries listeners’ favorite pizza joints.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Meha Ahmad, Sasha-Ann Simons

The federal government took swift action after guilty verdicts were announced in the police killing of George Floyd, with the Department of Justice announcing an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department. Here in Chicago, both the City Council and public high schools met in-person for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

Reset breaks down the week’s top stories in our Weekly News Recap with host Sasha-Ann Simons.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

After years of working independently, the coalitions behind two competing proposals have come up with a new plan: the Empowering Communities For Public Safety ordinance. Organizers say it would give civilians a decisive role in reshaping public safety here in the city.

Reset learns how two groups came together to propose a new model for police reform.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

By 2030,United Airlines plans to hire 5,000 new pilots with half of them being women and people of color.

Reset learns more about United’s new diversity goal and other ways the industry can better support women and people of color.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim

Reset brings on Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth on the two-year anniversary of her Environmental Justice Caucus. We also get her reaction to the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Nereida Moreno

A major new arts funding initiative is music to the ears of struggling local artists and arts organizations. Drawing on $60 million in city funding, Arts 77, named after Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods, hopes to help revive one of the economic sectors that’s been hit hardest by the pandemic.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Andrea Guthmann

The guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin brought up mixed feelings for one WBEZ senior editor, especially after he reviewed the data.

Reset checks in with the head of WBEZ’s race, class and communities desk about the data on fatal police shootings in Chicago and what that data and the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial mean to him as a Black man.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Daniel Tucker

Laquan McDonald. Rekia Boyd. Emmett Till. Reset talks with their families to get thoughts on the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Stephanie Kim