Reset brings on a neurologist with Northwestern’s Neuro COVID-19 Clinic and a patient at the center for more on the long-term effects of the virus.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Nereida Moreno

On the final day of WBEZ’s spring membership drive, we hear from two members about why they listen and why they gave.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Sasha-Ann Simons

As states move forward with reopening plans, are the recent mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado a part of the “return to normal”?

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Meha Ahmad

Bird population and water quality at the Great Lakes have been declining over the years, according to scientists. That’s why the Audubon Great Lakes Restorations proposed the Audubon’s Vision: Restoring the Great Lakes for Birds and People report, in hopes to mend the habitat before it’s too late.

Reset talks with an environmental conservation director about what the future of Great Lake might look like.

GUEST: Nat Miller, director of conservation at Great Lakes And Upper Mississippi Flyway and National Audubon Society

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Daniel Tucker, Stina Chang

Chicago has suspended delivery of first vaccine doses at Loretto Hospital amid reports that executives improperly gave shots intended for Austin residents to well-connected downtown and suburban residents.

Reset brings on Block Club Chicago’s Kelly Bauer who broke the story and LaDarius Curtis of the health collaborative West Side United for more on the city’s response.

GUESTS: Kelly Bauer, breaking news editor at Block Club Chicago

LaDarius Curtis, senior director of community health and engagement at West Side United

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Nereida Moreno

If you’d asked Team Reset a year ago whether a radio show could be made from their kitchen tables, they would’ve said it was impossible. Then the pandemic came, and the show had to make it work. The production team gives listeners a quick behind-the-scenes look at what it’s been like to make a radio show without a studio… and while every member of the production team was scattered across Chicago and the suburbs.

GUEST: Steve Edwards, chief content officer at Chicago Public Media

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Meha Ahmad

Local representatives from Chicago’s Northwest are voicing their support for the new Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021. The bill could give Puerto Ricans the ability to plan for statehood or independence.

Reset brings on Illinois state Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas to talk about her support of the bill, which was introduced last week by Reps. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Nydia Velázquez of New York and Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey.

GUEST: State Senator Cristina Pacione-Zayas (D-Chicago)

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Richard Requena

Reset talks to a historian and two activists about the long history of systemic racism and discrimination against Asian communities in the U.S. and ways to support Asian American and Pacific Islander communities moving forward.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Stephanie Kim

Reset hears from the production’s playwright and director on the vision behind the project and what they hope to accomplish with the show.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Sasha-Ann Simons, Bianca Martin

WBEZ’s Cheryl Raye Stout tells Reset how Loyola advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, and their prospects of going even further.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Jason Marck