Buy a house plant — or three — to turn your quarantine space into an indoor sanctuary? You’re not alone. But sprucing up the place with greenery is easier said than done if you have little experience in keeping ferns, ivy and succulents alive. Reset checks in with the Chicago Botanic Garden for tips and tricks on how to turn even the blackest thumb green.

GUEST: Eliza Fournier, urban youth director at Chicago Botanic Garden

Producer: Meha Ahmad

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

President Biden must solve two major crises simultaneously: The COVID-19 pandemic and the economic recession that it caused. Reset checks in on the executive actions the new administration has already taken and what’s in the $1.9 trillion relief package it’s pushing in Congress.

GUEST: Jeff Stein, White House Economics reporter for the Washington Post

Producer: Daniel Tucker

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

As Chicago eases COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and restaurants, area museums are also reopening their doors to visitors again. After being shuttered for two months, Reset checks in with the Field Museum and the Shedd Aquarium about what’s on tap for museum-goers now.

GUESTS: Jacob Schuler, guest relations manager for the Field Museum

Andrea Rodgers, Shedd Aquarium’s VP of PR and external affairs

Producer: Meha Ahmad

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

In the latest installment in our series Closing the Gap, Reset explores disparities in vaccine access and distribution in the greater Chicagoland region. The series kicks off with three thought leaders’ recommendations on what needs to happen in the current and coming phases of vaccine rollout to ensure our most vulnerable populations are prioritized for vaccination.

GUESTS: Audra Wilson, President and CEO, The Shriver Center on Poverty Law

Alice Goldfarb, lead, The Atlantic’s COVID Racial Data Tracker

Dr. William Parker, assistant professor of medicine and faculty physician, UChicago; medical ethicist

Producer: Bianca Martin

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Chicago’s restaurant industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, and indoor dining is still banned in most of the state. But that doesn’t mean residents can’t support their local eateries by ordering in.

Reset checks in with the Chicago Tribune food and dining team for their recommendations on the best takeout in and around the city.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Meha Ahmad

Henry “Hank” Aaron was a true legend. An iron man on the baseball field, Hammerin’ Hank stood tall in the face of vicious racist abuse as he came closer and closer to breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record.

WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout pays tribute to Aaron, who died Friday at age 86

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Jason Marck

Reset brings on an infectious disease expert for our weekly check-in to provide clarity and answers to your questions, comments and concerns about COVID-19.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producers: Richard Requena, Meha Ahmad

Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Illinois allows indoor dining in downstate Will and Kankakee counties. Plus, Chicago Teachers Union members continue pushing back on school reopening plans.

Reset breaks down the week’s top stories in our Friday News Roundup with host Sasha-Ann SImons.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Nereida Moreno

Reset checks in with the Chicago Children’s Choir — fresh off an Inauguration Day performance — for what went into the production and their recommendations on the best things to read, watch and do this weekend.

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

Producer: Meha Ahmad