In the Loop (Segments)

After touting a COVID-19 testing plan to safely reopen its campus, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is ordering students to limit in-person activities for the next two weeks.

Reset checks in with NPR education reporter Elissa Nadworny for more on the recent spike in cases at U of I.

Host: justin Kaufmann

Producer: Stephanie Kim

Reset brings on a mental health expert who served on the city’s Police Accountability Task Force and a former officer who now advises the UChicago Crime Lab.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producer: Bianca Martin

Reset checks in with the Chicago Public Library to discuss this year’s pick for the program One Book, One Chicago series: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. The 2017 novel follows a refugee couple that flee their home using magical doors to travel around the globe.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producer: Meha Ahmad

During the 2016 presidential election, a Russian group infiltrated American’s social media platforms in an attempt to sway the outcome. Four years later, that same group — the Internet Research Agency — is pushing again to influence Americans with disinformation on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

The group has upped its tactics by hiring Americans and creating more convincing fake news platforms. New York Times cybersecurity reporter Sheera Frenkel joins Reset for the latest on the story.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producer: Aleezeh Hasan

Former Vice President Joe Biden is headed to Kenosha, Wis., on Thursday, just two days after President Donald Trump visited the city.

Reset checks in with Natasha Korecki of Politico for the latest on Biden’s planned visit and how he’s shifting his campaign strategy leading up to the 2020 elections.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producer: Stephanie Kim

Reset speaks with the author of a new book that explores why climate change is making our planet more hospitable for viruses to attack humans.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producer: Justin Kaufmann

Cannabis reporter Brad Spirrison and industry expert Edie Moore explain where Illinois is falling short, and how we can turn it around.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producers: Jason Marck, Zach Wilson

President Donald Trump traveled to Wisconsin on Tuesday, touring damaged businesses in Kenosha in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake. His visit drew a crowd of his supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters downtown.

Reset checks in with WBEZ’s Michael Puente for more on President Trump’s visit.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producer: Stephanie Kim

Reset checks in with the singer-songwriter about her work in this social and political moment, and about her upcoming live stream with Chicago music venue The Hideout.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producer: Justin Kaufmann

Chicago’s “Invest South/West” program is underway as sites have been selected for development and reinvestment on Chicago’s South and West Sides.

Reset is joined by Asiaha Butler of the Resident Association of Greater Englewood and Norma Sanders of the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation to learn how this will impact their communities.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producer: Zach Wilson