In the Loop (Segments)

Songwriter and singer Justin Townes Earle passed away suddenly over the weekend at the age of 38. Earle had deep ties to Chicago, and Rob Miller of Bloodshot Records remembers him as a deep thinker and a talented craftsman who turned his difficult life into cinematic songs.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producer: Jason Marck

Chicago author and Tribune copy editor Robert Loerzel is the city’s unofficial tour guide, using social media and other journalism projects to highlight the beauty of the urban landscape. He recently channeled his love and curiosity of the city into a new book called Walking Chicago: 35 Tours of the Windy City's Dynamic Neighborhoods and Famous Lakeshore.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producers: Meha Ahmad, Justin Kaufmann

Reset checks in with Chicago native and Harvard undergrad Fernando Urbina, director of outreach at Immigrants Like Us. The legal nonprofit helps low-income residents prepare their immigration forms for free in a TurboTax-style platform.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producer: Nereida Moreno

The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday with speeches by high-profile conservatives who praised President Donald Trump and attacked the Democratic party.

Reset checks in with the Illinois GOP chairman for his takeaways from the RNC, and how local leaders plan on appealing to both conservative and moderate Republicans before the 2020 election.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producer: Stephanie Kim

Two days after the police shooting of an unarmed black man in Kenosha, Wis., protests continue through the city’s streets.

Reset hears from a reporter covering the protests and a local community leader in the fight against systemic racism and injustice.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producer: Zach Wilson

Reset talks to infectious disease expert Dr. Emily Landon about the new COVID-19 restrictions coming to Will and Kankakee counties. We also hear from the Bolingbrook Chamber of Commerce on the concerns of business owners in that area.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producer: Meha Ahmad

Kenosha, Wis., has become the nation’s latest site of protests and civil unrest, after police repeatedly shot an unarmed Black man Sunday. Jacob Blake, 29, was shot several times in the back and hospitalized in serious condition after the shooting late Sunday afternoon.

Reset checks in with WUWM’s Chuck Quirmbach for the latest on the story.

Host: Justin Kaufmann

Producers: Stephanie Kim, Daniel Tucker

Sojourner Scholars is a college immersion program helping Chicago South Side students. Reset finds out how the initiative upped its game to incorporate the Black Liberation struggle into their mission and meet the challenges of COVID-19.

Reset talks to the head of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats that recently examined the effectiveness of the deployment of federal agents to Portland. We also speak with a national writer who covers the impacts of police militarization.

Reset checks in WBEZ’s Dave McKinney on the opening day of the Republican National Convention.

Producer: Nereida Moreno