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In the Loop (Segments)
By WBEZ Chicago
In the Loop (Segments) episodes
- With Schools Set To Reopen, Faculty And Staff Still Have Questions
Reset takes a closer look at what schools could look like in the fall, and the concerns faculty and staff still have as COVID-19 cases spike across the country.
Producers: Justin Kaufmann, Meha Ahmad
17 min - Chef Sarah Grueneberg Headlines Virtual Taste Of Chicago Festival
Award-winning chef Sarah Grueneberg continues to have major success with her restaurant Monteverde in the West Loop. The former Top Chef contestant is taking her talents virtual for the new Taste of Chicago To Go festival and sharing a recipe from her kitchen.
Host: Justin Kaufmann
Producer: Justin Kaufmann
14 min - WBEZ’s Chicago And Illinois News Roundup: July 10, 2020
A new report from Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s coronavirus task force details how the city can recover from the ongoing pandemic. Gov. JB Pritzker calls for a national mask mandate. Plus, President Donald Trump threatens to “cut off funding” if schools don’t reopen in the fall.
Host: Justin Kaufmann
Producer: Nereida Moreno
32 min - How Past and Present Sports Protests Reveal America’s Racist Reality
Journalist and sports historian Dave Zirib joins Reset to discuss how past and present moments of sports protest intersect and illuminate America’s reality.
Host: Justin Kaufmann
Producer: Steve Bynum
14 min - Infectious Disease Expert Answers Your COVID-19 Questions
Reset sits down with an infectious disease expert for our weekly check-in to provide clarity and answers to your questions, comments and concerns about COVID-19.
19 min - As Chicago Looks To Post-COVID Recovery, Lightfoot Zeroes In On Mental Health Resources
Reset checks in with the head of the National Alliance on Mental Health, who helped craft the recommendations, about how focusing on mental health resources right now could help the city deal with its economic crisis.
Host: Justin Kaufmann
Producers: Meha Ahmad, Stephanie Kim
8 min - Hazardous Waste Sites Often Found Near Federally Funded Housing
A new report led by the Shriver Center on Poverty Law found that the majority of federally assisted housing in the U.S. exists near hazardous waste sites, exposing residents to harmful toxins like lead and arsenic.
Reset checks in with the authors of the report, and a former resident of a housing complex in East Chicago
Host: Justin Kaufmann
Producer: Zach Wilson
19 min - What’s That Building? The Lincoln Perry Apartments
Reset takes a closer look at the Bronzeville building named after actor Lincoln Perry in 1979. Perry was the first Black actor to make $1 million in Hollywood. He wrote and portrayed “Stepin’ Fetchit,” one of the most derided roles in history.
Host: Justin Kaufmann
Producer: Jason Marck
13 min - SCOTUS Denies President Trump Immunity, Blocks Congress From Tax Records
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that New York state prosecutors could have access to President Trump’s taxes — but it also denied Congress access to those records ahead of the 2020 election.
Reset checks in with the Chicago Sun-Times’ Washington bureau chief to help unpack the court's decision.
Host: Justin Kaufmann
Producer: Bianca Martin
16 min - Bringing Equity And Resisting COVID-19 Within A ‘Circular Economy’
African-American entrepreneur Garry Cooper and Reset’s sustainability contributor Karen Weigert discuss how a circular economy can increase equity and help solve problems like COVID-19 and climate change.
Host: Justin Kaufmann
Producer: Steve Bynum
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