In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons

According to a recent article, since the 1980s, the percentage of American adults who say they’re lonely has doubled from 20 percent to 40 percent. As U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has often said, cancer and obesity aren’t the country’s biggest health issues -- it’s loneliness and isolation. Social isolation has even been linked to strokes and the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Morning Shift talks to Drs. Richard Schwartz and Jacqueline Olds about what makes someone lonely and what the fine line is between blissful solitude and harmful isolation.

Cheryl Raye-Stout helps us wade knee-deep into the NHL and NBA playoffs.

Pressure from special interest groups on Illinois house Democrats is the reason the "Grand bargain" has failed, Gov. Rauner said in a conversation with Tony Sarabia on WBEZ’s Morning Shift Friday. Read more.

Pressure from special interest groups on Illinois house Democrats is the reason the "Grand bargain" has failed, Gov. Rauner said in a conversation with Tony Sarabia on WBEZ’s Morning Shift Friday.

Winter temperatures are the ceding to warmer weather, giving many people the opportunity to resume their spring activities. One way to shake off the winter blues is preparing your garden and planting the right seeds for the season. Morning Shift talks to the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Eliza Fournier about what you need to do to get your garden in shape this spring and any pitfalls to avoid.

Pressure from special interest groups on Illinois house Democrats is the reason the "Grand bargain" has failed, Gov. Rauner said in a conversation with Tony Sarabia on WBEZ’s Morning Shift Friday. Read more.

E. Jason Wambsgans has been applying that ideal to his work at the Chicago Tribune since 2002, and just the other day he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his series of photos documenting the recovery of a 12-year-old shooting victim in Chicago. He joins Morning Shift to talk about his experiences.

E. Jason Wambsgans has been applying that ideal to his work at the Chicago Tribune since 2002, and just the other day he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his series of photos documenting the recovery of a 12-year-old shooting victim in Chicago. He joins Morning Shift to talk about his experiences.

E. Jason Wambsgans has been applying that ideal to his work at the Chicago Tribune since 2002, and just the other day he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his series of photos documenting the recovery of a 12-year-old shooting victim in Chicago. He joins Morning Shift to talk about his experiences.

Chicago-area natives Joe Swanberg and Jake Johnson have teamed up again for their latest film, Win It All, about a gambling addict who is given the ultimate temptation-a bag of money. Jenn White talks to Swanberg and Johnson about how they work together, and what makes this film different from their past work.