In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons

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.

The Chicago Cubs home-opener on Monday ended after midnight, when Cubs slugger Anthony Rizzo drove in Kyle Schwarber with a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth. Tom Verducci, a baseball reporter for Sports Illustrated and author of the new book The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse, joined Morning Shift’s Tony Sarabia to talk about last night’s win and unique manager Joe Maddon.

Videos showing a passenger being dragged from a United Airlines flight from O’Hare to Louisville on Sunday has been seen by millions of people. Morning Shift talks about the incident with Robert Mark. He has spent more than 35 years in the aviation industry, with a large chunk of that time as a commercial pilot. He also runs the JetWhine aviation blog.

The Chicago Cubs home-opener on Monday ended after midnight, when Cubs slugger Anthony Rizzo drove in Kyle Schwarber with a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth. Tom Verducci, a baseball reporter for Sports Illustrated and author of the new book The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse, joined Morning Shift’s Tony Sarabia to talk about last night’s win and unique manager Joe Maddon.

Morning Shift talks to Miranda Johnson, associate director of the Education Law and Policy Institute at Loyola University School of Law, about the mayor’s proposal and what this means for the future of graduating CPS students.

Drivers looking for affordable car insurance can do a number of things to keep rates down: keep an accident-free driving record, avoid speeding, and maintain good credit, to name a few. But one factor that you might not think of that could affect what you pay for car insurance? Your neighborhood. A recent investigation by Consumer Reports and ProPublica examined insurance premiums and payouts in California, Illinois, Missouri, and Texas, and found that some insurers were charging up to 30 percent more for coverage in predominantly minority neighborhoods compared to whiter neighborhoods with similar accident costs. Are car insurers charging drivers more based on race?

Morning Shift host Tony Sarabia sits down with State Rep. Sonya Harper to discuss what passing the bill would mean for food deserts in Chicago.

Zeshan Bagewadi’s road to becoming a soul singer is similar to the other greats of the genre like Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin: it started with the records his parents played, and the sacred music he sang on the weekends. Bagewadi joins us on the eve of his record release party at Chicago’s Untitled Supper Club in honor of his debut solo album “Vetted”.

Steppenwolf Theater is presenting the world premiere of a new comedy by award-winning playwright Tracy Letts. Letts won a Pulitzer and a Tony in 2008 for his play August: Osage County. And in the meantime, he’s continued to practice his craft. His latest play, Linda Vista, tells the story of a middle-aged man who’s finally trying to grow up. Morning Shift talks to Letts and the play’s director Dexter Bullard about Linda Vista and the current moment in American theater.

Steppenwolf Theater is presenting the world premiere of a new comedy by award-winning playwright Tracy Letts. Letts won a Pulitzer and a Tony in 2008 for his play August: Osage County. And in the meantime, he’s continued to practice his craft. His latest play, Linda Vista, tells the story of a middle-aged man who’s finally trying to grow up. Morning Shift talks to Letts and the play’s director Dexter Bullard about Linda Vista and the current moment in American theater.