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Every Chicagoan knows the winters can be a real drag, and a long drag at that. But some residents have found passions that make the cold season a little easier. Reset hears from Alison Cuddy, who discovered the joy of winter swimming, Rhonda Wheatley who makes art journals, and comedians Deanna Ortiz and Mila Rao who practice and teach the art of comedy.

Reset checks in with Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, about steps the city is taking to improve access to mental health resources for residents. We also get an update on COVID-19 in the city.

After seeing his grandmother struggle to get dressed in assisted living, the founder of Joe & Bella decided to create an adaptive fashion brand that worked for older adults and was actually fashionable. Reset talks to Ben Graham, vice president of marketing for Joe & Bella, about adaptive apparel and hears from Reyes Witt and Hugo Colin from Columbia College about a recent collaboration with fashion students.

Once a week Reset hosts a conversation on Twitter Spaces to bring you interviews beyond the show. Reset recently spoke to Dr. Marisa G. Franco and New York Times “friendship correspondent” Anna Goldfarb about why it’s difficult to make new friends in adulthood and how we can forge new connections at any stage in life.

Reset goes behind the headlines of the biggest local stories of the week with Erin Hegarty, City Hall reporter for the Daily Line, A.D. Quig, Cook County and Chicago government reporter for the Chicago Tribune and Tony Arnold, WBEZ politics editor.

Reset explores the debate around health and safety in the NFL after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and was resuscitated on the field. We check in with WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout and former Chicago Bears linebacker Sam Acho.

In the past two decades, Chicago Public Schools has built a vibrant chess program. Reset checks in with CPS student and chess master Avi Kaplan, CPS chess coordinator Arlecia Taylor and CPS chess consultant David Heiser.

Supporters of an Illinois bill are pushing for an assault weapons ban as the state marks six months since the deadly mass shooting in Highland Park. Reset checks in with the bill’s sponsor, State Rep. Bob Morgan (D-Deerfield) and youth organizer Rachel Jacoby of March For Our Lives

If you don’t think news out of the tech world affects you, think again. With your favorite streaming service shaking things up and the metaverse looming, this might be a big year for the tech we use every day. Reset checks in with Tatum Hunter, Washington Post technology writer.

Reset hears the latest on COVID, the flu, RSV and more from Dr. Mia Taormina, infectious disease specialist with Duly Health and Care