Author: WBEZ Chicago

Imagine being a student-athlete. You secured your athletic scholarship and got accepted into college. But then, the NCAA tells you that you’re academically ineligible to play in school. This isn’t an uncommon situation. Reset discusses the challenges of navigating certain academic requirements set by the NCAA and talks to Joyce Anderson, co-founder and COO of Honest Game, a group working with high schools and students to prepare them to play in college.

The polls closed last night, and some races in other states are still too close to call. But most results are in for Illinois and Cook County elections. Reset breaks down everything you need to know about the midterm elections with, Dave McKinney, WBEZ state politics reporter, Tina Sfondeles, Chicago Sun-Times chief political reporter.

A few months ahead of Chicago’s municipal elections, aldermen approved the mayor’s spending plan 32-18. Reset explores the biggest takeaways from Chicago’s newly-approved budget with WTTW politics reporter Heather Cherone.

Games are fun, but are they art? One philosopher makes the case. Reset talks to C. Thi Nguyen, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Utah.

Cultivate Collective is combining wellness and sustainability to bring greener options and opportunities to the Southwest Side. They’re one of six groups from the South and West sides that are in the running for a $10 million dollar grant from the Pritzker Traubert Foundation. The Chicago Prize will be awarded to the group with the best pitch for a development project in their neighborhood on the South or West sides. Reset explores speaks with Niquenya Collins, president of Cultivate Collective; Sarah Elizabeth Ippel, board member of Cultivate Collective and executive director of the Academy for Global Citizenship; and Kris De la torre, sustainability officer for Cultivate Collective.

Typically, karaoke go-tos include Whitney Houston or ABBA. But Edgewater resident Jason E. Jackson subverted those expectations when he went the operatic route to win the first Chicago Sings Karaoke competition. Reset riffs with Chicago’s first-ever karaoke champion.

The respiratory illness RSV is straining pediatric hospitals across the country, with Advocate Children’s Hospital’s chief medical officer tweeting: “We are in a major crisis and we absolutely need all hands on deck for our children!!!” Reset checks in with Dr. Mia Taormina of Duly Health and Care about what signs to watch out for when it comes to RSV.

In an effort to expand bike transit to the South and West sides, the Chicago bike shop Working Bikes partnered with Divvy to train future bike mechanics. The program pays a weekly stipend and could lead to employment at Divvy. Reset speaks with the instructor for the program Xail Hernandez and one of the graduates, Eli Jackson.

Reset goes behind the biggest local headlines with Lynn Sweet, Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times, Carrie Shepherd, lead producer of the podcast City Cast Chicago, and Alex Degman, statehouse reporter for WBEZ.

The latest jobs report out Friday shows the U.S. economy added 261,000 jobs in October. But can job growth stay strong as the Federal Reserve works to tamp down inflation? Reset checks in with Diane Swonk, chief economist at financial services firm KPMG.