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More than 100 million Americans are in medical debt, according to a new investigation by Kaiser Health News and NPR. Reset learns more about what’s driving America’s medical debt crisis with lead investigator Noam Levey.
A new three-part PBS docuseries follows a Midwest couple as they embark on a cross-country road trip to explore Islam’s rich history in the U.S. Reset talks to Mona Haydar and Sebastian Robins about their experience on The Great Muslim American Road Trip.
As BA.5 becomes the dominant COVID-19 strain in much of the country, Reset checks in with an expert to find out what precautions we should be taking.
GUEST: Hannah Barbian, virologist at Rush University Medical Center
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on abortion access Friday, two weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Reset discusses what the federal action means for reproductive rights with University of Chicago’s Lee Hasselbacher, Brigid Leahy with Planned Parenthood Illinois Action and Diana Parker-Kafka of Midwest Access Coalition.
Phoenix Mercury star center Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to drug charges in Russia and faces up to 10 years in prison. But the U.S. says she’s been wrongfully detained, leading many of her supporters to wonder why officials haven’t done more to intervene.
GUESTS:
Julie DiCaro, writer and editor at Deadspin
Cheryl Raye-Stout, WBEZ sports contributor
A devastating Fourth of July massacre in Highland Park, a prison sentence for former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson and NASCAR racing through Chicago streets. Reset takes a deep dive into these stories and more in the Weekly News Recap with The Washington Post’s Kim Bellware, ProPublica’s Mick Dumke and WGN-TV reporter Mike Lowe.
Teen superhero Kamala Khan has taken the small screen by storm in the new Disney+ show, Ms. Marvel. But she’s been around in comics, including a new graphic novel collecting the first five issues of Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit.
Reset talks to the first South Asian woman to write Kamala Khan in the comics.
Curious City takes a deep dive into how Chicago’s powerful white institutions – from the police and the politicians to the banks and the realtors – used the 1919 race riots to cement a more segregated city.
Reset talks to sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh about his new book The Tomorrow Game, which follows the story of two rival teens on the Chicago’s South Side and a community that’s trying to save them from gun violence.