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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Local Group Explores The Root Causes Of CPS Enrollment Drop

Declining birth rates and the outmigration of Black families away from Chicago are leading to a decline in the number of school-age children across the city, according to a study by a local education advocacy group. This trend can be found in cities across the country and has real implications for the revenue CPS receives as well as the quality of resources available to students. Reset checks in with an analyst who conducted the study. Guest: Hal Woods, Chief of Policy Kids First Chicago
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Curious City - The Origins of Chicago’s Rivalry With New York

Chicago’s got a new ad campaign the city hopes will showcase Chicago’s influence around the globe. It reminded us of a question we answered about the origins of Chicago’s rivalry with New York. We actually took the answer to the stage and presented it as a live show in 2018 at the Museum of Science and Industry, with actors impersonating New York and Chicago. In this episode you’ll hear that performance and learn how the bid to host the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition stoked Chicago’s rivalry with New York.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Wanna Get Paid? Start By Sharing Your Salary

A viral tweet from journalist Vikkie Walker sparked a nationwide conversation about pay transparency after she posted her salary so anyone applying to her old job would know how to negotiate pay. So, why are we so secretive about salaries? And what’s at stake when we keep that information to ourselves? Guests: Victoria Walker, journalist Andrew Challenger, senior vice president at employment consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Reset tackles the taboo topic of pay transparency.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger discusses his censure and the future of the GOP

Illinois Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger was one of just 10 House GOP members who voted to impeach President Trump after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. And he’s one of just two Republicans on the House Committee investigating that attack. What’s his political future?
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Curious City - People Who Quit Their Jobs During COVID Share Their Stories

By now you’ve probably pretty familiar with that term the “Great Resignation.” We asked our listeners why they quit their jobs and how they’re doing now. We heard from more than a hundred people who talked about burnout, stress and toxic workplaces. And we heard a lot about the fear and risk that comes with quitting a job you know. In this episode we share some of those stories.
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Curious City - People Who Quit Their Jobs During COVID Share Their Stories

By now you’ve probably pretty familiar with that term the “Great Resignation.” We asked our listeners why they quit their jobs and how they’re doing now. We heard from more than a hundred people who talked about burnout, stress and toxic workplaces. And we heard a lot about the fear and risk that comes with quitting a job you know. In this episode we share some of those stories.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Former CPD Officer Jason Van Dyke to be Released From Prison

The 2014 murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald and the trial of his shooter, former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, was supposed to be a watershed moment for the Chicago Police Department and the city itself. Reset discusses how much Chicago and CPD have changed in the last three years with an attorney who led the negotiations of Chicago’s consent decree and a law professor.