Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Meet The Humboldt Park Gators
Reset checks in with members of the Humboldt Park Gators, Chicago’s only all-girls baseball team, as they compete against boys’ travel teams from the city and nearby suburbs this summer.
Curious City - A Gardener Pushes For Legislation To Help Extend The Growing Season
Last year we met Elmhurst gardener Nicole Virgil, who was fighting for the right to put up a hoop house in her garden. A hoop house is an inexpensive way to help extend the growing season. It protects the crops from the wind and snow and can keep the soil from freezing. Virgil took her fight all the way to the state legislature. Curious City’s Monica Eng tells us what happened next.
Curious City - A Gardener Pushes For Legislation To Help Extend The Growing Season
Last year we met Elmhurst gardener Nicole Virgil, who was fighting for the right to put up a hoop house in her garden. A hoop house is an inexpensive way to help extend the growing season. It protects the crops from the wind and snow and can keep the soil from freezing. Virgil took her fight all the way to the state legislature. Curious City’s Monica Eng tells us what happened next.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Overwork And Burnout Are Killing Us
Overwork and long hours contributed to more than 745,000 deaths worldwide in just one year, according to a recent study from the World Health Organization.
Reset dives into how overwork is deadly, and best practices for prioritizing one’s mental and physical health while not sacrificing professional success.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Why Affordable, Quality Childcare Services Are Hard to Find
Affordable and quality childcare services are rare, sometimes costing as much as public university tuition. But this is not a new issue and has been challenging the industry before the pandemic.
Reset brings on a reporter to talk more about how childcare services and providers are doing as the world slowly opens back up.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - What’s In A Name? ‘Boystown’ Renamed Northalsted
“Boystown” is the nickname first used in the 1980’s to describe Chicago’s North Side LGBTQ neighborhood around Wrigley Field. But LGBTQ activists are asking the name be dropped, arguing it excludes lesbian, transgender and other queer residents and visitors.
Reset explores the debate over renaming “Boystown” to Northalsted.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - An Infectious Disease Expert Answers Your COVID-19 Questions
Reset brings on an infectious disease expert for our weekly check-in to provide clarity and answers to your questions, comments and concerns about COVID-19.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: June 11, 2021
Reset goes behind the headlines in our Weekly News Recap with host Sasha-Ann Simons.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - How Two Groups Are Combating Gun Violence Against Children In Chicago
So far this year in Chicago, 147 kids have been shot and more than 20 have been killed, according to the latest data from the Chicago Police Department.
Reset talks to two organizations about the impact of gun violence on children and families in Chicago and solutions to the ongoing issue.
Curious City - “Living In Gotham City.” How Some Musicians Survived A Shuttered Industry
As Illinois reopens, Chicago area artists Lori Lippitz of the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Lynne Jordan of Lynne Jordan and the Shivers, Juan Dies of Sones de Mexico and D2x reflect on what the last 15 months have been like, how the pandemic has shaped their music, and what they’re looking forward to as full capacity crowds come back.