Author: WBEZ Chicago

Many communities-particularly those of color-feel like they’ve been specifically targeted by this administration’s policies over the last four years. And they see this tight race as a slap in the face, regardless of who ultimately wins.

Reset hears from a professor, an activist, and listeners about how they feel about the results and where they think the country is headed.

For more Reset interviews, please subscribe to this podcast and leave us a rating. It helps other listeners find us.

For more about the program, you can head over to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset.

Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter have ramped up efforts to combat misinformation surrounding the election. Is it too little, too late?

Reset checks in with two experts.

For more Reset interviews, please subscribe to this podcast and leave us a rating. That helps other listeners find us. 

For more about the program, you can head over to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset.

Even as cases of COVID-19 rise in Illinois, the state’s contact tracing program isn’t fully operational, and hospitals who got some reprieve over the summer are bracing for the possibility of a flood of new patients.

Reset talks with WBEZ’s Kristen Schorsch as well as two doctors from area hospitals who lay out what the situation is on the ground and what they’re doing to prepare for the coming wave.

For more Reset interviews, please subscribe to this podcast and leave us a rating. That helps other listeners find us.

For more about the program, you can head over to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset.

Dr. Mia Taormina, infectious disease specialist at the DuPage Medical Group, explains the latest coronavirus science and the precautions to take to navigate the pandemic. Look for our latest interview with her in your podcast feed every Sunday.

For more Reset interviews, please subscribe to this podcast and leave us a rating. That helps other listeners find us.

For more about the program, you can head over to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset.

From soaring COVID-19 cases to another police-related shooting in Waukegan to Tony LaRussa returning to Chicago to manage the White Sox, Reset’s Justin Kaufmann sits around the virtual table this week with Pro Publica’s Mick Dumke and A.D. Quig of Crains to talk about the biggest local and state stories for WBEZ’s Weekly News Roundup.

For more Reset interviews, please subscribe CMBS/8 c to this podcast and leave us a rating. That helps other listeners find us.

For more about the program, you can head over to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset.

Reset checks in with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot about COVID-19 restrictions, the city budget and schools.

For more Reset interviews, please subscribe to this podcast and leave us a rating. That helps other listeners find us.

For more about the program, you can head over to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset.

COVID-19 numbers and hospitalizations are rising at an alarming rate in Chicago and Illinois. But as Gov. Pritzker moves to shut down indoor dining in parts of the state, restaurants are pushing back. UChicago Medicine infectious disease expert Dr. Emily Landon explains how dire the situation is, while restaurateur Rohini Dey describes how she’s trying to save her business.

For more Reset interviews, please subscribe to this podcast and leave us a rating. That helps other listeners find us.

For more about the program, you can head over to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset.

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx won office four years ago with a mandate to reform the criminal justice system. She makes the case for why she deserves another term while her challenger, former judge and prosecutor Pat O’Brien, lays out why he thinks he should take over the office.

For more Reset interviews, please subscribe to this podcast and leave us a rating. That helps other listeners find us.

For more about the program, you can head over to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset.

The pandemic, a lack of trust in the health system and misinformation are leading to a drop in the number of Chicago kids getting vaccinated for preventable diseases like the measles, mumps and rubella. We check in with community health clinics and a reporter to hear more about the situation and what’s being done to reverse the trend.

For more Reset interviews, please subscribe to this podcast and leave us a rating. It really helps other listeners find us.

For more about the program, head over to the WBEZ website or follow us on Twitter at @WBEZreset.