Author: WBEZ Chicago

Major League Baseball is now incorporating statistics of Negro League players in their record books. Since this change, ball players like Josh Gibson have dethroned legends like Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Reset learns more about the history of the Negro Leagues and Black baseball stars with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum co-founder and author Larry Lester. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

There’s a shortage of mental health workers in Chicago, but the rate of suicide is increasing in certain communities. To address this, CDPH is implementing a new approach that trains city workers and people who live in areas with high suicide rates to help prevent suicide by connecting people in need to available resources. Reset learns about the gaps this city run program is aiming to fill. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

For Chicago teachers, a note from the principal detailing their assignment for the upcoming school year is a mere formality. Some return to the same grade level or subject as the year before. But for others, including veteran teacher Gregory Michie, the switch was a “sucker punch.” Michie was reassigned to teach media literacy to all grade levels, from kindergarten through eighth grade, a challenge he hadn’t encountered before. In a series of diary entries, he chronicles his experiences of his final year in Chicago Public Schools. Now readers can learn from Michie’s experience in his published book, “176 Days: A Teacher’s Diary of an Unexpected Year.” Reset sits down with Michie to learn more about the lessons he learned. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Live Nation, an events promoter and venue operator, alleging that the company has monopolized the ticket-selling marketplace after it merged with Ticketmaster back in 2010. Live Nation, as you might expect, disagrees. Reset checks in with an independent venue owner and Chicago musician to hear how this lawsuit could impact the local music scene. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

The National Museum of Mexican Art plans to turn this long-vacant structure into the Yollocalli youth arts center. Located at 2358 S. Whipple St., the former Little Village firehouse will have performance and studio spaces, an indoor garden made from an old spiral staircase and disco balls. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

Lawmakers technically have until June 30th to pass the budget – but their legislative session was supposed to end last week. Reset hears an update from a statehouse reporter in Springfield. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

Asian carp is so bountiful in the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, and causes such a problem for the fishing industry here that the Illinois Department of Natural Resources rebranded it as the “copi” fish – short for copious to entice diners to eat it and help control the population. Reset learns more about how the rebrand has worked out for restaurants so far, why some diners are still resisting and what a local entrepreneur is doing to promote the fish. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

Chanel Beads is an experimental band that hails from the DIY scene of New York. They just released their debut album Your Day Will Come. It features an array of tracks full of electronic drums, droning violins and heavily-processed vocals. Reset chats with Chanel Beads front person Shane Lavers to learn more about the band and this newest release. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

Chicago City Council approves another $1.3 million to resolve two lawsuits involving police misconduct during 2020 protests. Northwestern University’s president testifies about pro-Palestinian protests before Congress. Reset goes behind the headlines of those stories and much more in our Weekly News Recap. The panelists today are ABC 7 anchor Ravi Baichwal, WBEZ city politics reporter Mariah Woelfel, and Alex Nitkin, reporter with the Illinois Answers Project. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.